Series★ 5.02009The Week We Went To WarKatherine Jenkins and Michael Aspel celebrate the heroes of the Home Front.Open details →
Crumpet! A Very British Sex SymbolFilm2005Crumpet! A Very British Sex SymbolThey were the glamour girls on James Bond's arm, the vestal virgins in Up Pompeii, and the girls-next-door in Man About The House. They were the vampire victims dispatched in the first reel of Hammer Horrors. And they were the Carry On dolly birds, guaranteed to elicit a 'Phwooar' from Sid James. They were Crumpet! And this is their story.Open details →
Banned in the UKSeries2005Banned in the UKFour-part series demonstrating different kinds of censorship, such as censorship by the government or of art.Open details →
X-Rated: The Pop Videos They Tried to BanFilm★ 6.72004X-Rated: The Pop Videos They Tried to BanA 2004 British television documentary examining controversial music videos.Open details →
TraitorSeries★ 8.02004TraitorA psychological elimination game show in which nine contestants must work out which of them has turned traitor in order to win £5,000. All claim to be telling the truth, but two are lying.Open details →
Series★ 6.02003Celebrity MastermindCelebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.Open details →
Series★ 5.91998The 11 O'Clock ShowThe 11 O'Clock Show was a satirical late-night British television comedy series on Channel 4, which featured topical sketches and commentary on news items. It ran from 30 September 1998 to 8 December 2000, most notably, while hosted by Iain Lee and Daisy Donovan. The show is noted for launching the careers of Ricky Gervais, Sacha Baron Cohen and Charlie Brooker.Open details →
Back to the FloorSeries★ 8.01997Back to the FloorBack to the Floor is a reality television series broadcast on BBC2 in the late 1990s and early 2000s in which CEOs or top level managers went undercover in their organisations and took a junior/entry level job in their company. This gave them much to about during the exercise and learn how their company really works, what the industry is like, and what their employees really think of them.Open details →
Series★ 7.01996Never Mind the BuzzcocksNever Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.Open details →
Series★ 7.21990Have I Got News for YouHilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.Open details →
Series★ 7.01990Cutting EdgeThe flagship documentary series show distinctive, compelling films that offer a snapshot of life in Britain today.Open details →
Series★ 7.01963World in ActionWorld in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.Open details →