British TV shows we knew and loved

Blackleaf

Blackleaf

Hall of Fame Member
Oct 9, 2004
49,928
1,910
113
One small island off the west coast of Ireland. Three priests. One housekeeper. A bunch of nuns - and the most consistently awful weather on the planet. Welcome to the world of Father Ted!
Father Ted was British sitcom which ran for three series and 25 episodes between 1995 and 1998.

Set on the fictional Craggy Island, a remote location off Ireland's west coast, the show starred Dermot Morgan as the eponymous Father Ted Crilly, alongside fellow priests Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlon) and alcoholic Father Jack Hackett (Frank Kelly). Exiled on the island for various past incidents, the priests live together in the parochial house with their housekeeper Mrs. Doyle (Pauline McLynn).

The show was critically acclaimed, receiving multiple BAFTA awards.

On 28th February 1998, just 24 hours after recording the last episode of Father Ted, Dermot Morgan had a heart attack while hosting a dinner party at his home in south-west London. He was rushed to hospital but died soon afterwards.


Speed 3

With Dougal acting as Craggy Island's newest milkman, the race is on to de-active the bomb that is on board his milk float, placed there by the dastardly previous milkman Pat Mustard!

Father Ted - 3x03 - Speed 3 vost fr - Vidéo Dailymotion

Are You All Right There, Father Ted?

The false rumours that Father Ted is a racist are not helped by a piece of dirt on Ted's window that has somehow escaped the tender attentions of Mrs Doyle!

Father Ted - 3x01 - Are You All Right There, Father Ted vost fr - Vidéo Dailymotion
 
Blackleaf

Blackleaf

Hall of Fame Member
Oct 9, 2004
49,928
1,910
113
Great British Railway Journeys - St Pancras to Westminster

On the final leg of his journey from Buxton, Derbyshire to London, former Tory MP Michael Portillo is finally in the Big Smoke:

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. In a series of four epic journeys, he travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains. His journey takes him from Buxton along one of the first railway routes south to the capital, London. This time, Michael explores one of the grandest railway stations and hotels in the country: St Pancras. He rides the world's first tube line to Smithfield market and climbs up the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament to hear Big Ben chime.



Railway Walks

Julia Bradbury begins her exploration of Britain's lost rail empire in Derbyshire, the heart of the Peak District, with a walk along the popular Monsal Trail. Limestone cliffs and gorges abound, not to mention the tunnels and soaring viaducts of the Midland Railway - one of the most dramatic and unlikely main lines ever built.




 
Last edited by a moderator:
Blackleaf

Blackleaf

Hall of Fame Member
Oct 9, 2004
49,928
1,910
113
Wallace and Gromit - An absent-minded professor and his intelligent, anthropomorhpic dog, who live at 62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan, Lancashire/


A Grand Day Out (1989)

After Wallace runs out of his beloved cheese, and he can't go to the shop to buy any as it's closed, the lovable duo decide to build a rocket to the Moon, which is made of cheese

Wallace & Gromit In A Grand Day Out on Vimeo


The Wrong Trousers (1993)

Our moddelling clay heroes become involved in a plan to steal a jewel using a pair of mechanical trousers.

Wallace and Gromit The Wrong Trousers FULL MOVIE - YouTube


A Close Shave (1995)

Wallace falls for Wendolene, a wool shop owner, while Gromit is framed for sheep rustling.

Wallace and Gromit A Close Shave - YouTube


A Matter Of Loaf And Death (2008)

Wallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But, when Wallace falls in love Gromit is left to solve the case.


A Matter Of Loaf And Death on Vimeo
 
gopher

gopher

Hall of Fame Member
Jun 26, 2005
21,513
66
48
Minnesota: Gopher State
Mystery (continuous PBS series - Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett was esp good)


Avengers


The Saint


Ivanhoe - Roger Moore [1958 series]


Dr Who [esp Bill Hartnell]








Wasn't a fan of Man In A Suit Case but that theme was super awesome:





 
Last edited by a moderator:
Locutus

Locutus

Adorable Deplorable
Jun 18, 2007
32,230
47
48
66
While cleansing the offending BL https baddies, I think I whacked your link even though it was innocent gopher...sorry about that...I can't find it to re-insert it.
 
