In a nutshell: Against the backdrop of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, dashing Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower pursues adventure on the high seas. Adapted, often loosely, from CS Forester's novels, Hornblower delivers boy's own derring-do in spades. The seafaring saga briefly threatened to make a star of lead Gruffudd. Alas, the best he could achieve upon seeking his fortune in Hollywood was a part in the terrible Fantastic Four movies of the early Noughties.
Genre: Reality television Creators: Ben Affleck, Starring:, Matt Damon Certificate: PG Series: 1 (2001). In a nutshell: meets Robert Altman's The Player in HBO's behind-the-curtain's peek at the dream factory.
Movie bros and Affleck are the moguls dangling before aspiring directors the opportunity to make their Hollywood ambitions reality. This being a fly-on-the-wall documentary, nothing goes quite to plan as a lucky unknown is placed at the helm of a low-budget feature and conflict and toe-curling misunderstandings ensue. Genre: Superhero Creators: George W Trendle, Fran Striker Starring: Van Williams, Bruce Lee Certificate: U Series: 1 (1967). In a nutshell: Regarded as a disaster for West Wing creator Sorkin when it was cancelled after a single series, this behind-the-scenes account of a Saturday Night Live-esque sketch show has come to be regarded as an interesting misfire. ' Matthew Perry plays against type as hard-charging producer trying to breath new life into a sagging comedy institution.
Genre: Police procedural Creator: Patrick Hasburgh, Stephen J Cannell Starring: Johnny Depp, Holly Robinson, Pete DeLuise Certificate: PG Series: 1-2 (1987-1988). In a nutshell:Children of the Stones is often cited as the most terrifying kids' drama of all time.
A title sequence in which neolithic menhirs are shot at jarring angles as a choir shrieks and moans will certainly send the skittish diving behind the couch. Stick around and you will be treated to a baffling time-travel yarn as an astrophysicist father and his son are sucked into a slipstream universe of chanting druids and temporal anomalies in deepest Wiltshire.
Genre: Documentary Creator: Ira Glass Starring: Ira Glass Certificate: PG Series: 1-2 (2007-2009). In a nutshell: Simpsons showrunners Jean and Reiss were given carte blanche by the ABC network to create whatever series they wanted and the result was an odd mash-up of Beavis and Butt-Head and Siskel and Ebert at the Movies. The Critic revolved around the triumphs and reversals of movie journalist Jay Sherman, with the film industry a regular punching-bag.
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The Silence of the Lambs, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather and The Lion King were among the sacred cows skewered. Genre: Historical drama Creator: Martin Lisemore Starring:, Sian Phillips, Brian Blessed, John Hurt Certificate: PG Series: 1 (1976).
In a nutshell: Canned after just four episodes, Pryor's prime-time sketch show was nevertheless a stunning showcase for the comedian's anarchic humour. Where else on Seventies television would a parody of Star Wars be juxtaposed with a scene in which a woman is shown describing her first lesbian experience? Too frenetic and daring for its time, today it would surely be a cult smash. Genre: Science fiction Creators: Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Starring: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain Certificate: PG Series: 1-2 (1975-1977). In a nutshell: A rare foray into live action television by Thunderbirds creator Anderson.
As the sun sets on the 20th century, a freak nuclear accident sends the moon spiralling into deep space. Stranded on Moonbase Alpha is a ragtag of astronauts and scientists, led by Landau's John Koenig and Dr Helena Russell (played by Landau's wife Barbara Bain). The most expensive British television series ever on its debut, Space 1999 has been thoroughly outshone by Star Trek, Dr Who et al.
Impressive special effects and some brain-bending story-lines make it worth rediscovering. Genre: Documentary Creators: Pat Mitchell, Jeremy Isaacs Starring: (narration) Series: 1 (1998) Certificate: G. In a nutshell: The definitive chronicling of the Cold War and humanity's 40-year flirtation with nuclear annihilation, from the producers of the landmark Seventies series World at War. Like Laurence Oliver's narration on that documentary, Kenneth Branagh's voice-over here is self-consciously understated. Interviewees include Mikhael Gorbachev, George HW Bush and Egon Krenz, final communist leader of East Germany. Genre: Sci-fi drama Creator:, George Markstein Starring: Patrick McGoohan Series: 1 (1967) Certificate: PG. In a nutshell:Erase memories of the heretically terrible with Lucas's pulpy account of the swashbuckling archaeologist's teenage adventures in the 1910s.
Unusually, the show was shot on location around the world each episode costing an eye-watering $1.5 million. Young Indiana Jones was stuffed with historical cameos, the fresh-faced hero making the acquaintance of Al Capone, Winston Churchill and Sigmund Freud and waging a romantic rivalry against Ernest Hemingway. Genre: Spy drama Creator: Jonathan Powell Starring:, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate Certificate: PG Series: 1 (1979).
This is the Comedy & Variety section for TV in the United Kindom. We start off on this page with OLDTIMETV COMEDY & VARIETY UK, then at the top, above the great Lucille Balls head you will see the grey header with the sub categories, just click on the title you want to view ie: OLDTIMETV CHRISTMAS SPECIALS and it will take you to that page. This section consists of all the following. OLD TIME TV COMEDY & VARIETY (THIS PAGE) All the above pages consist of all types of TV Comedy in the UK, old sit coms, rare comedies, one off comedies, you name it it's here.
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