TV Hell (1992)

Directors:

Richard Curson Smith, Coky Giedroyc,

Writer:

Paul Sparks

Stars:

Angus Deayton, Paul Merton, Danny Baker

Cast

Credited cast:
Angus Deayton	...	The Devil
Paul Merton	...	Paul
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Danny Baker	...	Himself
Sadie Corre
Dreenagh Darrell
Edna Doré
Michael Fish	...	Himself
David Frost	...	Himself
Stuart Hall	...	Himself
Sean Hardie	...	Himself
Phill Jupitus	...	(as Phillip Jupitus)
Audrey Kirby
Larry Lamb	...	Himself
Mark Lawson	...	Himself
Victor Lewis-Smith	...	Himself

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

tv special

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 August 1992 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Paul: [Shakes a small box] It rattles a bit!
The Devil: Unfortunately, we couldn't find a smaller box!

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Connections

Features Captain Pugwash (1957)

User Reviews

You think the new Crossroads is bad . . .

'TV Hell' was the first in a long . . . long . . . long . . . line of theme nights which will doubtless lead to a Theme Night Night. It was a celebration of some of the worst television in living memory, featuring the first episode of triangle and at the centre an A-Z of TV Hell. This still classic documentary featured such gems as: the slightly suspect in retrospect 'Minipops'; the Open Door featuring the 'Albion Free State' (ten minutes of a man in a monkey outfit and a tree'; Albion Market; Churchill's People (a 26 part studio bound history of Britain which went out in prime-time in the innocent times of the late seventies); David Dimbleby sitting around when both VT's failed on Panarama when it was live; and a man jumping on an egg on Nationwide . . .