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Night Fever was a karaoke style show airing in the United Kingdom on Channel 5 from 5 April 1997 to 30 March 2002. It was hosted by Suggs and in the early series, he was helped by 'The Big Guy in the Sky' - a disembodied voice giving the scores, and later by 'Wolfie' - John Ireland dressed as Mozart. Later series were co-hosted by Will Mellor and Sarah Cawood replaced later by Kieron Elliott and Danielle Nicholls. The programme often had themed shows such as Valentine's Day. Also, Suggs was helped by Pop Monkey who supposedly gave Suggs the choices of songs.

A documentary series about the early period of cinema up to the year 1913.

Unsuccessful attempt at reviving the 'Rainbow (1972)' formula. New house, redesigned puppets, new voice actors and a new presenter, Rainbow for the kids of the 90's.

Ballroom dancers Brian and Karen are a glory on the floor, but neither they nor their respective parents, get on when the music stops.

The series covered generally obscure, rare or offensive excerpts of television footage from numerous media archives, usually accompanied by Lewis-Smith's biting commentary and cynical approach to what was being shown. Lewis-Smith used a variety of categories on the show to accompany a particular selection of programme footage. The show was also characterised by its musical score of campy jingles introducing the regular segments.

The Glam Metal Detectives is a comedy show produced by the BBC in 1995. Shown on BBC2 on Thursday nights at 9pm, it combined both sketch and sitcom elements, As with other shows launched in this timeslot, The Glam Metal Detectives attempted to innovate and combine genres, resulting in an off-the-wall mix of the sublime and the surreal which broke new ground with its 'multimedia' approach. The show consists of a single series of seven episodes. The scripts were written by the cast, and director Peter Richardson, and the series starred Gary Beadle, Phil Cornwell, Doon Mackichan, Sara Stockbridge, George Yiasoumi, and Mark Caven. The show was designed to appear as if the viewer was channel surfing through a multi-channel wasteland, happening upon spoof adverts, short sketches, and recurring show elements. Like other BBC content of the mid-1990s, it often lampooned the low-budget quality of satellite television available in the UK at the time.

Three-part drama about a wife coming to terms with the death of her pilot husband in a flying accident.

This 10-episode television miniseries, set in England during World War II, tells the story of two families, the wealthy Hamiltons and the working-class Slaters, now united through marriage.

Drama about the rivalry between two police superintendents, one traditional and methodical, the other unorthodox and intuitive.

Reginald Perrin has passed on, bequeathing a fortune to his family and friends. There is one condition though; they must each do something bizarre to qualify for their inheritance.

Angelmouse is a children's television programme which was produced and broadcast by the BBC. It was aired on CBeebies. It was also aired on CITV in 2012. It has also been broadcast on ABC Kids. It started from 27 September 1999 and ended on 20 March 2000. There are also Angelmouse books and plush toys. It was narrated by David Jason who also voiced Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Toad in The Wind in the Willows, Hugo in Victor and Hugo, The BFG and Father Christmas in Father Christmas and the Missing Reindeer.

Michael Palin travels to 18 countries around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.

Louise, Adam and Lestor are good friends. They meet up in each other's flats or in a coffee bar to drink and discuss life, love and sex.

Morph and his pals are clay characters, infinitely mutable. First Morph and a pal play hide and seek, and it's tough to find Morph. Morph is also computer literate, adept at video games that feature his friends in sorry situations. While he and Chas are clowning around, they wake a colicky baby, and they must go to great and creative lengths to get the child back to sleep. By the time the babe is sleeping, Morph is ready for a nap, but his noisy pal keeps him awake. Can this man with feet (and head) of clay find a way to get his rest?

Don't Forget Your Toothbrush is a light entertainment show originally broadcast on Saturday nights in the United Kingdom in 1994, and has also been adapted in several other countries including Australia, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Sweden, the United States, the Netherlands and Portugal. The format was distributed internationally by DRG.

Pavel Rhele is the ruthless head of a terrorist cell in a story of two fathers and two daughters whose relationships are suddenly subjected to public and private scrutiny.

Two best friends, Max and Bernice, teach at the same school after attending teacher training together. While Max lives alone downstairs, Bernice resides upstairs with her family in their apartment block.

Professor James Gee leads G-Force Intergalactic, a rapid response task force formed by the President of the United Planets to combat major crime and large-scale disasters. Operating from Star City, a hidden base beneath the surface of an asteroid orbiting the Myson planetary system, the G-Force team are joined by two aliens from a distant galaxy and supported by a group of robots controlled by a huge central computer, George Washington.

