Break in the Sun DRAMATISED SERIES BASED on a Bernard Ashley novel. Paperplay REDOUBTABLE LUNCHTIME ten-minuter. Maths Counts NO-NONSENSE NUMERICAL school business. Russell Harty Plus LONG-RUNNING PREDECESSOR of the above, and the one that made Russ a household name. Budgie WHAT DO you want if you don't want money? Kelly Montieth AMERICAN EXPORTED choice of viewing to the Nine O'clock News. Handful of Songs, A TOMMY STEELE theme song heralded less-than-welcome appearance of Carpenters-style singing/acoustic guitar duo. One and all review flavourless reheat of factory-made britcom chicken. All in Good Faith The instant Nimmo had hung up his cowl, it was only gone and swiped by RICHARD BRIERS doing a spot of moonlighting from EVER DECREASING CIRCLES. Indoors Outdoors MORE PASTIME hard sell, here taking the shape of a giant castor oil dose of "home activities" comprising gardening, DIY, cooking and craft. Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World DOTTY SCI-FI guru and thing inventor introduced this "crazy world" series. Carrie's War UBIQUITOUS SCHOOL reading homework. We are the Champions PE COMPETITION overseen by stern-but-fair RON PICKERING and the noisiest thing ever on children's television. A LATE and low-key entry in the considerable Postgate canon. Waterfall, The "IT'S BEAUTIFUL! "
Bouquet of Barbed Wire YIKES! Journey into the Life of John Lennon, A BLACKSTUFF BOY BERNARD HILL as eponymous whinging Dr Winston O'Boogie. Puppy's New Adventures, The/Further Adventures TREACLY STEW of canine comradeship.
Gran GRIZZLED GRIM stop motion gadabout. Jossy's Giants JUMPERS-FOR-GOALPOSTS JAPERY. One and all review flavourless reheat of factory-made britcom paper. Flambards ONCE MORE UNTO Edwardian England for another bout of tears'n'trauma drawing room dramatics. Dabble with Digance, A WELL, WHO wouldn't? Teliffant ENGLISH LANGUAGE not evident. Consultant, The LOAFER, SPY and latterday Walford gangster (one of about 400, it seems) HYWEL BENNETT here did what everyone else was doing in the early 80s and turned his hand to computers. Elephant NORTHERN IRELAND.
Agaton Sax AMIABLE ENOUGH cartoon serial about a bowler-hatted, moustachioed detective (and some sort of police constable sidekick). To The Manor Born PUNNING TITLE and YES, MINISTER-type theme concealed ultra gentle aristocom. Record Breakers, The LONG-RUNNING PROMOTIONAL campaign for the Guinness family and, for most of its existence, the only place you'd see 80-year-olds on children's telly. Brave New World HUXLEY GOES disco. Bluebell SUNDAY NIGHT past-your-bedtime Nazi/nightclub confection. Interceptor, The "I LIKE IT! All-Star Record Breakers, The. Fun and Games CELIA HOYLES and ROB "TEETH" BUCKMAN presented various dracketty old "brainteasers" and "mental games" to a less-than-appreciative studio audience of pensioners and layabouts. Grumbleweeds Radio Show, The EXCEPT IT'S ON TV. What is it about the sea shanty that people love so much? Night Beat News WEIRD, FRANTIC Welsh sitcom set in a small radio station, taped twice – once in Welsh, once in English. One and all review flavourless reheat of factory-made britcom cheese. Loner, The THREE PLAYLETS courtesy of ALAN "COALHOUSE DOOR" PLATER. All Our Yesterdays NETWORKED SEPIA-DRENCHED homily to Better Times. Relative Strangers HIRSUTE NON-HYSTERICS from MATTHEW KELLY.
Best of the West EL NAFFO comedy-drama for Saturday teatime. DAVID "HELLO THERE" JACOBS talks to various Suez-era celebs. BCG Daily - 18/08/2022. End of the Line DOCUDRAMA-ANTHOLOGY OF employment (and lack of) in Irvine New Town. Mathscore One/Two Maths with, hey, a football twist! Mr Pye FANTASTICAL NOODLINGS amongst the good folk of the Isle Of Sark. Kids From 47A, The REDOUBTABLE KIDS sitcom from the keep-smiling-through school of jokery.
City Beneath the Sea BELOW THE WAVES carry-on from the PATHFINDERS team. Fax "WHERE DO BIRDS GO TO DIE? " Trade Test Transmissions ONE OF those functional but nevertheless well-remembered series that BBC2 showed in the run-up to colour broadcasting. Northstar FAR-FETCHED, FURTHER-FLUNG one-off snubbed by evil bastard US networks. Indelible Evidence CHARMLESS CRIMEWATCH roadtester shuttled out on BBC2. God's Wonderful Railway STEAM-SATURATED TRAINSPOTTING tribulations.
Hark at Barker/His Lordship Entertains IMPRESSIVE RONNIE B. cavalcade. How We Used To Live A Yorkshire schools' morning stalwart. Hitman QUITE POSSIBLY the dullest quiz show of all time. Odd One Out PAUL DANIELS haunted this grim quiz. We'll Think of Something UNSYMPATHETICALLY SLOW sitcom from the light channel. Play Guitar ANOTHER INSTALLMENT in that rich seam of Sunday morning cheapo edutainment. Boy Dominic, The 19TH CENTURY-BASED "family serial" charting efforts of 12-year-old brat trying to find his shipwrecked father. Kate and Ted's Show WHAT RICHES lie ahead of us. Charlie's Angels "ONCE UPON a time, there were three beautiful girls who went to the Police Academy". Singing Ringing Tree, The UBIQUITOUSLY HALF-REMEMBERED dubbed film. Young Doctors, The NOT THAT there was anything very young about them. Doctor Who "NO NO, that's not his name, it's just the name of the programme. " Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics. Goober and the Ghost Chasers WILL AND JOE need a new hit and fast.
The Last Laugh with Jerry Sadowitz was recorded to be a 55-minute show though it was later transmitted as a 45-minute show (for general scheduling reasons, not because of content) Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 18th August 2022. But Frankie Boyle has revealed he could be set to leave performing live behind him - after penning a debut novel inspired by radical independence campaigners, drug addiction, artificial intelligence and Glasgow's colonial Ferguson, The Scotsman, 18th August 2022. Revolver GLAM SVENGALI MICKIE MOST produced this punk-pop show, notably fronted by a (as usual) glum bastard PETER COOK laughably pretending to be the manager of the venue it was set in. We'll Tell You a Story "IF YOU like to sing songs and you like to hear rhymes…".
Dan August PRE-STARDOM BURT REYNOLDS uses nosey gossip to track down filth in Santa Luisa, California. Swalk TEENAGE TRIBULATIONS from the early days of the Four. Logan's Run NUTS AND BOLTS knock-off of the bacofoil and plasterboard big screen classic. No Problem FROM OUT OF JEREMY ISAACS' much-in-evidence arch lever file marked "minorities" sprung this fondly remembered C4 ensemble fixture. Dear Ladies FLOUNDERING DRAGCOM starring PEBBLE MILL staples Dr. Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Brackett. You're Only Young Twice EXTREMELY ROTTEN ITV sitcom that managed to stink up the schedules for four years. Hadleigh GERALD HARPER stalks the moors as eponymous lairy lord of the manor, before contriving to hitch up with HILARY DWYER and, well, settle down. Department S/Jason King ORIGINAL WAS a top MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE UK-style Bentleys and fist-fights spy thrillah.