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Battle Stations is a documentary series of 1 hour episodes, which uses archive footage, re-enactments and first-hand accounts from the crews, to follow the machines and technology implemented from the Second World War to the Gulf War in the land, air and sea.
Comedic British History
A struggling English actor and his writer friend decide to try their luck in Hollywood.
Carefree piggy Preston lives a simple life, oblivious to the hungry Mr. Wolf, who's constantly on his tail. Based on the books by Colin McNaughton.
Comedy about a group of barristers who never let justice get in the way of making pots of money.
That Peter Kay Thing is a series of six spoof documentaries shown on Channel 4 in January 1999. Set in and around Bolton, these follows the lives of different characters and stars Peter Kay as the subject of each documentary. All of the episodes display Kay's penchant for nostalgic humour and unsympathetic lead characters. The series was narrated by Andrew Sachs. Many of the plot lines were based around actual events from Kay's life. At least six of the characters appear in the spin-off series Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights.
A fly-on-the-wall series showing Louis Theroux spending time with guest celebrities.
Bob Martin is a British situation comedy. Its concept bears significant resemblance to The Larry Sanders Show. Michael Barrymore is its principal actor. It was made by Granada for the ITV network from 2 April 2000 to 4 June 2001.
Keith Barret, a taxi driver, is estranged from his wife, Marion, and children, Rhys and Alun. Although it's clear the separation is having a devastating effect on him, he's determined - to the point of near insanity - to remain positive.
Fetch the Vet is a British stop motion children's television programme created by Gail Penston and Stephen Thraves. 26 episodes were produced by Cosgrove Hall Films, Flextech Television, and London Weekend Television for ITV's children's strand CITV. The show concerned Tom Fetch, who lived in the countryside working as a vet and was respected by everyone because of his duties to help cure injured or sick animals
Baddiel and Skinner unplanned was a free-form talk show hosted by British comedians/personalities David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and produced by Avalon Television. Its concept was developed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and had a run in the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2001. The show features the two hosts sitting on a couch on-stage and responding to questions from the audience — at times rather seriously, but usually with bizarre digressions into satirical comedy. An audience member is chosen as "Secretary" and has the job of keeping a note of the topics covered on a white board. In practice, the personality of the secretary will also prompt many jokes — usually at his or her expense. At the end of the show, Skinner asks either the secretary or the audience to choose between two song books, and to pick a page number between 1 and 20. This process determines which song is performed by the duo, sung by Skinner with Baddiel accompanying him on piano. Topics of discussion are wholly mandated by the audience and have ranged from discussions of the war against Iraq and other political events to comments on the latest plot twists of popular soap operas and the Atkins diet. Skinner's Catholicism and Baddiel's Jewish faith are also occasional targets of humour.
Drama set in Glasgow's high-octane club scene about the lifestyles of the people who go to Tinsel Town nightclub.
Saturday morning magazine show with music, celebrities and competitions.
Other People's Children is a four-episode 2000 British television drama, adapted by Leigh Jackson from Joanna Trollope's 1998 novel of the same name. The series tells the story of how three women and two men deal with new marriages and the consequences of the new spouses or partners having to deal with their partner's children of different ages from previous marriages.
A widowed sports journalist and single father develops a rocky relationship with a succesful management consultant sent to downsize his paper.
Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts and narrates a series of four half hour ghost stories all based on stories by M.R. James. 'The Stalls of Barchester', 'The Ash Tree', 'Number 13' and 'A Warning to the Curious' are the tales told.
Brotherly Love is a 1999 sitcom starring Gregor Fisher and James Fleet. The show was made in Scotland and similar to Last of the Summer Wine. Recently, it has been aired in the United States on various PBS stations as part of 'One Season Wonders.'
Sin Cities is a British sexually-oriented travel television series with Grub Smith for season one and Ashley Hames for seasons two through four. It originally broadcast on Bravo from 2000 to 2007. It has also been broadcast on Showcase in Canada. Series 1 and 2 were produced by Visual Voodoo while Series 3 and 4 were produced by Class Films. Smith and Hames co-hosted a spin-off series entitled Sin Cities Unleashed which consisted of edited highlights from the first two series of Sin Cities. The premise of the series sees the host traveling to cities around the world and exploring sexual entertainment options, occasionally even participating. The tone of the series is irreverent and humorous, with a tendency to focus on some of the more bizarre options available, such as wearing nappies and being captured for sexual pleasure.
