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Series · 10 connectionsThe biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.
Created byJohnnie Stewart
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1958 · 25 min · Family
A fun-packed and informative magazine show for younger viewers with information and reports from around the world.
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1975 · 50 min · Comedy · Family · Kids
A BBC light entertainment show broadcast from 1975 to 1979, filmed in a big top at various British seaside resorts. Originally the big top belonged to various circuses, but in later seasons, the BBC bought its own to be the venue. The programme was developed by producer Michael Hurll.
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1964 · Comedy · Reality · Talk
A British variety television programme featuring Kathy Kirby as a singer, dancer, and comedienne, supported by regulars like choreographer Peter Gordeno, The George Mitchell Singers, and an orchestra led by Eric Robinson, with various guest stars.
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1970 · 30 min · Comedy
Sporting quiz show, with regular captains leading teams of celebrities.
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Noël Coward hosts these four episodes, each an adaptation of one of his plays.
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1970 · Drama
An anthology of eleven dramas using confessions as a central theme.
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1957 · 45 min · Drama
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
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1977
The biggest night in the British music calendar, the BRIT Awards celebrate the biggest successes in music & promote new talent.
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1975 · 54 min · Documentary
Now the longest-running music series in American television history, ACL showcases popular music legends and innovators from every genre.
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1978 · 30 min · News · Reality
Revolver is a British music TV series on ITV that ran for one series only, of eight episodes, in 1978. It was produced by ATV. The series producer was Mickie Most, who was inspired to make the programme after he saw an interview with Top of the Pops' producer Robin Nash, in which he boasted that TOTP was a music programme that the whole family could enjoy together. Most set out to make a show which was the antithesis of that, and which featured live music performances most closely related to the then emergent Punk rock and New Wave music scenes - though it also included other more mainstream artists such as Kate Bush, Dire Straits and Lindisfarne. The official host of the programme was Chris Hill, but it is remembered more for the contributions of Peter Cook. Cook played the manager of the fictional ballroom where the show was supposedly taking place, and frequently made disparaging remarks about the acts appearing.
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