Rock Profile is a British television comedy show written by and starring comedy partnership Matt Lucas and David Walliams, both later widely known for the sketch show Little Britain. Rock Profile first appeared on the channel UK Play in 1999, before moving to BBC Two in 2000. The show comprises a series of spoof interviews, involving Jamie Theakston questioning Lucas and Walliams, who play famous musicians. The interviews are often bizarre and involve broad, unflattering caricatures or just downright fictional characteristics. They are often interspersed with videos by the featured artist, including humorous captions and congratulations from other impersonated celebrities.

A mild mannered human youth secretly leads a squad of uniquely designed robots in the defence of Earth.

The Flower Pot Men is a British children's programme, produced by BBC television, first transmitted in 1952, and repeated regularly for more than twenty years.Originally, the programme was part of a BBC children's television series titled Watch with Mother, with a different programme each weekday, most of them involving string puppets. The Flower Pot Men was the story of Bill and Ben, two little men made of flower pots who lived at the bottom of an English suburban garden. The characters were devised by Freda Lingstrom and Maria Bird. Three later stories were written by Hilda Brabban. The puppeteers were Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson. The voices and other noises were produced byPeter Hawkins, Gladys Whitred and Julia Williams. The narration for all episodes was done by Maria Bird.

Penny Crayon follows the adventures of a mischievous schoolgirl who loves to draw. Using the magic crayons she always carries with her she brings everything she draws to life, usually creating a world of chaos for her and best friend Dennis until the drawings are either rubbed out or washed away.

Simon is a very sensible young schoolboy who has a friend who is a real witch. She is very silly, and a huge showoff.

To mark Hollywood's 100th anniversary, Paul Merton travels to America in a series that explores how the early pioneers there laid down the blueprint for today's cinema industry.

No, That's Me Over Here! was a British sitcom that aired for three series from 1967 to 1970. It was created by Barry Cryer, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle, and it featured Ronnie Corbett's first acting starring role, alongside Rosemary Leach, Henry McGee (who was at the time also playing straight man to Benny Hill in The Benny Hill Show), Ivor Dean and Jill Mai Meredith. It was originally made by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network, with its production being continued by London Weekend Television for the third and final series.

Jonny Briggs is a Children's BBC kitchen sink realism television programme first broadcast in 1985. It revolves around the exploits of a young boy, the eponymous hero (played by Richard Holian), his pet dog, Razzle, and his eccentric family members: Mam (Jane Lowe) and Dad (Leslie Schofield), older sister Rita (Sue Devaney) and older brothers Albert (Tommy Robinson) and Humph (Humphrey) (Jeremy Austin). Another older sister, Marilyn, is mentioned but never seen. The stories often centre on Jonny's school life, where he and his best friend Pam are constantly in battle with the dreadful twins Ginny and Josie.

Cannon and Ball was a successful comedy varitey show on ITV featuring the double act of Bobby Ball and Tommy Cannon. The series was Cannon & Ball's first regular television series, filmed by LWT and lasted nine years until October 1988.

Tom Craig is a ruthless land developer based in the Midlands whose insensitive treatment of local residents in the pursuit of quick millions ends up hurting everyone--including himself.

Galaxy High School is an American science fiction animated series that premiered on September 13, 1986 on CBS and ran for 13 episodes until December 6, 1986. The series was created by movie director Chris Columbus and featured music and a theme song composed by Eagles member Don Felder. Despite its short run, the show has since become a cult favorite.

Each episode melds compelling new interviews with irresistible clips to offer a fresh take on TV's biggest celebrities. Featured stars in this season's four new episodes include Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams, Roseanne Barr, Bill Cosby, Tim Allen, Ray Romano, Noah Wyle, Anthony Edwards, Diahann Carroll, Howie Mandel, Bob Newhart and many more.

Jackanory was a long-running BBC children's television series that was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. The show was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, the first story being the fairy-tale Cap-o'-Rushes read by Lee Montague. It aired from December 13, 1965 - March 24, 1996. The show's format involved an actor reading from children's novels or folk tales, usually while seated in an armchair. From time to time the scene being read would be illustrated by a specially commissioned still drawing.

This comedy focuses on bumbling Detective Inspector Roger Hart (Rom Moody), an exchange officer from Scotland Yard, with the San Francisco Police Department.

A group of very different people pool together their funds and buy a house large enough to accommodate them all. Characters include librarian Georgina Ruddy, council official Simon Willow, unemployable Daisy Burke, Yorkshire sea dog Captain Illiffe and his French singing wife, newlywed Hattons and law student Gordon Brent.

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The Mark Thomas Comedy Product was a hybrid show of comedy and serious politics, with Mark Thomas often using silly or surreal methods to gain interviews with politicians and corporations and to highlight issues.

