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- Bumbling, childlike Mr. Bean has trouble completing the simplest of day-to-day tasks, but his perseverance and resourcefulness frequently allow him to find ingenious ways around problems.
- A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.
- Bertram Wooster, a well-intentioned, wealthy layabout, has a habit of getting himself into trouble and it's up to his brilliant valet, Jeeves, to get him out.
- Victor Meldrew is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he's not driving his long suffering wife Margaret crazy with his constant moaning, he's fighting with neighbours.
- Long-running satirical news quiz featuring regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton. Originally chaired by Angus Deayton, the series has adopted "guest hosts" since 2002.
- An educational series presenting various art project suggestions and creations.
- Eustace, along with a new companion named Jill Pole, is brought back to Narnia. The pair are told by Aslan they must search for King Caspian's missing son, Prince Rilian.
- When Tom Ballard moves to Bayview Retirement Vilage, he meets Diana Trent, a feisty old woman who complains about everything and wants nothing more than just to die. Much to the dislike of Harvey Baines, the head of the home, the two form a friendship and eventually a romance, helping each other out of tight situations. Tom's son, Geofrey, and daughter-in-law, Marion (whom Tom doesn't particularly like) are constantly stopping in and Jane, a worker at the home, is Diana's worst nightmare being constantly cheerful. Together, though, Tom and Diana make it together while they are waiting for God.
- Popular BBC sketch show that introduced a whole host of memorable characters such as Tim-Nice-But-Dim, the Slobs, Smashie and Nicey, The Old Gits and teenagers Kevin and Perry. The show spawned a slew of spin-off series and films.
- A team of 6 contestants play a series of physical, mental, skill and mystery games across 4 themed zones gaining as many crystals as possible which determine how many seconds they get as they attempt to win a prize inside the Crystal Dome.
- Political satire about television news company Globe Link and its team of workers such as anchors Henry and Sally, reporter Damien, editor Dave, execs George and Helen, assistant Joy and manager Gus Hedges.
- Viewers' clips show, where those watching can earn money if their various video accidents are shown. Originally presented by Jeremy Beadle, later presenters included Lisa Riley and Harry Hill.
- Hugely influential, surreal and anarchic parody of the variety show format. Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer introduce a selection of eccentric characters. The show often appears to be completely random, ramshackle and nonsensical.
- Drawing on her love of theatre and art, New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh created elegant crime-puzzlers full of quirky characters with hidden agendas, all brought meticulously to life in this BBC series.
- An affluent divorced woman named Caroline Weatley, raising her son Tom with help from her mother Laura West, seeks a housekeeper, and a man named Charlie Burrows applies for the job.
- In Berlin, 1938, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun have a love-hate relationship with their Jewish neighbours in this bizarre spoof of 'fifties American sitcoms.
- A business adviser uses all means necessary to help his friends out of financial ruins. However he has a moral code. Also, his unresolved family past won't leave him alone.
- A female American graduate student in London is bitten by a werewolf, then teams up with an English professor to investigate supernatural occurrences.
- Somewhere in the universe is a planet only visible to those who believe in it. On the sunny side lives the Old Dreammaker, guardian of the most precious and powerful thing in the world - the Dreamstone. Every night he uses it to send out dreams to the world, assisted by Albert his watchhdog-fish, and two Noops, Rufus and Amberley. On the dark side of the planet dwells the huge and terrible Zordrak, Lord of Nightmares, hatching his evil plots to steal the Dreamstone so that nightmares may rule. Zordrak is protected by his army of Urpneys - led by Sergeant Blob - whose every thought is directed towards pleasing their master.
- Three disparate characters are nightwatchmen in an office-block somewhere in Britain. Their night-life is surreal--to say the least. Anything can happen, from a friendly werewolf performing open-heart surgery on one of them to an allegorical Mary who turns up pregnant at their door on Christmas Eve.
- Rosie and Jim are two rag dolls that magically come to life when no-one is looking. They explore different aspects of Great Britain as they travel along the canal network aboard the narrow-boat "Ragdoll" with the boat's owner.
- Self-made millionaire Tony Carpenter struggles his way through life, dealing with a snooty wife, troublesome daughter, opinionated mother and quirky domestic staff.
- The Mary Whitehouse Experience was an rapid-fire observational sketch comedy show, which first aired on radio, and then moved to television, where it ran on the BBC (BBC 2), between 1990-1992. It's title was a tongue-in-cheek jab on the well-known morality crusader, Mary Whitehouse. The show featured a lot of topical humour, based on famous people, films and TV shows of the day, along with original character material, in a format somewhat similar to _"Kids In the Hall (1988)". The series starred 2 comedy duos (who had all graduated from Cambridge University); Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, and David Baddiel and Rob Newman. It was first broadcast on the radio during the late 1980s, before airing to TV.
- The show that pushed forward the boundries of youth TV, always coming close to going too far.
- While taking a walk, Peter Chapman and his wife, Sarah, are followed by two bungling spies, Dexter and Lewis, who find it difficult to take photos of their quarry. Peter, an Electronics Professor at the local Polytechnic, is then suddenly sacked from his seemingly secure job without warning - and with no reasonable explanation being given for this decision. Taken to MI5, he is made an offer he can't refuse - a job offer!
