Every half-an-hour, the klaxon sounds in the RadioTimes.com offices, signalling a new Doctor Who story is required. What to do when another...
Our summary of the late Victoria Wood’s TV CV… NEW FACES (ATV 1974) THE SUMMER SHOW (ATV 1975) Victoria Wood’s telly debut...
A true light entertainment giant? Yes, Paul! In light of the sad news, here’s a ruffle through the TV highlights of Mr...
In light of the sad news, TV Cream presents some snippets from the time it sat down with the now late Lord Terrence of...
Direct from London’s verdant Shepherd’s Bush Green, we celebrate the televisual excursions of…. LORD TERENCE OF WOGANSHIRE JACKPOT (RTE 1964) Eager for...
That repeat of a 1987-vintage episode of Wogan the other night allowed us to enjoy an imperial slice of Tel-evision. And it...
Here is the news: It’s Christmas! How do we know? Because the Christmas Creamguide is wending its way down the nation’s chimneys....
Granted, Radio Times has a history – a now fading history – of terrific Christmas covers, but what of its downstairs rival?...
Christmas is not all about Radio Times of course. Because whenever John Craven craned out from a festive Back Page so too...
IT’S NOT HARD. You’ve all year to think about it. You’ve been doing it for almost a century. And it’s not like...
Worried about heating your home this Christmas? Dig some of the following disgraces out of your attic, douse with a bit of...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/doctor-who?in=tv-cream/sets/winners-so-far[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/world-in-action?in=tv-cream/sets/winners-so-far[/soundcloud] A curly-haired, scary man in space vs a curly-haired, scary man in space, in… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! This’ll...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/magpie?in=tv-cream/sets/winners-so-far[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/grandstand?in=tv-cream/sets/winners-so-far[/soundcloud] Two, indeed, for joy… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Pitching Thames TV’s Blue Peter-beater against BBC1’s World of Sport-retort… This...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/whatever-happened-to-the?in=tv-cream/sets/winners-so-far[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/sweeney?in=tv-cream/sets/winners-so-far[/soundcloud] Oh! What happened to you? TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Seriously, though, what did become of the people, we used...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/rainbow?in=tv-cream/sets/winners-so-far[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/joey-lindin/nantucket-sleigh-ride[/soundcloud] High above the streets and houses… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! And, sorry, but another of our tracks has been...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/blockbusters?in=tv-cream/sets/quizzes[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/treasure-hunt?in=tv-cream/sets/quizzes[/soundcloud] Break-out the hand jive for… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Due to the Only Connect-esque rules of engagement, these are...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/blankety-blank?in=tv-cream/sets/game-shows[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/pimpos20/4-theme-from-grange-hill[/soundcloud] Egads! Lord Terrence of Woganshire in a duff-up with the boy Tucker Jenkins, you say? It must be… TV Cream’s...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/screen-test?in=tv-cream/sets/kids-entertainment[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/top-of-the-pops-yellow-pearl?in=tv-cream/sets/pop[/soundcloud] More battling tunes in… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Our second-play-off features the militaristic miasma that is Screen Test vs...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/the-prisoner?in=tv-cream/sets/drama[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/tomorrows-world?in=tv-cream/sets/factual[/soundcloud] And we’re back! It’s the play-off phase of… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Over the next eight weeks we’ll be...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/call-my-bluff?in=tv-cream/sets/quizzes[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/treasure-hunt?in=tv-cream/sets/quizzes[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/university-challenge?in=tv-cream/sets/quizzes[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/blockbusters?in=tv-cream/sets/quizzes[/soundcloud] The heats end here! It’s the final week in the prelim rounds of… [deep breath] TV Cream’s Most...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/jigsaw?in=tv-cream/sets/kids-entertainment[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/screen-test?in=tv-cream/sets/kids-entertainment[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/the-815-from-manchester?in=tv-cream/sets/kids-entertainment[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/think-of-a-number?in=tv-cream/sets/kids-entertainment[/soundcloud] The penultimate week (of the opening rounds, sigh) of… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! The handsome chap has...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/blakes-7?in=tv-cream/sets/sci-fi[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/doctor-who?in=tv-cream/sets/sci-fi[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the?in=tv-cream/sets/sci-fi[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/the-tomorrow-people?in=tv-cream/sets/sci-fi[/soundcloud] Foregone conclusion! It’s… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Yes, Dr Who is going to win this. It can’t...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/cheggers-plays-pop?in=tv-cream/sets/pop[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/the-old-grey-whistle-test?in=tv-cream/sets/pop[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/top-of-the-pops-whole-lotta?in=tv-cream/sets/pop[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/top-of-the-pops-yellow-pearl?in=tv-cream/sets/pop[/soundcloud] Let’s get ready to POP, it’s… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Still! We’re still doing this! An exciting...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/howards-way-opening-intro?in=tv-cream/sets/drama[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/the-prisoner?in=tv-cream/sets/drama[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/all-creatures-great-and?in=tv-cream/sets/drama[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/bergerac?in=tv-cream/sets/drama[/soundcloud] Here’s excitements, a double duo of drama (we phrase it like that for the alliteration) going into battle...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/blankety-blank?in=tv-cream/sets/game-shows[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/bruce-forsyths-generation-game?in=tv-cream/sets/game-shows[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/chain-letters?in=tv-cream/sets/game-shows[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/larry-graysons-generation-game?in=tv-cream/sets/game-shows[/soundcloud] So much better than last week’s, it’s… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! And here’s fun! Yes, ver Blank...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/follyfoot?in=tv-cream/sets/kids-drama[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/joe-90?in=tv-cream/sets/kids-drama[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/jossys-giants?in=tv-cream/sets/kids-drama[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/grange-hill-1?in=tv-cream/sets/kids-drama[/soundcloud] It continues… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Let’s be clear, we fully expect Alan Hawkshaw’s roughly rubbed güiro...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/holiday?in=tv-cream/sets/factual[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/tomorrows-world?in=tv-cream/sets/factual[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/top-gear?in=tv-cream/sets/factual[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/wish-you-were-here?in=tv-cream/sets/factual[/soundcloud] This week, time for a little edutainment as we battle four factual TV titles. Which will you decide...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/bod[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/jamie-and-the-magic-torch[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/pigeon-street[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/rainbow[/soundcloud] Welcome, welcome, welcome home to our battle of the TV themes initiative. After our Christmas break, we return...
