Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars 1993

7.60

Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.

1993

Saturday Kitchen Live

Saturday Kitchen Live 2002

3.50

Saturday Kitchen Live is a 90 minute cookery programme, which is broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday mornings. Matt Tebbutt is the predominant presenter. Andi Oliver and Michel Roux Jr. have also presented several episodes. Previous presenters have included Antony Worrall Thompson and Gregg Wallace. The programme is currently produced by Cactus TV. The programme has also aired on RTÉ One in Ireland on Saturday mornings, the episodes shown are several months old.

2002

Absolutely Fabulous

Absolutely Fabulous 1992

7.53

Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Numerous in-jokes and heavy doses of cruel humour have made this series a cult hit in the UK and abroad.

1992

Great British Menu

Great British Menu 2006

6.50

Britain's top chefs compete for the chance to cook a four-course banquet for a high-profile figure.

2006

Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? 2004

6.70

A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.

2004

The Thick of It

The Thick of It 2005

8.05

Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.

2005

The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown 2012

7.39

A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.

2012

Only Connect

Only Connect 2008

6.40

The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge.

2008

Richard Osman's House of Games

Richard Osman's House of Games 2017

6.20

Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.

2017

The Repair Shop

The Repair Shop 2017

7.00

The Repair Shop is a workshop of dreams, where broken or damaged cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life. Furniture restorers, horologists, metal workers, ceramicists, upholsterers and all manner of skilled craftsmen and women have been brought together to work in one extraordinary space, restoring much-loved possessions to their former glory.

2017

Celebrity Mastermind

Celebrity Mastermind 2003

6.00

Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.

2003

Mock the Week

Mock the Week 2005

7.00

Mock the Week is a British topical celebrity panel game hosted by Dara Ó Briain. The game is influenced by improvised topical stand-up comedy, with several rounds requiring players to deliver answers on unexpected subjects on the spur of the moment.

2005

This Life

This Life 1996

7.24

Five aspiring lawyers are aiming for the top - but behind the scenes they're a mess of love, drugs and excess.

1996

Out of the Unknown

Out of the Unknown 1965

7.00

Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was a dramatisation of a science fiction short story; some were created for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories. The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror and fantasy. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time.

1965

I, Claudius

I, Claudius 1976

7.80

Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.

1976

Timewatch

Timewatch 1982

6.90

Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first broadcast on 29 September 1982 and is produced by the BBC, the Timewatch brandname is used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can be found on US cable channels without the branding.

1982

Dragons' Den

Dragons' Den 2005

6.26

Budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to five multi-millionaires willing to invest their own cash.

2005

The Young Ones

The Young Ones 1982

7.87

The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).

1982

The Office

The Office 2001

7.84

Nightmare boss. Tedious colleagues. Pointless tasks. Welcome to Wernham Hogg. Fancy a tea break with David Brent? Classic comedy from the archive.

2001

The Goodies

The Goodies 1970

7.50

A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.

1970