A British TV anthology series based on real-life supernatural experiences described in archival documents from the Society for Psychical Research that was broadcast on ITV from 1986 to 1988. A book was also released to accompany the series.
The Weekenders was a one-off comic television pilot starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, produced by Granada Television for Channel 4. Broadcast on Wednesday 17 June 1992 as part of a series of pilots entitled Bunch of Five, it was a surreal sitcom in which two friends, Jim and Bob visit a meat festival taking place in an open field. They are then chased by aliens who want the meat they have brought to feed their queen.
In the future humans are extinct and robots rule the world. A sentient slot machine, lamp and jackhammer are members of the robot high council. They have unearthed ancient video chats of human celebrities sharing stories of sex, love, and money. In an effort to understand their creators better, the robots watch these time capsules of humanity and ask themselves: Why R Humans?
Kaddy is a young girl from an ancient necromancer lineage who is expected to become the next Supreme Leader of the Necromancer Kingdom. When her apparent hopelessness for the dark arts brands her a disappointment, she decides to prove her worth by setting out on a conquering spree in the Highlands together with her faithful sidekick Fido, a street-performing werewolf.
Sayaka Kitaoji is admired by almost everyone at St. Ignacio's. An upperclassman and the President of the Debutante Club, she's probably the richest girl in the hemisphere. Unfortunately, she's also manipulative, power-hungry, and generally evil. Without regard for property or school regulations, the members of the Debutante Club, led by their ruthless leader, will unleash their deadly "Battle Skipper" giant robots in their mad quest to rule the school...and then the world! Even though they're mostly freshman, the five valiant members of the Etiquette Club stand ready to oppose the Debutante Club. Unbeknownst to Sayaka, the basement of the Etiquette Club is really the secret base for a squad of super-advanced prototype combat suits!
During the reign of Emperor Wu of Tang Dynasty, Tang Ao, a scholar, failed in the imperial examinations and was depressed. At the invitation of his wife and brother, Lin Zhiyang, he sailed with a fleet of ships to do business and cruised around the four seas. He visited countries with different folklore, such as the Country of Gentlemen, the Country of Women, the Country of Adults, the Country with Two Faces, the Country of Intestineless People, the Country with Breast Piercing, and more. Many exciting and interesting things happened along the way.
Case File, marketed by BBC America as Yaz's Case File, was a series of webcasts released as a tie-in with series 11 of Doctor Who in 2018. It was scripted by Jacqueline Rayner.
As the BBC America name implied, they were a mini-recap of the episodes but from Yasmin Khan's perspective. As such, they contained little new information that wasn't already obvious to the viewer of the main Doctor Who episode.
The series was similar in format to Monster Files, seen during the late RTD/early Moffat era. It also shared some commonality with Sarah Jane's Alien Files that was released with The Sarah Jane Adventures for a time — although that series had more content that was not seen in the accompanying episode.
The series stood in contrast to Tardisodes and prequels, two types of short-form programming that offered wholly new narrative rather than explorations of concepts and creatures already featured in televised stories.
By the year 2086 the united world has established a settlement of 200 people on Mars. Among them are four young teenagers – Elinn, Carl, Ariana and Ronny – who were born on the planet and consider themselves ‘Martians’ rather than ‘Earthlings’.
Through the eyes of this core group (later joined from Earth by Urs Pigrato, son of the much-disliked boss of the Settlement) we see the unfolding of extraordinary events: first a plan to close down the Settlement; then, through Elinn’s mystical bond with the planet, an entire shift of humanity’s view of itself in the universe.