The Poddington Peas is an animated British children's television series made by Paul Needs and Colin Wyatt; the single series has 13 episodes and was first aired on the BBC in 1989. The theme song describes the peas as being "down at the bottom of the garden". Human size garden objects, giant in size to them, are seen such as up turned flower pots serving as most of their buildings. Humans themselves are never seen or mentioned. In 1992, writer Phil Gardner was employed by Poddington plc to help write some new episodes - including one intended to pilot the series in the USA, and featuring a new group of characters, the Bugz. however these were never published. There were also paper back books by Paul Needs, illustrated by Colin Wyatt and published by Box Tree / Award Publications. The paper back books including new titles was released with a new AP and merchandise to complement these titles were released in 2013.

What the Victorians Did for Us is a British television series, a spin off from What the Romans Did for Us. It documents the effects that Victorian society has on the United Kingdom and the world today. It concentrates primarily on the scientific and social advances of the era, which bore the Industrial Revolution and set the standards for polite society today.

Set in a fictional working men's club in the North of England, The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club is a variety show that featured stand-up comics and singers performing on a stage in front of a live audience.

Play School is a British children's television series produced by the BBC which ran from 21 April 1964 until 14 October 1988.

Spatz centred on a fast food restaurant situated in a fictional shopping mall in Cricklewood, London. It was operated by two Canadians, Karen Hansson, Spatz International's European Co-ordinator, and Thomas "TJ" Strickland, the restaurant's manager.

Tube Mice was a short lived but popular cartoon TV series from 1988 about four mice - Vernon, Toaster, Squeak and Bubble, who live at Oxford Circus Tube Station in London. They would have hilarious adventures each day and furnish their homes with odds and ends dropped by the humans passing through the station.

Series looking at the 1920s and 30s, which creates a portrait of an age so daring, influential and exciting that it still shapes who we are today.

Maxie's World is a 1987 American animated children's television program produced by DIC Animation City. Distributed by Claster Televisionand Saban International and originally aired in first-run syndication in the United States from September 14, 1987 through October 27, 1987 and September 18, 1989 through September 1, 1990.

Donal Macintyre revisits so-called 'Cold cases' that have never been closed to see if he and his team of experts can uncover details in the case that were maybe missed the first time around.

Henry's Cat is an animated children's television programme, written by Stan Hayward and produced by Bob Godfrey, who was also the producer of Roobarb, a similar cartoon series from the 1970s. The show starred a laid-back, ponderous yellow cat, known only as Henry's Cat, and his many friends and enemies.

Bob's Full House was a popular and influential quiz programme hosted by Bob Monkhouse which was based on the popular game Bingo and aired on BBC1 from 1 September 1984 until 27 January 1990. On Bob's Full House, four contestants competed to fill in their Bingo-style card. Correct answers to questions covered up a number but incorrect answers cause the players to sit out the next question (this was classified as getting 'wallied'). Unlike a normal bingo card, which has numbers running from 1 to 90, the numbers on a contestant's bingo card run from 1 to 60 only.

The main character, Huxley Pig, was always dreaming of adventure, exciting professions and encounters. At the start of each episode Huxley would be in his bedroom talking to Sam the squawking seagull and wondering about something. He would open his big suitcase of dress-up clothes, try something on and say, "Hmmm, I wonder". The picture would fade and be taken away into his daydreams for the rest of the story.

The story of a sometimes disobedient small green locomotive who worked for the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited, although he dreamed of singing with the Grumbley and District Choral Society. In time he became first bass of the choir and transported the members from place to place.His driver was Edwin Jones, known as Jones the Steam, who enjoyed fishing and daydreaming. Ivor's other friends included stationmaster Dai Station, portly choirmaster Evans the Song, fellow chorister Idris the Dragon, and fairground owner Morgan the Roundabout. Mr Morgan gave Ivor some pipes from his steam calliope to allow him to sing in the choir.

Documentary series telling the story of the birth of Venice, one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world.

The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder is a British television series based on the feats of one of Edgar Wallace's most interesting heroes. It was made by Thames TV in 1969, with a second season following in 1971.

Join Yattaro, Skashee, and Pururun at Pizza Cats, the most popular place in Edoropolis. On the surface, they're a trio of goofball delivery cats, but their actual identity is as a Secret Ninja Trio, the Nyankees! Led by Lord Wanko, the Nyankees are tasked with keeping the scheming Lord Korn and his evil Crow Ninjas, Gennari and Karamaru, from staging a coup against the dimwitted Shogun Yetyet.

Fresh from his appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway? Paul Merton starred in his own comedy series on Channel 4, which featured an intriguing mix of surreal sketches and stand-up routines.

