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Encyclopedia > Television Programming of the BBC

An incomplete list of popular BBC produced shows and shows originally produced for BBC TV: This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ...


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2point4 children was a British sitcom that ran on BBC1 from 1991 to 1999. ...

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Charles Prentiss (Stephen Fry) & Martin McCabe (John Bird) Absolute Power is a British comedy series, set in the offices of Prentiss McCabe, a fictional public relations company (or government-media relations consultancy) in London. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom written by Jennifer Saunders and starring Saunders and Joanna Lumley. ... Various scenes from Ace Lightning Ace Lightning is childrens television show that has appeared in several different countries. ... Adam Adamant Lives! was a television series that ran from 1966 to 1967 on the BBC. The show was the BBCs attempt to repeat the success of ITVs The Avengers, with a comedy adventure theme. ... All About Me is a BBC1 comedy about a multicultural family living in Birmingham. ... Allo Allo! was a British sitcom that ran on BBC1 from 1984 to 1992. ... Animal Hospital was a television show starring Rolf Harris that ran on the BBC from 1994 until 2004. ... The Animals of Farthing Wood is a series of childrens books written by Colin Dann, which was turned into an animated series by the European Broadcasting Union between 1992 and 1995. ... Are You Being Served? was a British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985. ... As Time Goes By is a song written by Herman Hupfeld for the 1931 Broadway musical Everybodys Welcome, made famous by its inclusion in the film Casablanca. ... The Ascent of Man (1973) is a BBC documentary series, produced in association with Time-Life Films, written and presented by Jacob Bronowski. ... Auf Wiedersehen, Pet is a popular British comedy-drama series created by Franc Roddam and mostly written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who had also written The Likely Lads, What Ever Happened to the Likely Lads? and Porridge. ... Company logo Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITVplc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Bagpuss was possibly the most popular UK childrens television series of the 1970s, made by Smallfilms. ... Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama set in Ireland. ... Poster for Band of Brothers. ... Bargain Hunt is a daytime television programme on BBC1, in which two teams (the Reds and the Blues), both made up of two people, are given £200 each with which to buy a number of items from bric-a-brac sales and attempt to make their money back (or more... Bella and the Boys is a one-off British television drama, produced by the independent production company Century Films for the BBC and originally screened on the BBC Two network on February 15, 2004. ... Belonging is a British television drama series, produced by BBC Wales and screened on the BBC One network during a regional opt-out section from the national feed. ... This article discusses the Childrens television show. ... Birds of a Feather is the name of a successful situation comedy shown on BBC1 in the United Kingdom between 1989 and 1998. ... The second series of Blackadder was set in Elizabethan England, starring (left to right) Tony Robinson as Baldrick, Rowan Atkinson as Edmund, Lord Blackadder, and Tim McInnerny as Lord Percy Percy. ... Blackpool is a British television drama serial, produced in-house by the BBC and screened on their BBC One network in six one-hour episodes on Thursday nights at 9pm from November 11 to December 16, 2004. ... Blakes 7 was a BBC science fiction television series created by Terry Nation that ran four seasons from January 2, 1978 to December 21, 1981. ... Blue Peter is a popular, long-running BBC television programme for children. ... The Blue Planet is a Discovery Channel/BBC Natural History Unit co-produced television series subtitled a natural history of the oceans, consisting of eight episodes, presented by David Attenborough, originally transmitted in September/ October 2001. ... Bob the Builder is a stop-motion animated childrens TV programme concerning the adventures of a British construction contractor and his friends. ... Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson as Richie and Eddie in Bottom Bottom was a British sitcom of the early 1990s written by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, who were the shows main stars, playing Richard Richard (Richie) and Edward Elizabeth Hitler (Eddie) respectively; they share a flat in Hammersmith. ... Boys from the Blackstuff is a British television drama serial of five episodes, originally transmitted from October 10 to November 7, 1982 on BBC TWO. The serial was written by Liverpudlian playwright Alan Bleasdale, and was a sequel to a television play called The Black Stuff, which he had originally... The Brittas Empire was a British television sitcom, that ran between 1991 and 1997. ... Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four seasons from April 1995 to August 1999. ...

