Over 2½ hours of the award-winning topical news quiz, featuring previously unseen footage. Team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined by a different guest presenter each week.
John Humphrys
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Trust Me - I'm a Politician
Feb 08, 2003Last December's "Cheriegate" affair did little to abate the rampant public cynicism reserved for politicians - a mistrust evidenced in the turnout at the 2001 general election, which was the lowest for more than 80 years. In this documentary, Michael Cockerell talks to figures including Edwina Currie, Max Clifford, Geoffrey Robinson and Neil Hamilton in an effort to see if spin, sleaze and ministerial failure is to blame, or whether the media's sneering political coverage is most at fault.
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Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
Dec 24, 1985Kenny gives us his rendition of Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol, "with apologies to C. Dickens, Esquire"
Comedy
Trials and Tribulations
Sep 30, 2008A retrospective of Colin Baker's turbulent three-years as the Sixth Doctor in Doctor Who (1963), covering his casting, the 1985 hiatus, and his sacking on the orders of BBC One controller Michael Grade.
Documentary
Ali G
Mar 21, 2002Ali G pourrait se contenter de sa paisible vie à Staines, une petite ville située au sud de l'Angleterre. Auprès de lui, il a sa grand-mère, sa copine Julie, son chien 2Pac et son herbe. Avec ses amis, il parvient même à supporter les provocations du gang rival au cours d'interminables courses de R5.Cependant, Ali G voit ses habitudes bousculées le jour où il apprend que le centre de loisirs de Staines, où il enseigne aux enfants "l'attitude Ali G", est en passe de fermer. Celui-ci proteste et accepte finalement de représenter les jeunes de Staines dans l'arène politique. En mettant à jour un scandale qui décrédibilise son adversaire, Ali G est bientôt élu député...
Comedy
Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive
Oct 24, 2019This intimate documentary follows journalist and presenter Bill Turnbull as he undertakes chemotherapy, tries cannabis for medicinal purposes and adopts a healthier diet.
Documentary
Shooting Stars
Sep 12, 2011Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
Comedy
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Jan 18, 1988
Celebrity Mastermind
Jan 06, 2025Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.
Mastermind
Dec 16, 2024Mastermind is a British quiz show, well known for its challenging questions, intimidating setting and air of seriousness.
Devised by Bill Wright, the basic format of Mastermind has never changed — four and in later contests five contestants face two rounds, one on a specialised subject of the contestant's choice, the other a general knowledge round. Wright drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II.
The atmosphere is helped by Mastermind's famously ominous theme music, "Approaching Menace" by the British composer Neil Richardson. The quiz programme originated and was recorded in Manchester at studios such as New Broadcasting House and Granada Studios, before permanently moving to MediaCityUK in 2011.
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Junior Mastermind
Dec 21, 2007Junior Mastermind is a spin-off of the British quiz show Mastermind, featuring children generally aged 10 and 11 as contestants.
The basic format of Junior Mastermind is the same as that of regular adult Mastermind, though there are a few differences:
⁕Contestants' introductions give only their first names, and give home town instead of occupation.
⁕Series are shorter, consisting of a single round of heats, the winners of which progress directly to the final.
Top Gear
Dec 18, 2022Une émission consacrée aux voitures et au sport automobile pas comme les autres, où les animateurs testent des voitures à travers des cascades et de nombreux défis. Des essais qui ne se déroulent pas toujours comme prévu.
Reality
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Oct 19, 2017Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely educational panel show.
Comedy
Gadget Man
Jun 22, 2015Gadget Man shows the world's collection of handy gadgets throughout the ages, from today's smart devices to decades old electronics to even older mechanical devices.
Documentary
Room 101
Apr 06, 2018Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.
Comedy
Classic Steam Train Collection
Jan 01, 2005Tells the story of classic steam locomotives including King Edward I, Green Arrow, Taw Valley, Flying Scotsman, Clan Line, and the Black Five, Castle and Manor classes, beautifully capturing the sights and sounds of a bygone era. Filmed by steam enthusiasts from ITV and the BBC, using high-definition broadcast equipment to make movie-length portraits of British steam locos at work.
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How TV Changed Britain
Jul 05, 2008
Grumpy Old Men
May 19, 2006Series giving a voice to 35- to 54-year-old men, very probably the grumpiest sector of our society.
Comedy
Question Time
Jan 16, 2025This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
News
The Crown
Dec 14, 2023Cette série dramatique retrace les rivalités politiques, intrigues et événements qui ont marqué le règne de la reine Élisabeth II et la seconde moitié du XXe siècle.
Drama
Have I Got News for You
Dec 13, 2024Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
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