Emu’s Last Stand….
Emu TV - 1989
Running for just one series of 22 episodes in 1989, Emu TV was the last 'live action' television series to feature the famous bird, alongside it's creator Rod Hull, that had enthralled British au...
Celebrity Squares
Celebrity Squares - 1975
It was prime time Saturday night viewing at it's peak as one of Britain's best loved comics (Bob Monkhouse) proved he was still king of the game show.Celebrity Squares was in fact ...
Monty Python – Live At Aspen
Monty Python - Live At Aspen - 1998
In 2014 they announced their final show. For this post we go back to 1998 and what was billed as the last reunion.It's 1998 and the Pythons re-unite along with a specia...
The Benny Hill Show
The Benny Hill Show, 1955
One of the longest running comedy shows on British Television The Benny Hill Show ran for forty years from it's early days in the 1950's to 1992. Initially the show aired on BBC1, tr...
Coogan’s Run
Coogan's Run - 1995
Coogan's Run was the 1995 BBC TV series featuring Steve Coogan as a series of odd characters living in the fictional town of Ottle.It consisted of six self-contained stories, although C...
Mrs Merton And Malcolm
Mrs Merton And Malcolm, 1999
Here's another rarity, when you talk about Mrs Merton you always remember that great chat show. until recently I didn't realise that there was a spin off show.Mrs Merton and M...
Keeping Up Appearences, Christmas 1995
"The Pageant"
The third and final Christmas special and as it turned out the final episode, except two special compilations.SummaryHyacinth and Richard arrive at the church hall as Hyacinth takes it on...
Only Fools And Horses – Christmas, 1992
Mother Nature's Son
The regular series Only Fools And Horses had come to an end in 1991. However the series would return annually as a Christmas Special.These regular Christmas outings continued until 199...
It’s Commercial Break Time – With Bob Monkhouse
Bob's Fab Ads - 1996
We came across this by accident.From a time when there was always a piece of comic genius to look forward to on a Bank Holiday Monday. A one off show presented by the late great Bob M...
On The Up
On The Up, 1990
From the pen of Good Life writer Bob Larbey, came this 90's sitcom with an all star cast. It ran for three series and nineteen episodes.Of course there is the customary theme tune sang by ...