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- Lovejoy is an irresistible rogue with a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.
- An eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his TARDIS to the Planet Skaro and battle the evil menace of the Daleks.
- The social rivalry between two women in the 1930s when Lucia rents Mapp's house for the summer.
- Vikings is a documentary series written and presented by Neil Oliver charting the rise of the Vikings from prehistoric times to the empire of Canute.
- Inspector Gadget attempts to rescue a lizard egg that has been stolen from Metro City. Complications ensue when the lizard emerges from the egg.
- One man's journey through the theatre.
- Over the past 20 years, Francis Coppola , the award-winning writer-director of the two Godfather films, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now, has established himself as one of the most gifted, adventurous and controversial filmmakers of his generation. He gives a rare interview at his home in California to Christopher Frayling. ( 1985)
- Sketch comedy created by Spike Milligan between the first two series of his more well-known "Q." Despite the title, only brief clips still exist in colour; most of the series is only available as black-and-white telerecordings.
- Late Night topical panel show featuring top comedians on the UK Black comedy circuit.
- A philosophy professor travels to Communiat Czechoslovakia, where he encounters an oppressed student with a secret dissertation. The professor interrogates football players at the same hotel about when it's appropriate to commit a "professional foul."
- Late Night Black Entertainment slot on BBC 2 which ran for 3 series in 1996-1997, containing various shows all under the umbrella title The A Force. Programmes within the slot included the topical panel show Blouse And Skirt, hosted by broadcaster Tony Morris, with regular panellists Curtis Walker and Gina Yashere, and featuring such performers as Craig Charles, Angie Le Mar and Junior Simpson throughout the 3 series run, eventually gaining a spin off series in 2000. A dating show Get It On was hosted by radio personality Angie Greaves and comedian Geoff Schumann, and the soap opera Brothers And Sisters, starring David Harewood, Nina Baden Semper and Sandra Bee was so popular that it too earned a spin off series. Felix Dexter provided the links during the 1996 series, in the form of various character monologues. For Series 2 and 3 Marcus Powell (in the comic guise of "Roy Diamond") hosted a chat show segment, featuring guests such as Frank Bruno, Bernie Grant, Desiree and Ainsley Harriott. The A Force was a two hour segment on Friday nights aimed at Afro-Caribbean people, with drama, stand up comedy, game shows and entertainment reviews.
- A fund-raising event organised by Comic Relief.
- Dramatizations and actual archival film footage and photographs combine to relate the life of American composer Charles Ives and to document the musical background which influenced his work. Composers Aaron Copland and Elliott Carter reminisce about Ives and discuss his music.
- Mud, midges, barbed wire - just why do us Brits love the great outdoors? In this nostalgic look at life for campers, twitchers, ramblers and metal detectorists, Mark Benton examines the history of the British fresh air freak.
- As the 80s concluded with Margaret Thatcher's tenth year in power in contrast to worldwide political change, Top of the Pops provided the perfect barometer of the UK's end-of-decade uncertainty. Top of the Pops hosted Pete Waterman's final year of chart domination, courtesy of Jason Donovan, alongside the dawn of Madchester, a fresh front of female artists with attitude and power, an old-school duet between a 60s legend and an 80s icon, funky dreads and, yes, that pesky bunny. Meanwhile, Radio 1's old guard were stood down as a team of fresh-faced recruits from children's television took up the helm of the BBC's weekly pop warhorse, which remained torn between its sense of heritage and the emerging threat of youth TV. The stars of the year, including Jason Donovan, Lisa Stansfield, Shaun Ryder, Chris Rea, Marc Almond, Sharleen Spiteri, Jazzie B and more, plus TOTP presenter Jenny Powell, deliver their tales of a poptastic 1989 at Television Centre as they prepare to head into the 1990s.
- A man is drawn into a world where he witnesses machines which appear to make people sing; starting out as a passive observer, he is drawn remorselessly in, until he too finds himself inside a machine to sing.
- A 5 part documentary featuring Tom Vernon's - The Fat Man - culinary travels through France
- The Royal Society of the Colony of Victoria chose Robert O'Hara Burke to explore the centre of Australia.
- A desperate mother hires Hetty to locate her schizophrenic son who has disappeared and is off his medication.
- 1996–199849mTV-148.1 (89)TV EpisodeWhile in hospital for routine surgery, Hetty is able to help DCI Adams with a rash of home robberies of patients and a false rape allegation against the inspector.
- 1996–199849mTV-147.9 (91)TV EpisodeThe family of a recently widowed older woman suspect the man she's involved with is a fortune hunter, so they hire Hetty to expose him.
- DCI Adams recruits Hetty to pose as the Irish sister of a local woman who is being preyed upon by a teenage thief and vandal.
- When her niece's son is framed for possession of an ecstasy tablet, Hety goes undercover in his school as a cafeteria worker to clear him.
- 1996–199850mTV-148.0 (91)TV EpisodeA well-to-do woman hires Hetty to find out why her soon-to-be-married daughter is being stalked and photographed by a stranger in the village.
- An elderly woman ignores eviction notices for the condemned apartment building she lives in as she hopes to prove that it was not built to code.
- A deaf-mute young man out bird-watching watches a couple necking in a car, but amusement turns to horror when he witnesses a murder.
- After his invalid brother drowns in his remote garden pond, Tom Carter hires Hetty to investigate his housekeeper, whom he suspects of larceny.
- While vacationing in Tuscany Hetty is hired by a local restaurateur whose son has been kidnapped, possibly by Mafioso who have been mailing him the boy's fingers.
- A woman distracted by her cell phone inadvertently causes a fender bender, but the other driver is so overcome by road rage she assaults her.
- 1996–199849mTV-147.9 (78)TV EpisodeHetty's brother-in-law Frank asks Hetty to search for his lady friend's daughter, who has disappeared.
- Hetty goes undercover in a posh retirement condo in order to find out who is harassing German immigrant Hansi Bauer into selling his share.
- A self-taught expert in antique clocks is being stalked because of a clock in his possession and calls on Hetty for help.
- Blainthorp Village's Golden Voice competition is a tradition, but someone is systematically eliminating the contestants.
- After the husband of Hetty's hairdresser is beaten badly in a pub bathroom by the owner of a fitness center, a total stranger, Hetty's hired to investigate.
- Whe a malicious poison pen writer targets both new and old residents of a small village, the prime suspect hires Hetty to find the real writer.
- A friend of Hetty's asks her to represent her and try to recover her money when a furniture shop goes bankrupt, but there's more here than meets the eye.
- When the mentally challenged daughter of a local mayor runs away from the institution she lives in with her challenged boyfriend, they come across a dead body.
- The foster mother of a runaway teenage mother and her infant son hires Hetty to locate the girl and find out if she's the serial arsonist who's been plaguing the area.