The father, an ex-military man, sees the 'handwriting on the wall' as to where his country's economy is headed. In an effort to prepare for this, he moves his family of wife, two sons and two daughters out of the city to a secluded old mansion -- a fortress, a castle, as it were. In a confidence he shares only with his youngest son, he acquires stores, goods and foodstuffs, for the tough times he sees coming.
The chilling true story of scores of officers who posed as loving partners - and the women who became detectives to expose the infamous Spycops scandal.
Learn with Sooty! is part of a British children's television series The Sooty Show promoting educational videos for children to learn from 1989 to 1991. It features the glove puppet characters Sooty, Sweep and Soo, and follows them in their many mischievous adventures. Learn with Sooty! was presented by Matthew Corbett.
12 celebrities are split into two teams to take part in the challenge of a lifetime, rowing the length of Britain. Along the way they will face a series of jaw dropping on-shore challenges to secure an advantage over their rivals.
The Block was a British reality television series broadcast on ITV in the summer of 2004, based on the Australian series of the same name. The show was presented by Lisa Rogers.
God's Gift was a British television game show broadcast for 2 series. It was produced by Granada Television and presented from the studio floor by Davina McCall and Claudia Winkleman. Stuart Hall provided the voiceover for both series. Jimmy Savile voiced on some later editions in series 2.
Each week five male contestants would vie with each other to win the affections and votes of a female audience by participating in a series of facetious games designed to "test" their sex appeal. The winner's prize would be to take an audience member of his choice out on a date, which was then filmed for broadcast in the following week's show.
The series was broadcast in the early hours of a Thursday morning and was usually repeated in the early hours of Sunday morning on ITV, although not every region took the series. The second series was axed after fewer regions decided to broadcast it.
The show's title came from the phrase "God's gift to women", i.e. an ironic description of a would-be Casanova.
Runaround was produced by Southern Television for the ITV newtork between 2 September 1975 and 7 September 1981. It was much more successful than the American version that was originally originated. The original host was comedian Mike Reid. In 1977 his place was taken by Leslie Crowther and Stan Boardman, before Reid returned in 1978. The ball in tube scoring was copied from the US version but with two colours; yellow worth one point for a correct answer and red worth two points for being the only contestant to choose the right answer. Metal Mickey made his screen debut on the British version of the show after being discovered by the show's in-vision researcher, Tim Edmunds. The series ended when Southern Television's franchise ended at the end of 1981.
Hickory House is a British television programme aimed at pre-school children. It was produced by Granada Television from 1973 to 1977 and broadcast on weekday lunchtimes.
Each programme was usually hosted by a pair of presenters, most often including Alan Rothwell. The setting was a normal house, but in Hickory House household objects were brought to life through puppetry. The puppet characters included Humphrey Cushion, Dusty Mop and the Handle Family. The puppets were created by Barry Smith's Theatre of Puppets.
All 129 episodes survive in Granada's archive, although none have yet been released on DVD.
The animated opening title sequence of Hickory House began with Granada Television's "G" logo transforming into a house. This innovation was used again in 1978 with the game show 3-2-1, when Yorkshire Television's "Y" logo was worked into an animated title sequence. Curiously, this later programme also featured a character named "Dusty" based on a household item.
Duel was an ITV game show based on a format by Francophone production company French TV, hosted by Nick Hancock, broadcast on Saturday evenings. It ran from 19 January 2008 to 5 April 2008.
Family pride was a short lived 1990s British soap opera produced by Central Television which ran for two series in 1991 and 1992. It was written by Mahmood Jamal and Barry Simmer and centred around the lives of three Asian families living in Birmingham. It was produced by Zia Mohyeddin, directed by Henry Foster and Faris Kermani, and first appeared on screen on 30 June 1991.
The series was shown in the Midlands region on ITV and nationally on Channel 4.
Among the actors to have appeared in the series were Paul Henry, Rula Lenska and Zia Mohyeddin.
Bringing three families per episode into a fixed-rig residential setting our dynamic team of child psychologists will be on hand to conduct a variety of warm and funny stunts to capture the kids genuine reactions to certain scenarios.
The Little Green Man was animated cartoon about a boy called Sydney Keets who befriends an alien it was created by Matthew Smith and narrated by Jon Pertwee of Dr Who fame.
One Night Only is a British entertainment show, celebrating the best of British Music. Ben Shephard hosted in 2009 and 2010, which saw Rod Stewart and Phil Collins take to the stage. In November 2010, Fearne Cotton hosted a one-off special with Bon Jovi and the most recent in 2011 presented by Christine Bleakley featuring music from Duran Duran.
The $64,000 Question is a UK game show based on the US format of the same name that originally ran from 19 May 1956 to 18 January 1958 produced by ATV and was originally hosted by Jerry Desmonde, and called simply The 64,000 Question with the top prize initially being 64,000 sixpences, later doubling to 64,000 shillings.