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Cambridge Spies was a 2003, a five part BBC drama concerning the lives of the Cambridge Five from 1934 to the defection of Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean to the Soviet Union. ... Canterbury Tales Woodcut 1484 The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). ... Captain Pugwash is a fictional pirate character in a series of British childrens comic strips, books and animated films created by John Ryan. ... Casanova is a British television drama serial, written by the acclaimed television playwright Dennis Potter. ... David Tennant as Giacomo Casanova. ... Casualty is a long-running BBC television drama serial, first broadcast in 1986 and transmitted on BBC One. ... Cathy Come Home is a British television play, originally broadcast on November 16, 1966 on BBC1. ... Celebdaq is a popular BBC television programme and online game. ... Century Falls is a British science-fiction television serial for children broadcast in six twenty-five minute episodes on BBC ONE in early 1993. ... Challenge Anneka was a British television programme, produced by the independent production company Mentorn for the BBC and aired on Saturday evenings on BBC One from 1989 until 1995. ... A changing room or dressing room is a room or enclosure in a clothing store where customers may try on clothes before purchasing them. ... Chucklevision is a popular childrens television show on Childrens BBC following the adventures of the two Chuckle Brothers, Barry (the smaller) and Paul, who find themselves in all sorts of situations that they must cope with. ... Front cover Civilisation (full title, Civilisation: A Personal View) was a popular TV series outlining the history of Western society produced by the BBC and aired in 1969 on BBC Two. ... Clocking Off is a British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four seasons from 2000 to 2003. ... Comedy Playhouse was an occasional BBC television anthology series of the 1960s and early 1970s, consisting of one-off plays with the potential to be turned into regular sitcoms. ... Countryfile is a Sunday morning television programme by the BBC that reports about various countryside and environmental issues. ... Stars of Coupling Coupling season one cover Coupling is a sitcom written by Steven Moffat that debuted on BBC2 in May 2000. ...

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The cast of Dads Army (left to right): Pike, Frazer, Warden Hodges (front), Godfrey, Mainwaring (front), Walker, Jones and Wilson Dads Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard in World War II, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on BBC television between 1968... Dark Season is a British science-fiction television serial for children, screened on BBC ONE in the UK in late 1991. ... Dead Ringers (comedy) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Dick and Dom in da Bungalow is a CBBC childrens television series presented by Dominic Wood (Dom) and Richard McCourt (Dick). Each weekend, they have 6 children or bungalow heads come to stay the weekend in their bungalow. Throughout the two shows (on Saturday and Sunday mornings, 9am to... Didnt They Do Well is a BBC television quiz show presented by Bruce Forsyth. ... The Disorderly Room was a very early British television comedy production, written by Eric Blore and starring Tommy Handley. ... List of Doctor Who serials Doctor Who audio releases Doctor Who spin-offs - includes a discussion of the many novelisations and original novels based on the series History of Doctor Who The Doctor (Doctor Who) List of supporting characters in Doctor Who, including villains and aliens List of robots in... Doomwatch was a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on the BBC ONE channel for thirty-seven fifty-minute episodes, plus one unshown, in three seasons transmitted from 1970 to 1972. ...

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// Introduction EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera which was first broadcast on February 19, 1985. ... Edge of Darkness is a British television drama serial, produced by BBC Television in association with Lionheart Television International and originally broadcast in six 55-minute episodes on BBC Two in late 1985. ... Eldorado is a British soap opera that aired for only one year, from 6 July 1992 to 9 July 1993. ...

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Fame Academy is the name of televised competition to search for and to educate musical talents, and to award the best contestant with a chance to become a successful music artist. ... The Fast Show is a BBC comedy Sketch show programme which ran from 1994 to 2000. ... The cast of Fawlty Towers, clockwise from top: Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), Sybil Fawlty (Prunella Scales), Manuel (Andrew Sachs) and Polly Sherman (Connie Booth) Fawlty Towers was a British sitcom made by the BBC and first broadcast in 1975. ... French & Saunders is a British sketch comedy television show starring and written by comedy team Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, and is also the name by which they are known on the rare occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act. ...

