A few years ago Louis Theroux made a series of five new documentaries for the BBC and you can now watch all five of these one hour documentaries thanks to the Louis Theroux: The Strange And The Dangerous DVD which has just been released this week.
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Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are two of Britain’s finest comedy writers and they have written many great comedy shows together including Hancock / Hancock’s Half Hour and Steptoe And Son. However in the late 1970s they produced a series of seven one-off comedy dramas as part of the Comedy Playhouse series on ITV which hardly ever get mentioned.
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The 2008 Christmas Special of Doctor Who entitled ‘The Next Doctor’ was full of anticipation and intrigue because many people thought the identity of the new doctor would be revealed. Because this episode starred David Morrissey, many people thought he was the hot favourite to take over from David Tennant, but this was not to be the case.
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Mr Benn is right up there as one of my all-time favourite children’s TV shows. I used to love watching this program when I was growing up and I still have very fond memories of it even now.
Mr Benn was originally made in the early 1970s and told the story of Read more…
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Trumpton was a favourite of many young children growing up in the 1960s and early 1970s. Set in the imaginary town of Trumpton, it featured the daily lives of the ordinary folk who lived there but it was undoubtedly most famous for it’s fire brigade.
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Abigail’s Party was a one-off TV show written by Mike Leigh as part of the BBC’s ‘Play For Today’ series back in 1977. Apparently it received mixed reviews when it was first shown as many viewers simply didn’t get it, but it’s now regarded as a classic piece of television and something of a cult classic.
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Railway Walks With Julia Bradbury was a top quality program that was originally shown on BBC4 last year. There were six half-hour episodes in total and they featured some of the most beautiful and picturesque railway walks in Britain.
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The Diary Of Anne Frank has recently been shown across five weekday evenings on BBC1 and it was a deeply moving program. This latest adaptation is based on the complete diaries of Anne Frank and tells the harrowing story of Anne and her family as they lock themselves away during the second world war in the hope that they avoid being captured by the Germans.
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Apparitions is a hard-hitting new drama that was recently broadcast on BBC1. It starred Martin Shaw who played a Roman Catholic priest who is drawn into the mysterious world of exorcism after encountering supernatural possession, demonic attacks and satanic births at various points throughout the series.
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The Ministry of Sound have recently released a brand new fitness DVD and this one promises to be even better than previous years. Combining both aerobics and dance, you are going to love this DVD if you are serious about getting in shape in 2009.
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