TV Cream
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27Top of the Pops, Friday, 19.30, 21.00, BBC4
We’re racing through the autumn here, though despite the excitement of the Radio 1 simulcast we’re not sure it’s particularly a golden...
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Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand, Thursday, 21.00, BBC4
A Monkhouse mini-marathon on BBC4 tonight, for no particular reason, and while this has had numerous repeats, it’s always a treat to...
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98Comedy Legends, Wednesday, 21.00, Sky Arts
Although Twitter has brought us ever closer to those we admire, it does have the unhappy side effect of putting us off...
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Greg Davies: Looking for Kes, Tuesday, 21.00, BBC4
The future of Taskmaster has been a bit of a talking point in the last few weeks, seemingly about to move from...
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Great Film Composers: The Music of the Movies, Monday, 21.00, Sky Arts
As we’ll see, this is a big week for suitably epic American series aiming to tell the full stories of enormous genres,...
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155The Richard Dimbleby Lecture, Sunday, 22.30, BBC1
Does anything scream “contractual obligation” more than this week’s National Lottery Awards being screened in that prime slot of 11.45pm? Even this...
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225Pandora’s Ballot Box, Saturday, 20.00, BBC Radio 4
Obviously this week will feature a host of rather unedifying election build-up, but this hour should be a pleasing diversion as it’s...
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Top of the Pops, Friday, 19.30, 21.00, BBC4
You’ll note Pete’s last stand the other week featured a couple of people who’d go on to replace him as Pops host,...
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159Emmerdale, Thursday, 13.45, ITV3
No Pops today, and no Blue Peter either, for reasons that will become clear later, so that means, in this soap-themed week,...
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Comedy Legends, Wednesday, 21.00, Sky Arts
Paul Kaye once said the worst moment of his life was when he finally met his all-time comedy hero Steve Martin, because...
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238England’s Grand, Tuesday, 22.45, ITV
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish readers may wish to disagree, but you certainly could argue that the England national football team do...
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536Sean’s Last Show, Sunday, 22.00, BBC Radio 4 Extra
If comedy ever was the new rock’n’roll, we can perhaps cite Sean Hughes as the Cliff to The Mary Whitehouse Experience’s Beatles,...
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The Lord Mayor’s Show, Saturday, 10.45, BBC1
The other week we were pondering on which schedule staples had been on telly for the longest continuously, and while this was...
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Top of the Pops, Friday, 19.30, 21.00, BBC4
So with Peter Powell following Long, Bates and Smith out the door, there’s clearly a changing of the guard to make way...
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Top of the Pops, Thursday, 19.30, 00.40, BBC4
As you may have guessed, you’ll get to hear a lot about Radio 1 FM Stereo over the next few months, though...
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Comedy Legends, Wednesday, 21.00, Sky Arts
You’ll say one thing about this series, it’s certainly choosing some interesting subjects, quite a few in this series big stars in...
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Rich Hall’s Red Menace, Tuesday, 21.00, BBC4
After the terrifying nuclear paranoia last night, this documentary should be slightly less unsettling, as Rich Hall examines the conflict between Uncle...
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A British Guide to the End of the World, Monday, 21.00, BBC4
BBC4 are having a Cold War season which we’re sure will feature items a million times scarier than anything that went out...
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Bookclub, Sunday, 16.00, BBC Radio 4
You can credit Oprah or Richard and Judy, but Radio 4’s book club has been running since 1998, one of the more...
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Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire), Saturday, 14.45, BBC Radio 4
Although Ray Davies is renowned as one of the grumpiest men in rock, he seems to be one of the few performers...
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Top of the Pops, Friday, 19.30, 21.00, BBC4
Well, it’s another one of those big moments in Pops history here, as it’s the final appearance of Peter Powell on the...
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Top of the Pops, Thursday, 19.30, 00.30, BBC4
We know Stanley Appel was in charge of probably Pops’ lowest ebb in the early nineties but now he’s temporarily back in...
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Comedy Legends, Wednesday, 21.00, Sky Arts
Lenny Lenny Len’s series about BAME comedy on Gold the other week made for an entertaining and interesting watch, and Richard Pryor...
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3031Night Mail, Tuesday, 12.00, Talking Pictures TV
Well, we doubt public information films from the current era will stand up as a notable work of art in their own...
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Hidden History: The Lost Portraits of Bradford, Monday, 21.00, BBC4
Viewers in Yorkshire will have seen this show a few weeks ago but it now gets a swift promotion to the network,...