Count_Lothian

Count_Lothian

Time Out
Apr 6, 2014
793
0
16
Blackleaf said:
Grandstand every Saturday. I miss that show.



It's hard to believe that William Roache (Ken Barlow) is still in it.
Click to expand...
He has not graced the screen as of yet here in Canada for we are behind the live schedule.

The thing about corrie is the down to earth reality of the working class neighborhood.
The bog out back that some still use. The non glamorous hollywood look of the actors.
Then their is the tongue and cheek genius every now and then.
I recall Norris in a scene , and I bet you he did this on purpose and they changed the script for it to be actually aired.

He said he did want to eat Leaky cock soup.
a play on cock a leeky soup.

I found a ton of shows on youtube last night and was up quite late viewing them.

there was the 2000 new years special where I actually fell in love with Cropper. Roy helped to put on a street costume party out doors.

He was dressed looking sort of like from the era of Abraham Lincoln with beard and to hat and formal wear.
When asked who he was he said ,as if we should all know, he was Edmund Arkwright the guy who invented the beveled flange.
Edmund Cartwright - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

then of course the famous line from Les Battersby about Roy when asked if Roy should be in charge of the music for the 2000 new years celebration. "Cropper could not put together a sing in a choir"

the show's appeal has depth upon depth for me. not a show missed in at least the past 25 years with the invention for just that, watching corrie when not at home, the VCR, it was invented for us Corrie fans.

As for the some of the slang, well i've been more than stumped about a few over the years. I'm off for a scotch and threat and to purchase some bog rolls on the way home. I need to pick up some fish fingers for me tea.
 
Blackleaf

Blackleaf

Hall of Fame Member
Oct 9, 2004
49,928
1,910
113
Karl Pilkington's latest comedy travel series, The Moaning of Life, sees everybody's favourite round-headed twonk visit other countries in order to see how they face up to some of life's biggest issues with their cultures and customs. He also reassesses his life now that he has reached the age of 40, which he considers to be "middle age"

In this episode, the funny man and actor looks at how other cultures deal with marriage. Along the way he explores the concept of arranged marriage in India; attends a "pheromone party" in LA; and arranges a wedding at a Las Vegas laundromat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=o7DvZHKCuIE
 
Last edited:
Twila

Twila

Nanah Potato
Mar 26, 2003
14,698
73
48
Blackleaf said:
Karl Pilkington's latest comedy travel series, The Moaning of Life, sees everybody's favourite round-headed twonk visit other countries in order to see how they face up to some of life's biggest issues with their cultures and customs. He also reassesses his life now that he has reached the age of 40, which he considers to be "middle age"

In this episode, the funny man and actor looks at how other cultures deal with marriage. Along the way he explores the concept of arranged marriage in India; attends a "pheromone party" in LA; and arranges a wedding at a Las Vegas laundromat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=o7DvZHKCuIE
Click to expand...

OMG OMG OMG....THANK YOU! I had no idea Karl was on the move again!!!!!!

Mrs. Brown's Boys (I don't know if this show was mentioned earlier)

 
Last edited:
Blackleaf

Blackleaf

Hall of Fame Member
Oct 9, 2004
49,928
1,910
113
Coast is a BBC documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two television in 2005. A second series started on 26 October 2006, a third in early 2007 and a fourth in mid-2009. It covers various subjects relating to both the natural and social history of the British coastline and also more recently, that of Britain's near neighbours - Irish Republic, France, Netherlands and Belgium. A fifth series was aired in 2010, followed by a sixth in 2011. A seventh series aired in 2012 and followed a different format from previous series. Series eight started in 2013. A ninth series has been planned.

The series is a collaboration between the Open University and BBC Productions, Birmingham.