- General knowledge game show where contestants team up with snooker stars testing their skill against the clock.
- A teen comedy show about life in a fast food restaurant.
- Musical talent show in which amateur lookalikes and soundalikes impersonate their favourite singing stars.
- Informative educational programme.
- A unique game show in which celebrities try to deduce which of the classic characters commited a murder by watching a short film and interviewing the suspects.
- Series narrated by Oliver Reed featuring the finest moments from Hammer's classic horror movies alongside clips from the company's acclaimed war films, costume dramas, comedies and much more.
- Weekly documentary series focussing on political and social issues.
- Cookery competition for amateur chefs.
- Each Night, Potsworth the dog and his 4 friends, Carter his owner, Keiko, Rosie, and Nick go to sleep and enter the realm known as the Dream Zone. There, they become the Midnight Patrol, and they help keep peace and order in the Dream Zone. All the while, foiling the evil ambitions of the dimwitted Nightmare Prince, whose goal is to ruin everyone's dreams.
- Focussing on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.
- MTV Europe's version of the US show featuring Music Video's, Interviews, Live gig updates and on the road segments from the world of Hard-rock and Heavy Metal, including viewers requests from all parts of Europe.
- Jean Price is the idealistic, newly-elected Labour Party Member of Parliament for a deprived inner-city constituency. She must try to balance her work with her family life, learn the ways of the House and try to keep her principles.
- A sequel series to Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds set ten years after the events of the original. Dogtanian is now married to Juliette with two children. The Muskehounds are reunited by the Queen to investigate a plot.
- Ilea is an old space craft cruising around the Jupiter system, and functioning as a university. This is the story of its crew and students.
- Jasper Carrott presents half an hour of stand-up (or rather, sit-down) comedy, interspersed with sketches from Punt and Dennis, comedy sketch serial The Detectives, and Wiggy's guide to life - plus the adverts.
- A woman searches for her children, who have been abducted by her ex-husband, a member of the German 'Red Liberation Front'.
- The series follows two policemen, Bromley and Blake, decide to uproot their lives and move to Spain. They move into luxury yacht 'El CID' on the sunny and relaxed Costa del Sol. But while the sun may shine, the criminal world does not take a siesta.
- Squire Haggard, the womanising, destitute former friend of the Prince of Wales, optimistically searches for rich men "willing" to part with their money, and rich, beautiful women willing to part with their virtue. His handsome son, Roderick, a typical Regency Buck, falls in love very easily, and the objects of his desire just happen to be very beautiful Ladies of Quality, who are heiresses to large fortunes. Squire Haggard, desperate to restore the family fortune, often uses his son in his 'get rich, quick' schemes - however, Roderick's foolishness usually brings his father's schemes undone. Their sly underhanded servant, Grunge, despises his 'put upon' position in life and, through guile and other means, has actually been able to acquire more wealth than his master. This money, however, is often at stake through the Squire's involving Grunge in his plots.
- Jenny Denning, the girl who experienced numerous adventures with the stallion Black Beauty in the first series, has grown up in the meantime. She has married Nigel, who boarded a ship bound for New Zealand shortly after their wedding, in order to prepare everything for his wife's arrival. But he never gets there. The ship is missing. Jenny, the young vet, who hates nothing more than sitting around doing nothing, decides to travel to New Zealand with Vicky. She finds it very hard to say good-bye to her father, Dr. Gordon, and to her beloved horse Black Beauty. She is confident that Nigel has succeeded in making his way to New Zealand against all odds. Weeks later, when Jenny and Vicky arrive at the farm in the south of New Zealand, they discover to their dismay that it is deserted. Neither the manager, who was supposed to look after the cattle and the fields, nor any living creature whatsoever can be found. But the young vet and her step-daughter do not give up easily. They turn up their sleeves and work to make themselves at home. They get some unexpected assistance from a young German called Manfred, who had secretly moved into the stables, believing the farm to be deserted. Vicky and Jenny like him immediately. He pitches in with a will and makes himself useful in many ways. However, Vicky is astonished to discover that Manfred does not ride. On the contrary, he is terribly afraid of horses. But he is a talented tinkerer who keeps inventing new original gadgets such as a flying machine. By and by, the two women settle down. One day, they find a beautiful black stallion who will allow nobody but Vicky to ride him. The horse reminds Jenny of her beloved horse back in England, so she christens it Black Beauty.
- Family tensions are unearthed when a middle-aged writer has an affair with his friend's teenage daughter.
- Tired of performing in the circus and longing for home, Nellie the elephant packs her trunk and begins the journey back to her herd.
- Dame Edna Christmas TV Special with guests stars Mel Gibson, Charlton Heston, Julio Iglesias and Gina Lollobrigida.
- Detective series following the cases of the unorthodox cops of Hong Kong. Loosely based on the novels by William Leonard Marshall.
- Short plays by female writers new to television drama.
- Based on the children's adventure novel by Enid Blyton, five young children come to learn the secrets of a ruined castle.