The success of Doctor Who – with another two series already commissioned before the end of the run – and the failure...
In 1990, the BBC managed to trade in one master game show host for another. Bob Monkhouse had been presiding over...
In 1986, Central Television saw fit to resurrect New Faces. Hosted by previous winner Marti Caine and featuring the then fearsomely ubiquitous...
“A pale, pretty girl dressed in black is singing a sad love song,” observes writer Nicki Household. “Her voice cracks a...
Between them it might have seemed that TVS and LWT had the monopoly on mainstream Saturday evening comedy series, yet this was not entirely...
Hughie Green is a troubling figure in British television history. Born on 2 February, 1920 in London, but raised in Canada, Green became...
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