Children in Need’s history of Doctor Who specials dates back to a time before Pudsey Bear even existed. Feature-length special ‘The Five Doctors’ was first aired in the UK during the 1983 Children in Need telethon, a full two years before Pudsey became the charity’s official mascot.
Doctor Who has a rich tradition of supporting BBC charities – including a 1999 Comic Relief special penned by none other than Steven Moffat – and there have been six further Doctor Who specials for Children in Need in the three decades since ‘The Five Doctors’.
They range from the sublime – aka ‘Time Crash’ in 2007…
…to the ridiculous. And we mean really, brilliantly ridiculous:
Some Doctor Who fans never really got over the 1993 ‘Dimensions in Time’ special, a set of two mini episodes which aired on consecutive nights, the first on Children in Need and the second on the 1990s Saturday night fever dream known as Noel’s House Party.
Doctor Who has a rich tradition of supporting BBC charities – including a 1999 Comic Relief special penned by none other than Steven Moffat – and there have been six further Doctor Who specials for Children in Need in the three decades since ‘The Five Doctors’.
They range from the sublime – aka ‘Time Crash’ in 2007…
…to the ridiculous. And we mean really, brilliantly ridiculous:
Some Doctor Who fans never really got over the 1993 ‘Dimensions in Time’ special, a set of two mini episodes which aired on consecutive nights, the first on Children in Need and the second on the 1990s Saturday night fever dream known as Noel’s House Party.
- 11/16/2022
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
Derry Girls’ Cultural and 90s Quirks: Explaining Tayto Crisps,You’ve Been Framed, Pudsey Bear & More
Warning: contains mild spoilers for Derry Girls season 3
When the final episode of Derry Girls aired in the UK on 18th May 2022, the hearts of roughly three million viewers broke a little at the thought of never again seeing a new episode of this beloved Northern Irish comedy. Like all good things, Derry Girls left us wanting more.
International viewers outside the UK and Ireland will be in the same position when the third series of Derry Girls arrives on Netflix on 7th October, and fans around the world will be able to witness the glorious last adventures of Erin, Michelle, Orla, Clare and James.
If the cultural quirks of 1990s Northern Ireland furrow the foreheads of some international Netflix viewers, we’re here to help. While this isn’t the place to delve into the political intricacies of The Troubles (we’ll let creator Lisa McGree explain that in...
When the final episode of Derry Girls aired in the UK on 18th May 2022, the hearts of roughly three million viewers broke a little at the thought of never again seeing a new episode of this beloved Northern Irish comedy. Like all good things, Derry Girls left us wanting more.
International viewers outside the UK and Ireland will be in the same position when the third series of Derry Girls arrives on Netflix on 7th October, and fans around the world will be able to witness the glorious last adventures of Erin, Michelle, Orla, Clare and James.
If the cultural quirks of 1990s Northern Ireland furrow the foreheads of some international Netflix viewers, we’re here to help. While this isn’t the place to delve into the political intricacies of The Troubles (we’ll let creator Lisa McGree explain that in...
- 10/7/2022
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
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