Michael Bentine

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The Paranormal Peter Sellers
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The Paranormal Peter Sellers

Jan 01, 2001

The Paranormal Peter Sellers
2001 49 min 1 vues
This documentary revealed Peter Sellers obsession with the occult. Sellers was a highly superstitious man who consulted fortune tellers, clairvoyants and mediums to help him make key decisions in his life and work. Many of Sellers important decisions were influenced by Maurice Woodruff - a clairvoyant and astrologer based in London. Advice from the other side was taken on his marriage to Britt Ekland, accepting film roles such as Inspector Clouseau and dealing with his near fatal heart attack.
The Sandwich Man
6.1

The Sandwich Man

Jul 01, 1966

The Sandwich Man
1966 95 min 7 vues
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
Comedy
Down Among the Z Men
5.1

Down Among the Z Men

Oct 01, 1952

Down Among the Z Men
1952 71 min 6 vues
The Goon Show hits the big screen. Professor Pure Heart absent-mindedly loses the top secret formula in Harry Jones' Grocery Shop. "Bats of the Yard", as Harry calls himself, finds it and attempts to return it to the Professor.
Comedy
Forces' Sweetheart
5.2

Forces' Sweetheart

Nov 01, 1953

Forces' Sweetheart
1953 76 min 4 vues
Forces sweetheart, Judy James, is back in town and that means various admirers are showing up at the hotel where she stays.
Comedy
Lights Out... and the Stars Appear
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Lights Out... and the Stars Appear

Jan 01, 1972

Lights Out... and the Stars Appear
1972 21 min 1 vues
Here is a short film produced by the UK 9.5mm film club 'Group 9.5' to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the 9.5mm 'home movie' film size in 1972. Entitled "Lights Out ... And The Stars Appear", (the title is based on a Pathescope advertisement fron the 1930s), it describes the start and history of this unique film gauge originally developed by the French Pathe-Freres company.
I Only Arsked
6.8

I Only Arsked

Jan 01, 1958

I Only Arsked
1958 82 min 4 vues
A group of misfit soldiers are desperately trying to fiddle themselves some leave. Instead they wrangle a posting to the British Middle-East protectorate of Darawa. Their frustrations and disappointment at landing one of the harshest territories is compensated when they discover a secret passage to the King's harem.
Comedy
Rentadick
4.4

Rentadick

Dec 31, 1972

Rentadick
1972 94 min 9 vues
Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively... confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue...
Comedy
Raising a Riot
6.5

Raising a Riot

Feb 21, 1955

Raising a Riot
1955 90 min 2 vues
Commander Peter Kent of the Royal Navy and his wife May have three children, ranging form five to eleven years: Peter, Anne and Fusty. Kent comes home after three years abroad with no idea how to handle the children. When Mary has to fly to Canada, Peter takes his children to his father's new country home, which turns out to be a windmill. They end up clashing with an American family in the neighborhood.
Comedy
We Joined the Navy
5.4

We Joined the Navy

May 17, 1963

We Joined the Navy
1963 105 min 8 vues
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.
Comedy
Spike
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Spike

Jun 11, 1996

Spike
1996 75 min 1 vues
Spike personally tells the story of his life from India, World War II to The Goons and his Q series
L’Obscénité et la fureur
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L’Obscénité et la fureur

Mar 29, 2000

L’Obscénité et la fureur
2000 108 min 74 vues
Insultes, crachats, irreverence et violence, le groupe Sex Pistols est l'un des plus célebres représentants du mouvement punk londonien. La folle ascension de Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Sid Vicious et Paul Cook dans la deuxième moitié des années soixante-dix, période de grève et de misère pour la classe ouvrière de Grande-Bretagne, n'aura duré que l'espace de vingt-six mois et un seul album.
Documentary
The Sandwich Man
6.1

The Sandwich Man

Jul 01, 1966

The Sandwich Man
1966 95 min 7 vues
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
Comedy
Alice in Wonderland
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Alice in Wonderland

Apr 23, 1985

Alice in Wonderland
1985 min 1 vues
Anglia Television's 5 episode adaption of Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland was inspired and based upon an early production put on by the famous Da Silva Puppets group at the Norwich Puppet Theatre.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
It's a Square World
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It's a Square World

Dec 20, 1964

It's a Square World
1964 min 1 vues
It's a Square World was a groundbreaking British comedy show starring Michael Bentine and produced by the BBC. It ran from 1960 till 1964. The series led Bentine to a BAFTA award in 1962 for Light Entertainment and a compilation show, screened by the BBC in 1963, won that year's Press Prize at the Rose d'Or Festival in Montreux. The shows were devised and written by Michael Bentine and John Law. Some sketches were released on an LP.
Comedy
Pebble Mill
3.1

Pebble Mill

Mar 29, 1996

Pebble Mill
1996 min 4 vues
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.
Talk
Great Performances
5.2

Great Performances

Nov 22, 2024

Great Performances
2024 min 16 vues
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
Comedy
Michael Bentine's Potty Time
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Michael Bentine's Potty Time

May 21, 1980

Michael Bentine's Potty Time
1980 min 1 vues
Michael Bentine's Potty Time was a long-running British children's show, starring Michael Bentine, and directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets, comically re-enacting famous historical situations. The Potties' faces were always obscured by facial hair, with only their noses protruding. They were operated from beneath and had two distinct sizes - approximately two feet and one foot tall. All of the Potty characters were designed by Bentine, who also provided all of their voices. Their operators were from The Barry Smith Theatre of Puppets. In 2001, it was voted into 71st place in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows poll. Several Region 2 DVDs of the series have been released by Network DVD.
The Hollywood Palace
4.5

The Hollywood Palace

Feb 07, 1970

The Hollywood Palace
1970 min 4 vues
The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.
Comedy
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.632

The Ed Sullivan Show

May 30, 1971

The Ed Sullivan Show
1971 min 19 vues
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Comedy
Michael Bentine's Potty Time
5

Michael Bentine's Potty Time

May 21, 1980

Michael Bentine's Potty Time
1980 min 1 vues
Michael Bentine's Potty Time was a long-running British children's show, starring Michael Bentine, and directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets, comically re-enacting famous historical situations. The Potties' faces were always obscured by facial hair, with only their noses protruding. They were operated from beneath and had two distinct sizes - approximately two feet and one foot tall. All of the Potty characters were designed by Bentine, who also provided all of their voices. Their operators were from The Barry Smith Theatre of Puppets. In 2001, it was voted into 71st place in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows poll. Several Region 2 DVDs of the series have been released by Network DVD.
Tell Me Another
5

Tell Me Another

May 21, 1980

Tell Me Another
1980 min 1 vues
Michael Bentine's Potty Time was a long-running British children's show, starring Michael Bentine, and directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets, comically re-enacting famous historical situations. The Potties' faces were always obscured by facial hair, with only their noses protruding. They were operated from beneath and had two distinct sizes - approximately two feet and one foot tall. All of the Potty characters were designed by Bentine, who also provided all of their voices. Their operators were from The Barry Smith Theatre of Puppets. In 2001, it was voted into 71st place in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows poll. Several Region 2 DVDs of the series have been released by Network DVD.