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816ABBA: Secrets of Their Greatest Hits, Sunday, 21.00, Channel 5
Not sure where that new ABBA material has got to, we’re afraid, but it’s not like we’ve not got enough top stuff...
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388Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist, Saturday, 21.00, BBC2
No surprise what our favourite bit of Vivienne Westwood on telly is, her memorable appearance on Wogan with Sue “You’re not to...
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Top of the Pops, Friday, 21.00, 02.00, BBC4
Credits watchers may note that the All About Eve episode was Paul Ciani’s last as producer for a while – though whether...
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Top of the Pops, Thursday, 19.30, BBC4
It was a bit of a shame the All About Eve episode was rather overshadowed by that cock-up because up until then...
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Comedy Legends, Wednesday, 21.00, BBC4
Lily Tomlin is one of those American comedians and actresses who’s perhaps been seen most in this country thanks to Denis Norden...
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Contact, Tuesday, 22.00, BBC4
Here’s an interesting repeat, part of BBC4’s season of programmes marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Troubles, which we think might never...
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Coronation Street Icons, Monday, 20.00, ITV
If there’s one thing that sets Corrie apart from the other soaps, it’s its amazing history and it is good to know...
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The Naked Civil Servant, Sunday, 22.00, Talking Pictures TV
Quite the weekend for this consistently eccentric channel, which is always happy to flit between absolute obscurities and some of the most...
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Remembering Dora Bryan, Saturday, 15.35, Talking Pictures TV
Well, it looked a bit quiet there with a dull Pointless line-up and no Dad’s Army because of the darts, so it’s...
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Top of the Pops, Friday, 21.00, BBC4
No late night repeats for either episode this week, though the Saturday repeats are in place, and given this incredibly prominent temporary...
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Top of the Pops, Thursday, 19.30, BBC4
We’ve mentioned Andy Crane up there, and he’s only the first of a dizzying array of new presenters coming our way over...
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Comedy Legends, Wednesday, 21.00, Sky Arts
It’s a good night for fans of vintage comedy because, along with Lenny Henry on Gold, we’ve got a new series of...
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2281Lenny Henry’s Race Through Comedy, Tuesday, 21.00, Gold
Lenny Lenny Len is doing the promotional rounds at the moment, what with his autobiography which should be well worth a read...
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Sainsbury’s: 150 Years on the High Street, Monday, 21.00, Channel 5
One of the great sadnesses about the homogenisation of the High Street in recent years is that you don’t get the excitement...
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Sunday, 21.00, Talking Pictures TV
As it’s a bit of a quiet day telly-wise, and obviously we’re not billing Points of View, we’ve got the opportunity to...
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Pointless Celebrities, Saturday, 17.50, BBC1
Some top stuff on the civilian edition recently, most obviously the chaotic Bands With Four Letter Names round where various clueless contestants...
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Top of the Pops, Friday, 21.00, 00.55, BBC4
A bit of a landmark show here for a number of reasons. First of all it’s Janice Long’s final appearance after five...
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250Blue Peter, Thursday, 17.30, CBBC
Just the one Pops this week, but this is always a highlight of any day. The Music Day special last week might...
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God’s Work, Wednesday, 11.30, BBC Radio 4
Rowan Atkinson appearing in a radio sitcom seems like a bit of a coup, although its writer Louise Ford has had a...
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Robin’s Nest, Tuesday, 17.30, Talking Pictures TV
It’s a shame this run wasn’t on the last two weeks when Pointless was on early, but if you’ve got fed up...
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Ian Hislop’s Fake News – The True Story, Monday, 21.00, BBC4
This should be an interesting and entertaining affair. As Ian argues here, we often assume this is a new invention but people...
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302Thomas Cook: The Rise and Fall of Britain’s Oldest Travel Agent, Sunday, 20.00, Channel 4
It’s always said when a famous old name on the High Street goes, although like many of the others, if more of...
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I Love 1981, Saturday, 20.50, BBC2
If we were surprised BBC2 were repeating these shows again, nearly twenty years on, colour us amazed that they’re showing this one...
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Top of the Pops, Friday, 21.00, 01.25, BBC4
A post-watershed slot for the next few Fridays while The Live Lounge Show fills its slot – the old Pops slot, of...
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Top of the Pops, Thursday, 19.30, 00.00, BBC4
Some devastating news to bring you here as it looks like another episode has fallen foul of the issue that affected the...
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