Of course, Christmas isn’t Christmas without your quality TV listings guide. The one that covers telly with genuine enthusiasm – instead of...
The art of the Christmas TV schedule Everyone knows how massive Christmas telly is. That’s why the TV listings magazines come out...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/grandstand?in=tv-cream/sets/sports[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/ski-sunday-1?in=tv-cream/sets/sports[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/sportsnight?in=tv-cream/sets/sports[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/world-of-sport-1?in=tv-cream/sets/sports[/soundcloud] Look at his face! Just look at his face! Because it’s week six of… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/animal-magic?in=tv-cream/sets/kids-factual[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/magpie?in=tv-cream/sets/kids-factual[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/the-really-wild-show?in=tv-cream/sets/kids-factual[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/windmill?in=tv-cream/sets/kids-factual[/soundcloud] [Looks up from some busy work] Hullo! Welcome to this week’s… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! This time,...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/are-you-being-served?in=tv-cream/sets/sitcoms[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/some-mothers-do-ave-em?in=tv-cream/sets/sitcoms[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/sorry?in=tv-cream/sets/sitcoms[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/whatever-happened-to-the?in=tv-cream/sets/sitcoms[/soundcloud] So many questions! And an exclamation! It’s the fourth ever-lovin’ week of our quest to find… TV Cream’s...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/angels?in=tv-cream/sets/emergency-services[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/juliet-bravo?in=tv-cream/sets/emergency-services[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/the-bill?in=tv-cream/sets/emergency-services[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/sweeney?in=tv-cream/sets/emergency-services[/soundcloud] Welcome! Welcome to week three of… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! This time around we’re pitting four 999-flavoured...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/bbc-one-oclock-news[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/itn-news-at-10[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/nationwide[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/world-in-action[/soundcloud] It’s week two of the electrifying electoral eclectica the nation has dubbed… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! We’re...
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/election?in=tv-cream/sets/verses-politics[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/on-the-record?in=tv-cream/sets/verses-politics[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/question-time?in=tv-cream/sets/verses-politics[/soundcloud] [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tv-cream/weekend-world-4?in=tv-cream/sets/verses-politics[/soundcloud] Welcome! To the opening salvo of what we’re calling… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Over the next umpteen...
The warhorse of football highlights turns fifty years old on 22nd August. It’s had its ups and downs along the way but...
The following appeared in our Creamguide mail-out just a few weeks ago. We represent it now in light of the extremely sad...
If you didn’t like or understand The Young Ones, you were just too old. We all said it, and it rings true...
“Hands up who likes me.” TV Cream’s hands are up and waving. And we’re wailing at the news the unkillable (cos he...
It’s Eurovision Song Contest time again, those few days when Britain, which has offered up a few useful pop acts over the...
TV Cream offers its own string of bunting to be hung at BBC2’s 50th birthday party: a courageous* inventory of what we...
When the BBC’s first television channel launched in 1936, the world had yet to cotton on to the value of photographing interesting...
Cheers! That was Derek Griffiths downing a celebratory glass of Vimto as the printing press whirls on The Burst of Creamup! What...
We learned this week something of the BBC’s plans for covering the 2015 general election. Given it’s still over a year until...
When Britain tries to do topical late-night TV: eight-and-a-half examples For unfussy disciples of US popular culture, which nowadays is pretty much...
The moon is right! The spirit’s up! We’re here tonight! And that’s enough of a reason for us to unleash a little...
It’s out today! The new Christmas Creamguide is now winging its way through the email chimneys of all our subscribers! And, as...
Peoples of the universe please attend: The above video is to flag up that next month, we’ll be launching our podcast series...
FEW WENT ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF BEING FAMOUS as meticulously as David Frost. Even fewer managed to make it look so effortless....
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