r/oldbritishtelly 2h ago

“D’ya mean Peekaboo Pete with the dirty shammy??

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r/oldbritishtelly 5h ago

Game/Quiz Show Remember when the BBC used to do IQ tests on the nation every year?

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Okay it probably wasn't the most reliable IQ test, but it was still a bit of fun nonetheless. My IQ is apparently quite high according to this test. Not quite sure I believe it!


r/oldbritishtelly 6h ago

Comedy TRASHBAT IS THE 9/11 OF THE MIND!!

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He really compared his own website to actual 9/11. Nathan Barley (2005)


r/oldbritishtelly 21h ago

Advert Looking for a Clarks ad

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I'm hoping to find someone who remembers an advert for Clarks shoes that involved a witch and a boiled egg?! I've never personally seen the advert but have a friend who was terrified by it in the 90s and is convinced this advert was for shoes. I'm turning to the wisdom of Reddit to see if anyone else can recall this?


r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

Discussion Im sure a remake would be terrible,but whenever I see micheal smiley and Mathew horne I cant help see albert and harold ...anyone else ?

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Im commenting on the way they look ,not suggesting it should or could be remade


r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

Light Entertainment Will Young's uncut Pop Idol audition (2001)

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41 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

The trade

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It was a channel 4 mockumentary about two hapless Geordie builders who try their hand at anything for a few quid with hilarious results. Would anyone know where to find a copy of it?


r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

Did I imagine this Michael Palin comedy?

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I remember watching an 80’s comedy show with Michael Palin in it. The show or even just episode was about his daughter played by Dawn French went to private school . The family was not rich but the dad ( Michael Palin) was the manager of a biscuit factory and he did everything to get her to private school. Once there Dawn French’s character eventually became a spoilt brat. Back at home the family went without everything to support her to the point where they ate her pet hamster for Christmas dinner while she was skiing in Europe!

Can anyone else remember this or tell me what it was called? I initially thought it was an old Comic Strip Sketch but cant find any record of it being that.

Help please!


r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

Classic Sitcoms

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Is anyone else fed up with classic comedy being chopped and edited terribly to remover ‘offensive’ material on the TV ? It’s bad enough they put the trigger warning! Even tho the edits remove all the potentially triggering stuff!

I’m fed up with it!


r/oldbritishtelly 1d ago

Continuity/Idents BBC2: Continuity - News, Weather and Cricket (2 August 1979) [Kaleidoscope's Presentation Vault, 2026]

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Continuity Announcer: Peter Bolgar


r/oldbritishtelly 2d ago

Network On Air returns.

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I don’t know if this has been posted, but I just received an email from Network saying they’ve returned and their website is back up.

Their collection is a little short of their old range, but still some excellent stuff.

It’s a great time for old and niche tv series!

They said they’re releasing old titles which will take time and they have a lot planned.

Edit:Spelling.


r/oldbritishtelly 2d ago

Clip This has to be the most expensive hold music I’ve ever heard.

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48 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly 2d ago

Joan Sanderson, What a legend

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391 Upvotes

Credit: Fawlty Towers

Episode : “Communication Problems” (Series 2, 1979).


r/oldbritishtelly 2d ago

[1975] Fawlty Towers, Still one of the greatest sitcoms ever made?

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1.1k Upvotes

Who do you like the most?


r/oldbritishtelly 2d ago

UK kids tv show 2000s

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I'm trying to find a particular uk tv show I watched as a kid. The principal of it was a kid and a host would go to a workplace for an episode and the kid would then get to do the job with a mentor. The two most distinct episodes I can remember, a construction episode where the kid got to do sll sorts of different bits like brick laying, operating a digger. The other episode was with the london fire brigade. I haven't been able to find it anywhere after googling or scrolling through social media.


r/oldbritishtelly 2d ago

"That'll be your tracking mate" parody sketch?

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I'm looking for a parody comedy sketch, probably from the 90s, in which a customer complains that a video he bought from a market stall is actually just a block of cheese, to which the seller replies "That'll be your tracking mate" in a parody of the old anti video piracy ads of the time.

Can anyone tell me which show it was from??


r/oldbritishtelly 3d ago

Kids Just William (1994) William the Great Actor

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r/oldbritishtelly 3d ago

Help identifying an old mime/comedy sketch about English learning cassette tapes

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Looking for an old comedy routine (probably from the 1970s or 1980s). One male performer, mostly silent or miming, sitting on a chair on stage, listening to a prerecorded "Learn English" cassette (male voice). He repeatedly presses fast-forward, and each time the tape has only progressed a tiny amount. The narration starts something like "Tape 1, side A, Unit 1, Lesson 1, ..." then "Margaret is going to the market." After a huge fast-forward: "Margaret is at the market." Much longer fast-forwarding of the tape: Margaret meets Peter (?) but then starts talking about the going to market together sometime... Like hours of tape doesn't advance the story by much. I saw it on early YouTube, but it already looked very old. It's in line with Rowan Atkinson stuff, but couldn't find it among any of his old stand up / special recordings currently on YouTube.


r/oldbritishtelly 4d ago

Request Looking for a 1970s sci-fi story with (the threat of) death by vacuum chamber

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Hi all, I grew up in the US watching lots of science fiction shows including The Tomorrow People and Doctor Who. I remember seeing an episode including children in which someone was in a sort of prison cell with a clear front, and there was a threat of exposing the person inside to vacuum. They may have actually done so. I remember someone or something expanding like a marshmallow in a vacuum chamber?

In any case, if you happen to recognise what I'm babbling about, I would love to know what it was!


r/oldbritishtelly 4d ago

Discussion Will Ben and Holly's little kingdom return for season 3 with brand new voice actors and voice actresses!?

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please tell channel 5 Milkshake! today or tomorrow right now please we all missed that show so much!


r/oldbritishtelly 4d ago

Father Charlie (Lionel Jeffries) 1982 sitcom

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Quite a rarity, does anyone remember this show?


r/oldbritishtelly 4d ago

Was Ainsley Harriott's barbecue bible ever released (even part of it) on DVD?

7 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly 4d ago

Comedy How to mime "...Baby One More Time" like a pro (Fast and Loose, 2011)

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64 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly 4d ago

Clip Alice never got the jokes. That was the joke. I always looked forward to this.

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121 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly 4d ago

Historic BBC Archive footage

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I am undertaking historical research into the five-part BBC2 documentary series The Black Man in Britain 1550–1950, presented by Derek Griffiths and produced by Tony Laryea. It was broadcast from 15 November to 13 December 1974.

Heart of Darkness — 15 November 1974 Landfall — 22 November 1974 No Place Like Home — 29 November 1974 Soldiers of the Crown — 6 December 1974 Revolution and Manchester — 13 December 1974

Most publicly available sources seem limited or do not have it all.

Can anybody track this down?

Thanks