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Happy Halloween

Special Bonus the late, great, Michael Parkinson scare the wits out of BBC TV viewers. Ghostwatch, 1992 Ghostwatch, the British reality–horror/mockumentary television film, broadcast by the BBC, Halloween nig...
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Cor, Blimey!

Cor, Blimey! 2000 In all the Carry On Films we see Sid James' character lusting after Barbera Windsor's Character.  Whilst on screen it was for laughs, in real life James fell head first for his co-star.Co...
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Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me

Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me, 2008 Another one off special shown as part of the 2008 BBC Curse Of Comedy season.David Walliams stars as Frankie Howerd.  A life long fan of the original camp comic, Wa...
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Richard O’Sullivan Is…..

Dick Turpin - 1979 Another of those golden oldie TV series that used to air on a Saturday night.  This time we have Richard O'Sullivan, famed for his comedy performances in Man About The House, Robin's Nest an...
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Steptoe Cursed?

Was There Really Friction Between The Two Stars Of Steptoe And Son?The Curse Of Steptoe, 2008 Broadcast in 2008, as part of a BBC4 series of programs under "The Curse Of Comedy" umbrella.  The drama won wi...
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Minder, 1979

Minder - The Dennis Waterman Years - 1979 - 1985 and 1988 - 1989 Originally intended as a vehicle for Dennis Waterman, it also made George Cole's Arthur Daley one of the all time great comedy characters.Mi...
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The Return Of The Saint

The Return Of The Saint, 1978 An often forgotten piece of cult TV and the successor to the popular Roger Moore 1960's TV series.During the 1970's there were many big budget high action TV Dramas, some of w...
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Randall And Hopkirk Re-Made?

Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) The Re-Make, 2000 How could you mess with a cult classic? Well the BBC did and made quite a good job of it.  In 2000 Randall and Hopkirk returned to our screens on a Saturday nig...
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Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased), 1969 This now cult TV show was produced by ITC who were the production company behind many cult TV shows around the time.Surprisingly there were only twenty six episodes eve...
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Coronation Street – 1960

In Tribute To Jean Alexander, Who Died On Friday Night, Aged 90 One of the great things about the British sense of humour is that it manages to creep everywhere, creating some of television's most memorable ch...