History Hunters was a British television series that aired on Channel 4 from 1998 to 1999. Presented by the actor Tony Robinson, the show was a spin-off of the archaeology series Time Team, first broadcast on Channel 4 in 1994. The series is also known as Time Team: History Hunters. Each episode of History Hunters featured people trying to discover more about an area and its history.

A young girl named Baz dreams of nothing more than finding a best friend. Her wish comes true when two roaming Welsh Mountain ponies Molly and Dylan, show up at her farm with Shetland pony Scruffy. Their playful frolics change her life forever.

In a city where heroin dealing can bring the death sentence, drug rings mean business…and so do the police. The activities of the city’s vice squad – including high-level sting operations and the interrogations of murder suspects and drug runners - are at the heart of the stories.

Side by Side is a British sitcom starring Gareth Hunt and Louisa Rix that was broadcast for two series from 1992 to 1993. It was written by Richard Ommanney, who had also written Three Up, Two Down.

Sean's Show was a United Kingdom television situation comedy broadcast on Channel 4. Stand-up comedian Sean Hughes co-wrote and starred as a fictionalised version of himself, aware of the fact he was living in a sitcom. It received a nomination for the 1992 British Comedy Award for Best Channel 4 Sitcom.

Canned Carrott was a comedy stand-up and sketch-show by Jasper Carrott. Two of the regular sketches were "Wiggy" and "The Detectives". The first sketch, "Wiggy", followed the adventures of a man with a bad wig. It was a slapstick comedy in which the characters were silent except for the narrator. It was similar in style to Mr. Bean or The Benny Hill Show. The second, and the more popular was "The Detectives", starring the police officers Briggs and Louis, who watched too many TV Police dramas, and unsuccessfully tried to emulate them. Such was the popularity of this sketch that it was transformed into its own television series, The Detectives. Due to their involvement in both Canned Carrott and the contemporary The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis also got their own sketch show, called The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show, which ran for two series.

Examining the legacy of Stalin's 25 years of crimes against humanity through the experiences of victims and perpetrators, the films also show how people's memories of that time persist in the present day. Some victims who have stayed silent for over 50 years now speak out.

Budgie the Little Helicopter is a series of children's books and animated television series relating to a fictional character 'Budgie' and his friends. The characters were based on the books by Sarah, Duchess of York, who was influenced by her flight training in the Royal Navy. The show was produced by Fred Wolf Films Dublin for HTV and Sleepy Kids Company, and originally aired on British television in 1994 on CITV, then, was aired later on in the United States of America on Fox Kids. The TV Show ran for 39 episodes, and a range of videos, books, and toys were released under the 'Budgie' label. Budgie the Little Helicopter merchandise is now quite rare. On release of the first book, the Duchess was forced to deny she had copied the idea for the series from the earlier Hector the Helicopter book by A.W. Baldwin. The voice of Budgie was originally performed by Richard Pearce.

A topical comedy show, mixing stand-up with sketches and impressions, starring David Baddiel, Robert Newman, Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt.

Since their development in the 1850s, ocean liners have been far more than simply passenger ships - they were also the conduit for enormous technological, social and global cultural change. This four-part series is an international story told from a uniquely Australian point of view about the most romantic ships ever built.

The character-based sketch show featured Josie in many disguises and roles, performing sketches and songs with characters like Trudi Kellogg, Miss Josie Meadows, Linda Tufnell, and Giselle (with Marlene), alongside guests including Richard Vranch, Caroline Quentin, Paul Merton, and Jason Carter; despite this, Channel 4 didn’t renew it for a second series, though two compilation editions (“(Bits of) Josie”) were released in 1992 and briefly repeated in 1995.

Tales from the Poop Deck is a CITV children's comedy programme about Connie Blackheart's adventures as a pirate, and her battles with Admiral De'Ath. It is set in the 18th century. Premiering in April 1992 with 25-minute episodes, it was cancelled later that same year.

Shown as part of Channel 4's Video Fantasies series, a selection of four innovative dramas deploying state-of-the-art visual and electronic effects. This was the only one of the four that had a futuristic basis. It was set perhaps a couple of decades ahead in a world being slowly drowned by technology, a world in which traffic jams are the norm instead of the exception, and where the people avoid getting caught in the rain for better reasons than simply not wanting to get wet. The Rachel of the title is the younger sister of an up-and-coming marketing executive who has just secured a contract with a wealthy but repulsive millionaire who is into toxic waste, which he stores in secret for large sums of money. Rachel finds that, through a large bank of video screens in her sister's apartment, her wishes can come true when she brings to life the image on an anti-pollution poster. This new friend helps her to make up her mind about her own future. The style of the production was fresh and colourful, the pace slow and moody for the most part, and it made for an interesting half-hour's viewing.

