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- Coverage of the European Football Championships on all television channels.
- When an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owner's three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
- A fly on the wall account that follows the near legendary singer on tour in the US during the late sixties. Crammed with superb music footage the film also takes time out to relax with the man behind the most famous voice in Country music.
- With guests Georgie Fame, Dusty Springfield, Tom Ward, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graham Chapman and Graeme Garden
- A show specially recorded in Stockholm on Midsummer's Day, and on film locations in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
- Frank and Betty spend a weekend with her brother George Fisher, who is about to show off his gadget-filled 'fool-proof' home with his partner to a building boss, who may pay George's firm a fortune for the concept. Alas a simple lavatory visit from Frank, who was supposed to remain unnoticed, suffices to start a catastrophic chain of 'accidents', which worsens while they try to cover it up.
- 1973–197829mTV-Y8.6 (157)TV EpisodeFrank boards the train for his second honeymoon -the first time he landed in the wrong town. At the hotel, things start go really wrong when he tries to push the single beds together, gradually wrecking the whole room. Looking for replacements, he and Betty raid a neighboring room (funny Kenny's room), causing him to complain to manager Bedford about haunting, presuming it's his late grandpa.
- When Betty's mother comes to Frank's place, sick, Frank gets sent to call the doctor from the neighbor's house. He's a scriptwriter who already mistrusts the noisy klutz, but once Frank has been inside his life turns into the same kind of nightmare as Frank's family's. It's no picnic for Dr. H.S. Smedley or his script companion either.
- 1973–197831mTV-Y8.0 (119)TV EpisodeWhen the new employment exchange manager Bradshaw insists that everyone can be helped, veteran Hooper gladly passes on the hopeless case of Frank Spencer. Both his serial disaster-record and 'qualification' (25 meter breaststroke, after 'attending' many schools, till age 11, no actual classes) support Hooper's point amply. Yet Frank acts indignant, and Bradshaw insists on trying - betting he'll keep a job for a week. The only way to win is to employ Frank himself, but this proves far more costly and dangerous for everyone and everything.
- While Betty is in hospital, Frank makes a masterly mess of the kitchen and the shopping. Next he raids the flowers from the reception at the start of a bad hospital visit. Frank is scolded, confused with a depressive patient's neglecting husband, and carries out inappropriate instructions, for too many patients.
- Since Frank Spencer's mother died and he married Betty, her mother can't decide what's worst: her girl moving out or the one-man walking -rather stumbling- disaster-area staying, as everything he touches is doomed. A salesman job interview demonstrates Frank's inverse Midas-touch on the iron mongery company lift and his social skills being both scary and scared, his mental age embryonic.
- When Betty sends Frank to a psychiatrist, the doctor's confident that Frank's problem is a lack of confidence but this slowly crumbles as every routine question unleashes a catalog of bumbling and ineptitude which antagonizes everyone, including Frank's family, even his own late mother.
- Traditional folk music meets electricity. Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Cruel Sister, and Five Hand Reel in medieval surroundings.
- Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
- This show is a collection of tales that make for "ripping good" television. Sir Michael Palin played a different lead character in each yarn.
- Documentary about the success, and making of, "Some mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" (1973).
- In this television adaptation of the Harold Pinter classic, a seedy poet (Sir John Gielgud) shows up at the house of a rich writer (Sir Ralph Richardson) and they start reminiscing about the "past".
- James continues to pine for Helen and learns he has a rival for her affections in the form of Richard Edmundson, a wealthy member of the local gentry. Tristan suggests James may want to join the local musical society - especially since Helen is a regular attendee. Tristan has another all-nighter with the bell ringers, leading Siegfried to believe he has too much time on his hands. So he puts him in charge of some newly acquired piglets. Mrs. Pumphrey also acquires a new pet pig, Nugent, and she asks Uncle Herriot to examine him. Siegfried reaches the breaking point with Miss Harbottle.
- James is on pins and needles awaiting the results of the postmortem on Lord Hulton's horse. He continues to make his rounds, becoming acquainted with some of the local remedies for sick cattle. Siegfried's younger brother Tristan returns to Darrowby from veterinary college having once again failed his exams. Siegfried assigns him to collecting payments on market day, but where has he put the receipt book? James is also introduced to Mrs Pumphrey and her pekingese, Tricki Woo, who then sends Uncle Herriot a gift.
- Set in the 1930's, young vet James Herriot arrives in the village of Darrowby in the Yorkshire Dales hoping to land his first job with established veterinarian Siegfried Farnon.
