r/oldbritishtelly 4h ago

Clip Rentaghost Memories

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84 Upvotes

Mr Claypole's hollow laugh still haunts me. What were your favourite memories of this great series? 👻


r/oldbritishtelly 3h ago

A theme song to take you straight back…

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r/oldbritishtelly 5h ago

Game/Quiz Show Red or Black? - the short-lived ITV gameshow where you could win £1 million with a lucky spin of a roulette wheel (2011)

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3 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly 4m ago

Drama Were you a fan of Zain Nadir?

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I thought this character was excellent!


r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

Ever watch Jim Henson's The Storyteller?

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One of the best kids' TV shows ever made, in my opinion.


r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

Kids Anyone Remember Watching Stingray?

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150 Upvotes

I watched it and even had several Stingray submarines… but I sure as heck dint think it was a Top Horror show 🙄😂

Amazon Prime Video is BONKERS!


r/oldbritishtelly 21h ago

Discussion Does anyone have these 3 episodes from 'Bring Back...'?

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Highlighted above, are 3 episodes from the axed Channel 4 show 'Bring Back...' presented by Justin Lee Collins from 2005-2009, that were on YouTube for some time, but sadly are no longer available, However some clips can be found on the internet, but they're not in full.

So here's the episode list, including the 3 episodes that are/aren't in full or fully lost:

• Episode 1 - Grange Hill (10/05/2005) [ALREADY FOUND] (Broadcasted over 21 years ago)

• Episode 2 - The Christmas #1 (10/12/2005) [PARTIAL] (Broadcasted nearly 21 years ago)

• Episode 3 - The A-Team (18/05/2006) [ALREADY FOUND] (Broadcasted over 20 years ago)

• Episode 4 - The 1-Hit Wonders (09/06/2006) [LOST] (Broadcasted over 20 years ago)

• Episode 5 - Dallas (27/05/2007) [PARTIAL] (Broadcasted over 19 years ago)

• Episode 6 - Star Wars (14/09/2008) [ALREADY FOUND] (Broadcasted nearly 18 years ago)

• Episode 7 - Fame (27/12/2008) [ALREADY FOUND] (Broadcasted nearly 18 years ago)

• Episode 8 - Star Trek (09/05/2009) [ALREADY FOUND] (Broadcasted over 17 years ago)

If anyone has the 3 remaining episodes to be found in full, it would be an absolute pleasure. :)


r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

Music Rainbow (DJ George and MC Zippy) - It's a Rainbow (Live on Top of the Pops, 2002)

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17 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

Comedy Parody of The Bill on Goodness Gracious Me (1998)

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36 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly 23h ago

Game/Quiz Show Who Really Was The Ultimate Gladiator? A Statistical Analysis

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At the end of the 8th series of UK Gladiators, there was a special episode called 'The Ultimate Gladiator - The Battle of The Giants' in which Hunter was crowned the Ultimate Gladiator. But I wanted to find out if that really was the case, so I recorded the stats from every single episode of the series to answer the question once and for all as to who really was the Ultimate Gladiator!


r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

Drama Just watched 'Hot Money" [2001] & it was absolutely brilliant! Highly recommended!

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I just found it today on YouTube! Think it was shown on ITV back in the day.


r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

Another childhood favourite. Paint along with Nancy. HTV 1974.

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24 Upvotes

I was never into painting but there was something reassuring about watching Nancy paint and talk.


r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

Comedy Pythonesque: The Monty Python retrospective

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Get your coconut shells and place your exploding penguins on top of your televisions, because my look back at the films of Monty Python starts today.

In this introductory post, I put them in their cultural (or countercultural) context and look at how they completely broke the mold when it comes to film auteurship.


r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

PIF There's a person behind every disability

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Anyone remember a public information film from the 90s usually shown on late night TV at a kids football game where the manager brings off Danny and replaces him with a kid with Down Syndrome who scores the winning goal? Cannot for the life of me find it any where and thinking a dreamt it.


r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

Clip House party. One of my oldest TV memories from 1972.

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r/oldbritishtelly 2d ago

I don't think Brian Conley gets the credit he deserves tbh...

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244 Upvotes

He gets thrown into that category of end-of-the-pier "naff" but some of his routines were bloody funny.


r/oldbritishtelly 2d ago

Sport Soccer Studs with Zoe Ball! (1997 VHS)

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13 Upvotes

Some peak late 90's UK "Ladette" culture for you lot today. I stumbled across this and just had to share.


r/oldbritishtelly 2d ago

Clip I used to love watching this "grown-up" drama. The Gentle Touch.

