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On The Moov. (Hi, Medium. Bye, Medium.)
Without going into too much detail, in the words of William Shatner (in his collaboration with Ben Folds’ project Fear Of Pop) it’s time…
Mark Gibbings-Jones
Jul 20, 2022
4x20: Twenty Years of BBC Four
4x20: Twenty Years of BBC Four
For some reason, many television channels prefer to celebrate their 21st anniversary, not their 20th. But, given the way the BBC is being…
Mark Gibbings-Jones
Mar 1, 2022
20 Years of CBeebies: A Hardcore Statfest
20 Years of CBeebies: A Hardcore Statfest
Following on from yesterday’s browse through the twenty most popular programmes in the history of the BBC’s channel for younger children…
Mark Gibbings-Jones
Feb 11, 2022
20 Years of CBeebies: The 20 Most Popular CBeebies Programmes EVER
20 Years of CBeebies: The 20 Most Popular CBeebies Programmes EVER
“Shall we put CBeebies on?” is one of the sentences a generation of kids will be used to from an early age. A true godsend to parents of…
Mark Gibbings-Jones
Feb 10, 2022
The Nation’s Festive Favourites: The Most Popular BBC1 Christmas Day Shows Of All-Time
The Nation’s Festive Favourites: The Most Popular BBC1 Christmas Day Shows Of All-Time
Christmas Day television in the UK is a cornerstone of the festive season for many, a tinsel totem around which we collectively huddle as…
Mark Gibbings-Jones
Dec 24, 2021
I Used An AI Bot To Generate Images For The Day Today’s Newspaper Headlines. Here Are The Results.
I Used An AI Bot To Generate Images For The Day Today’s Newspaper Headlines. Here Are The Results.
For the uninitiated, The Day Today was a 1994 BBC2 comedy series parodying contemporary news coverage, a programme that has remained…
Mark Gibbings-Jones
Dec 4, 2021
More Information Than You Need About BBC2 Comedy Shows, Part Four: 2003
More Information Than You Need About BBC2 Comedy Shows, Part Four: 2003
Relive the time when the Grumpy Old Men were only in charge of TV Comedy, not the world.
Mark Gibbings-Jones
Sep 30, 2021
BBC2 Comedy Lookback: 2002
BBC2 Comedy Lookback: 2002
Where The Office finally attracts an audience, but two incredibly well-known series don’t. It all happened in 2002, and in this post.
Mark Gibbings-Jones
Sep 19, 2021
‘Six Sexy’, ‘Hotel on Stilts’ and Other Curious Overseas Names for British TV Shows
‘Six Sexy’, ‘Hotel on Stilts’ and Other Curious Overseas Names for British TV Shows
Television programming is one of the UK’s main cultural exports, but those names don’t always travel. Here are some of the best alt titles.
Mark Gibbings-Jones
Sep 12, 2021
The Story of the BBC2 Comedy Zone in the 00s, Part Two: 2001
The Story of the BBC2 Comedy Zone in the 00s, Part Two: 2001
More millennial chuckes hit BBC2 in 2001. But what were the biggest? And which hugely popular sitcom barely registered on the radar?
Mark Gibbings-Jones
Sep 9, 2021
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