- 1978–199048mTV-PG8.1 (126)TV EpisodeJames visits the Alderson farm to treat a calf with a broken leg and meets the very attractive Helen Alderson for the first time since asking her for directions on his arrival in Darrowby. Meanwhile, Siegfried decides to bring to some business-like discipline to the practice by hiring a secretary, Miss Harbottle. Not surprisingly, she turns out to something more than he expected.
- 1978–199049mTV-PG8.1 (118)TV EpisodeHelen visits the surgery with her dog Dan, but James is embarrassed by his performance when he last saw her at the dance. He nonetheless manages to ask her out to the movies, but once again, their date is a bit of a disaster. The film he thought they were to see has been replaced by a cheap western and Gobber Newhouse, in his cups, provides a bit of unexpected entertainment. Tristan reads with interest in the local newspaper that there may be a historical basis for the ghost that haunts Raines Abbey, given that several monks were killed there several centuries ago. Sure enough, the ghost soon makes another appearance. James has to deal with a farmer who insists his cow was struck by lightning and wants James to provide the necessary documentation to support an insurance claim. Siegfried lectures James and Tristan on their forgetting equipment during their farm visits; of course, Siegfried needs to listen to his own advice.
- Having finally worked up the courage to ask Helen out on a date, James is not quite sure where to take her. Tristan convinces him that the first date is always the most important so he recommends that James take her to dinner at the Reniston, the poshest hotel outside of London. To his chagrin, James follows Tristan's advice and the date isn't very successful. To make matters worse, Tristan subsequently gets James to complete a foursome with two lively lasses and they meet Helen and Richard Edmundson in less than ideal circumstances. Tristan is less than enthused at having to care for the pigs Siegfried has acquired. James treats an itinerant family's sick horse. The vets seek the assistance of Sister Rose in finding a home for a stray dog.
- A somewhat mentally handicapped 20-year-old man works as a laborer, but everyone abuses his naiveté. A nice 40-year-old American woman hires him one day and they become close. However, the town and his family see her as predatory.
- Kate Bush presents her Christmas Special in which she performs songs from her first three albums, along with ''December Will be Magic Again''. Peter Gabriel is her special guest.
- A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
- 1975– 1h 35m7.6 (20)TV Episode
- Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
- On four nights in the summer of 1985 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band filled to capacity the Los Angeles Coliseum, home of the 1984 Olympics. It was the culmination of a 16-month world tour, during which Bom in the USA became the CBS label's biggest-selling album of all time. In this world-exclusive interview, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band talk to David Hepworth , with extracts from 14 previously unseen performances including 'Sandy' from Springsteen's English debut performance at the Hammersmith Odeon concert in 1975.
- We learn about the actresses of RKO studio. Stories are focused on movies with Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball and their impact on RKO in the 1930s.
- 19871h8.0 (33)TV Episode
- RKO's contribution to film noir and social drama.
- Howard Hughes' purchase of RKO has a devastating effect on the studio.
- The story of Orson Welles' short and highly controversial career at R.K.O.
- 198754m8.5 (26)TV EpisodeThis hour's episode gives valuable background on the making of the popular Astaire-Rogers musicals at RKO in the 1930s, with clips of some of the dance numbers, and interviews with participants including the two stars.
- Alan Yentob interviews TV dramatist Dennis Potter about his work through the years.
- The entire cycle of Shakespeare's history plays performed by the English Shakespeare Company
- A group of children discovers a mysterious creature in the local sand pit who agrees to grant them one wish each day.
- A group of youngsters encounters a mysterious grumpy creature with the power to grant wishes. Their first wish is to be beautiful, and when that backfires, they ask to be rich.
- The children are eager to spend their gold, but none of the local shopkeepers will accept it. The next day, Anthea wishes for wings.
- The youngsters' latest wish transforms the house into a castle: but fortunately Martha fails to notice.
- The children fend off a kidnapper, and Robert becomes a giant.
- Robert finds temporary employment as a giant in the local carnival, and then the baby becomes a grown man.
- The sand fairy disappears, leaving the children to clear up an appalling mess before their mother gets home.
- A TV documentary series that takes a look behind the scenes of the fashion world.
- A Gala performance by the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet to honour the life and works of Tchaikovsky on the centenary of his death.
- Various contributions to the 20th century culture in six episodes.
- Courtesan falls in love, lives with her man, but his father convinces her to give him up. Some time after they parted, they have an ugly public confrontation. Ultimately, consumption decides her fate, and her lover regrets his actions.
- Rockumentary following British rock band Pulp on their 1995 UK tour.