...other programmes to be taken into consideration. In the 1970s Andrew Cobby was skipping school (again). This time to watch 'Crown Court', as well as some more classic daytime television
Police drama about the investigations of anti-corruption unit AC12. Sergeant Danny Waldron and his team shoot dead a criminal, but cracks soon appear in their story. WARNING: SPOILERS
Jessica Fletcher will tell you and Andrew Coby will tell you how she dunnit in this affectionate look back at Murder, She Wrote.
An abandoned miniseries project produced two television films that are probably best described as 'forgettable', unless you are fans of Christopher Lee and Patrick Macnee
A new book on the classic Police procedural The Bill is essential reading, not just to the fans of the series but anyone with an interest in the development and making of a hit television show
In a Sweeney meets Wizard of Oz scenario, twenty-first century detective, DI Sam Tyler, crashes his car and wakes up in the 1970s
Alex Drake finally discovers why she's been sent back to the Eighties, how it all ties in with Sam Tyler, and exactly who is Gene Hunt
Andrew Cobby revisits the house of screams - episode by creepy episode.
From concept to realisation: Doctor Who stands as a proud and eminently worthy monument to the too often forgotten and unsung individuals who ushered in the birth of that legend
Daniel Tessier reviews the first two Doctor Who Dalek stories...the start of a television phenomenon.
Two back-to-back 'missing' adventures from the 1960s which have been restored using animation
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot and early 1960s Doctor Who: Andrew O'Day explores William Russell’s dual roles.
Rewatching and reassessing the second Star Trek follow-up nearly 30 years after it was last broadcast
Creator Harlan Ellison earned a Writer’s Guild of America award for his original pilot script in 1974. The end product that reached the TV screens was dismal beyond compare.
One of ITV's earliest dramas and a precursor to the development of Doctor Who
Daniel Tessier continues his review of the 'Pathfinders' series.
The first two episodes of a genuine television classic from 1953.
Daniel Tessier gives his verdict on the second series of the now legendary sci-fi show.
Daniel Tessier on why this was the best of the Quatermass stories.
In the near future, civilization has broken down to the barest fragment of recognizable life.
The story of how a golden age of British comedy was launched
Dick Emery's characters were some of the best remembered on British television for a number of years. This article looks at how he created these characters utilising his natural flair for mimicry.
In the golden age of British comedy, when radio waves crackled with wit and television screens flickered with laughter, there existed a cadre of unsung heroes. These were the wordsmiths, the invisible architects behind the guffaws and punchlines that echoed across living rooms and theatres
Festive laughter inside the walls of Slade Prison, in the company of Norman Stanley Fletcher and Lenny Godber.
When it comes to situation comedy, the comedies of Jimmy Perry and David Croft are a unique chronicle of Britain in the 20th century.
Andrew Cobby reflects on the ups and downs and the coming of goings at a run-down boarding house, somewhere in England in the 1970s.
Using racist words and language that would see a swift ending of a Twitter or Facebook account if they were replicated today, 'Love Thy Neighbour' shows how times have changed. No young eyes can look now at an episode of this once prime-time series and not be astonished by what they see.
A tribute to the unseen comedy characters who were an essential part of some of America's greatest sitcoms. You may have heard them, you certainly didn't see them, but you will always remember them...
The Goods and the Leadbetters plan their respective Christmases, but when Margo discovers her tree is too short, Christmas is very nearly cancelled...
Dan Tessier looks back at three million years of comedy...and it's smegging fantastic!