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9781861058744

Television's Strangest Moments Extraordinary But True Tales from the History of Television

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  • ISBN13:

    9781861058744

  • ISBN10:

    1861058748

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-08-01
  • Publisher: Robson Books
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Summary

Ever since John Logie Baird first publicly demonstrated this now all-pervasive medium in his small Soho laboratory, the history of television has been littered with remarkable but true tales of the unexpected. Ranging from bizarre stories of actors' shenanigans to strange but true executive and marketing decisions, and covering over one hundred shows, series and episodes from both behind and in front of the camera in British and American television studios, ''Television's Strangest Moments' is the ultimate tome of TV trivia. Why did the quintessential English sleuth The Saint drive a Swedish car? What happened when Michael Aspel met Nora Batty on the set of the 1960s drama-documentary 'The War Game'? Why is the Halloween chiller ''Ghostwatch' still unofficially banned by the BBC? From live TV suicide to Ricky Martin's disastrous candid camera-style episode involving a young female fan and several cans of dog food, ''Television's Strangest Moments' will keep you hooked when there's nothing worth watching on the box. A unique behind-the-scenes look at the famous, the infamous and the downright bizarre From the curse of ''Blue Peter' to live Caesarian delivery The latest title in Robson's ever-popular Strangest series Quentin Falk is a distinguished film critic & editor of the BAFTA magazine

