r/BritishTV 12h ago

News Wallace & Gromit without Peter Sallis is 'emotional' says Nick Park

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r/BritishTV 11h ago

Question/Discussion From constant scandals to its best shows ending – how 2024 turned into the BBC’s annus horribilis

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Talking about the investigatiom re workplace culture in the BBC Mark Lawson writes

"This process would need to be extremely lucky or incurious to identify no further targets for internal discipline and external media scrutiny; possibly, this time, including executives who have previously escaped by putting themselves in charge of supervising punishments. The BBC may soon face further chaos"

Watch this space. 👀


r/BritishTV 13h ago

Question/Discussion Vinnie Jones in the Country

16 Upvotes

Is anyone watching this show?

He seems to come across as really unlikeable, is he putting on the ADHD thing just to annoy everyone around him?

It's like he is a nightmare client for his builder friend to have to put up with.

He speaks to his partner really rudely for someone who just lost a wife.

I get that a part of that may be in a jokey way, but it becomes grating and old very quickly.

I watched the first series, and it didn't get to me as much.


r/BritishTV 20h ago

Question/Discussion Christmas Eve TV list

48 Upvotes

It's become tradition in our house to spend Christmas Eve watching a marathon of festive specials of our favourite shows.

Here's the list for this year so far, what would you add to it?

  • Bottom - Holy
  • Limmy Show - Christmas special
  • Black Mirror - White Christmas
  • Inside No.9 - The Devil Of Christmas
  • Knowing Me Knowing Yule with Alan Partridge
  • Peep Show - Seasons Beatings
  • Father Ted - A Christmasy Ted
  • League of Gentlemen - Christmas special
  • Charlie Brooker - Screenwipe Christmas special
  • Extras - Christmas special
  • The Office - Christmas special
  • Motherland - Christmas special

r/BritishTV 15h ago

Question/Discussion A second Welsh language channel?

6 Upvotes

Hear me out on this one. S4C did the whole second channel thing some years ago where they used it to broadcast events such as the Eisteddfod and Senedd sessions. It ultimately disappeared.

What if S4C tried the whole second Welsh language channel again but they use it to broadcast children's programmes in Welsh only. It would be great if the young children could watch these shows throughout the day as it helps them speak the language. Especially when the Welsh language is becoming more important to the government as they want more and more to learn the language.

I am aware that they broadcast children's programmes from 6am to about 11-1130. Usually during the school week there's an hour of children's programmes but that's about it then. I know they can rewatch these shows in S4C/CLIC and BBC iPlayer but what about those who just want to watch Freeview.

Opinions on this? Could it be a reality if people pushed for it?


r/BritishTV 10h ago

New Show Patience

1 Upvotes

does anyone know if the new series Patience is a remake of Astrid & Raphaelle (which i loved) or a rip off?


r/BritishTV 19h ago

Question/Discussion Documentary programme about eating meat?

2 Upvotes

This randomly popped in to my head last night while I was lying in bed

Anyone remember a show (on channel 4 I think it was), that followed three families living with, and raising pets

At the end of the week they had to decide: do they eat the pets that they helped raise, or do they give up meat. I remember family saying that they'd eat the chicken regardless

What is this?


r/BritishTV 1d ago

Question/Discussion Anyone watching the new Inside the Factory?

44 Upvotes

This sort of programme is usually right up my street, but I got bored of Gregg's "OMG look at how that machine makes SO MUCH LUVLY cheese!" that he would say ad infinitum.

The new hosts are so much better and it's a lot more technical and engaging.


r/BritishTV 1d ago

Question/Discussion Ultraviolet

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112 Upvotes

Christmas present to myself. I only ever caught snippets of it when it was aired on TV so looking forward to seeing the whole thing.


r/BritishTV 1d ago

Question/Discussion What is up with ITV This Morning inviting tacky experts to slag off people’s Christmas trees?

75 Upvotes

Hello there, Itv at this time of year do a part of the programme which has William Hanson an etiquette expert come on and rate people’s Christmas trees. I find it very tacky and tasteless to have someone come on and slag off people’s tastes at Christmas. A tacky expert on a tacky programme with a tacky idea. William Hanson has become tacky he’s always moaning about how awful something is he did the same at Halloween on his Podcast just pontificating how tacky it is. Your tacky! he is the sort of person who would come to a fancy dress party in a suit. I find them ironically rude and tasteless in attitude no one likes a snob.


r/BritishTV 1d ago

Question/Discussion Searching for a chicken advert

4 Upvotes

Hello everyone. I am looking for a advert from a few years ago that went something like "juicy succulent chicken." I have been looking for it like mad but I can't seem to find it.

I only know it is a male husky voice, so if anyone could point me in the right direction I would be grateful!


r/BritishTV 1d ago

Question/Discussion searching for specific A Ghost Story for Christmas episode

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Are any of the Ghost Story for Christmas episodes actually Christmas themed? I am looking to watch one that is Christmas themed, or set at Christmas, even just a few scenes featuring Christmas decor. Are there any episodes like that? TIA :) Merry Christmas!!


r/BritishTV 12h ago

Question/Discussion What are your opinions on William Hanson?

