Late Night Poker is a British television series that helped popularize poker in the 2000s. It used "under the table" cameras that enabled the viewer to see each player's cards. The show became a cult hit on Channel 4 in the UK when it first aired in 1999.
The show originally ran for six series between 1999 and 2002. After a couple of spin-off series, Late Night Poker Ace and Late Night Poker Masters, it returned in 2008.
Two of Britain's best loved cooks, Prue Leith and Dr Rupy Aujla, transform the cooking and food shopping habits of four British families to help them shake up their mealtimes and reduce food waste.
In France, an elite team of engineers race to build one of the largest and most technologically advanced cruise ships in the world. Battling strict deadlines, workers must cut and bend 42,000 tonnes of steel and install a pair of 300-tonne tanks.
In 2019, Steve Dymond took his life after appearing on Daytime TV's biggest show. Guests, loved ones and whistleblowers reveal the scandal behind the hit TV series.
Gash is a satirical TV comedy created by Armando Iannucci that was broadcast each weeknight from Monday 28th April to Thursday May 1st 2003 on Channel 4 to coincide with the 2003 local elections. Written and filmed on the day of transmission, the programme was a topical review show featuring sketches, modified VT footage, talk, discussion and jokes. The name derives from a television term for footage surplus to requirements. The show featured appearances from Olivia Colman, Dominic Holland and Jon Holmes amongst others.
Many of the writers of the show — Simon Blackwell, Roger Drew, Tony Roche and Will Smith — went on to collaborate with Iannucci on the political sitcom The Thick of It and Time Trumpet. Other writers included Dan Tetsell, Danny Robins and Jon Holmes. Perhaps due to its topical nature, the series is not available on any commercial media formats or even via 4oD. It was produced by David Tyler.
The Deal is a 2003 British television film directed by Stephen Frears from a script by Peter Morgan, based in part upon The Rivals by James Naughtie. The film stars David Morrissey as Gordon Brown and Michael Sheen as Tony Blair, and depicts the Blair-Brown deal—a well-documented pact that Blair and Brown made whereby Brown would not stand in the 1994 Labour leadership election, so that Blair could have a clear run at becoming leader of the party and Prime Minister. The film begins on 9 June 1983, as Blair and Brown are first elected to Parliament, and concludes in May 1994 at the Granita restaurant—the location of the supposed agreement—with a brief epilogue following the leadership contest.
The film was first proposed by Morgan in late 2002 and was taken on by Granada Television for ITV. After Frears agreed to direct, and the cast were signed on, ITV pulled out of it over fears that the political sensitivity could affect its corporate merger. Channel 4 picked up the production and filming was c
Richard Hammond explores Britain's most beautiful rivers. From the rivers Severn and Test to Clyde and Derwent, Richard explores the historical, ecological and economic importance of each.
Most people stop at 2 , a few brave souls go on to have 3 or 4. But when it comes to having kids there are a handful of families who are bucking the trend... This 3 part series explores the lives of some of the UK's biggest families.
John Cleese set forth into the minefield of cancel culture to explore why a new 'woke' generation is trying to rewrite the rules on what can and can't be said.
Every day, across the UK, from Highland mountains to Lakeland fells and the Cornish coast, search and rescue heroes put their lives on the line to keep us safe
My Funniest Year is a British television stand-up comedy series broadcast on Channel 4. In each episode a comedian talks about the events of one particular year during his life.
Designer Joel Bird, ecological gardener Poppy Okotcha and craftsman Bruce Kenneth help us revolutionise our outdoor space and inspire us to get out into our gardens
Ibiza uncovered is a British documentary reality show that has broadcast on Sky One for the first series in 1997 and then on Channel 4 for the second series in 1999.
In this six-part fly-on-the-wall documentary series, we follow Gordon Ramsay through the most intense year of his life as he copes with his celebrity status and juggles cooking with the ever increasing demands on his time from beyond the kitchen.
Kathy Burke explores what getting old means to us and the new freedoms that young people of today have, as she asks; should we fight or accept old age, and what is it like growing up nowadays?