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(6)
The 1940s & 1950s
Kaleidoscope (1946--53)
7(1)
Believe It or Not (1949--50; 1982--86; 2001-- )
8(1)
The Plainclothesman (1949--54)
8(2)
The Aldrich Family (1949--53)
10(1)
Come Dancing (1950--95)
10(1)
Amos `n' Andy (1951--53)
11(1)
In Melbourne Tonight (1951--70)
12(1)
I Love Lucy (1951--57)
13(2)
Today (1952-- )
15(1)
The Adventures of Superman (1952--57)
16(1)
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952--66)
16(1)
Life Is Worth Living (1953--57)
17(1)
Klee (1953)
18(1)
Crime and Punishment (1953)
19(1)
Panorama (1953-- )
20(1)
Climax! (1954--58)
21(1)
Nineteen Eighty--Four (1954)
22(1)
This Is Your Life (1955--64; 1969--2003)
23(1)
Dixon of Dock Green (1955--76)
24(1)
Soupy Sales (1955--79)
25(1)
Double Your Money (1955--68)
26(2)
Twenty--One (1956--58)
28(1)
Eurovision Song Contest (1956-- )
29(2)
Prime Ministerial Broadcast (1956)
31(1)
Hancock's Half Hour/Hancock (1956--63)
31(1)
The Buccaneers (1956--57)
32(1)
Jim's Inn (1957--63)
33(1)
Wagon Train (1957--65)
34(1)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1957)
35(1)
American Bandstand (1957--87)
36(1)
The Queen's Christmas Message (1957-- )
37(1)
Blue Peter (1958-- )
38(2)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958--61)
40(1)
Underground (1958)
41(1)
The Third Man (1959--62)
42(1)
Face to Face (1959--62)
42(1)
No Hiding Place (1959--67)
43(4)
The 1960s
It's a Square World (1960--64)
47(1)
The Flintstones (1960--66)
48(1)
Coronation Street (1960-- )
49(1)
Top Cat (1961--62)
49(1)
Straightaway (1961--62)
50(1)
The Dickie Valentine Show (1961)
51(1)
Dr Kildare (1961--66)
52(1)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1961--66)
53(1)
The Avengers (1961--69)
54(1)
The Virginian (1962--71)
55(1)
That Was the Week That Was (1962--63)
55(1)
Animal Magic (1962--83)
56(1)
The Saint (1962--69)
57(1)
University Challenge (1962--87; 1994-- )
57(1)
The Fugitive (1963--67)
58(2)
Doctor Who (1963--89; 1996; 2005-- )
60(1)
Dinner for One (1963-- )
61(1)
Top of the Pops (1964-- )
61(1)
Gilligan's Island (1964--67)
62(2)
The Launch of BBC2 (1964)
64(1)
Hogan's Heroes (1965--71)
65(1)
The War Game (1965)
66(2)
The Magic Roundabout (1965--77)
68(1)
Not Only . . . But Also (1965--6; 1970)
69(1)
BBC-3 (1965--66)
70(1)
Thunderbirds (1965--66)
71(1)
Mission: Impossible (1966--73; 1988--90)
72(1)
Cathy Come Home (1966)
73(1)
Batman (1966--68)
74(1)
Hawk (1966)
75(1)
Star Trek (1966--69)
76(1)
Sexton Blake (1967--71)
77(1)
Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo (1967--69)
78(1)
The Prisoner (1967--68)
79(1)
News at Ten (1967--2004)
80(1)
The Golden Shot (1967--75)
81(1)
Today (1968--77)
82(1)
Origami (1968)
83(1)
Calendar (1968-- )
83(1)
Frost on Sunday (1968)
84(2)
NBC American Football (1968)
86(1)
Dad's Army (1968--77)
87(1)
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969--72)
88(1)
Lulu (1969)
89(1)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969--74)
89(4)
The 1970s
Night Gallery (1970--73)
93(1)
Eyeless in Gaza (1971)
94(1)
Nichols (1971--72)
95(1)
The Generation Game (1971--82; 1990--2002)
95(2)
Alias Smith and Jones (1971--73)
97(1)
Casanova (1971)
98(1)
Parkinson (1971--82; 1998-- )
99(1)
Cousin Bette (1971)
99(1)
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971--74)
100(2)
The Onedin Line (1971--80)
102(1)
Columbo (1971--77; 1989--93)
103(1)
Record Breakers (1972--2001)
103(3)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972--77)
106(1)
Weekend World (1972--88)
107(1)
Maude (1972--78)
107(1)
Follies of the Wise (1972)
108(1)
Kung Fu (1972--75; 1992--96)
109(1)
Mastermind (1972--97; 2003-- )
110(1)
M*A*S*H (1972--83)
111(1)
Porridge (1974--77)
111(1)
Happy Days (1974--84)
112(2)
The Pallisers (1974)
114(1)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974--78)
115(1)
Tiswas (1974--82)
116(1)
Winning Streak (1974-- )
117(1)
The Sweeney (1975--82)
117(1)
Saturday Night Live (1975-- )
118(2)
Fawlty Towers (1975; 1979)
120(1)
Baretta (1975--78)
120(1)
Wheel of Fortune (1975--91)
121(2)
Rogue Male (1976)
123(1)
Brimstone and Treacle (1976)/Scum (1977)
124(1)
Christmas Ice Spectacular (1976)
125(1)
The Collection (1976)
126(2)
The Gong Show (1976--80)
128(1)
The Professionals (1977--83)
129(1)
Take Hart (1977--83)
130(1)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
131(1)
Pennies From Heaven (1978)
132(1)
Dallas (1978--1991)
133(1)
The Incredible Hulk (1978--92)
134(1)
Grange Hill (1978-- )
135(1)
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
136(2)
BBC News (1978)
138(2)
Taxi (1978--83)
140(4)
Danger UXB (1979)
144(1)
Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979--82)
145(1)
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson (1979)
145(2)
An Audience With Jasper Carrott (1979)
147(1)
Sapphire and Steel (1979--82)
148(1)
The Dukes of Hazzard (1979--85)