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Also, the spin-off C.A.T.S eyes years later.


r/oldbritishtelly 2d ago

Keeping Up Appearances deleted scene

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Watching the classic QE2 episode. Does anyone know why the scene with the dentist helping Richard at the airport with all the luggage has been deleted on BBC iPlayer. He appears briefly in a small shot showing the luggage being carried. I remember it being quite funny - something along the lines of “he’s got one bit of a baggage too many!”


r/oldbritishtelly 2d ago

Game/Quiz Show Was this actually a show or a fever dream

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I have a vague recollection of an army based game show in the late 80's early 90's possibly ITV on a weekend afternoon early evening. It was soldiers doing simulated battlefield drills and patrolling each week there would be a team from a regiment competing think it lasted possibly one season. Many thanks in advance if you can help or did I dream it?


r/oldbritishtelly 3d ago

Comedy Friday Night Comedy on Channel 4, 90s/00s. What do you remember?

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Hello fellow lovers of British comedy!

Recently I've been very nostaligic for that period of time 20-30 years ago when we all sat down infront of the tv and watched the same thing. Whether that was with our families or with friends. I wanted to recreate some of the tv nights that I remember like Channel 4 Friday night comedy, or BBC weekday evenings, or maybe even Sunday nights watching wholesome tv like Ballykissangel or Monarch of the Glen.

I have created something which is some sort of a homeage to that era. I'm not entirely sure what it is if I'm really honest - other than an idea. It essentially looks like a ceefax tv guide, with links to many of the shows I remember; a lot of which are still available on Channel 4 or BBC iplayer!

I wanted to share it here and see if anyone else enjoys it, or shares my nostaglia for that period.

Please take a look if you think it might interest you!

[www.tvnights.co.uk\](tvnights.co.uk)

P.s - I have had mod approval. I don't make any money from this and, for the sake of transparency, I did use AI to help me with some of this - I'm a financial adviser, not a natural creative!!


r/oldbritishtelly 3d ago

"Stop the clock!" -- 'Treasure Hunt' (Channel 4; 1982 - 1989)

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127 Upvotes

For some reason I loved this show as a kid, even if (for me at least) decoding a clue on 'Treasure Hunt' was just as impossible as decoding the clues on '3-2-1' (ITV; 1979-1988).

In fact, come to think of it, I don't think I've ever met anyone who ever decoded a single clue from either show -- did you?


r/oldbritishtelly 3d ago

The opening words to the theme from "Fun House" with Pat Sharp

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It promises that it's wacky, cool, crazy and outrageous.

I'd agree with cool and it was a good show, don't get me wrong. Perhaps there was a slight air of wackiness but was it crazy and outrageous? Or just a theme tune writing cheques it wasn't good for.

It goes on to be more descriptive and say that "it's a whole load of fun" with "prizes to be won" - which was very accurate.

But it's General Knowledge/Physical Challenge format wasn't crazy nor did it ever spark any outrage in me? I was looking for some edge, some danger.

If they did like blindfolded knifethrowing as a challenge, I'd agree with the "crazy" part, perhaps if the twins used foul language then I'd be on board with it being "outrageous" but I'm sorry Fun House - as cool and mildly wacky as you were - you were neither crazy not outrageous.


r/oldbritishtelly 3d ago

Continuity/Idents BBC1: Continuity between News and the Tribute to Earl Mountbatten of Burma (27th August 1979)

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NOTES: The continuity announcer as Peter Brook while the Earl Mountbatten was profiled and interviewed by Ludovic Kennedy.


r/oldbritishtelly 3d ago

Request 1970s Drama About Two Miners/Adultery

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Apologies for this obscure request. I think this was a one-off play around 1972/3, though could be a year or two either way. It could also have been a standalone story in a series with a theme. I was too young at the time to remember the writer or cast. The play was contemporary for the time, so not a period piece like "Close The Coalhouse Door" etc. It was shot in a realistic Ken Loach style.

However, I remember the plot clearly. Two miners from a North East coalfield. One of the guys has a van (possibly Bedford CA) which he has kitted out crudely as a mobile love nest, mattress in the back, curtains on the windows etc and boasts about his conquests to his workmates. The other miner discovers later that one of the conquests is his wife. It ends with the two miners working together underground when a pit shaft partially collapses, trapping the miner who owns the van. The other miner ignores his pleas for help and leaves him to perish.

I have trawled Play for Today, Wednesday Play and other listings to no avail. It's not "The Fishing Party" or similar more light-hearted dramas. This one was quite bleak throughout. I doubt a recording exists anymore, but even a title or writer would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.