Following in the mighty footsteps of Monty Python and influencing popular follow-ups like Little Britain, The League of Gentlemen always felt that little bit more twisted.
A review of the BBC's pioneering 1950s music show for teens.
Influential humorous improvisation series hosted by Clive Anderson - starring a myriad of quick-witted comedians.
When Nadia keeps dying and returning to the party that's being thrown in her honour on that same evening, she tries to find a way out of her strange and disturbing time loop.
Planned as a six-episode summer replacement in 1971, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour did so well that CBS brought it back immediately as a weekly variety series.
Just as World of Sport had challenged the comfortable cosy chair of the BBC by throwing an afternoon of horse racing and wrestling for ‘grappling fans’ up against Grandstand, so The Big Match competed with its football coverage, while the BBC stood still.
An inept broadcaster whose inflated sense of celebrity drives him to treachery and shameless self-promotion.
An exquisitely written, hilariously funny and surprisingly profound piece of television about a young woman trying to cope with life in London whilst coming to terms with a recent tragedy.
The Nat King Cole Show originally aired without a sponsor, but NBC agreed to pay for initial production costs assuming that once the show actually aired a national sponsor would emerge.
After an encounter with a demon, a sceptical nurse and ex-scientist meets the mysterious John Strange.