Category: Panel Shows
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Ha Ha Halloween: Reasonably Scary Monsters
To celebrate the release of Godzilla, and nothing to do with yer actual Halloween, BBC2 dedicated itself in July of 1998 to Monster Night. The strand was hosted by Bill Bailey, with guests Phill Jupitus and Paul Ross, and had a documentary from Alex Cox about Godzilla, a showing of the 1976 version of King…
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Forgotten Panel Shows: That’s Showbusiness
I’m amazed that this one had fallen out of my brain. That’s Showbusiness was created by Jeremy Pascall and Phil Swern. It ran for 132 episodes over eight series on BBC One from 1989 to 1996. It was hosted by Mike Smith, and initially had two teams of three, with Gloria Hunniford and Kenny Everett…
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Forgotten Panel Shows: It’s Only A Theory
I watched this one when it was on, and enjoyed it, but it made no indelible mark on my pysche until I saw it again on a list recently. It’s Only A Theory was created by Andy Hamilton, for Hat Trick Productions and BBC Four. It ran for eight episodes. Hamilton was joined each week…
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Forgotten Panel Shows: Whodunnit?
Clearly the full title of this series of blogs is just clickbait now. That said, I haven’t seen any of this fondly remembered show, which is something I should probably remedy forthwith. Whodunnit? was created by Jeremy Lloyd (yes, that one) and Lance Percival (yes, that one) for Thames, and ran for 48 episodes over…
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Forgotten Panel Shows: If I Ruled The World
This is another show that I enjoyed at the time, but has since slipped from my mind. Not sure why this happens more with comedy panel shows than it does with sitcoms or sketch shows. Nice to see a diverse range of ageing white men, I’m sure you’ll agree. That said, the show was always…
