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Broaden Your Mind (BBC-2 1968, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor)

Sketch series tackling many different subjects and billing itself as an Encyclopedia of the Air. The big name writers on the show included all of the...

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The Frost Report (BBC-1 1966, David Frost, John Cleese)

Sketch based series hosted by David Frost and broadcast live. Each episode looked at a different topic including the famous ‘class’ sketch written by Marty Feldman...

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The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story (BBC-1 1999, Ronnie Barker, Victoria Wood)

A five minute trailer made by the BBC to celebrate their comedy output, with over 40 of the biggest names in comedy each telling one line...

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Gentleman Thief (BBC-1 2001, Nigel Havers, Michael French)

Crime drama Gentleman Thief was something of a misfire in it’s attempt to revive E.W. Hornungs Raffles character it saw the gentleman thief getting involved in...

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Marty Feldman

The bug eyed comic Marty Feldman was also a prolific writer (often with Barry Took) whose credits included The Army Game, Bootsie and Snudge, Round the...

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Holy Flying Circus (BBC-4 2011 Stephen Fry, Darren Boyd

BBC 4 one off comedy drama Holy Flying Circus follows the hoopla surrounding the Monty Python’s team hugely controversial (but also hugely popular) 1979 movie The...

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Years and Years Episode 2 airs Tues 21 May on BBC One

The world is still reeling from the events of Hong Sha. Daniel (Russell Tovey) tries to build a new life with Viktor (Maxim Baldry), but ex-husband...

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Victorian Sensations Series Premiere Tues 21 May on BBC Four

Victorian Sensations explores the thrilling era of the 1890s, a decade of rapid and often bewildering discovery and change, which continues to resonate today. In this...

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David Harewood: Psychosis And Me airs Thurs 16 May on BBC Two

Thirty years ago, David Harewood had a psychotic breakdown. At 23 years old he was sectioned and taken into hospital. On World Mental Health Awareness Day...

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The Looming Tower: Mercury (S1EP4 BBC-2 Fri 17 May 2019)

Mercury: Late August 1998. The US bombing of a pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum, Sudan, has caused uproar. And the missile strike on an al-Qaeda camp in...

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Broaden Your Mind (BBC-2 1968, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor)

The Frost Report (BBC-1 1966, David Frost, John Cleese)

The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story (BBC-1 1999, Ronnie Barker, Victoria Wood)

Gentleman Thief (BBC-1 2001, Nigel Havers, Michael French)

Marty Feldman

Holy Flying Circus (BBC-4 2011 Stephen Fry, Darren Boyd

Years and Years Episode 2 airs Tues 21 May on BBC One

Victorian Sensations Series Premiere Tues 21 May on BBC Four

David Harewood: Psychosis And Me airs Thurs 16 May on BBC Two

The Looming Tower: Mercury (S1EP4 BBC-2 Fri 17 May 2019)

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