Category: TV History
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BBC100: The 100 Most-Broadcast BBC Programmes Of All Time (50-46)
Into the fifty! And on the BBC’s actual 100th birthday too. Would’ve been nice to have wrapped up the whole list by this point, admittedly. But at least we’re in the top half of the table now. And into the next section of the list we go. 50: Racing (Shown 1741 times, 1946-2014) Here’s something…
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BBC100: The 100 Most-Broadcast BBC Programmes Of All Time (55-51)
So close to the half-century. And it only took me re-extracting ten years’ worth of data to correct a piddling technicality for one of the entries. But more of that later. On we go! 55: Animal Park (Shown 1639 times, 2000-2021) If you want an animal-based programme that seems as unstoppable as a rhino-led restaging…
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SKY (G)ONE: A History of Sky’s Flagship Channel
[NOTE: This article originally appeared on Medium last September. I’ve rewritten some of the following to bring things up to date a little.] It’s now just over twelve months* since Sky One was filed alongside Bravo, Carlton Select and U>Direct on Wikipedia’s list of defunct UK television channels. This is a suitable opportunity to reflect…
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