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Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) is a song by ABBA. Gimme Gimme Gimme was a BBC television comedy by Tiger Productions that ran for 3 series between 1999 and 2001. ... For other uses, see The Good Life (disambiguation) The Good Life was one of the most successful British sitcoms of all time, produced by the BBC during the mid-1970s. ... Goodness Gracious Me is a BBC English language sketch show originally on BBC Radio 4 and later on BBC TWO, based on four Indian-British actors: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Goodnight Sweetheart was a British sitcom that was broadcast between 1993 and 1999 starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, in which Lyndhursts character Gary Sparrow comes across a time portal in the East End of London which allows him (only him, no-one else can use it) to travel between the modern... The British television sport programme Grandstand is one of BBCs longest running sports shows, alongside BBC Sports Personality of the Year. ... In 2002, the BBC conducted a vote to discover the 100 Greatest Britons of all time. ... Ground Force is a BBC lifestyle or makeover television programme in which a team of gardeners descend on an individuals garden and remake it for the cameras, within two days, against the clock, while that individual is lured away on some pretext. ... The Grove Family was a British television soap opera, generally regarded as the first of its kind broadcast in the UK, made and transmitted by BBC Television from 1954 to 1957. ...

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Hancocks Half Hour was a famous BBC radio comedy series of the 1950s starring Tony Hancock. ... Harry Enfield (born May 30, 1961) is an English comedian educated at the University of York who quickly came to prominence after appearing on Channel 4s Saturday Live in a number of different personae created with Paul Whitehouse. ... Have I Got News For You (sometimes abbreviated to HIGNFY) is a long-running UK television panel game, on the subject of news, politics and current affairs. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... The News Quiz is a topical comedy quiz broadcast on British radio BBC Radio 4. ... There have been many books called A History of Britain. ... The cover of the first novel in the Hitchhikers series, from a late 1990s printing. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Hollywood Science is a BBC-produced TV show, which determines whether or not scenes in various films are scientifically credible. ... Home front is the informal term commonly used to describe the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system of its military. ... Horizon is a long-running BBC popular science and history documentary programme, notable for coining the term supervolcano. ... Building a House of Cards is a pastime involving stacking playing cards on top of each other, risky because they can fall over with the slightest movement. ... Hustle is a British TV drama series made by Kudos Productions for BBC ONE. It follows a group of London-based con artists as they attempt to dupe money out of their victims, or marks. ...

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Im Alan Partridge is a British sitcom. ...

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Jackanory was a long running BBC childrens television series that was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. ... Jonathan Creek is a mystery television series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. ...

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Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom (sometimes referred to as a Britcom in America) which ran on BBC1 from 1990 to 1993 and again in 1995. ...

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Last of the Summer Wine, written by Roy Clarke, is a British sitcom, which has run longer than any other comedy series in the world, now in its twenty-sixth series. ... Later with Jools Holland is a contemporary music show hosted by Jools Holland. ... The League of Gentlemen is a troupe of British comedy performers, and the name of their stage, radio, and latterly television series. ... The Life of Birds is a BBC (in conjunction with BBC Worldwide Americas Inc. ... The Life of Mammals is a BBC (in conjunction with The Discovery Channel) natural history television series of ten episodes, about mammals, written and presented by David Attenborough, originally transmitted in 2002. ... This article is about the tv programme Life on Earth. ... Life in the Freezer is a BBC natural history television series (in conjunction with The National Geographic Society and Lionheart International Limited) of six episodes about life in and around the continent of Antarctica. ... Linda Green was a British television comedy-drama series that lasted for two seasons, screened in 2001 and 2002. ... Little Britain is a BBC radio and television sketch show written by and starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... The Living Planet is a 1984 BBC television series presented by David Attenborough. ...