The original presenters, and their fields of interest, are

Nicholas Crane (lead presenter, series 1, 6–) — geography
Neil Oliver (lead presenter, series 2–5) — archaeology and social history
Alice Roberts — anthropology and geology
Mark Horton — marine archaeology
Miranda Krestovnikoff — zoology

Series 2 - Episode 2 - Holyhead to Liverpool (2006)



On the rugged north Wales coast, we meet one of the longest-living animals, learn how a shipwrecked child changed the way we practise medicine and reveal how pebbles make detectives of us all. Farther along, we find out how, in 1826, messages were sent from Holyhead to Liverpool in mere seconds. Meanwhile, Neil Oliver is fascinated by a strange cave on the cliffs of the Great Orme.

BBC Coast, Holyhead to Liverpool, Crosby,Ogof Llech,Broughton,Wylfa,Point Lynas,Great Orme - YouTube

*******************************

Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron (a subsidiary of Endemol UK) for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas".The show is hosted by Jimmy Carr and the current team captains are Sean Lock and Jon Richardson.

Countdown is a British game show involving word and number puzzles. It is produced by ITV Studios and broadcast on Channel 4. It is presented by Nick Hewer, assisted by Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme to be aired on Channel 4, and 69 series have been broadcast since its debut on 2 November 1982. With over 5,000 episodes, Countdown is one of the longest-running game shows in the world.

Mix the two together and what do you get?

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Between 2012 and 2014, a series of crossover episodes between 8 Out of 10 Cats and Countdown have aired. The show follows the format of Countdown, but is hosted by Jimmy Carr, with permanent contestants Sean Lock and Jon Richardson, as well as two other guest contestants.

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown Season 3, Episode 4 - FULL EPISODE - YouTube

Twila said:
OMG OMG OMG....THANK YOU! I had no idea Karl was on the move again!!!!!!

Mrs. Brown's Boys (I don't know if this show was mentioned earlier)

Mrs. Brown Gets Drunk - Mrs. Brown's Boys Episode 4, preview - BBC One - YouTube
Click to expand...


They've just made a movie of it.

Count_Lothian said:
He has not graced the screen as of yet here in Canada for we are behind the live schedule.

The thing about corrie is the down to earth reality of the working class neighborhood.
The bog out back that some still use. The non glamorous hollywood look of the actors.
Then their is the tongue and cheek genius every now and then.
I recall Norris in a scene , and I bet you he did this on purpose and they changed the script for it to be actually aired.

He said he did want to eat Leaky cock soup.
a play on cock a leeky soup.

I found a ton of shows on youtube last night and was up quite late viewing them.

there was the 2000 new years special where I actually fell in love with Cropper. Roy helped to put on a street costume party out doors.

He was dressed looking sort of like from the era of Abraham Lincoln with beard and to hat and formal wear.
When asked who he was he said ,as if we should all know, he was Edmund Arkwright the guy who invented the beveled flange.
Edmund Cartwright - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

then of course the famous line from Les Battersby about Roy when asked if Roy should be in charge of the music for the 2000 new years celebration. "Cropper could not put together a sing in a choir"

the show's appeal has depth upon depth for me. not a show missed in at least the past 25 years with the invention for just that, watching corrie when not at home, the VCR, it was invented for us Corrie fans.

As for the some of the slang, well i've been more than stumped about a few over the years. I'm off for a scotch and threat and to purchase some bog rolls on the way home. I need to pick up some fish fingers for me tea.
Click to expand...


My surname is Battersby. Seriously. People often take the mick. When I was in the navy I knew a guy called Duckworth.
 
Blackleaf

Blackleaf

Hall of Fame Member
Oct 9, 2004
49,928
1,910
113
A History of Britain is a BBC documentary series written and presented by historian Simon Schama, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 30 September 2000.



A study of the history of the British Isles, each of the 15 episodes allows Schama to examine a particular period and tell of its events in his own style. All the programmes are of 59 minutes' duration and were broadcast over three series, ending 18 June 2002.

