The comedy follows Jasper Pye, a perfect Civil Servant. He is polite and refined but to his girlfriend and even himself he is a bore. He decides to change his life, resign and become an artist in Paris but...
Back in the day, if you wanted to raise money you stood on street corner with a tin and a smile. That is until Mr John Cleese rounded up a few friends in 1976 for Amnesty International's first fundraising show, A Poke In The Eye (With A Sharp Stick). Since...
This is the complete second series of the controversial BBC Radio 4 phone-in show. When it was launched in the Spring of 2006, Down The Line was such an accurate parody of an inane phone-in show that many Radio 4 listeners (and radio critics) thought it was the real thing...
All three series of the satirical sitcom by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, following the fortunes of a hapless backbench MP.
Ever since he fell off the stage live on Question Time, Labour MP Duncan Stonebridge has been stuck in political limbo. Struggling with a tiny majority and a career...
This is the third series of the controversial BBC Radio 4 phone-in show. The show was largely improvised by the cast and sprinkled among the calls from the regulars are contributions from special guests including Omid Djalili and Lee Mack.
A night in with ABC Television - this specially curated programme compilation will transport you back to the 1960s. Hand-picked ABC archive gems hosted by David Hamilton, complete with vintage advert breaks re-create the viewing experience of sixty years ago!
And in a packed line-up tonight, we present the following:
Since the early days of television, programme-makers have used music to enhance their visuals - but few did it as well as The Goodies. So intrinsic is the show's music that it is impossible to imagine its absence - it isn't in the show, it's of the show. And yet,...
BAFTA-nominated actress Maureen Lipman stars as Jane Lucas, author of a problem page in a glossy magazine and radio Agony Aunt.
A huge hit for ITV in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Agony lasted for three series. Based on the experiences of real-life Agony Aunt Anna Raeburn, Agony trod...
All three series of the surreal sitcom set in the madcap world of four happy-go-lucky young folk.
Jeremy Hardy and friends are an irrepressible gang of jolly japesters who are always up for laughter and merriment. Luckily, they all live near to each other: which means craziness is never far...
Fearless "Broadcast Journalist", Gary Bellamy, picks up where his radio show Down The Line left off, as he takes to the road to meet the people of this great country.
Gary is equally ill at ease discussing religion, ethnic concerns, history, crime, declining social values and exploring weird personality cults....
A newly minted priest learns the ropes from a crusty veteran with a gentle brogue and a sharp eye on the bottom line. Arthur Lowe (Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army) stars as Father Duddleswell, wily pastor of St. Jude's parish in suburban London. Daniel Abineri is the eager young priest...
In an increasingly uncertain defence environment, a deadly new arms race has begun. In an attempt to secure her boundaries, Britain has deployed the very latest sub-sea military technology. Beneath and beyond the front line, these are the adventures of the HMS Goliath....
The complete series of the BBC radio sketch show that takes a post-truth look at the history of laughter.
A dark, quirky parody of Desert Island Discs, Desolation Jests is a post-apocalyptic sketch show that takes a not-altogether-accurate look at the history of comedy. Featuring faux interviews with spurious celebrities,...