The Wright Stuff is a British television chat show, hosted by Matthew Wright, and airing on Channel 5 each weekday morning from 9:15 to 11:10am. The series characterises itself as "Britain's brightest daytime show", which "gives ordinary people the chance to talk and comment on everything from the invasion of Iraq to social, emotional and even sexual issues back at home", as well as featuring "showbiz stars and media commentators". The Wright Stuff has been nominated as "Best Daytime Programme" at both the Royal Television Society and the National Television Awards. The show first aired on 11 September 2000 and was created at Anglia Television who produced it for two years until their takeover by Granada. It is now produced by Princess Productions who also produced the short-lived The Vanessa Show.
The program features ethical tales, with a gist of horror in them. It focuses on notorious children learning a bleak lesson. The series also aims on petrifying children to obey to their parents.
Council Planner Michael Fry uncovers a sinister plot in his Welsh seaside home town, and finds himself caught in a growing tide of corruption and sleazy internet sex.
Troma's Edge TV puts Troma's unique spin on such diverse and hilarious topics as American politics and mass murder. Using "cutting-edge" special "effects", each episode "mixes" classic blood, guts and hot sex in the midst of it all. Trent Haaga, hosts the New York segments, while Tiffany Shepis, stars and super-Tromette Bullimia who Tromanchors from Los Angeles. Of course, the expert on hand of Troma, president Lloyd Kaufman (creator of Toxic Avenger) guides the Troma Team throughout the show!
Comedy drama about a deeply dysfunctional family from South London. Ray, a friendly but hopeless fifty-something, is a widower with three daughters, two sons and a drink problem.
36 volunteers spend the year 2000 on the island of Taransay finding out what happens when a cross-section of British people try to create a new society.
A good-intentioned but inexperienced man runs a Newcastle legal practice.
Meet Ricky Gervais is a chat show written and hosted by the comedy writer and performer Ricky Gervais. It was produced by Talkback for Channel 4 in 2000 and ran for one series on Friday nights. The show aired throughout the time Ricky Gervais was also co-writing the first series of the highly successful The Office for BBC2.
Detective Constable Jack Mowbray has seen a lot of disturbing things on the job. But somehow the family man has never taken it home with him—until now. The brutal murder of a young woman in Bristol sets off a chain of events that may change Mowbray forever and tear his family apart. When the Bristol murder is linked to a series of recent killings, the investigating team grows to more than a dozen detectives and just as many petty jealousies and full-blown rivalries. Mowbray’s boss, DCS Henderson keeps the pressure on as it becomes clear that the latest killing will not be the last. Mowbray and his colleagues race to find a predator who will strike again—without apparent motive.
Shipwrecked is a British reality television programme airing on Channel 4's youth programming brand, T4. The original version ran for three series from 9 January 2000 to 19 December 2001 and was constructed as a social experiment, without a competitive format or a prize. The programme returned for four series from 8 January 2006 to 10 May 2009 in a new format, as Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands. It featured two teams competing with each other for new members, with the largest team winning a cash prize at the end. The show returned on 23 October 2011 on E4 as Shipwrecked: The Island. In 2013, a Russian version of the show will air on NTV.
As a boy, Freddie Musgrave ran contraband on the Tyne, but now, as a successful businessman, he seems to have it all. However, his troubled past comes back to haunt him, threatening his newfound security.
Two children's parents mentally regress back to childhood, usually at the most inconvenient of times. Big Kids was a family drama show which aired on CBBC on BBC One, from September 27th to December 20th 2000. Although only thirteen episodes were ever made, the show is one of CBBC's most repeated series, due to its popularity.
Intimate and conversational, award-winning domestic goddess Nigella Lawson shares her secrets for creating perfect meals for every occasion. From TV dinners to Temple Food and from ultimate All-Day breakfast to Party food, Nigella reveals how to make satisfying meals that suit your mood. Nigella offers practical tips and a set of hassle-free principles that make cooking an enjoyable part of life even when making indulgent recipes such as Turkish Delight Syllabub, Lemon Risotto or the divine Lamb-Shank Stew.
Seapower is the fascinating saga of the development of battleships from the days of Ancient Greece to the twenty first century.
Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.
Monsignor Renard was a four-part ITV television drama set in occupied France during World War II. It starred John Thaw as Monsignor Augustine Renard, a French priest who is drawn into the Resistance movement. The series was later shown in the U.S. as part of Masterpiece Theatre.
