British TV shows we knew and loved

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Doctor Who (Episode 1; 23rd November 1963)

Season 1 Episode 1 - An Unearthly Child - Video Dailymotion

Coronation Street (Richard Hillman bounds and gags his third wife Gail and her children, puts them into his car and drives into a canal, 2003)

Coronation Street - Richard Hillman Drives Into The Canal Part 2 - YouTube

Mr Bean decorating a Queen's guard for a photo

Mr Bean - Guard Picture -- Bild mit Wächter - YouTube

The Office - What's an elf?

What's an Elf? - The Office - BBC - YouTube


Keeping Up Appearances (Mr and Mrs Bucket - "pronounced bouquet" - go on a yachting trip)

Keeping Up Appearances 3 7 What to Wear When Yachting - YouTube


Little Britain

Little Britain Episode 4 (Part 1 of 2) - YouTube


League of Gentlemen (very black BBC comedy)

Tubbs and Edward, police - The League of Gentlemen - BBC comedy - YouTube
 
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Most every young lad my age wanted to rub up against Miss Emma Peel.
 
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Retired_Can_Soldier said:
The Goodies

Doctor in the House
Doctor at Sea
Dave Allen at Large
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I grew up with Dave Allen. I remember him sitting in the chair in a suit and vest, cigarette in the hand with the stubby finger, drink in the other telling catholic jokes. He was hilarious!
 
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Hyacinth takes a trip to the travel agents for some "quality" holiday brochures to show off to the neighbours.

Afterwards, Onslow decides to take long-suffering Richard in hand and show him how to "enjoy" life.

Keeping Up Appearances S3E4 How to go on holiday without really trying - YouTube

Some more Great British TV shows you shouldn't go through life without watching.

Match of the Day (here's an episode from New Year's Day 2014):

Match Of The Day 01 01 2014 720p - YouTube

The Football League Show (18/01/14)

The Football League Show 18.01.2014 HD - YouTube

The Cube (have you got what it takes to beat it?)

The Cube S06E03 - YouTube

Eggheads (can the challengers beat Britain's greatest quiz team, the Eggheads?)

Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow beat the Eggheads - YouTube

Only Connect (Quiz show in which connections must be made between apparently unconnected things, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge)

Only Connect - Series 8 - Episode 1 - YouTube
 
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Saturday night National Lottery gameshow In It To Win It:

Saturday 12th January 2013 - The National Lottery: In It To Win It - YouTube

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Some shows you probably haven't been watching but should

One Foot In The Grave - Who's Listening (1990 Christmas special)

Victor's wrong-number entry in a catalogue's order column results in the accidental delivery of 263 3-foot-tall garden gnomes. The Meldrews become acquainted with a vicar who thinks he has lost his faith, and Victor learns more about a video-store worker with whom he had a conflict.


One Foot In the Grave - Who's Listening - 1990 Christmas Special - YouTube


Only Fools and Horses - Series 1, Episode 7 (1981)

It's anthracite roast potatoes and green stuff all round as Grandad cooks the Christmas dinner

Only Fools and Horses: S1 EP7 - Christmas Crackers (Christmas Special) - Video Dailymotion

Who's a Pretty Boy: Series 3, Episode 7 (1983)

Del concocts a plan to get revenge on Irish decorator Brendan O'Shaughnessy for supplying him with apple white paint that was actually battleship grey.

Only Fools and Horses: S3 EP7 - Who's a Pretty Boy - Video Dailymotion
 
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Faulty Towers is still the best British TV comedy show. We used to catch the odd episode on Sundays. I was surprised to learn there was only about a dozen episodes made.

Our children gave us us the whole collection about ten years ago. We still watch it every year or so.
 
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Here's a gritty new British detective series.

Known in English as Hinterland and in Welsh as Y Gwyll (The Dusk) it is set in Aberystwyth on the west Wales coast against the backdrop of mountainous terrain, isolated farms and close-knit villages. Starring Richard Harrington as DCI Tom Mathias.

Four of the eight episodes have been shown and it is in English and Welsh with English subtitles.

Extended trailer from new detective series Hinterland.

(Rhagflas estyngedig o gyfres dditectif newydd Y Gwyll!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1RcCiL2rkmU

Only Fools and Horses - Cash and Curry (1981)

The Trotter brothers find themselves as intermediaries in a feud between two Indian businessmen.

Only Fools and Horses: S1 EP3 - Cash and Curry - Video Dailymotion

Only Fools and Horses - Long Legs of the Law (1982)

At Syd's cafe, Rodney lets slip that he is dating a policewoman, much to the shock and horror of Del.

Only Fools and Horses: S2 EP1 - The Long Legs of the Law - Video Dailymotion
 
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#juan said:
Faulty Towers is still the best British TV comedy show. We used to catch the odd episode on Sundays. I was surprised to learn there was only about a dozen episodes made.

Our children gave us us the whole collection about ten years ago. We still watch it every year or so.
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John Cleese was a comedic genius. He designed those shows to have 3 plots that intersect. I once heard him say it wasnt funny enough to watch an idiot. It was funnier to watch other people watch an idiot. Which is how all those shows unfolded.
 
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GREAT BRITISH RAILWAY JOURNEYS


Despite its small size, Britain has the 18th-largest railway network in the world, with almost 10,000 miles of standard-gauge lines (Canada's rail network is just three times the size of Britain's despite Canada being many times larger). Despite many lines having closed in the 20th century it remains one of the densest rail networks. It is one of the busiest railways in Europe, with 20% more train services than France, 60% more than Italy, and more than Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Portugal and Norway combined.

Former Tory MP and former Defence Secretary Michael Portillo takes to the tracks of the world's oldest railway network with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook, travelling the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed Britain.



Season 1, Episode 14 of 20: Bugle to Mevagissey

Michael Portillo spends the night in a converted post office railway carriage before continuing his journey from Swindon to Penzance, heading for Par, where he meets miner Ivor Bowditch to explore the largest clay mine in the world. In Mevagissey he discovers how the methods for pilchard fishing have changed over the years, and on a visit to the Lost Gardens of Heligan, Michael learns about the 1,000-acre estate's history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BIoeHKqIepY


Season 1, Episode 15 of 20: Truro to Penzance

Michael Portillo undertakes the last leg of his journey from Swindon to Penzance. He travels to Perran Sands, where he searches for the lost church of St Piran, a place believed to be one of the earliest Christian sites in England. In Redruth, he explores the remains of the Cornish tin industry, before heading to St Ives, where he spends the night in Treganna Castle. The former politician finishes his trip in Penzance, discovering how railways link remote communities to the rest of the country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9q0PQOfVgtE


Season 1, Episode 16 of 20: Buxton to Matlock

Michael Portillo embarks on the first leg of a journey to London from Buxton, Derbyshire, where he discovers how railways inspired a building craze and boosted tourism. In the Peak District, he joins a team of volunteers repairing damage done to ancient peat landscapes during the Industrial Revolution, and near the quarries of Stanton Moor he learns how trains transported Derbyshire's famous sandstone all over England


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5PnAvq81jGU


Season 1, Episode 17 of 20: Cromford to Burton-on-Trent

Michael Portillo embarks on the second leg of his journey from Buxton to London, stopping at Cromford, Derbyshire, where Bradshaw's railway guide reports Richard Arkwright built his original cotton mill. He also visits Derby to take a walk through Britain's first public park, and heads for Burton-on-Trent for a tour of Burton Bridges Breweries.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=KcFVkfMKkQ4
 
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