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Following a pilot show in 1987, the first series of A Bit of Fry and Laurie began airing on this day in 1989.
January 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Following a pilot show in 1987, the first series of A Bit of Fry and Laurie began airing on this day in 1989.
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BARB has updated for Christmas week. Look at number 1!
January 13, 2026 at 11:44 AM
BARB has updated for Christmas week. Look at number 1!
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A random bit of banter from the Radio 1 Zoe Ball breakfast show immortalised on last week’s #totp repeats. This is Broadcast Assistant Zoe Alpass after she was told she could have a pay rise if she managed to get on TV. I have no idea why I remember this stuff
January 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
A random bit of banter from the Radio 1 Zoe Ball breakfast show immortalised on last week’s #totp repeats. This is Broadcast Assistant Zoe Alpass after she was told she could have a pay rise if she managed to get on TV. I have no idea why I remember this stuff
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40 YEARS AGO TODAY: Charles Dance leads Screen Two mystery The McGuffin as a film critic who watches neighbours Mark Rylance and Ann Todd be apparently murdered. So, Rear Window with menaces. The support cast includes both Stephen Lewis and Jerry Stiller.
The Mcguffin - Screen Two - Thriller - Charles Dance
Here's is my favourite of the1980's BBC Screen Two series of film made for television The Mcguffin starring Charles Dance its a spooky weird homage to Alfred Hitchcock's movie "Rear Window in this case Charles Dance plays a journalist who witnesses strange goings on in a flat opposite his rear win
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January 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
40 YEARS AGO TODAY: Charles Dance leads Screen Two mystery The McGuffin as a film critic who watches neighbours Mark Rylance and Ann Todd be apparently murdered. So, Rear Window with menaces. The support cast includes both Stephen Lewis and Jerry Stiller.
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40 YEARS AGO TODAY: the third series of Spitting Image begins right in the wake of Heseltine's resignation but has other more pressing concerns, not least Philip Pope's We Are The World upending We're Scared Of Bob.
Spitting Image (1986) - Series 3, Episode 1 | Full Episode
In this episode, the Royals tread on eggshells as they await the arrival of Princess Michael of Kent, the Cabinet celebrate Michael Heseltine's resignation, President Reagan is let in on the Star Wars programme and Barry Norman looks at the British Film Year. Also celebrities rally round to record t
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January 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
40 YEARS AGO TODAY: the third series of Spitting Image begins right in the wake of Heseltine's resignation but has other more pressing concerns, not least Philip Pope's We Are The World upending We're Scared Of Bob.
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40 YEARS AGO TODAY: John Cleese gets the South Bank Show once-over.
John Cleese South Bank Show Biography January 12, 1986
Love this man, one of my heroes
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January 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
40 YEARS AGO TODAY: John Cleese gets the South Bank Show once-over.
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The less successful follow-up to Joe Le Taxi
April 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The less successful follow-up to Joe Le Taxi
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On this day in 1966 Batman, starring Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin, was first shown on US television.
January 12, 2026 at 7:47 AM
On this day in 1966 Batman, starring Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin, was first shown on US television.
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The judge said, "This may seem unduly lenient, but the last place you want to put alcohol thieves is behind bars."
January 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The judge said, "This may seem unduly lenient, but the last place you want to put alcohol thieves is behind bars."
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Top of the Pops (12th January 1984). The Icicle Works open the show with Love Is a Wonderful Colour.
January 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Top of the Pops (12th January 1984). The Icicle Works open the show with Love Is a Wonderful Colour.
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Mildly interesting: Everything showing on BBC One tonight except live programmes The One Show and the news is available to watch now on iPlayer.
January 12, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Mildly interesting: Everything showing on BBC One tonight except live programmes The One Show and the news is available to watch now on iPlayer.
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Happy 40th Birthda to Mr chips as #onthisday back in 1986 Catchphrase with Roy Walker was broadcast for the first time.
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Happy 40th Birthda to Mr chips as #onthisday back in 1986 Catchphrase with Roy Walker was broadcast for the first time.
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Happy Birthday Catchphrase
a picture of homer simpson with catch phrase written on the bottom
ALT: a picture of homer simpson with catch phrase written on the bottom
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January 12, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Happy Birthday Catchphrase
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I've made a medley of Diarrhoea songs! I've taken some of your "favourites" from the thread below, as well as added some new songs. youtu.be/qjvWPPhrNnU
January 12, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I've made a medley of Diarrhoea songs! I've taken some of your "favourites" from the thread below, as well as added some new songs. youtu.be/qjvWPPhrNnU
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50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Granada drama anthology Red Letter Day opens with Ready When You Are, Mr McGill, by Jack Rosenthal and directed by Mike Newell, on a film shoot where everything goes wrong just as a perennial extra gets a line of dialogue.
Ready When You Are Mr McGill (1080p) starring Jack Shepherd
1976 COMEDY-DRAMA by Jack Rosenthal "A film extra has won a chance for the big break in his career. He has two crucial lines in a television film, but nothing goes according to plan." IMDB https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcOKn2Ebnf7n_bvuozGA9Di3kSzPCnC6c Starring Joe Black. Jack Shepherd, Ma
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January 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Granada drama anthology Red Letter Day opens with Ready When You Are, Mr McGill, by Jack Rosenthal and directed by Mike Newell, on a film shoot where everything goes wrong just as a perennial extra gets a line of dialogue.
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Top of the Pops (11th January 1979). Driver 67 with Car 67 are a new entry at number 40. The Queen Mum's favourite song, it would peak at number 7.
January 11, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Top of the Pops (11th January 1979). Driver 67 with Car 67 are a new entry at number 40. The Queen Mum's favourite song, it would peak at number 7.
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The first edition of Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV was originally broadcast on this day in 1985.
January 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The first edition of Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV was originally broadcast on this day in 1985.
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40 YEARS AGO TODAY: Jeremy Beadle's People Do The Funniest Things, a melange of bought-in hidden camera pranks, sweepings from the Norden office floor and the odd audience prank. Remarkably, this would be ITV's fourth most watched show of 1986.
People Do The Funniest Things - 1986/01/11 (Incomplete With Ads)
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January 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
40 YEARS AGO TODAY: Jeremy Beadle's People Do The Funniest Things, a melange of bought-in hidden camera pranks, sweepings from the Norden office floor and the odd audience prank. Remarkably, this would be ITV's fourth most watched show of 1986.
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The very first issue of Smash Hits!
1978:
Smash Hits Magazine November 1978, page 3
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Smash Hits Magazine November 1978, page 3
Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-1978-11#page/n2
January 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM
The very first issue of Smash Hits!
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We used to be a country that put Frankie Goes To Hollywood at No 1 AND No 2. And, under my benevolent dictatorship I will take us back to those sunlit uplands. #TOTP
January 11, 2026 at 1:27 AM
We used to be a country that put Frankie Goes To Hollywood at No 1 AND No 2. And, under my benevolent dictatorship I will take us back to those sunlit uplands. #TOTP
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The Roman emperor in the naughty Relax video was Crusher in Porridge, and the fella in Nick Kamen's Levi's advert, and he got killed by Jack Nicholson's Joker (the best Joker) in Batman. #TOTP
January 11, 2026 at 12:54 AM
The Roman emperor in the naughty Relax video was Crusher in Porridge, and the fella in Nick Kamen's Levi's advert, and he got killed by Jack Nicholson's Joker (the best Joker) in Batman. #TOTP
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January 10, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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