Television

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Originally aired in 1990, Yellowthread Street was a gritty police drama set on the streets of Hong Kong. It featured an international cast, starring Ray Lonnen as the chief with, amongst others, Bruce Payne, Tzi Ma and Mark McGann. More ...

This is one of my earliest TV memories, so it's all a bit vague! It appeared to be an import from Africa and was subtitled. It took the form of a documentary-style drama and focused on the life of a ...

This was a very funny and cleverly written political comedy series centering around Westminster Government Ministers. Paul Eddington starred. ...

Yes Prime Minister was the follow up sitcom of Yes Minister. Hacker is thrust into number 10 by double dealing civil servants who believe he will be a push over and thus a perfect PM. This is not the case ...

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You and Me were puppets who appeared on BBC2 (I think) around lunchtime for about 10 minutes. They stood behind a market barrow and the theme tune was great! #You and me, me and you, lots and lots for us ...

ITV offices, circa 1987. A man sits behind a desk, flipping listlessly through a pile of pitches for new television programmes. There’s a knock at the door, and an eager face peeks round.Head of Light Entertainment: 'Ah, Roger. Come in. ...

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You Can't Do That On Television was a wacky TV show about teenagers and the squares that were in charge and starred Alanis Morissette, in her younger years.Throughout the show, when someone said "I dont know", they would get slime ...

I remember a young Pauline Quirke being on this. They had a resident band in 'You Must Be Joking' - Flintlock, one of whom was Mike from The Tomorrow People. ...

Tom Hammond (Tim Brooke-Taylor) has been happily married to Alice (Diane Keen) for twenty years. Alice has dabbled with writing for many years, without much success. Suddenly, one of her books becomes a massive best seller.Tom has to adjust to ...

If "Upstairs, Downstairs" had been funny, it would be "You Rang M'Lord". The downstairs staff were mainly the cast of "Hi-De-Hi" including Su Pollard, Paul Shane and Jeffry Holland and the upstairs staff the Commanding Officers in "It Ain't Half ...

This was a historical mockumentary aimed at kids in the Saturday morning slot circa 1975, possibly imported from the US. The host was a rather fatherly American type figure and I think he carried a mic and a clipboard and ...

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This long running series - in which you send in your humourous mishaps that you have accidentally recorded on camcorder - was fronted for many years by Jeremy Beadle. Lisa Riley (from Emmerdale) followed more recently by Jonathan Wilkes. ...

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Long running BBC medical documentary series featuring real-life operations was aired during various periods between 1958 & 2005. One memorable episode was that of a motorcyclist having his head drilled on the operating table to relieve the pressure. Stomach-churning yet ...

"Your Mother Wouldn't Like It". Heh... title says it all, really! Your Mother Wouldn't Like It was quite an anarchic programme as I remember. I watched it many a time and often wondered how they got away with some off ...

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