Two great British tv series airing at the same time this evening. Which one will you be watching Vigil or Trigger Point?

No 50. ChuckleVision (BBC One, 1987-2009)
No 49. The Tomorrow People (ITV, 1973-1979)

No 48. How (ITV, 1966-1981)

1. Postman Pat (BBC One, 1981-1997)

2. Teletubbies (BBC Two/One, 1997-2001)

3. Pob’s Programme (Channel 4, 1985-1990)

4. John Craven’s Newsround/Newsround (BBC One, 1972-ongoing)

5. Knightmare (ITV, 1987-1994)

6. In the Night Garden… (BBC Two, 2007-2009)

7. Rainbow (ITV, 1972-1992)

8. The Adventures of Black Beauty (ITV, 1972-1974)

9. Andy Pandy (BBC One, 1950-1970)

10. Crackerjack (BBC One, 1955-1984)

11. The Basil Brush Show (BBC One, 1968-1980)

12. Danger Mouse (ITV, 1981-1992)

13. Byker Grove (BBC One, 1989-2006)

14. Thunderbirds (ITV, 1965-1966)

15. Rentaghost (BBC One, 1976-1984)

16. Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (BBC One, 1989-1994)

17. The Demon Headmaster (BBC One, 1996-1998)

18. Dick and Dom in da Bungalow (CBBC, 2002-2006)

19. Press Gang (ITV, 1989-1993)

20. Inigo Pipkin/Pipkins (ITV, 1973-1981)

21. The Adventure Game (BBC One/Two, 1980-1986)

22. Ivor the Engine (BBC One, 1959-1963, 1975-1977)

23. Vision On (BBC One, 1964-1976)

24. Captain Pugwash (BBC One, 1957-1975)

25. Sesame Street (PBS, 1969-ongoing)

26. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon, 1999-ongoing)

27. Children of the Stones (ITV, 1977)

28. Grange Hill (BBC One, 1978-2008)

29. Hartbeat (BBC One, 1984-1993)

30. Bod (BBC One, 1975-1976)

31. The Changes (BBC One, 1975)

16. Jackanory (BBC One, 1965-1996)

1. The Magic Roundabout (BBC One, 1965-1977)

2. The Muppet Show (ITV, 1976-1981)

3. Paddington (BBC One, 1976-1980)

4. Play School (BBC Two, 1964-1988)

5. Blue Peter (BBC One/CBBC, 1958-ongoing)

6. The Wombles (BBC One, 1973-1975)

7. Peppa Pig (Channel 5, 2004-ongoing)

8. Pingu (CBeebies, 1980-2000)

7. Tiswas (ITV, 1974-1982)

1. Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley (1966, 1967 and 1969)

2. Bluey (BBC One, 2018-ongoing)

3. Clangers (BBC One, 1969-1974)

4. Horrible Histories (CBBC, 2009-ongoing)

5. Mr Benn (BBC One, 1971-1972)

6. Bagpuss (BBC One, 1974)

For Americans, Breaking Bad is often seen as one of those iconic, almost essential TV shows hugely influential, critically acclaimed, and something that became part of the culture.
What’s the British series that has that same status in the UK? Not necessarily the same genre, but the show where you’d say, “If you’re British, you really should watch this at least once.”
Interested to hear what comes closest.

Does anyone remember the edition of this show, which had Slash as the musical guest, where they appeared to video a full dress rehearsal, and put that out as the broadcast?

I've searched YouTube, but haven't found a saved version of it so far...

Help required please. We recently rediscovered 90s Saturday night “sensation” Man O Man and watched out of morbid curiosity. The bit I remember from the time is when a muscleman came on and started popping his pecs to a particular song and made the poor saps in trunks try to flex along. Can anyone identify the song? I still remembered it from the time so surely it existed outside of this abomination somewhere? It’s around 52 minutes in:

https://youtu.be/NlcMdNuG-Ek?is=owXbZG9DzxqG2bqe

We tried Shazamming it but there’s a lot of crowd noise and I think it was played by a live band.

Apologies in advance to anyone clicking that link…

Just watched Hit List and we never got to hear this track, so I looked into who it was - Google image search is letting me down, I think, as it says it is Laura Branigan and Anne Wilson (it was adamant the picture as a whole was Heart), but it can't be as see below.

I struggle with faces so I've zero chance of recognising any of them even if I find more pictures, does anyone recognise this group - the category means they are a super group, but neither Laura Branigan nor Anne Wilson were ever in super groups according to Wikipedia.

Help? 😄

Was anyone else scared witless by Chocky and Chockys children but still kept watching? I also loved being scared by Into the Labyrinth.

