The Comic Side of 7 Days

The Comic Side of 7 Days 2005

1

The Comic Side of 7 Days is a British television programme shown from 2005 on BBC Three. It is a topical comedy programme which shows the satirical side of the past 7 days of news. It was broadcast weekly on a Friday, with several repeats during the following week. The show was created by Andy Marlatt and Tony Roche. It was produced and directed by David Tyler. The number seven features heavily during the programme and features in several lists between sections. Various comedians comment on the week's news. These have included Jo Caulfield, Richard Herring, Will Smith, Lucy Porter, John Oliver and Junior Simpson. The main narrator is Jon Holmes. The voiceover artists are Emma Kennedy and Ewan Bailey.

2005

The Vivienne Takes On Hollywood

The Vivienne Takes On Hollywood 2020

4.00

The Vivienne, UK's first RuPaul's Drag Race Superstar, is joined by her celebrity friends to see what it takes to make it in Hollywood.

2020

Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man

Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man 2010

1

Series which follows comedian Eddie Izzard rising to the challenge for Sport Relief by running an astonishing 43 marathons in 51 days

2010

The Revolution Will Be Televised

The Revolution Will Be Televised 2012

8.00

The Revolution Will Be Televised is a British television satire show, which was first screened on BBC Three in August 2012. Writing for The Guardian, Sam Wollaston said it's "Sacha Baron Cohen with a bit more substance then, or Mark Steel with a few more laughs". At the 2013 British Academy Television Awards, the show won the Bafta for the Best Comedy Programme.

2012

Veganville

Veganville 2020

8.50

A group of dedicated vegans move to the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales to try to introduce as many of the local people as possible to their vegan way of life.

2020

The After Shave with Danny Beard

The After Shave with Danny Beard 2023

7.00

Danny Beard commiserates with the queens who sashayed away from RuPaul's Drag Race UK. They chat lewks, gags, shade... and spill the tea about what went on in the werk room.

2023

Live! Girls! Present Dogtown

Live! Girls! Present Dogtown 2006

1

Live! Girls! Present Dogtown is a comedy series shown on BBC Three. It tells the story of life for the residents of Horton-le-Hole, a fictional coastal town where things are not all they seem. A controlling optician meets a mild librarian to enact secret fantasies as Oscar-winning movie stars and Olympic champions; a socially inept teacher dreams of becoming a deputy head; a pyromaniac dwarf psychic has set up a business in a bus stop; and, while romantic fiction books are systematically and mysteriously vandalised, one of the greatest love affairs the world has ever known begins to stir in the library.

2006

Move Like Michael Jackson

Move Like Michael Jackson 2009

10.00

Move Like Michael Jackson is a British talent show made by independent production company Fever Media and Gogglebox Entertainment and transmitted on BBC Three, which aims to find people who can dance like pop singer Michael Jackson. The show began airing several months after the entertainer's death in June 2009. Presented by television personality Reggie Yates, the programme broadcast s the auditions of hopefuls as they perform in front of the show's judges: Mark Summers, contemporary R&B singer Jamelia, and Jackson's elder brother and former Jackson 5 band member Jermaine.

2009

The Gemma Factor

The Gemma Factor 2010

6.00

The Gemma Factor is a BBC Three sitcom starring Anna Gilthorpe, Claire King and Gwyneth Powell. The series is similar to many current programmes of this sort, by which it is simulcast on BBC Three and BBC HD. The series premiered on Tuesday 9 March 2010, and has six episodes.

2010

Mouth to Mouth

Mouth to Mouth 2009

5.30

Mouth to Mouth is a 2009 comedy-drama television series written by Karl Minns and broadcast on BBC Three. A successful pilot episode of the programme had been broadcast in 2008, starring the same female cast as the full series but no males and with a significantly different story. Each of the six episodes follow a monologue structure where each of the main characters describe their life around the same date. As the series progresses the viewer discovers how each of the lives are interwoven. On the surface the script has some fine humorous moments but underlying it deals with some serious issues.

2009

Life and Death Row

Life and Death Row 2014

10.00

How do you live with a death sentence? Real stories from the prisoners facing their final days - and the victims' families desperate for closure.

2014

Fight for First: Excel Esports

Fight for First: Excel Esports 2021

4.70

Sports documentary series following British underdogs Excel Esports as they fight to be taken seriously in the global esports scene.

2021

Body Image

Body Image 1970

1

A series of films looking at the different shapes and sizes of bodies and people's attitudes to them

1970

Matt Berry Does...

Matt Berry Does... 2015

4.70

Matt Berry explains, comments on, and muses about various events, anniversaries, and other aspects of life in the UK.

2015

MeeBOX

MeeBOX 2008

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MeeBOX is a television pilot broadcast on 22 June 2008 on BBC Three. It is a sketch show written by and starring Adam Buxton. The show is set on a video hosting website, featuring sketches involving archive manipulation, cut ups, sketches, revoiced clips, animations, spoof pop videos, lip-synching and mock TV clips. Its theme music was composed by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, a friend of Buxton. The pilot was not picked up.

2008

The Murder Game

The Murder Game 2003

2.00

The Murder Game was a British reality television series that aired on BBC One from March through May 2003. The show was based on the American FOX television show Murder in Small Town X. Though classified as a reality television series, it was more accurately a hybrid of reality TV, game show, and mystery drama. The series was narrated by Rupert Smith. Although there was no host in the traditional sense the Chief, Bob Taylor, acted as a sort of host for the show.

2003

The Bachelor

The Bachelor 1970

1

The Bachelor is a British reality television show that began airing on BBC Three from 30 March 2003 to 13 February 2005, before moving to Channel 5 from 19 August 2011 to 31 August 2012.

1970

How Drugs Work

How Drugs Work 2011

6.30

Using visual effects and CGI the effects of drugs on the human body are examine, and the myths and controversies that surround them confronted.

2011

I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse

I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse 2015

5.20

I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse is a horror-themed game show set in the future after a nationwide epidemic has transformed most of the country's population into ravenous zombies. The contestants have to survive in the Monroe Shopping Village and need to work together to secure their makeshift base as they try and avoid any contact with the flesh-eaters. Anybody still “alive” after seven days is then rescued and sent to a tropical quarantine zone as a reward.

2015