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The Man With the Flower in His Mouth is a play by the Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello. ... Manchild is a British television comedy / drama series that ran for two seasons of seven fifty-minute episodes each on BBC Two between February 2002 and April 2003. ... Mastermind is one of the most highly regarded British quiz shows, well-known for its challenging questions, intimidating setting, and air of seriousness. ... Match of the Day is the BBCs principal football programme. ... Men Behaving Badly is a British sitcom, broadcast originally on ITV but moved to BBC ONE (and a later timeslot) from the third series onwards. ... Company logo Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITVplc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... Messiah is a British television drama series, broadcast on the BBC One network and produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland, although the series itself is set in England. ... Mock the Week is a British topical panel game, hosted by Dara Ó Briain. ... Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer, 1851 Monarch of the Glen (with a conscious reference to the famous Landseer painting) is a British television drama, produced by Ecosse Films for BBC Scotland and transmitted on the BBC One network in the UK. The series premiered in 2000, and... Monty Pythons Flying Circus (aka Flying Circus or MPFC, known during the fourth season as Monty Python) was the popular BBC sketch comedy show from Monty Python. ... Morecambe and Wise Morecambe and Wise were a famous British comic double act comprising Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. ... My Family is the name of a British sitcom on BBC1 starring Robert Lindsay, Zoe Wanamaker, and Kris Marshall. ... My Hero is a British comedy about a superhero named Thermoman from the planet Ultron. ...

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Never Mind The Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme produced for the BBC and usually aired on BBC TWO. The title is a play on the Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks album along with the band Buzzcocks. Format In the show... Newsnight is a British daily news analysis, current affairs and politics programme broadcast between 22. ... Newsround (called John Cravens Newsround before the departure of John Craven) is a BBC childrens news programme, which has run continuously since 1972. ... Nighty Night is a six-part BBC Television comedy/drama with a black edge to its humour; shown on BBC THREE and later BBC TWO from January 2004. ... Peter Cushing played Winston Smith while Donald Pleasence played Syme. ... Noddy is a fictional character created by British childrens author Enid Blyton. ... The cast of Not The Nine OClock News (from left): Griff Rhys Jones, Rowan Atkinson, and Mel Smith, with Pamela Stephenson at the front. ...

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Ricky Gervais as David Brent in The Office The Office is a British and American television comedy series. ... One Foot in the Grave is both a television situation comedy (see below) and a 1994 album by Beck (see One Foot in the Grave (album)). One Foot in the Grave was a popular BBC television situation comedy series written by David Renwick. ... The original lineup of Only Fools and Horses, featuring Rodney, Del Boy and Grandad, lasted from 1981 to 1985. ... Open All Hours was a BBC sitcom which ran for four series (26 episodes in all) between 1976 and 1985, with a pilot episode from the Seven of One series. ... Christopher Eccleston as Nicky Hutchinson in a BBC publicity still for Our Friends in the North. ...

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Panorama is a long-running current affairs documentary series on BBC television, launched in 1953 and focusing on investigative journalism. ... Michael Parkinson CBE (born March 28, 1935) is an English journalist and television presenter. ... Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC Television drama serial by the highly-regarded television playwright Dennis Potter. ... Picture Page was a British television programme, broadcast on the BBC Television Service (now known as BBC One) from 1936 to 1939, and again after the services hiatus during the Second World War from 1946 until 1952. ... Play for Today was a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC One from 1970 to 1984. ... Porridge is a British BBC television sitcom (1974 - 1977), written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and starring Ronnie Barker. ... Postman Pat is a BBC stop motion animated childrens television series aimed at pre-school children, concerning the adventures of Pat, a postman in the (fictional) Yorkshire village of Greendale (inspired by the real valley of Longsleddale). ... The Power of Nightmares is a BBC series of documentary films, written and produced by Adam Curtis, which claims that neo-conservatives have exagerated the threat from radical Islamists in order to increase their power and authority. ... The Private Life of Plants (1995) is a six-part BBC television series presented by David Attenborough, on the growth, movement, reproduction and survival of plants around the world. ...

