Mickey Hutton

Pour la première fois de sa vie, Daniel Blake, un menuisier anglais de 59 ans, est contraint de faire appel à l’aide sociale à la suite de problèmes cardiaques. Mais bien que son médecin lui ait interdit de travailler, il se voit signifier l'obligation d'une recherche d'emploi sous peine de sanction. Au cours de ses rendez-vous réguliers au « job center », Daniel va croiser la route de Rachel, mère célibataire de deux enfants qui a été contrainte d'accepter un logement à 450km de sa ville natale pour ne pas être placée en foyer d’accueil. Pris tous deux dans les filets des aberrations administratives de la Grande-Bretagne d’aujourd’hui, Daniel et Rachel vont tenter de s’entraider...

Hangar 17 show was a music and variety show for 9 to 13 year olds. The show was presented by stand-up comedian Mickey Hutton and featured a mixture of jugglers, mime artists and comedians along with the more usual musical guests. In the first series the show promoted unsigned musical guests, during a Battle of the Bands feature but this idea was dropped from the second series in favour of more established acts such as East 17. The show also featured Brit School pupil Paul Leyshon as the show's resident DJ and was produced by Peter Leslie.

Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and unconventional methods to tackle the criminal underworld, but he must also deal with the friends, enemies and family he left behind, and never expected to return to. Sammy Johnson played Spender's sidekick Stick, while Denise Welch played Spender's wife.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.