KYTV is a UK comedy spoof television show, the TV version of Radio Active. The name KYTV was a spoof television station named after it's alleged owner Kenneth Yellowhammer. His actual title was Sir Kenneth Yellowhammer, and they were to use his title in the name of the station, but unfortunately someone had "beaten them to it" and so KYS TV never came to be. It starred Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Philip Pope, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Michael Fenton-Stevens. It was set in a low-budget satellite television station bearing a suspicious similarity to Sky Television. In the second series we learn that KYTV has merged with "BSE Television", just as Sky merged with BSB. The second series also featured parodies of Carlton Television's early logos. Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during the 1980s. ... Gordon Angus Deayton (born January 6, British comic television presenter. ... Geoffrey Perkins has been a central figure in British comedy broadcasting. ... Philip Pope is a British composer and actor. ... Helen Atkinson-Wood is an English actress. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of orbiting communications satellites located 37,000 km (22,300 miles) above the earth’s surface. ... British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting) is a company that operates Sky Digital, the most popular subscription television service in the UK and Ireland. ... Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which infects by a mechanism that shocked biologists on its discovery in late 20th century and appears transmissible to humans. ... British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) was a company set up in 1986 to provide direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom. ... Carlton logo in cinemas Carlton Television Limited is the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licencee for London, Monday 9:25am, to Friday, 5:15pm. ...
The pilot show was broadcast on 12 May1989, and a series of 6 programmes began on 3 May1990. A second season of 6 began on 17 March1992, and a final 6 episodes was broadcast between 17 September and 22 October1993. A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
KYTV was pure classic comedy and, for once, a breath of fresh air at the time of it's original transmission in the late 80's/early 90's.
KYTV was a spot-on parody of the then rising SKY satellite TV channels right down to the amateur presenters and tacky, cheap and desperate TV shows but it was also a lot more than that.
KYTV is yet another show which hasn't been given much of a commercial release on video but at least what was released were one or two collections of full episodes rathen than sketch compilations (which wouldn't have worked anyway) and are well worth hunting out for any fans of great British comedy.
KYTV is a UK comedy spoof television show, the TV version of Radio Active.
The name KYTV was a spoof television station named after its alleged owner Kenneth Yellowhammer.
His actual title was Sir Kenneth Yellowhammer, and they were to use his title in the name of the station, but unfortunately someone had "beaten them to it" and so SKY TV never came to be.
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