The Big Impression, known as Alistair McGowan's Big Impression for the first three series, is a British comedy sketch show. It features Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona impersonating personalities from entertainment and sport. Four series and a number of specials were made by Vera Productions and it was first broadcast on BBC One between 2000 and 2004. The series has won five awards, including the 2003 BAFTA comedy programme prize.
Michael and Clare McCready are an estranged father and daughter who are reunited through their work as private investigators within an Irish community in Kilburn, London, after Clare drops out of university and fails to find another job.
Set in an inner-city medical surgery, Cry Wolf follows a pair of doctors who have a child together after a one-night fling.
A bizarre mix of chat show and performance art, as comedy star Vic Reeves allowed guests a rare opportunity to delve into his mind and examine the contents... Guests were invited to talk about obscure subjects like ‘cutlery’ and in the process analyze Vic’s original art work, study relevant props and artifacts, and spend time with the studio rabbit. Guests included Johnny Vegas, Ricky Gervais and, Bill Oddie.
A six-part comedy set in London that follows an asthmatic, early-30s Scottish lesbian living there.
A sharp barrister teams up with a strong-minded solicitor to take on battles with the British legal system.
The two teenage girl inhabit the modern world of texting, the Internet and medieval lover potions.
Lily Live! is a flamboyant live/scripted comedy show which was made by Carlton Television, which was broadcast for two series on ITV in 2000 and 2001 starring Paul O'Grady as Lily Savage. The show guest-starred the club act Gayle Tuesday and the actress Jayne Tunnicliffe.
Two-part documentary series following United Nations Goodwill Ambassador and ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell as she meets inspirational children during a world tour.
Naked Jungle was a one-off television game show produced by the United Kingdom terrestrial TV station Channel 5 in 2000. In itself a fairly innocuous gameshow with an assault course format, it was controversial because its contestants were all nudists. The programme's presenter, Keith Chegwin, was also naked. The full-frontal scenes of genitalia caused a furore in the national media, especially in the Daily Mail, which described the show as having "plumbed new depths [of indecency on television]". The show also attracted criticism in the House of Commons. No follow-up programmes were made. Chegwin identified Naked Jungle as "the worst career move" in his entire life. The programme was made by the same producers as CITV's Jungle Run, and used the same set as well as following the same format. A video of Naked Jungle was released by Universal Home Entertainment in late 2000
Sitcom set in a pretty village, but with very different inhabitants - including: a retired professional, his refined wife, a wealthy but tasteless couple, 'alternative lifestyle' followers, a lawyer, and a drunkard farmer. Lots of ridiculous situations, mix-ups, and double-entendres.
Children's drama series about Jamie Custer's attempts to be a stand-up comic.
Fish is a BBC drama series of 2000, starring Paul McGann as an idealistic lawyer who specialised in industrial tribunals. In court, he often came up against a female lawyer, played by Jemma Redgrave. Fish's wife had mysteriously disappeared, leaving him to look after his young son, and he began an affair with Redgrave. The other regular character was Trevor, an amateur philosopher who owned a mobile burger bar. Written by actor/writer Stephen Tredre, after his death the series final scripting was finished by Matthew Bardsley, resulting in only one series being made.
Series exploring the origins of human life, from African beginnings to Ice Age artists.
David Attenborough examines the ecological and conservation crises that threaten the world
Elizabeth is a four-part British documentary about Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Clarkson's Car Years was a television series presented by Jeremy Clarkson and first shown during June and July 2000 on BBC Two. Over the series, Clarkson discusses six different topics relating to motoring, looking at the defining moments of each. The show was produced by BBC Birmingham and executively produced by Richard Pearson. Car Years was the first of two series involving Clarkson which were filmed during his hiatus from Top Gear, and his third documentary series for the BBC, following Motorworld and Extreme Machines. The show was first shown on UK television channel BBC Two, before being shown to an international audience on BBC World. As of 2008, it has regularly been repeated on various UKTV channels, most recently being Dave.
BBC Breakfast is a national British morning television news programme simulcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel. It is presented live from MediaCityUK and contains a mixture of news, sport, weather, business and feature items. The programme is broadcast seven days a week, every week of the year, including weekends and public holidays. It is a department of the BBC North Group division. Alison Ford, previously the UK Editor for BBC Newsgathering, was the Editor of the programme, until her death in July 2013. Her appointment followed the departure of David Kermode to 5 News.
Dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the late 1970s, showing the effect that it had on the health and career of Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield who led the enquiry.
Alan Bennett re-lives his upbringing in Leeds in a series of talks, both amusing and touching.