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Q5 can mean many things, including: Q5 (now called Nightshade) is a Heavy Metal band Q5 was also a British television program, running from 1969 to 1980. ... The Quatermass Experiment is a British television science-fiction serial, transmitted by BBC Television in the summer of 1953. ... Quatermass II is a British television science-fiction serial, the second in the popular and influential Quatermass series written by Nigel Kneale. ... The 1987 BBC VHS release of the serial. ... See Qi (disambiguation) for other meanings of Qi. Qi is a fundamental concept of everyday Chinese culture, most often defined as air or breath (for example, the colloquial Mandarin Chinese term for weather is tiān qi, or the breath of heaven) and, by extension, life force or spiritual energy... A Question of Sport is a long-running BBC quiz show which started on 5 January 1970 and continues to this day. ... Question Time is a topical debate television programme in the United Kingdom, based on Any Questions?. It is currently shown on BBC One at 22:35 on Thursdays, and typically features politicians from the three major political parties and other public figures who answer questions put to them by the...

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Ready Steady Cook is a BBC daytime TV cooking programme hosted by celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott. ... This article describes the British science fiction comedy television series. ... Restoration was a 2003 BBC television series in which viewers chose which of the United Kingdoms most important but neglected buildings that were nominated were to be awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant of £3m. ... The house robot Sir Killalot about to drop Hypno-Disc into the pit. ... Rough Science is a UK factual television series made by the BBC in collaboration with the Open University and has, as of 2005, had five series. ... The cast: Clockwise from top: Dave, Antony, Barbara, Jim and Denise The Royle Family was a popular BBC television situation comedy (sitcom) that ran for three series between 1998 and 2000. ...

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See Hear is a weekly BBC programme for deaf people in the UK. The programme features interviews with people involved with the deaf in areas such as education, deaf rights, technology, and language. ... Shoestring was a BBC TV show set in Bristol. ... This article is about a TV series. ... The Singing Detective The Singing Detective was a 1986 BBC television miniseries, written by Dennis Potter, starring Michael Gambon. ... The Sky at Night is a long running television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. It is the longest running television programme with the same presenter anywhere. ... Some Mothers Do Ave Em (1973-1978) was a highly successful BBC sitcom, written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice. ... Songs of Praise is a BBC television programme based on religion and ethics. ... Spooks is a British television drama series, produced by the independent production company Kudos for the BBC One network. ... Springwatch with Bill Oddie is a live BBC TV show, broadcast nightly, Monday - Thursday, from 30 May - 16 June 2005. ... Steptoe and Son was a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherds Bush, London. ... Strange is a British television drama series, produced by the independent production company Big Bear Productions for the BBC One network. ... Survivors was a British television programme created by Terry Nation and produced by the BBC from 1975 to 1977. ... Sykes was a long-running BBC television sitcom of the 1960s and 1970s, starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques. ...

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Talking to a Stranger is a British television drama, produced by the BBC and made up of four separate plays telling the story of one weekend from the viewpoints of four different members of the same family. ... toys made to Teletubbies images Teletubbies is a BBC childrens television series aimed particularly at babies and pre-school toddlers, produced from 1997 to 2001 by Ragdoll Productions. ... The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom set in a police station in London. ... They think its all over is a catch phrase popular in England. ... Test the Nation is a television programme, first broadcast on the BBC. The format has now been made around the world in countries such as Germany, the US, Israel, New Zealand and Japan. ... Theatre 625 was a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. ... Theatre Parade was a British television programme, one of the worlds very first regular shows, running on the BBC Television Service from its inception in 1936 until 1938. ... Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (recently shortened to Thomas and Friends) is a childrens television series which was first broadcast in 1984. ... Til Death Us Do Part (also known as Till Death Us do Part)1 was a BBC television sitcom series written by Johnny Speight that ran from 1964 until 1974. ... Timewatch is a long running television series produced by the BBC. It presents a broad range of historical investigations focusing forgotten events or forgotten aspects of major events. ... Tipping the Velvet is a British television drama serial, originally screened in three episodes on the BBC Two network in the autumn of 2002. ... Tomorrows World was a long-running BBC television series, showcasing new (and often wacky) developments in the world of science and technology. ... Top Gear is a long-running BBC television series about cars, motorcycles and motorsport. ... Top of the Pops is a long-running British music chart television programme shown each week on BBC One and now licensed for local versions around the world. ... To the Manor Born was a popular and high-rating British sitcom which ran for a total of twenty one episodes over three seasons between 1979 and 1981. ... Trials of Life is a BBC (in conjunction with The Australian Broadcasting Service and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. ... Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett The Two Ronnies was a British sketch show that aired on BBC One from 1971 to 1987. ...