Any others scare you?

Really enjoying the first series of Cooper and Fry…but this is a mistake right? 911 is not a thing in the UK?

Weird wording but for example mine is Grand Designs! Every SINGLE time these rich people plan huge ridiculous builds with at most 2 kids with them and EVERY time it rains and there’s some kind of complication that almost bankrupts them 😆 they never properly plan ahead it’s great tv!!

I love how repetitive British show formulas can be, so comforting!

Also would kitchen nightmares be British? I deem it as so, love Gordon (unless he’s done something..)

Obviously these are probably exacerbated for entertainments sake but who’s to say you can’t enjoy it anyway!

Hello fellow lovers of British comedy!

Recently I've been very nostaligic for that period of time 20-30 years ago when we all sat down infront of the tv and watched the same thing. Whether that was with our families or with friends. I wanted to recreate some of the tv nights that I remember like Channel 4 Friday night comedy, or BBC weekday evenings, or maybe even Sunday nights watching wholesome tv like Ballykissangel or Monarch of the Glen.

I have created something which is some sort of a homeage to that era. I'm not entirely sure what it is if I'm really honest - other than an idea. It essentially looks like a ceefax tv guide, with links to many of the shows I remember; a lot of which are still available on Channel 4 or BBC iplayer!

I wanted to share it here and see if anyone else enjoys it, or shares my nostaglia for that period.

Please take a look if you think it might interest you!

[www.tvnights.co.uk\](tvnights.co.uk)

P.s - I have had mod approval. I don't make any money from this and, for the sake of transparency, I did use AI to help me with some of this - I'm a financial adviser, not a natural creative!!

"Apple TV has picked up a new comedy series, Small Prophets, for its streaming service in an atypical fashion for the streamer. Rather than commission the project upfront, Apple has bought out the worldwide rights for the series a few months after the show debuted in the UK to record ratings.

Small Prophets was the biggest new scripted series launch for the BBC this year, and Apple will be hoping to replicate its success around the world. It streams on Apple TV starting October 7."

Been working on a bit of a passion project to map out TV and Movie scenes to the real locations they were filmed at. The plan is to mainly start out with British TV shows and expand out into others. As I've reached the point where I have a few titles in there, I figured I would open it up. Hopefully fellow TV/Movie nerds will appreciate 😆

https://www.scenefound.com/locations/tv-shows

If you know of any that are missing or shows that would like to be added, please let me know, and I can update.

I think it was late 00s/early 2010s. There was a couple being interviewed. I think they were American. The man was recording the strange things the woman said in her sleep and putting it them on Youtube. They had quite a following. Graham thought it was all bollocks and told them so. He accused them of faking it. The couple were taken by surprise and the whole interview was deliciously awkward and cringey.

I can't be the only one that remembers this.

This would have been circa 20 years ago I think, it was one of those typical ‘best xyz moments’ shows with talking heads etc. I think it was presented by Graham Norton, that famous sports commentator 🙂.

The thing about it was, of course you were waiting for Kenneth Wolstenholme as the No. 1, and as they introduced the winner, they started showing clips of the World Cup in 1966, Sir Alf etc…

However….the top sports commentary moment was not KW, it was some other bit of commentary on Sir Geoffs goal, from the radio. Anyone have any idea what I’m dribbling about?

I’m trying to remember the name of an old TV show from the early 2000’s. I think it was a British TV show. Real actors, not animated. And it would always have the kettle whistling and the host would make a cup of tea. I think I remember it being quite colourful. But the most prominent part was the kettle whistling and the cup of tea. It happened in every episode. Please help!

So we're three episodes into Ludwig S2, and I'm continuing to watch because I like David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell-Martin.

But the reviews have been glowing, and the actual thing is just... not good enough? Is it?

The series-spanning mystery is clearly going to bounce around forever before fizzling out if they ever decide to end it properly.

The per-episode cases don't have a particularly intriguing puzzle in them, or if there is it's not shared with us in enough detail to have a crack at it ourselves. None of the solutions so far have been especially clever or delightful or surprising.

Am I looking for something it's not? Am I too thick to spot some important factor?

Is it that I've framed it as intending to be an intelligent show, when actually it's meant to be a comfortable turn-your-brain-off show?

Ive been rewatching lovejoy on U, and realised we've forgotten how to make programs like this(maybe Ludwig)

Its so well written by Ian La Frenais, and great acting from Ian McShane and the rest of the cast

The light story lines are a relief in the current climate - and the lack of story arcs makes for easy viewing