Related Research Articles
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, part of a humanoid species called Time Lords. The Doctor travels in the universe and in time using a time travelling spaceship called the TARDIS, which externally appears as a British police box. While travelling, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating foes. The Doctor often travels with companions.
Ricky Dene Gervais is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer, director and musician. He co-created, co-wrote, and acted in the British television sitcoms The Office (2001–2003), Extras (2005–2007), and Life's Too Short (2011–2013) with Stephen Merchant. He also created, wrote and starred in Derek (2012–2014) and After Life (2019–2022).
Richard Keith Herring is an English stand-up comedian and writer whose early work includes the comedy double act Lee and Herring. He is described by The British Theatre Guide as "one of the leading hidden masters of modern British comedy".
QI is a British comedy panel game quiz show for television created and co-produced by John Lloyd. The series currently airs on BBC Two and is presented by Sandi Toksvig. It features permanent panellist Alan Davies and three guest panellists per episode; the panellists are mostly comedians. The series was presented by Stephen Fry from its beginning in 2003 until 2016.
Christopher Richard Stein, is an English celebrity chef, restaurateur, writer and television presenter. Along with business partner Jill Stein, he runs the Stein hotel and restaurant business in the UK. The business has a number of renowned restaurants, shops and hotels in Padstow along with other restaurants in Marlborough, Winchester and Barnes. He is also the head chef and a co-owner of the "Rick Stein at Bannisters" restaurants in Mollymook and Port Stephens in Australia, with his second wife, Sarah. He writes cookery books and has presented numerous cookery series for the BBC.
Charlton Brooker is an English writer, television presenter, producer and satirist. He is the creator, writer, and an executive producer of the sci-fi drama anthology series Black Mirror, and has written for comedy series such as Brass Eye, The 11 O'Clock Show, and Nathan Barley.
Eggheads is a British quiz show produced by 12 Yard. It was first broadcast in November 2003 chaired by Dermot Murnaghan. In 2008, Jeremy Vine became joint chair, and subsequently sole chair. The show has inspired three spinoff series: Are You an Egghead? (2008), Revenge of the Egghead (2014) and Make Me an Egghead (2016). There have also been episodes of the regular series featuring teams of celebrities in their own short series, with their own rolling prize fund.
David James Stuart Mitchell is a British comedian, actor and writer.
Jenna-Louise Coleman is an English actress. She began her television career by playing Jasmine Thomas in the soap opera Emmerdale from 2005 to 2009, followed by a recurring role in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2009). She made her film debut with a small role in the American superhero film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and made appearances on diverse British period miniseries, including Titanic (2012), and Death Comes to Pemberley (2013).
The Unbelievable Truth is a BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith. The game is chaired by David Mitchell and is described in the programme's introduction as "the panel game built on truth and lies." The object of the game is for each panellist to deliver a short lecture about a given subject, which should be completely false save for five true statements which they must attempt to smuggle past the other players. The first series began broadcasting in 2007, and the 30th series began airing in August 2024.
Sarah Jane Millican is an English comedian. Millican won the comedy award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In February 2013 she was listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Radio 4's Woman's Hour, and in the same year she married fellow comedian Gary Delaney. Her first book, How to Be Champion, was published in 2017.
The first series of the 2005 revival of the British science fiction programme Doctor Who began on 26 March 2005 with the episode "Rose". This marked the end of the programme's 16 year absence from episodic television following its cancellation in 1989, and the first new televised Doctor Who story since the broadcast of the television movie starring Paul McGann in 1996. The finale episode, "The Parting of the Ways", was broadcast on 18 June 2005. The show was revived by longtime Doctor Who fan Russell T Davies, who had been lobbying the BBC since the late 1990s to bring the show back. The first series comprised 13 episodes, eight of which Davies wrote. Davies, Julie Gardner and Mal Young served as executive producers, Phil Collinson as producer.
Only Connect is a British television quiz show presented by Victoria Coren Mitchell. In the series, teams compete in a tournament of finding connections between seemingly unrelated clues. The title is taken from a passage in E. M. Forster's 1910 novel Howards End: "Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted."
Pointless is a British television quiz show produced by Banijay subsidiary Remarkable Entertainment for the BBC hosted by Alexander Armstrong. In each episode, four teams of two contestants attempt to find correct but obscure answers to four rounds of general knowledge questions, with the winning team eligible to compete for the show's cash jackpot.
Inside No. 9 is a British black comedy anthology television programme written and created by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. It aired on BBC Two from 5 February 2014 to 12 June 2024, running for 9 series and 55 episodes. Each 30-minute episode is a self-contained story with new characters and a new setting, almost all starring Pemberton or Shearsmith. Aside from the writers, each episode has a new cast, allowing Inside No. 9 to attract a number of well-known actors. The stories are linked only by a setting related to the number 9 in some way, and a brass hare statue that is hidden in all episodes. Themes and tone vary from episode to episode, but all have elements of comedy and horror or perverse humour, in addition to a plot twist.