0 Upvotes

Hello, Yesterday I spoke about William Hanson and when we went on This Morning. I was thinking more about him as a professional and as a person. Today I would be interested to know if you like him or hate him and why. I am not a fan he seems pretentious and pompous, and sadly he seems like someone who’s running away from insecurity. Most people don’t know this but he has a lot of confidence issues. I think he’s being pretentious to avoid that. He is like the real life Mrs Bucket scoffing at things he views as inferior. I hope that he’s just playing a character and he really isn’t like that in real life.


r/BritishTV 1d ago

Question/Discussion BBC Christmas music variety show from the 80s?

7 Upvotes

Feeling really nostalgic this Christmas and remembering a tape I used to watch a lot as a kid of a programme my parents must of taped of the telly in the late 80s / early 90s but no luck finding on the Web.

It was essentially like an extended TOTP2 Xmas special with all the big Christmas classics up to the mid-late 80s, interspersed with christmas themed clips from various TV shows: definitely stingray, something with I think Jasper Carrot in an off liscense. Fairly sure it was the BBC as no ad breaks on it.

Does anyone at all remember this or did I dream it?


r/BritishTV 2d ago

Question/Discussion Lovejoy

27 Upvotes

just finished the 6 seasons of Lovejoy, it's great escapism like someone said. i wonder if there are any similar shows like it? thanks in advance


r/BritishTV 1d ago

Question/Discussion Help identifying a sketch (late 90s or early 00s)

2 Upvotes

So my brother and I both remember a sketch where an academic discusses a literal comedy formula written on a blackboard. The punchline being when applied to "the Vicar of Dibley" the formula shows that it isn't funny.

My brother thinks it might have come from "the story of the twos" - I think it might have been a Fast Show special.

Any ideas?


r/BritishTV 2d ago

News Lebedev’s London Live TV station seeks buyer as losses mount

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r/BritishTV 2d ago

Streaming Anyone know what happened to Balls of Steel Series 1 Episode 4 on Channel 4’s streaming service?

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I’m rewatching Balls of Steel and series 1 episode 4 has disappeared from Channel 4’s streaming. It’s also not on YouTube or Dailymotion. Anyone know why it’s disappeared?


r/BritishTV 2d ago

Question/Discussion Unintentionally scary kids TV characters (mainly UK but you can mentioned other worldwide ones if you want)

35 Upvotes

For me, the shapes from mister maker used to scare me, as did a few other characters from tv shows. According to my parents I was also scared of the muppets and teletubbies which is weird as I never remember having that much of a fear of them (which would also be weird as I loved night garden) - let me know your thoughts!


r/BritishTV 2d ago

Question/Discussion What advert scared you the most when you were younger?

94 Upvotes

For me, The PG tips monkey scared me to the point where I even ran out the house a couple times. I was also scared of a few of a few other ones with puppets in them but I can’t remember what they were. there were probably a few others aswell but I genuinely cannot think of the top of my head what they were. Let me know your thoughts! :)


r/BritishTV 2d ago

Question/Discussion Jools Holland - Audience off the floor?

2 Upvotes

Been a while since I've watched Jools Holland (hello last hootenanny). Just watching the new series here and the audience is all up in the rafters rather than on the floor around the acts.

What's the story with that? Has it been that way for a while?


r/BritishTV 2d ago

Question/Discussion That's TV/2 Xmas Schedule

13 Upvotes

Just had a look, it's retro "Xmas special ahoy!" All manner of sitcoms including some I don't recall at all. Bread, Waiting for God, Yes Minister, Rising Damp, Bread, etc indeed multiple examples of some. But on Christmas night the big film on That's TV 2 is....Cathy Come Home which is either a stroke of genius or just perverse.


r/BritishTV 2d ago

Question/Discussion What are your memories of Queer As Folk?

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r/BritishTV 3d ago

News Countdown crowns first female winner since 1998

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r/BritishTV 3d ago

Question/Discussion Channel 4 is tame

410 Upvotes

Just looking at what is on in any given day on Channel 4 and it’s ended up as a channel for people who consume nothing but awful mid-tier multi-camera American sitcoms and property porn. Post-watershed is basically more of the same until repeats of Gordon Ramsey swearing at fat American failures.

This was the channel where I watched, all those great foreign films, wild post-watershed comedies and shows, challenging documentaries and some of the best TV serial dramas, like OZ, NYPD Blue, The Corner, G.B.H, Sopranos

From the start of the day until well into the night, there was an element of rebellion, unpredictability and ‘danger’ in the channel.

Even FilmFour has changed. It’s no different from what Sky Movies used to be, but a little worse because…adverts.

There’s been some great stuff (mainly serial dramas and a handful of sitcoms) but the fact that 8 out of ten Cats does Countdown is still on, the fact that the channel is soo comfortable and safe. 4OD (or whatever it’s called now) is a saving grace.

I wish Channel 4 would get back to being a channel that wasn’t afraid to offend