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The 100 Most-Broadcast BBC Programmes Of All Time (28 and 27)
Yes, it took a long time to arrive at this next update. You can blame the ‘programme’ at number 27 on the list. Anyway, on with the next couple of entries on the list, which would have undoubtedly appeared much sooner if I’d refused to do commentary on them. 28: CountryFile (Shown 2798 times, 1988-2021)…
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The 100 Most-Broadcast BBC Programmes Of All Time (30 and 29)
Into the Top Thirty we go, and a real treat in store for anyone hoping to see a picture of Ken Burras examining a Luffa. Kicking off with a programme promising to make the most out of new-fangled colour television. 30: Gardeners’ World (Shown 2736 times, 1968-2021) Borne out of Percy Thrower’s Gardening Club (526…
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The 100 Most-Broadcast BBC Programmes Of All Time (32 and 31)
Ooh, almost within the Top Thirty. And this time around, it includes two examples of Peak Beeb, so that’s nice. Here goes: 32: Pointless (Shown 2656 times, 2009-2021) Yes! For the first time in ages, a programme I won’t need to do a lot of research on because I’ve probably watched most of the episodes.…
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The 100 Most-Broadcast BBC Programmes Of All Time (34 and 33)
Here comes the next bit. Look out, Britain. 34: Tonight (Shown 2582 times, 1957-1992) Heeeeeeeeere’s, um, Cliff Michelmore! Yeah, so nothing to do with The Tonight Show, but rather billed (repeatedly) in the Radio Times as “a topical programme for all the family”, the initial incarnation of Tonight arrived on the screens of teatime Britain…
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BBC100: The 100 Most-Broadcast BBC Programmes Of All Time (36&35)
After a sport and an incredibly popular kids TV programme last time, how about something different? This time we’ve got… oh. 36: Golf (Shown 2487 times, 1938-2021) The first piece of actual golf-related TV programming that I can find came in March 1937, with Golfers in Action. A mid-point between a demonstration and an interview,…
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BBC100: The 100 Most-Broadcast BBC Programmes Of All Time (38 and 37)
Current status of More Frequent Updates: okay, a bit of a delay while I had to type in a load of listings by hand. But all worth waiting for, especially if you’ve a 1930s tennis coverage-shaped knowledge gap in your brain. 38: Wimbledon (Shown 2304 times, 1937-2021) Okay, bit of an arguable one here. If…
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The 100 Most-Broadcast BBC Programmes Of All Time (40-39, plus 100-41 again, especially 42)
When you draw a line in the sand, it’s too bloody tempting to kick that line away and draw a new one. In short: I simply don’t know when to just leave things alone. What happened is, when writing the entry for a programme that appeared to have set for number 36 on the list,…
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The Mega-Meldrew Point (Updated 9 Jan)
Happy New Year! Now, who wants to feel old? You may have heard of a Twitter account called Meldrew Point. If you haven’t, the account’s bio sums it up nice and succinctly: “to reach Meldrew Point, you must be 19,537 days old: the same age as Richard Wilson when episode 1 of One Foot In…
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ARCHIVE TV ADVENT CALENDAR DAY TWENTY-FOUR: 24 December 1989
We made it! What better preparation for the big day could there be than the culmination of yet another series of daily December posts by me that prove to be really unpopular but which I bloody-mindedly see through right to the bitter end in the face of almost total indifference. Have a mince pie. So,…
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ARCHIVE TV ADVENT CALENDAR DAY TWENTY-THREE: 23 December 1988
Nearly at the finish line. Here’s a 23rd December (and also the final) episode of The Last Resort. Jonathan Ross and guests Peter Cook, The Del Rubio Triplets, Nick Lowe, Paul Merton and Dr Martin Scrote. With original ads, thanks to @NeilSmiles
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