The Dog Ate My Homework is a British children's panel show hosted by Lauren Layfield. It was first broadcast on 17 January 2014 and was originally hosted by the comedian Iain Stirling. The show is produced by CBBC Productions Scotland for CBBC.
The eleventh series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who premiered on 7 October 2018 and concluded on 9 December 2018. The series is the first to be led by Chris Chibnall as head writer and executive producer, alongside executive producers Matt Strevens and Sam Hoyle, after Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin stepped down after the tenth series. This series is the eleventh to air following the programme's revival in 2005 and is the thirty-seventh season overall. It also marks the beginning of the third production era of the revived series, following Russell T Davies' original run from 2005 to 2010, and Moffat's from 2010 to 2017. The eleventh series was broadcast on Sundays, a first in the programme's history; regular episodes of the revived era were previously broadcast on Saturdays. The series was followed by a New Year's Day special episode, "Resolution", instead of the traditional annual Christmas Day special.
References
- ↑ "Laughter lab". BBC Online . Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Perry, Chris (3 February 2016). The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937–2013. Lulu.com. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-900203-60-9 . Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Laughter lab Video 6: 12th July festivities". BBC Online . Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ "Episode Guide 2001". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "The Talentless Mr Ripple Episode 1". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Number One Fan Episode 2". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "The North Down Connection Episode 3". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "McKenna's Gold Episode 4". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Luke Back in Anger Episode 5". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 19 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "The Beautiful Game Episode 6". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Episode Guide – Series 6". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ "A Day in the Life Episode 1". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 6 November 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ "A Day in the Life Episode 1". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "Seven Episode 2". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "Intiminadation Episode 3". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "The Drugs Don't Work Episode 4". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 21 November 2004. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "A Christmas Carol Episode 5". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 1 December 2004. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "The Shoes of the Fisherman Episode 6". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 29 November 2004. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- 1 2 "Don't Go Up There Episode 1". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ "Don't Go Up There Episode 1". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "The Prime of Inspector Brodie Episode 2". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "Get Thee to a Nunnery Episode 3". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 29 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "I Have a Dream Episode 4". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "La Passionara Episode 5". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "Lord of the Ring Episode 6". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- 1 2 "Series 5 + 6 Episode Guide". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ "Village People Episode 1". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "Friends Episode 2". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "In the Name of the Father Episode 3". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 21 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "Return of the Native Episode 4". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "Crime and Punishment Episode 5". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 29 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "Secondary Colours Episode 6". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "Give My Head Peace goes south", BBC, 12 December 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
- ↑ "Episode Guide 2003". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "The Producers Episode 1". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Return of the Mummy Episode 2". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "It Must Be Love Episode 3". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "The Sixth Sense Episode 4". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "The King and I Episode 5". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Shock and Awe Episode 6". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Episode Guide 2004". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "The Kid Episode 1". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 4 January 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Episode 2". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 3 February 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Keep the Aspidistra Flying Episode 3". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 4 January 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "The Searchers Episode 4". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 1 January 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "I Am the Law Episode 5". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 25 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Farenheit 451 Episode 6". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 25 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Surprise, Suprise [sic] Episode 7". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 20 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Love Actually Episode 8". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Canada Dry Episode 9". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "The Passion of Red Hand Luke Episode 10". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 22 April 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- 1 2 Walker, Gail (16 December 2006). "Mervyn & Me". Belfast Telegraph . Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- 1 2 "The Last Farewell". BBC Online . Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- 1 2 "The Farce Awakens". BBC Online . Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- 1 2 "The Farce Awakens". BBC Online . Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ↑ "Christmas Special". BBC Online . Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ↑ "A Kick Up the Arts". BBC Online . Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ↑ "Death Becomes Him". BBC Online . Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ↑ "The Derry Girl". BBC Online . Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ↑ "2020 Vision". BBC Online . Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ↑ "2021 The Vanishing". BBC Online . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ↑ "Give My Head Peace Series 14". BBC. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ↑ "Give my Head Peace". BBC. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ↑ "Give My Head Peace". BBC. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- 1 2 "Give My Head Peace Series 15 - Murder Most Foul". BBC Online . Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ↑ "Give My Head Peace Series 15 - West Belfast". BBC Online . Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- 1 2 "Give my Head Peace - Billy brasco". BBC Online . Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- 1 2 "Give My Head Peace - Baby love". BBC Online . Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ↑ "Give My Head Peace Series 15 - the other side". BBC Online . Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- 1 2 "The Story of Give My Head Peace". BBC Online . Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- 1 2 "A Beginner's Guide". BBC Online . Retrieved 29 January 2017.