Category: TV History
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The 4th Most-Broadcast BBC Programme of All-Time: Video Special!
Ho, yes. We’re closing in on the top of the list, so I’ve made a video on the programme in fourth place. Everyone likes it when people say “hey, watch this video I’ve made”, don’t they? For those who don’t (waves to 97% of the population), I’ll put the text version online tomorrow. Which has…
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“Bart, Elvis and The Baby” – The 5th Most Broadcast BBC Programme of All-Time
Into the top five. And where some programmes in the list are hard to find out much information, he’s one where there’s way too much to feasabily include. Still, here’s a good old bash at it – get comfy for over 6,300 words about… 5: Cricket (Shown 6250 times, 1938-2021) PROLOGUE: A lot to get…
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Blue RePeter Returns: Another Fact-Based Addendum
Blimey, you lot. Following yesterday’s extra batch of Blue Peter information from Paul R Jackson, Daniel James Webb has written in (okay, he posted in the comments, but I’m trying to get a Blue Peter aesthetic going) with the following list of details of presenter reunions for each landmark anniversary. Take it away, Daniel! 20th…
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Blue RePeter: A Fact-Based Addendum
In a fairly typical example of the blog almost-not-quite timing things properly, the last update (marking the history of Blue Peter after I reveal it as the sixthmost broadcast BBC programme of all-time) happened to appear a few days shy of Blue Peter’s 65th anniversary. Of course, if I’d planned things properly, I would have…
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“I Don’t Care Where That Tiger Cub Goes, Follow It!” – The 6th Most Broadcast BBC Programme of All-Time
Back again, finally. Following a programme where it was quite honestly a struggle finding a lot to write about (Bargain Hunt, in case you’ve forgotten) to one where I could’ve spent about sixty years writing about it. And did actually spend very nearly that long digging out a complete broadcast history, such is the way…
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“Bobby Dazzler” – The 7th Most Broadcast BBC Programme of All-Time
Nearly at the last half-dozen! 7: Bargain Hunt (Shown 5843 times, 2000-2021) Some game shows try everything they can to ramp up the excitement. ITV seemed to go big on this concept in the 1980s, the network clearly at the zenith of the Licence To Print Money Years. This saw shows such as Ultra Quiz,…
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“I might know someone who works on this and get punched on the nose”: The 8th Most-Broadcast BBC Programme Of All Time
And so, from Snooker, a sport that has had a relatively rich and varied history since the very birth of broadcasting, onto a programme that basically hasn’t changed since it began twenty years ago. Heeeeere’s 8: Homes under the Hammer (Shown 5166 times, 2003-2021) One thing that was always going to make an appearance in…
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Forgotten ITV Franchise Spin-Off Products of the 1970s: Number One
It’s true. With each franchise famously having “a licence to print money”, many ITV franchise holders decided to diversify. Many of them failed to capture an audience – ATV’s Celebrity Square Crisps suffered by having the face of Arthur Mullard expensively printed on each individual crisp, and the less said of IBA Engineering Information Porridge…
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RECAP: The 50th to 10th Most-Broadcast BBC Programmes Of All Time
Continuing the recap of the list thus far, as a special treat for those finding themselves forgetful, those only moderately interested in the rundown or those with a number fetish. Continuing from number fifty: 50: Racing(Shown 1741 times, 1946-2012) “The Television Service listings for 2 June 1937 show The Derby being covered, but the limitations…
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RECAP: The 100th to 51st Most-Broadcast BBC Programmes Of All Time
With the list about to visit that all-important Top, erm, Nine, let’s pause and take in the whole list so far, across two updates. Very much one for the TL;DR types, but nice to revisit even if you’ve been keeping an eye on the various updates. While compiling the newer entries on the list, I’ve…
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