Has anyone amazing ever taken on the role of Sherlock Holmes? Let's just think about this for a second. Well, there's... Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Cushing, Jeremy Brett, Robert Downey Jnr, Basil Rathbone and Tom Baker to name but a handful. However, there's one name amongst these actors which truly stands out as a superstar. That's right, Roland Rat even tried his hand at the role in Tales of the Rodent Sherlock Holmes. What's in Sherlock's Casebook? Dr Watson (Kevin the Gerbil) keeps a nice diary of all his cases with Sherlock Holmes (Roland Rat), but it's not just packed with stories about hounds and studies in pink. No, sir! In fact, there's a whole range of cases which only get the briefest of mentions. However, these adventures see our favourite Baker Street duo taking on such startling cases as chasing a dastardly canary trainers, investigating a mysterious, empty box and even trailing the fiendish Blue Carbuncle! Popping up along the way to thwart Holmes and Watson are a selection of British TV treasures i
Fake Britain is a UK BBC consumer rights programme, currently presented by Matt Allwright since 2013, however the show was previously presented by Dominic Littlewood between 2010 to 2012.
The programme airs weekdays in a daytime slot, however shortened down repeats are often shown in the primetime evening slot.
The programme covers various aspects of counterfeiting and effects on consumers including dangerous tools, ineffective or dangerous medicines, shoddy goods sold under reputable names, documents used for identity theft.
Crystal Tipps and Alistair follows the adventures of two titular characters, a girl named Crystal Tipps and her dog Alistair, as well as their friends Birdie and Butterfly.
Incredible Games was a popular children's game show which was broadcast between 30 January 1994 and 14 March 1995 and aired on BBC1. It included a variety of games, performed by contestants between the ages of 10 and 13. The show itself was set in a fictional skyscraper with a talking lift. In the first series, the lift was played by David Walliams, who later starred in Little Britain. In the second series, the lift was given a name, Sam, and was played by Gary Parker. Sam the Lift is popularly confused with the character played by Mark Speight in the CITV show Scratchy & Co..
The aim of the show was to complete each game, gradually rising up the tower. In the first series this climaxed in the alphabet soup game, and in the second series upon reaching the penthouse, where prizes could be won. In series two if a player lost a game, they were sent to the "basement" of the tower, and the other players had to take the lift back down to rescue them. In the first series the lift doors would open directly into game, wher
James the Cat was a children's series created by Kate Canning and produced by Jan Clayton with Grampian Television. It chronicles the many events which take place at the Cornerhouse between James and his new friends. Fellow characters include: Mrs. Lavender, a snail; Frida, a kangaroo; Citroen, a French frog; Rocky, a dimwitted rabbit; and Dennis, a pink fire-breathing Welsh-accented Chinese dragon. There is also a beehive in the garden at the Cornerhouse. Next door are Ma and Pa Rat, and their rat children.
The show changes quite a bit between the two seasons. In the first, James is a newcomer to the garden at the Cornerhouse, and must learn to live with the other animals there. In the first episode of the second season, James becomes a diplomat. In subsequent episodes, he and the others travel to distant lands or receive important visitors. Despite the fact that he can't spell, James is a perfect choice for a diplomat, as he is a tuxedo cat, and quite pompous.
Each episode runs for about 5 minutes.
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A solo chorister sings Once in Royal David's City to begin the traditional celebration of Christmas from the candlelit chapel of King's College, Cambridge. The world-famous choir sings carols old and new. Filmed amidst the beauty of historic King's College Chapel and first televised in 1954, and annually since 1963.
The National Lottery: In It to Win It, is a BBC National Lottery game show broadcast on BBC One since 18 May 2002. The programme is hosted by Dale Winton. It is the longest running game show to accompany UK lottery draws - as of 2013, it has been running for eleven years.
Dizzy Heights was a BBC television series about a disastrous partnership of two managers trying to run a seaside hotel. The show was about Mr Heap and Mr Wall's many adventures and regularly featured a Spitting Image style family of puppets called the Gristles who lived, and caused chaos in, the hotel. The show ran for three years, from 1990 to 1993 and was shown on BBC1 as part of Children's BBC.
The Gristle family appeared in a series of their own called The House Of Gristle in 1994.
Phillip's Wish is a television programme aimed at children, broadcast on the BBC, produced for BBC Kids World & The Britt Allcroft Company by Hibbert Ralph Entertainment.
First of a seven-part documentary series following the process by which a selection of young men and women are trained to be soldiers in the British army.
This first episode follows the induction period, during which Steve Lowe hopes to escape his life in Liverpool, Gavin Downes aspires to join the SAS, and Lorraine Sims wants to provide a better life for her daughter.
British Museum tour guide named Agatha in each episode guides three children from one town on a quest to help them defeat the evil Dark Lord, whose servants, cowled figures called the Dark Forces, glide the darkened corridors and display rooms of the museum. The children have only one night to discover a relic in the museum itself and they have to win three challenges.
Caring for everyone from prisoners to tiny babies - nurses share personal stories from the job they love. Capturing the highs and lows of day-to-day life across Northern Ireland.
A live series celebrating the wildlife success story of Monterey Bay, California. Once ravaged by humans, now everything's returning from Sea Otters to Blue Whales.
Get ready for takeoff. Docusoap star Jeremy Spake is back at Heathrow during the strangest and most challenging time in its history. Just what does it take to keep Britain flying?
PlayBus, later called Play Days was a children's pre-school television programme from the United Kingdom. The series ran from 17 October 1988 to 28 March 1997 on Children's BBC. Each daily episode would have the bus stop at one of the puppet characters bus stops.