Pigeon Street was an animated children's television series originally shown on the BBC in 1981 as part of its 'See-saw' strand for pre-schoolers. There were two series with eight and five episodes respectively, each programme lasting fifteen minutes. The series has been repeated a number of times. The animation was created by Alan Rogers and Peter Lang of the Cut-Out Animation Co., who later went on to do a nursery rhyme series with similar animation called Rub-A-Dub-Dub. Voices were performed by George Layton, with additional voices by John Telfer. Music was by Benni Lees, and played by Soulyard. The shows featured the everyday adventures of a group of characters living on Pigeon Street, an area of flats and terraced housing in a British city, also home to several pigeons which appeared in each show but only occasionally featured in the plot. Characters included Clara the long...

Paul Merton profiles some of the great stars of silent comedy, examining their lives and works, and uncovering seldom-seen material.

You and Me is a BBC television programme for pre-school children broadcast from 1974 to 1995. It aired on BBC 1 from 1974-1983 & on BBC 2 from 1983-1995. The programmes consisted of various segments intended to educate and entertain young children and included elements for early literacy and numeracy. The first episode, called "Moving house", was broadcast at 10:45 am 14 January 1974 on BBC1. The series' original intention was to teach children safety, reading and emotional well being. The show featured a mixture of human actors and puppets. Originally it featured the actor Tony Hughes as Herbert The Handyman, along with the puppet characters Mr Bits and Pieces and Purrfecta the Cat.

Comics Britannia is a dazzling new three-part series celebrating the classic comic strips of the past 70 years. Narrated by Armando Iannucci, it features interviews with the creators of iconic characters from The Beano, Bunty, Commando, Viz, 2000AD and more.

British TV comedy series. Top British comedy writers Galton and Simpson utilise the talents of comedian Paul Merton to revisit some of their past glories. Merton's deadpan delivery, a la Tony Hancock, is perfectly suited to showcase these classic sketches from a golden era in British comedy.

Hughie Wagstaff is a penniless tramp who suddenly finds his life turned upside down when he is revealed as the heir to a title and a large estate - complete with stately home and servants. He finds his new life difficult to adjust to and can't help slipping in to his old ways, much to the consternation of his staff and snobby neighbours.

The Amazing Adventures of Morph is a British stop-motion clay animation television show created by Aardman Animations which ran from 1980 to 1981. It featured the character Morph and his cream-coloured twin Chas.

British cartoon series about the adventures of a frizzy haired girl and her dog, Alistair. They also meet up with their friends Birdie and Butterfly. The stories are told without dialogue but have a musical score and Pop-Art design.

During 1924 and for the next two years, Claude Friese-Greene, filmmaker and cinematographer, embarked on an epic journey, and calling it The Open Road, which would bring the people and the lands of Great Britain together. From Land's End to Scotland's John O'Groats, and with his new and modern filming technique, that for once has the ability to film in colour. For the first time the people of England, and the world could see itself in colour. This modern-day retrospective looks back, and takes the same ride some eighty years later, reconnecting with past places and past memories. With its compare and contrast travelogue flavour, Dan Cruickshank, the British Film Institute and the BBC have revisited a journey of how we used to live and how, as a nation, have changed, since those glorious days of England's golden years.

Chris Cross takes place at a boarding school in England that recently went coed and also welcomes transfer student Chris Hilton as a roomate and partner to already popular resident Oliver Cross.

A young boy discovers a teenage caveman living in the local rubbish dump.

One night, Nellie the Elephant hears the head of the herd calling to her from far, far away. Tired of performing in the circus and longing for home, Nellie packs her trunk and begins her journey home. Each episode chronicles the adventures of Nellie as she takes trains, planes, ships, and rockets to get back to her family in the jungle. Nellie meets endearing characters along the way.

The exploits of brass band-mad Ernie Briggs and his put-upon wife, Bessie.

Bertha is an animated series set in the Spottiswood & Company. Each episode centres on a machine called Bertha that can produce any item requested of her. In each episode the factory experiences a crisis affecting its daily production schedule, which Bertha invariably solves with the help of her factory worker friends.

King Rollo was a children's character created by David McKee in 1979, starring in a series of books, animations (narrated by Ray Brooks), and a comic strip in the magazine Buttons. In all, thirteen episodes of the animation were produced in 1980 (shown in two halves), by McKee's own King Rollo Films, and originally shown as part of the pre-school 'See-Saw' strand. The central character of the stories was Rollo himself, a child-like King who was always in need of advice and assistance from his friends. Among these were The Magician (a father figure) Cook (the king's cook, a mother figure, who was arguably the real ruler of the kingdom); his neighbour, Queen Gwen; King Frank; and perhaps most importantly, Rollo's cat, Hamlet, who was generally portrayed as wiser than Rollo himself. The animations used the same distinctive colourful cut-out paper look as McKee's other works, such as Mr Benn, and one memorable aspect was that the characters' legs would rotate outwards when walking until they were at right-angles at the sides of their body.