Series 1, Episode 4 - "Nations"

Originally broadcast on 21st October 2000 and covering 1216–1348, Simon Schama presents a profile of King Edward I, nicknamed the Hammer of the Scots and portrayed as a villainous tyrant in the 1995 film Braveheart. He established English rule over Wales, but his attempts to conquer Scotland were thwarted by the fierce resistance led by William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. As a consequence, Scotland and Wales gained a stronger sense of national identity, while Edward was forced to listen to his people's parliament

A History Of Britain - Episode 4: Nations (Documentary) - YouTube

*********************************



Mock the Week is a BBC topical celebrity panel game hosted, since it started in 2005, by comedian and theoretical physicist Dara Ó Briain. The game, in which the celebrity contestants, who are often comedians, mock that week's world events is influenced by improvised topical stand-up comedy, with several rounds requiring players to deliver answers on unexpected subjects on the spur of the moment. The show's theme music is "News of the World" by The Jam.

Here Dara hosts a 2011 edition of the comedy quiz, as stand-ups Milton Jones and Seann Walsh, The Thick of It's Chris Addison and Greg Davies from The Inbetweeners join panellists Hugh Dennis and Andy Parsons to offer opinions on the past week's world events.

Mock The Week Season 10 Episode 1 - YouTube
*******************************************


In this one, just the fifth-ever episode, from 2005, as the panellists,comedienne Jo Brand, actor and comedian David Mitchell, comedian and actor Hugh Dennis and comedian John Oliver join politically incorrect comedian Frankie Boyle and impressionist Rory Bremner to give their opinions on that weeks's world events, through stand-up spots and improvised games


Mock The Week Series 1 Episode 5 - YouTube
 
Blackleaf

Blackleaf

Hall of Fame Member
Oct 9, 2004
49,928
1,910
113
Blackleaf

Blackleaf

Hall of Fame Member
Oct 9, 2004
49,928
1,910
113


In Great British Railway Journeys, former MP and Defence Secretary Michael Portillo travels around the British railway network - the fifth most used in the world despite Britain having the 23rd largest population in the world - referring to a Victorian guidebook written by George Bradshaw, and he describes how the destinations have changed between Victorian and modern times.

Newcastle to Chester-le-Street

Michael Portillo embarks on the next leg of his journey, travelling from Newcastle to Melton Mowbray along some of the earliest railways in England..... and, therefore, the world. He visits the first locomotive factory in the world, opened by George Stephenson, searches for the lost pit village of Marsden in South Shields, and is entertained by a comic troupe of rapping sword-dancers in Chester-le-Street, Co Durham.


Great British Railway Journeys Season 2 Full Episode 11 - Newcastle to Chester-le-Street - YouTube


Durham to Grosmont

Michael Portillo continues his journey from Newcastle to Melton Mowbray, stopping at historic Durham Cathedral. He also explores one of the first locomotives in Darlington, and takes a gothic Dracula-inspired tour of Whitby. Finally, he boards a steam train to travel across the North Yorkshire Moors


British Railway Journeys S2 EP12-Durham to Grosmont - YouTube

****************************************************************************




QI XL - An extended version of the BBC comedy quiz show full of quirky facts in which celebrity contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'. Here are a selection of episodes from the G series (2009/10). Hosted by Stephen Fry.

Greats

Comedians Jo Brand, David Mitchell and Sean Lock join regular panellist Alan Davies on an extended version of the quiz show with a difference. Host Stephen Fry asks questions on the topic of Greats, awarding points for the answers he finds most interesting.

QI XL G10 - Greats - YouTube


Gifts

Stephen Fry hosts an extended version of the quiz with a difference, welcoming Jan Ravens, Jimmy Carr and Clive Anderson to the show, along with regular panellist Alan Davies. The host asks questions on the subject of gifts, awarding points for the answers he finds most interesting
.

QI XL G11 - Gifts - YouTube


Gallimaufrey


Comedians Phill Jupitus, Hugh Dennis and Andy Hamilton join regular panellist Alan Davies on the quiz with a difference hosted by Stephen Fry, who awards points for the most interesting answers. The questions in this programme relate to the word gallimaufry, which means a jumble or hotchpotch.

QI XL G09 - Gallimaufrey - YouTube
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom