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Cult interactive game born at the Edinburgh festival two years ago. You're on a company awayday to Edinburgh. Your votes decide what happens. You find yourself in some fiendish puzzles. You may have a knife. It is not a cult. Follow @MarkWatsonCo to catch up on the story; new employees welcome.
Recently divorced Laura Kingsley arrives home after ten years in California to find her beloved Britain much changed.
Comedy sketch show with plenty of 'unusual' characters - played by all three lads.
An all-new sketch show featuring a collection of comic characters and spoofs
A British sketch comedy show broadcast on the BBC from 1963 to 1981, with frequent performers including Pat Coombs, Deryck Guyler, Roy Kinnear, Joan Sims and Josephine Tewson.
Following his enormously successful book "Notes From a Small Island", American travel writer Bill Bryson sets off on a new tour of Britain. Starting at Dover, where he recalls his first disembarkation in 1973 to a land of rain, sweet tea and disagreeable land-ladies, his travels take him from Poole in the South to the Western Isles of Scotland. Along the way he encounters such colourful characters as the pipe smokers of Solihull, ballroom dancers in Blackpool and the caber tossers of Glenfinnan. Bryson brings all his perspective eye, dry wit and outbursts of comic exasperation to this affectionate survey of the British way of life.
Love and Marriage is a British comedy-drama series which started broadcasting on ITV since 5 June 2013. It stars Alison Steadman as Pauline Paradise a recently retired lollipop lady who after the death of her father Frank decides to leave her family and goes to live with her sister.
A family variety series presented by the Krankies which also featured magic from the Great Soprendo and live music from pop bands. The series was their third solo programme since Crackerjack, this time on the BBC. Featured in a total of three series.
Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe was a special one-off British, video game culture show by Charlie Brooker, aired in September 2009 during the BBC's Technology season. Following on from Brooker's Screenwipe and Newswipe, Gameswipe featured reviews of various video games and consoles as well as an insight into the video game industry.
This star-studded series of comedies and farces celebrates the life and work of renowned Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Chekhov has entered the pantheon of great writers since his death in 1904, yet his plays are still largely regarded as grim records of human suffering. Now, a group of acclaimed British comedians are out to prove he can be extremely funny.
The Disorderly Room was a very early British television comedy production, written by Eric Blore and starring Tommy Handley. Blore was also an actor who played roles such as butlers in various Hollywood films, while Handley later found greater fame in the BBC radio comedy show It's That Man Again. The Disorderly Room was first performed on stage at the Victoria Palace Theatre, in 1919 and starred Blore, Stanley Holloway, Tom Walls, Leslie Henson and Jack Buchanan. The show was a one-off piece which consisted of a single sketch, wherein army disciplinary proceedings were put to the tunes of various popular songs of the day. It was first performed live on the BBC Television Service on Saturday 17 April 1937, in a fifteen-minute form at 3.45pm. Such was its popularity, however, that the production was re-staged on various occasions before the suspension of the flegdling television service for the duration of the Second World War in September 1939. The later performances on 30 August 1937; 23 December 1937; 15 August 1939 and finally on 20 August 1939. None of these has survived because the technology to record them did not exist at the time of their broadcasting; the sole surviving remnants are still photographs.
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Mainly contain sketches from Allen's earlier shows and he also talks about his long career with the BBC.
QI News was an internet television show produced by Quite Interesting Limited, the company which produces the British panel game QI. It was broadcast on ComedyBox.tv. It was a mock news programme, which instead of broadcasting news stories, broadcast "quite interesting" stories. Other than the stories, the show also played on the characters in it, mainly the two news readers.
Dawn French interviews more than thirty of her favourite male comedians.
the misadventures of the sheep named dai
Each week, comic Phil Kay will take a different theme.
Kids Say the Funniest Things was a Comedy show in the United Kingdom based on the United States show Kids Say the Darndest Things, produced by LWT for ITV from 27 December 1998 to 1 October 2000. A third series was recorded in 2001, but never aired because of the revelations surrounding Stuart Lubbock's death at Barrymore's home.
A fast paced and surreal comedy series in the style of a 1970s cop drama, following a detective and his assistant in their fight against strange characters who keep murdering people.
Dramatisation of Kingsley Amis’s novel, in which writer Alun Weaver returns to Wales to get reacquainted with his old university friends, ‘The Old Devils’.
The magic, chaos and hilarity of the Edinburgh Fringe streamed directly to viewers on ITVX. This will be the real Edinburgh experience in a venue at the heart of the Fringe with new line-ups each night featuring some of the most exciting comics and breakthrough stars of 2024.
Double Income, No Kids Yet is a British radio sitcom written by David Spicer and originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from June 2001 to November 2003. David Tennant and Liz Carling star in the sitcom about 30 something Lucy and Daniel and their friends who all have kids.
Extended version of the comedy quiz show, full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
A comedy program that deals with the daily issues and events of the society in the form of short stories, which in some cases are taken from similar Western programs.
David Beckham's Soccer USA was a football highlights and general discussion show presented by Tim Lovejoy and produced and broadcast in the United Kingdom by Five. The show began following David Beckham's move to Los Angeles Galaxy, and Beckham often contributes to the show in the form of Interviews. Each week there was a special guest in the studio, usually a British sports personality, to whom Lovejoy chatted about their career and their views on Major League Soccer. A slightly different version of the show hosted by Natalie Pinkham and completely devoid of any content derived from British studio footage was broadcast in the USA on Fox Soccer Channel. Several regular features aside from MLS highlights were present in every show. One of these features was a "translation" of American commentary, called "How to speak U.S. Commentator". This provides a definition of slang used by commentators which differs from that used in Britain. Viewers were also invited to choose an MLS team to support and e-mail their choice to the show, from which polls were collected, determining the nation's favourite teams. At of the beginning of September, the show was cut to 30 minutes due to Channel 5 rescheduling their news.
Bradley Walsh presents his all-time comedy legends. Helped by a host of stars, he explores his favourite sitcoms - what makes them TV classics and just why are they so funny?
A story within the Hardwick Ave Universe that follows Neil who is adjusting to living without Ash and Leo to help him, alongside Dave, who’s just there for the ride.
28 Acts in 28 Minutes is a stand-up TV comedy show aired on the UK's BBC Three. It comprises 28 acts, each given a minute to perform. A 3-part series also aired on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006, chaired by John Humphrys.
Carrot oont Rabbit, also named The Carrot oont Rabbit Show, is a series of short animations produced by StudioNX and Nickelodeon. They have aired during intervals on Nickelodeon UK. The shorts desepit the lives of title characters Carrot, a large Austrian carrot, and the attempts of Rabbit, a small and mischievous Rabbit, to eat him. Carrot oont Rabbit has not had a large media exposure as the entire series consists of just five shorts that combined make a total of only two minutes.
Christmas Lights is a 2004 British Christmas television special broadcast by ITV starring Robson Green and Mark Benton and written by Jeff Pope and Bob Mills. Although originally produced as a one-off 90 minute special, it spawned two spin-off series - Northern Lights and City Lights and a second, 2 hour, Christmas special - Clash of the Santas, which aired on ITV, on Sunday 21 December 2008. The programme was watched by 10.5 million viewers. Comedy drama about what can happen when families forget what the festive season is really about. Competitive brothers-in-law Colin and Howard live next door to each other on a suburban street, so when Colin puts Christmas lights outside his house, Howard responds with a bigger and brighter set, unleashing a war of twinkling lightbulbs and neon displays which threatens to ruin both families. With Robson Green, Mark Benton, Nicola Stephenson, Maxine Peake, and Keith Clifford.
Gophers! was a Channel 4 children's programme about a family of American gophers who move into a new neighbourhood, called Sycamore Heights, living next door to a family of uptight but well-intentioned rabbits, The Burrows. There were many recurring jokes within this short lived show such as Arthur Burrows' vegetables planning a rebellion to escape his garden, a mad scientist ferret called Dr Wince, whose ambition was to conquer the world by obtaining a crystal buried in the Gophers' garden with the help of his reptilian servant Sly, and an alien in love with a zucchini determined to get home. Also there were Stereotypical "Mexican" cockroaches who lived in the Gophers' house or Trailer Park Mobile Home always trying to steal their food.
Jeff Global's Global Probe is a short-lived regional comedy sketch show first seen on ITV Wales in 2004. Shown exclusively in Wales, the show was intended as a follow-up to the popular Barry Welsh is Coming, which had concluded in 2004 with the sacking of the geeky Barry Welsh as presenter. The show is replaced by a clip-based review of cable television hosted by the more competent Jeff Global. Jeff was, according to Sparkes, "smart, strong, attractive...basically, everything Barry isn't". New characters and segments were introduced including The Rectifiers, Eddie Giraffe and Jay Clough. Hugh Pugh and Mr. Ffff were brought over from the original Barry Welsh series. The series' supporting cast consisted of former Barry Welsh is Coming cast members Kim Wall, Gordon Kennedy & Felicity Montagu, actress Harriet Halfhead and singer & television presenter Emma Walford.
Accidental Farmer is a television drama by broadcast on BBC1 on 21 December 2010. It is about a London-based advertising executive who moves to a farm in Yorkshire after buying it with her boyfriend's credit card as revenge for cheating on her; and the rigours and problems she encounters on the farm, particularly from being unfamiliar with the rural setting. It is a comedy drama starring Ashley Jensen as the main character, Erin Taylor.
Uncle Max is a British children's comedy television series originally airing on CITV, and now CBBC. It features David Schneider as the title character, Uncle Max, and William Howe as Luke, Max's nine year-old nephew, although in the second series Jonathon Hanly took over from William. The show is very similar in style to Mr. Bean, with the basic premise being that Uncle Max is incapable of embarking on any adventure without upsetting another individual or group of individuals in some shape or form. The first series was filmed in Johannesburg in South Africa and produced by Andy Rowley over a seven-week block in the summer of 2005, the show was written by David Schneider and 13 episodes were made for CITV and screened on the CITV channel in 2006. The second series was filmed in Galway, in Ireland. Schneider admitted in an interview for The Times that parts of the series are references to Laurel and Hardy; the majority of the footage is a tribute to the cartoons which Schneider grew up with, cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo and Wacky Races. Scheider also stated that the name of the Uncle is descended from his own uncle, Max Ward, who was born in Hastings but now lives in Hackney, London. Of his own Uncle Max, Schneider says that he used to get into all sorts of scrapes and adventures and would take the young David along for the ride.
Limmy introduces a chronological compilation of his non-TV stuff, from his early pre-YouTube sketches, to his Vines, to his present-day livestreaming.
Jerry the Tyke also known as Jerry the Troublesome Tyke is a cartoon dog created during the silent film era. Created by Cardiff-based animator Sid Griffiths, and shown throughout British cinemas as part of Pathé Pictorial's screen news-magazines, Jerry the Tyke was the first animated series to be made in Wales.
House of Rock is a satirical animation that aired on the UK's Channel 4 from 2000 to 2002. It revolved around the afterlives of some of the world's most famous dead rock stars, including Freddie Mercury, John Denver, The Notorious B.I.G., Kurt Cobain and Marc Bolan. Bolan was replaced in the second series by John Lennon. Forced to share a house in limbo, they try to cope with isolation, clashing personalities and relentless boredom. The show aired as part of Channel 4's late-night 4 Music. Often, segments of the episode would appear as links between videos, reminiscent of Beavis and Butthead. On average, each episode was 15 minutes long. The characters occupy a huge rundown house in a bleak, depressing landscape with nothing around seemingly for miles. Much of the comedy comes from each character's frustrations with their surroundings, associates and inability to do anything further now they're dead.
Repo Recall is about Sean James, aka The Repo Man, and his team. Sean invites members of his old crew onto the couch where upon they reminisce about old times and what they used to get up to. But like any old story, things get added to and elaborated over time...
Diamond Geezer airing on ITV, starring David Jason.
Stand-up comedy from one of London's top comedy clubs.
Let's Roll with Roland Butter is a TV series on CITV made in 2004 but for only one series. The show was written by and starring Peter Cocks as a tubby teenager who is obsessed with sport and tries out many different activities every week. Naturally, none of this goes according to plan. The episodes were supposedly filmed by Roland's best friend, Keef. Since the show stopped broadcasting in 2004, it hasn't been repeated.
Scot Squad's top detectives Squire and McGill look at real-life Scottish mysteries.
Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment is a game show that aired on Channel 5 from 3 April 1997 to 1 November 2000. It was originally hosted by Graham Norton, then it was hosted by Sean Cullen.
A CGI series about three presentators named Stefan, Brian and Dan who host Nickelodeon (changed to Nicktoons in U.S. airings) and usually fool around on camera. It was produced by Aardman Animations in 2002 for Nickelodeon UK.
The Olympian Way is a comedy-drama series that follows the story of millionaire Stan Wilson, who has made a significant investment in a health club managed by his son Terry and his wife Stella. As Stan eagerly anticipates the club's success, Terry and Stella strive to meet his expectations and avoid disappointing him.
"...on Television" or "...on TV", was a long-running late night television programme on ITV. The programme, which was made first by LWT and then Granada Productions, featured a number of clips from unusual or, amusing television programmes and commercials from around the world. The show was first presented by TV critic and journalist Clive James, then celebrity chef Keith Floyd in 1989, and finally Chris Tarrant from 1990 to 2006. The show remained "Tarrant on TV" for 16 years.
Frankie Boyle’s Rehabilitation Programme is a topical, argument-fueled studio comedy show in which Frankie is confronted by celebrities and members of the public who will be attempting to change Frankie’s uncompromising world view in a series of funny, informed debates.
Greg James and Russell Kane have decided to take their bromance to the next level and are moving in together to host their very own chat show. Each week they'll invite a couple of celebrity guests to 'their place' for an unmissable evening of unique entertainment. Our hosts' charm, hospitality and flair for what really makes a memorable evening is set to guarantee our guests have got plenty to talk about. The show will be set in a surreal, studio version of the duo's dream pad, and recorded in front of a live studio audience.
Who Dares Wins was a British television comedy sketch show broadcast between 1983 and 1988, featuring Jimmy Mulville, Rory McGrath, Philip Pope, Julia Hills and Tony Robinson. It was one of the first TV outlets for alternative comedy and was broadcast by Channel 4 late at night in a first attempt at "Post-Pub television". It was eventually aired by the Playboy Channel in cable television outlets in the United States. The show's title is also the motto of the British Special Air Service regiment, whose badge featured in the title sequence, and was often supplemented by a subtitle, e.g., "a week in Benidorm". Mulville, McGrath and Pope had all contributed material to Not the Nine O'Clock News. Other script material was provided by Not the Nine O'Clock News regulars Colin Bostock-Smith and Andy Hamilton as well as alternative comedy writer Tony Sarchet. The series established Mulville's Hat Trick Productions as a producer of comedy material for Channel 4. The show was recorded at the former independent production facility Limehouse Studios, on a soundstage in front of a live audience.
Galloping Galaxies! is a British children's television series set on a spaceship that was shown on the BBC from October 1985 and ran for ten episodes. It was created by Bob Block, also the creator of Rentaghost. It featured Kenneth Williams as the voice of the ship's computer SID, in one of his final roles.
Treasure is an animated television series set in England shown on ABC Kids. It is about the life of a fourteen-year-old girl and her friends. The series was based on the popular newspaper column of the same name by Michele Hanson which became a book, Treasure: The Trials of a Teenage Terror. Treasure chronicles the life of Michele Hanson's daughter, Amy Hanson. The characters were designed by illustrator Christine Roche.
Comedy series set in Glasgow's boxing world.
Comedy following the tactless Martin Fishback and his desire to become a crime writer. An awkward family meal, an incompetent police officer and the streets of Exeter prove inspirational.
Heads Up with Richard Herring or HUWRH, was a British celebrity chat show written by and starring Richard Herring, who is best known as one half of comedy duo Lee and Herring, the stars of BBC Two shows Fist of Fun and This Morning With Richard Not Judy. HUWRH featured professional poker players and celebrities talking about their lives, their careers and their love of poker. The title is a reference to poker terminology, meaning a game where only two players remain at the end of the game. Richard would interview each guest individually during the show. The show was hosted in an evening chat show format in front of a studio audience. It was the first UK produced Poker chatshow. The regular structure features an opening monologue by Richard followed by interviews with three guests from the world of poker and entertainment. This programme first aired in 2005 on the Sky Digital channel Pokerzone in the United Kingdom.
Point Blank is a comedy Sketch show created by James Ormrod.