A Comedy-Magic show introduced by John Lenahan and featuring a variety of magicians from around the world. Jerry Sadowitz is a regular and David Williamson appears in several episodes. Most of the magic is fast and modern with the emphasis on humour. When it originally aired it achieved record ratings for it's time slot.
Britain's Brightest is a television game show presented by Clare Balding. The show began on 5 January 2013 and is broadcast on Saturday evenings on BBC One. It is produced by RDF television and broadcast from MediaCityUK in Salford. The series finished on 9 February 2013, and was won by training consultant Andy Thomas, who had actually been runner-up on his original heat, but made it through to the final in the play-off. The runner-up was backgammon champion Zoe Cunningham.
The Reluctant Romeo was a British television comedy series that was broadcast on the BBC in 1967
The Street That Cut Everything is a British television documentary presented by BBC political editor Nick Robinson. Billed as a social experiment, 50 residents of a street in Preston, Lancashire were persuaded to go without all council services for six weeks, and work together to run their own community with the aid of the Council Tax rebates they received for not having local authority services. One of the film's objectives was to highlight the issue of cuts in public spending, but the programme attracted criticism for the nature in which the experiment was conducted. One major point of concern involved dogs being allowed to excessively foul the street, which the residents were then required to clean up, something which raised public health concerns. The programme was aired in two episodes on Monday 16 May 2011.
Fame is the Spur is a British television series which first aired on the BBC in 1982. It was based on the novel Fame is the Spur by Howard Spring. It depicts a socialist politician who betrays his early beliefs as he grows older, and was believed to be based upon the Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. It had previously been adapted as a film Fame is the Spur by the Boulting Brothers in 1947.
Evelyn is an award winning radio play by Rhys Adrian, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 21 October 1969. It was later adapted for television as part of BBC 1's Play for Today series which was transmitted on 28 October 1971.
Wright Around the World, is a BBC National Lottery game show that was broadcast on BBC One from 25 October 2003 to 8 January 2005. The programme was hosted by Ian Wright.
Star for a Night was a British television singing competition. It was originally commissioned for a pilot on 26 June 1999. This did very well in the ratings and it soon was commissioned as a series that ran from 8 January 2000 to 20 October 2001. It was presented by Jane McDonald. The judges were Nigel Martin Smith and Barbara Windsor.
Cowboy Trap is a British daytime television show on BBC One presented by Jonnie Irwin. It follows homeowners who have had cowboy builders who in some cases have rendered their homes uninhabitable. The team addresses the problems and usually confront the cowboy builder by a phone call, though this is not always successful. The show's second series replaced To Buy or Not to Buy.
The Kids Are All Right was a British game show produced by BBC Scotland in association with Initial for BBC One that aired from 12 April 2008 to 14 June 2008. It was hosted by John Barrowman and was recorded at BBC Pacific Quay, Glasgow. It shares some similarities with Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old?, which airs on Sky1. It also shares similarities with Eggheads, in that it centres around ordinary people trying to beat a team of super-intelligent ones. The auditions were held in 2007 with the children asked to come to a studio with their parents; they were asked to answer questions about themselves, and had to answer a questionnaire.
The Chinese Puzzle is a British six-part children's adventure series, first broadcast on BBC1 in 1974. It was the brainchild of prolific British television writer, Brian Finch, and features "two friends who stumble into a complex plot involving kidnapping and blackmail".
Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death aka Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story is a 2003 BBC Television docudrama which tells the true story of Verus a gladiator who fought at the Colosseum in Rome.
An antiques expert, a market trader and an upcycler battle it out to make the most money for BBC Children in Need.
The National Lottery draws is the television programme that broadcasts the drawing of the National Lottery in the United Kingdom. Since January 2013, the programme, usually broadcast by BBC One, airs on only on Saturdays.
New Year Live is the New Year celebration show for the BBC, which is currently hosted by Gabby Logan. Before 2009, the programme was set in a studio with performances from successful artists of the year. From 2009 it has been filmed live on the streets of London.