148(5)
The 1980s
Newsnight (1980-- )
153(1)
B.A.D. Cats (1980)
154(1)
The Sullivans (1980)
155(1)
Magnum P.I. (1980--88)
156(2)
Triangle (1981--83)
158(1)
Hill Street Blues (1981--87)
158(1)
The Borgias (1981)
159(1)
Dynasty (1981--89)
160(1)
The Late, Late Breakfast Show (1982--86)
161(2)
Silver Spoons (1982--86)
163(1)
Newhart (1982--90)
164(1)
Sin on Saturday (1982)
165(1)
Cheers (1982--93)
166(1)
Moonlighting (1982--85)
166(2)
Remington Steele (1982--87)
168(1)
Cagney & Lacey (1982--88)
169(1)
The Comic Strip Presents (1982--88; 1988--93; 1998--2000)
170(1)
Shogun (1982)
171(1)
Joanie Loves Chachi (1982--83)
172(1)
Wagner (1983)
172(1)
Press Your Luck (1983--86)
173(2)
Hotel (1983--88)
175(1)
Blackadder (1983--89)
175(1)
Good Morning, Britain (1983--92)
176(1)
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983--2004)
177(2)
Taggart (1983-- )
179(1)
Spitting Image (1984--94; 1996)
180(1)
The Far Pavilions (1984)
180(2)
The Price Is Right (1984--88)
182(1)
Jenny's War (1985)
182(1)
The Last Place on Earth (1985)
183(1)
Saturday Live (1985--87)
184(1)
Home to Roost (1985--90)/You Again? (1986--87)
185(1)
Blind Date (1985--2003)
185(1)
Neighbours (1985-- )
186(1)
Designing Women (1986--93)
187(1)
The Late Show (1986--88)
188(1)
It's a Royal Knockout (1987)
189(2)
Hardwicke House (1987)
191(1)
Bud Dwyer Live (1987)
191(1)
21 Jump Street (1987--90)
192(2)
After Dark (1987--91)
194(1)
Geraldo (1987--98)
195(1)
BBC Weather (1987)
196(1)
Secret Society (1987)
197(1)
The Barbara Walters Special (1988)
198(1)
Wall of Tyranny (1988)
199(1)
America's Most Wanted (1988-- )
200(1)
This Morning (1988-- )
201(1)
Annie McGuire (1988)
202(2)
Dinner at Noon (1988)
204(1)
Brit Awards (1989-- )
204(2)
The Simpsons (1989-- )
206(1)
The Arsenio Hall Show (1989-- )
207(1)
Quantum Leap (1989--93)
208(2)
Baywatch (1989--2000)
210(3)
The 1990s
Seinfeld (1990--98)
213(1)
One Foot in the Grave (1990--97; 2000)
214(1)
Twin Peaks (1990--91)
215(1)
Art Is Dead, Long Live TV (1991)
216(1)
Jenny Jones (1991--2003)
217(1)
Home Improvement (1991--1999)
218(1)
Ghostwatch (1992)
219(1)
African Skies (1992--94)
220(1)
Of Body and Soul (1992)
220(1)
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992)
221(1)
Sharpe (1993--97)
222(2)
The Ricki Lake Show (1993-- )
224(1)
Bad Golf Made Easier (1993)
225(1)
The Late Show With David Letterman (1993-- )
226(1)
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993--99)
227(1)
O J Simpson -- Live! (1994)
227(1)
David Hasselhoff & His Baywatch Friends (1994)
228(1)
Ellen (1994--98)
229(1)
Without Walls (1994)
230(2)
ER (1994-- )
232(1)
Roughnecks (1994--95)
233(1)
The Weekend Show (1995)
234(1)
Nikki Tonight (1995)
235(1)
Bunny Bulletin (1995-- )
236(1)
The Michael Essany Show (1996)
237(2)
The Dana Carvey Show (1996)
239(1)
Brass Eye (1997)
239(2)
Midsomer Murders (1997-- )
241(1)
Cows (1997)
242(1)
The 11 O'Clock Show (1998--2000)
243(1)
Felicity (1998--2002)
243(2)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1998-- )
245(2)
Ricky Martin's Candid Camera (1999)
247(1)
Payne (1999)
247(1)
Crossing Over With John Edward (1999-- )
248(2)
Passions (1999-- )
250(1)
Family Guy (1999; 2005-- )
250(5)
The 2000s
Naked Jungle (2000)
255(1)
God, the Devil and Bob (2000)
256(1)
Big Brother (2000-- )
257(1)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-- )
258(1)
Tim's Area of Control (2000-- )
259(1)
The European Music Awards (2000)
260(1)
Who Wants to Be a Multi--millionaire? (2000)
261(1)
Andromeda (2000-- )
262(1)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-- )
263(1)
Titus (2000--02)
264(1)
24 (2001-- )
264(2)
Up Close (2001)
266(1)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-- )
267(1)
The Lone Gunmen (2001)
267(1)
Hans Christian Andersen (2001)
268(1)
Alias (2001--)
269(1)
Pop Idol (2001-- )
270(1)
Witchblade (2001)
271(1)
Touch the Truck (2001)
272(1)
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (2001-- )
273(1)
The Baftas (2002)
274(1)
Autopsy (2002)
275(1)
8 Simple Rules . . . (2002-- )
276(2)
Monk (2002-- )
278(1)
Charles II -- The Power and the Passion (2003)
278(2)
Beijing Swings (2003)
280(1)
Scare Tactics (2003-- )
281(1)
Playmakers (2003)
282(1)
The Surreal Life (2003-- )
283(1)
David Blaine: Above the Below (2003)
284(1)
Cambridge Spies (2003)
285(1)
Celebrity Detox Camp (2003)
286(1)
Joan of Arcadia (2003)
286(1)
QVC -- The Shopping Channel (2003)
287(1)
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys (2003)
288(2)
The Littlest Groom (2004)
290(1)
I'm Famous and Frightened (2004-- )
291(1)
Janet Jackson at the Superbowl (2004)
292(1)
The Farm (2004)
293(1)
Meeting Point (2004)
294(1)
Shattered (2004)
295(1)
Jerry Springer -- The Opera (2005)
296(1)
The Tonight Show (2005)
297(1)
Question Time (2005)
298(1)
The Only Gays in the Village (2005)
298(2)
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