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Tag: British TV
The Ghosts Of TV Past: The Cultural Importance Of The Radio Times Christmas Issue
The complete cover collection for a century of festive entertainment guides reflects the changing tastes and concerns of the nation.
The Genre-Bending Pleasures Of Ultraviolet
The slick and stylish British TV series that mixed vampirism, spy drama and action is better than you might have been led to believe.
Talking Pictures TV Encore: At Last, A Catch-Up Service
Britain’s only worthwhile TV station finally launches an on-demand service.
Yes, It’s The Benny Hill Show!
The kerfuffle over the famous comedian’s return to UK TV.
British TV Advertising’s Brief Flirtation With The Female Nipple
1994 saw British television advertising step forward into the brave new world of European openness – and then quickly step back again.
The English Take On The French Detective: Maigret Explored
The long-unseen 1960s BBC adaptations of Georges Simenon’s classic crime novels re-examined.
Living For Kicks In 1960
A vintage TV documentary looking at thrill-hungry beatniks.
Mah Na Mah Na – The Sound Of 1977
Forget Rod Stewart vs the Sex Pistols – this was the real battle for chart supremacy in the summer of 1977.
Banned And Damned: Sex, Violence And Blasphemy On Channel 4 In The 1990s
Provocative documentaries about forbidden culture, from the days when Channel 4 was still a credible and daring broadcaster.
Britcoms Down Under
The odd world of Australian continuations of British TV sitcoms that had already run out of steam back home.
The Kick In The Teeth Of Daytime TV Advertising
Awful aspirationalism, guilt-tripping grifters and insults to even the most undeveloped of intelligence – British TV advertising on daytime TV is a bombardment of dreadfulness.