Chris Cross was a children's sitcom co-produced by Central TV and Cinar, in association with Showtime, in 1993. Based in an English boarding school, it dealt with the transition from single to mixed-sex, and the rivalry between two male characters. It was filmed on location at Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire, England. It starred Canadian actress Rachel Blanchard, as the character Dinah.

This Mini series gives insight on Richard M. Nixon and the scandal he was involved in that eventually led to his resignation as America's president.

Three-part dramatization of the novel by Joanna Trollope. A clergyman's wife shocks the church establishment and infuriates her husband by taking a job in a supermarket. She attracts the passionate interest of three very different men: a newly-appointed archdeacon; his younger brother, a philosopher and academic; and a wealthy businessman new to the village.

Phys ed teacher John Hanley lives alone in a Southbridge, London flat, until an old school friend, ambitious and obnoxious businessman Harry Dunstan, returns from France and moves in with him. And then there's unemployed but intelligent Mark Prior, who lives nearby but always visiting the others after quarrelling with his parents.

In an alternate early nineteenth century London, the rightful Duke finds himself cheated out of his inheritance. A 6x25' TV adaptation of Joan Aiken's 1964 children's novel, Black Hearts in Battersea.

Ben Turner runs a second-hand bookshop in a lovely English village, lives in a bed-and-breakfast run by his devoted wife, and has a perfect 7-year-old daughter. But the cracks in this idyllic world begin to show the day a local girl is murdered and the enigmatic Rachel Monroe appears. Rachel is convinced that Ben is the killer of her daughter who died 20 years earlier. She confronts him and demands to know where the body is—or else.

Set in the baby's perspective of the first years of its life, almost an instructional video for baby's explaining how to be the worst infant you can be and why.

With respect and wonder and a sense of poetry, “Savage Skies” looks at the Earth’s weather.

Bump is known to be very clumsy, a trait that is emphasised by a bandage on his forehead. Birdie often gives Bump advice on how he could become more graceful. Bump and Birdie regularly encounter animals that have a problem, and helps them to find a solution.

Friends Like These is a British game show that was broadcast on BBC One from 6 November 1999 until 1 March 2003. It was presented by Ant & Dec from 1999-2001 and later by Ian Wright until 2003.

Just William was a BBC television series based on the Just William series of books written by Richmal Crompton. It ran for two series from 1994 to 1995.

Variety show introduced by American ventriloquist Ronn Lucas.

The Ten Percenters was a British television comedy series, broadcast on ITV, which began as a pilot in 1993, and was followed by two series which were shown in 1994 and 1996. Clive Francis played the main character, and the producer was Ed Bye. The writers for the pilot were Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, while the first and second series were written by Naylor and various co-writers, including Steve Punt and Paul Alexander.

The Uninvited is an ITV science fiction television mini-series first shown in 1997 as four fifty minute episodes. The series was made by Anglia Television. It was created by Leslie Grantham, who also features as a police officer with a secret. Steve Blake is a photographer who sees the head of British Nuclear Power killed in a horrific car crash, but then turning up alive and well. The village of Sweet Hope contains a mystery: it collapsed into the sea and the population was apparently saved by two police officers. Blake tries to investigate what has happened to the survivors who have all gone on to obtain positions of power within the British establishment. When Blake visits the submerged village he discovers a chilling secret...

In hospital, photographer Jinx Kingsley wakes from a coma after a car crash - a failed suicide attempt, prompted by her fiance Leo jilting her to elope with Jinx's lifelong best friend, Meg. The discovery of Leo and Meg's bodies - brutally murdered in the same manner as Jinx's first husband - makes Jinx the prime suspect. Then, with the help of eminent neuroscientist Dr.Alan Protheroe, some memories begin to surface. Memories of desperation and paralysing terror.

Three years in the making, this comprehensive study of the Soviet dictator blends documentary footage and interviews with experts and surviving witnesses.

Bang Bang - It's Reeves and Mortimer continues the anarchic and surreal blend of offbeat comedy that has made the duo so popular. The series is arguably a continuation of The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, although a number of new characters were added. There's also a spoof fly-on-the-wall documentary about Baron's Night Club – a clear precursor to Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights . The high-voiced Stott brothers--who appeared in Vic Reeves Big Night Out --return to terrorise celebrities. The show capitalised on the duo's success with the spoof game show Shooting Stars and brought in a darker edge to their humour.

An English playwright sacrifices his health waiting for his play's make-or-break opening on Broadway.

A well-to-do family is torn apart by the kidnapping of their teenage daughter in this harrowing thriller.