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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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ARCHIVE TV ADVENT CALENDAR DAY TWENTY-TWO: 22 December 1990
Nearly done with this, you’ll be pleased to know. Back to 1990 today, and The Les Dennis Christmas Laughter Show. The third and final Christmas special on the Beeb for likeable Les, and while it’s tempting to assume “broadcast on the 22nd? Ooh, his star is falling”, there was a hell of a lot more […]
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ARCHIVE TV ADVENT CALENDAR DAY TWENTY-ONE: 21 December 1988 (DOUBLE BILL!)
Quite the day. Firstly, over to BBC1 at 7pm for a special episode of the Beeb’s Shepherd’s Bush mainstay with Wogan: Terry in Pantoland. Hosted by, of course, Prince Terry. This isn’t just a tacked on premise, either. I mean, just look at him up there. Preceding that grand entrance was a full on song-and-dance […]
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ARCHIVE TV ADVENT CALENDAR DAY TWENTY: 20 December 1983
Yes. It can only be Perry Como’s French-Canadian Christmas Special (BBC1). Purely on the basis of that title. I mean, come on. It sounds like a joke from The Simpsons. And for anyone without a sense of what television was like on the other side of the Atlantic at the time, this could easily be […]
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ARCHIVE TV ADVENT CALENDAR DAY NINETEEN: 19 December 1983
(Yes, a day late. Like everyone else in the UK, I was full of cold yesterday. I’ll put the one for the 20th out later on.) Time for Eureka (BBC2), a reliably relatable teatime programme looking at everyday inventions, presented by Sarah Greene and Paul McDowell, aided by Madeline Smith, Sylvester McCoy and the always-welcome […]
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