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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedy science fiction series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, including stage shows, novels, comic books, a 1981 TV series, a 1984 video game, and 2005 feature film.
The News Quiz is a British topical panel game broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Mark Benton is an English actor, known for his roles as Eddie in Early Doors, Howard in Northern Lights and Martin Pond in Barbara. Benton has also starred in BBC One drama, Waterloo Road as maths teacher, Daniel Chalk from 2011 to 2013 and again in 2014. In 2003 Benton starred as Eddie in 2 series of Early Doors BBC Sitcom In 2013, Benton took part in Strictly Come Dancing and in 2015, he hosted daytime game show The Edge.
Catherine Jane Ford, known professionally as Catherine Tate, is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show (2004-2007), as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and seven BAFTA. Following the success of The Catherine Tate Show, Tate played Donna Noble in the Christmas special of Doctor Who (2006) and later reprised her role, becoming the Tenth Doctor's regular companion for the fourth series (2008).
Silver Street was a radio soap opera, the first such to be aimed at the British South Asian community, and was broadcast on the BBC Asian Network from 24 May 2004 to 26 March 2010.
Booked! was a radio programme that originally aired from October 1995 to April 2000. There were thirty 35-minute episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It starred Ian McMillan, Mark Thomas, David Stafford, Stuart Maconie, Linda Smith, Dillie Keane, Miles Kington, and Roger McGough.
The Brothers is a BBC Radio 4 sitcom about two brothers who gave up their careers in order to start a website design company. It aired from May 2004-March 2007. There were sixteen half-hour episodes over three series. It starred Adam Godley, Raymond Coulthard, Pauline McLynn and Pearce Quigley and was written by Caroline and David Stafford.
The Change was a short-lived British radio Sitcom that originally aired from November 2001 - November 2004 on BBC Radio 4.
Bangers and Mash is a British children's cartoon series originally broadcast on Children's ITV in 1989, and repeated until around 1993. The series consists of 25 five-minute episodes.
Neil McDermott is a British stage and television actor, who is best known for portraying Ryan Malloy in the BBC television soap opera EastEnders.
Oneira is a science fiction comedy written for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Robert Easby. It tells a surreal story of the encounter between a young museum guard, called Oneira, and a 400-year-old alchemist calling himself Nikolai. Nikolai claims to be the artist who painted one of the pictures hanging in the museum. The painting includes a figure who resembles Nikolai himself. He also tells Oneira that he and she are destined to search for a book of alchemy called the Lux Ata or "Book of Black Light". The resulting quest involves aliens, string theory, a sinister official from the electricity board called "Mister Resistor", a TV cooking show, a cappuccino bar, a comedian travelling by flying saucer, and a dead science fiction author. Oneira's boyfriend Pete is transformed from an up-and-coming young financier in the City into a bucket of water and a pair of Argyll socks while their expensive penthouse flat is destroyed by a ravenous refrigerator.
Diane Morgan is an English actress, comedian, and writer, known for her comedy persona of Philomena Cunk – on Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe, appearing as presenter of the mockumentaries Cunk on Christmas, Cunk on Shakespeare, Cunk on Britain and Cunk and Other Humans. She also works with fellow comedian Joe Wilkinson as part of the sketch group "Two Episodes of Mash".
Eoghan McDermott is an Irish television and radio presenter. He is known for hosting The Voice of Ireland, Xfm Drivetime in the UK and narrating Love Island Australia.
Jason Forbes is a British actor, writer and comedian best known for the CITV series Horrible Science; The Mash Report on BBC Two; as PC Peasey in the Professor Branestawm movies on BBC One; and as a member of the award-winning sketch trio 'Daphne'.
"Kill Straker!" is the seventh episode aired of the first series of UFO - a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth. The screenplay was written Donald James and the director was Alan Perry. The episode was filmed between 5 November 5th to 17 November, 1969 and aired on the ATV Midlands on 4 November, 1970. Though shown as the seventh episode, it was actually the sixteenth to have been filmed. The episode was originally titled The Inside Man.
"E.S.P." is the sixth episode aired of the first series of UFO - a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth. Alan Fennell wrote the screenplay and it was directed by Ken Turner. The episode was filmed between 23 October to 4 November, 1969 and aired on the ATV Midlands network on 21 October, 1970. Though shown as the sixth episode, it was actually the fifteenth to have been filmed.
"Survival " is the thirteenth episode aired of the first series of UFO - a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth. The screenplay was written Tony Barwick and the director was Alan Perry. The episode was filmed between 30 June 30th to 10 July, 1970 and aired on the ATV Midlands on 30 December 1970. Though shown as the thirteenth episode, it was actually the fourth to have been filmed.
The Mash Report is a British comedy on BBC Two. It satirises the news and is hosted by Nish Kumar. First aired on 20 July 2017, it is a TV show spin-off of The Daily Mash, a satirical website. The first series comprised ten episodes. The second series, of six episodes, started airing on 26 October 2018. Series 3 consisting of 6 episodes began on 5 September 2019.
Dracula is a television series developed by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, based on the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker. The series was broadcast and released on BBC One and Netflix and consists of three episodes. Claes Bang stars as the title character. Dracula premiered on 1 January 2020 and was broadcast over three consecutive days.
Catherine Shepherd is an English comedic actor, writer and director.
