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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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“Perhaps I Ought To Chalk It?”: The 9th Most-Broadcast BBC Programme Of All Time
What’s got eight legs, 22 balls and would kill you if it fell on you from a tree? 9: Snooker (Shown 4882 times, 1937-2021) All together now: “For those watching in black and white, the pink’s behind the blue…”. Except, Whisperin’ Ted’s infamous line actually came from Pot Black, which is a distinctly different proposition…
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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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DAMN, BALLS AND BLAST (the 100 Most-Broadcast BBC Programmes Of All Time, number, erm, 16).
Or, the follies of trying to cram a huge data analysis project into your vanishingly sparse amount of free time. Okay. This isn’t the first time this has happened, but it should be the last. Back when I started this ill-considered endeavour, right in the initial post, I mentioned that there will almost definitely be…
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The 100 Most-Broadcast BBC Programmes Of All Time (12 and 11)
Back with a pair of shows that come as close as you can imagine to the final Top Ten. 12: Flog It! (Shown 4530 times, 2002-2021) Waiting. There’s something that should be obsolete in this day and age. If you order something off the internet, you want it to arrive the next day. If you…
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