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University Challenge is a long-running British television quiz show. ... Company logo Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITVplc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... Granada TV logo, used from 1956 to 1968. ... Up Pompeii was a British television comedy series of 1970. ...

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The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom created by Richard Curtis, and mostly written by Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer. ...

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Waking the Dead is a BBC TV programme following the work of a special police team who investigate cold cases; usually murders that took place a number of years ago that were never solved. ... Walking with Beasts is a six-part television documentary about extinct cenozoic mammals and birds produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom. ... Walking with Cavemen is a television documentary produced by BBC in the United Kingdom, originally released in April of 2003 and presented in the United States by the Discovery Channel and its affiliates. ... Walking with Dinosaurs is a 1999 six-part television series produced by the BBC and narrated by Kenneth Branagh. ... Discovery Channel is an American cable TV network, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, that has a variety of science programming, particularly documentaries and nature shows. ... Watchdog is a BBC television series that investigates viewers reports of problematic experiences with traders, retailers, and other companies around the UK. It has had great success in changing the awareness consumers have of their purchasing rights and in changing policies of companies, closing businesses down and pushing for law... The Weakest Link (or, in the U.S., simply Weakest Link) is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two in 2000. ... The Wednesday Play was a British television drama anthology series, which ran on BBC ONE from 1964 to 1970. ... What Not to Wear is a reality makeover television show in both Britain and the United States. ... Wild In Your Garden was a live BBC TV show, broadcast in 2003. ... Natural World (sometimes in the past titled Wildlife On One or Wildlife On Two) is a long running BBC television series on natural history. ... This article refers to the childrens TV programme, not the radical anarchist WOMBLES group The Wombles are fictional characters created by British author Elisabeth Beresford, originally appearing in a series of childrens novels from 1968. ...

Y

Yes, (Prime) Minister: Sir Humphrey Appleby, James Jim Hacker, Bernard Woolley Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister were British sitcoms transmitted by the BBC between 1980 and 1988. ... Yes, (prime) minister: Sir Humphrey Appleby, James Jim Hacker, Bernard Woolley Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister are British sitcoms about the struggle between (Dr) James Jim Hacker (played by Paul Eddington), the government minister of the (fictional) Department of Administrative Affairs (and later as Prime Minister) and... The Young Ones; Left to right: Jerzi Balowski (Alexei Sayle), Neil (Nigel Planer), Rik (Rick Mayall), Mike (Christopher Ryan) & Viv (Adrian Edmondson) The Young Ones was a British sitcom about four male students sharing a house. ...

Z

  • Z-Cars
  • The Zoo Gang
  • Zoo Quest

Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars, and always pronounced zed, never zee) was a British television drama series centred around the work of regular beat police officers in the fictional town of Newtown, near Liverpool, in the north-west of England. ...

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The Chelsea Flower Show is a garden show held each year for four days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society, Chelsea, London, England. ... Pudsey is the teddy bear logo of Children in Need, created by designer Joanna Ball and named after Balls home town, Pudsey, in West Yorkshire. ... Comic Relief is a charity organisation which was founded in the United Kingdom in 1985 in response to famine in Ethiopia. ... The Edinburgh Festival is a collection of various festivals in August of each year in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... There are various championships held in a variety of sports on a European Level: European Football Championship (football) European LC Championships (swimming) European SC Championships (swimming) European Mens Handball Championship (handball) European Womens Handball Championship (handball) Rugby League European Nations Cup (formerly known as the European Championship) (Rugby... Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union. ... The site from the stone circle on Thursday afternoon, 2004 The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury Festival or Glasto, is the largest [1] greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... The Football World Cup (official name: FIFA World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer). ... A Promenade concert in the Royal Albert Hall, 2004. ...

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