The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
1989 · 4 seasons · 27 eps · ★ 6.5 · Comedy
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Surreal and satirical narratives are assembled entirely out of archive film clips, with new soundtracks provided by voiceover artists.
Created by Kim Fuller, Geoff Atkinson
Network: BBC Two
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★ 10.02021
MovieMusicComedy
The musical, performed by the members as themselves, forming three main couples, is about love. Which is treated to the rhythm of songs where the members dance and sing representing what they feel in each specific moment.
Lenny Live and Unleashed · 1989Lenny Live and Unleashed
★ 9.01989
MovieComedy
It is very rare for a British comedian to be given a concert film all to themself but in 1989 Lenny Henry was given that honour. We start off with him been driven to the concert by Robbie Coltrane as the sort of taxi driver you don't want to get a lift from. Once inside he meets three of his comic heroes - Steve Martin, Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy (all played by Lenny) and then it's on with the stage show. He mixes stand up with appearances from some of his best known characters and there are a few amusing songs along the way.
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out · 1988Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
★ 9.01988
SeriesComedyFamily
A BBC variety entertainment summer series, for the first season presented from The Fort Regent Leisure Centre, Jersey and from The Dominion Theatre in London's Tottenham Court Road for the second.
Red Dwarf A–Z · 2003Red Dwarf A–Z
★ 8.82003
MovieDocumentaryComedy
A compilation of clips and interviews, originally broadcast on BBC2's Red Dwarf Night, celebrating the show's 10th anniversary in 1998, and subsequently included on the DVD release of Red Dwarf series II.
Red Dwarf · 1988Red Dwarf
★ 8.11988
SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Lazarus and Dingwall · 1991Lazarus and Dingwall
★ 7.51991
SeriesComedy
Lazarus and Dingwall is a British sitcom starring Stephen Frost and Mark Dingwall as two inept detectives in a pastiche of police dramas. The programme ran for six episodes on BBC Two from 1 February 1 to 8 March 1991.
Steve Lazarus and Mark Dingwall are a somewhat unconventional duo in the more than slightly unconventional sector of Really Serious Crimes. Their chief is both eccentric and incompetent, and everyone else is equally oddball, from desk worker and the object of Dingwall's affections, Beverly Armitage, to the plainclothes duo. However, despite their somewhat unique approach, what the department seems to come up trumps more often than not.
S Club 7 · 1999S Club 7
★ 7.31999
SeriesComedyFamily
Be sure to catch this brilliant comedy show starring the brilliant pop group S Club, one of the most successful pop groups around. The show is all about the normal and ab-normal goings on with talented group of friends trying to be famous.
The Tracey Ullman Show · 1987The Tracey Ullman Show
★ 7.01987
SeriesAnimationComedy
The Tracey Ullman Show is an American television variety show, hosted by British-born actress and onetime pop singer Tracey Ullman. It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the Fox network's second primetime series after Married... with Children (1987–1997), and ran until May 26, 1990. The show is produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. The show blended sketch comedy shorts with many musical numbers, featuring choreography by Paula Abdul. The show also produced The Simpsons shorts before it spun off into its own show, which was also produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television.
The Hot Shoe Show · 1983The Hot Shoe Show
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SeriesDrama
Ensemble variety dance show headed by Royal Ballet principal and choreographer Wayne Sleep.
Victoria Beckham: Coming to America · 2007Victoria Beckham: Coming to America
★ 6.82007
MovieDocumentaryComedy
An insider's look at the life of former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and her world famous footballer husband David Beckham as they move their family from England to Southern California.
Three of a Kind · 1981Three of a Kind
★ 6.81981
SeriesComedy
Three of a Kind was a British comedy sketch show starring comedians Tracey Ullman, Lenny Henry and David Copperfield. Three series were made by the BBC between 1981 and 1983.
The show bolstered the careers of Ullman and Henry, as well as being an outlet for young writers including Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, Ian Hislop and Nick Revell.
Ullman and Henry went on to greater success after the show, with Ullman initially launching a brief but successful pop career in 1983 before starring in the ITV sitcom Girls On Top in 1985 and then going on to a high profile career on American television. Henry was given his own BBC series The Lenny Henry Show in 1984 and he remains a semi-regular fixture on British television to this day. Copperfield, however, garnered less success and has been seen relatively little since the series ended.
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute · 1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
★ 6.51988
MovieMusic
Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th birthday of imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandela. Highlight of the evening is the one hour live performance of Dire Straits feat. Eric Clapton.
The Robbie Coltrane Special · 1989The Robbie Coltrane Special
★ 6.51989
MovieComedy
A comedy special starring Robbie Coltrane as a variety of different characters.
I Dream · 2004I Dream
★ 6.52004
SeriesFamilyDrama
A British children's musical television comedy programme aimed at and mostly about teenagers, which aired in 2004. It was set at an esteemed performing arts college near Barcelona, Spain, and focuses on 13 teenagers who are invited to enrol at the college, Avalon Heights, over the summer. All eight members of the pop group S Club 8 star in the show alongside five other young actors and actresses and Hollywood film actor Christopher Lloyd.
The show has the members of S Club 8 playing supposedly exaggerated versions of themselves, albeit with identical names to their real life counterparts. Each episode of the show includes several songs and dance numbers involving both members and non-members of the band. Cast member George Wood called the show "a modern day Fame".
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★ 6.12001
MovieActionCrime
Two friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.
Six Pairs of Pants · 1995Six Pairs of Pants
★ 6.01995
SeriesComedy
A short-lived sketch show from the 1990s, featuring Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes in one of their first collaborations.
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