The Beiderbecke Trilogy refers to three television serials written by Alan Plater and made by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network in the United Kingdom between 1984 and 1988. Each serial centres around schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne who work at a rundown comprehensive school in Leeds. Woodwork teacher Trevor enjoys football and jazz music while English teacher Jill is a political activist concerned with saving the environment.
In each of the three serials – The Beiderbecke Affair, The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection – Jill and Trevor inadvertently become embroiled in a series of unlikely adventures involving such things as political corruption, nuclear waste dumping and serious fraud. In each serial, the plot rambles, moving from one seemingly unrelated event to another, all of which are eventually shown to be interconnected. However, it is the clever interplay between the characters that is the core of each these stories.
Each episode unfolds to a soundtrack of
Ross Kemp is on the trail of Britain's very own tiger and lion kings - those who keep dangerous wild animals. The series features Ross going on a journey to discover why anyone would want to keep a 250kg feline, and asking whether it is in the best interests of the animal to do so. It's understood there are about 4,000 animals including lions, tigers, bears, crocodiles and giant snakes in private hands in the country.
Britain's Secret Treasures is a British documentary shown on ITV hosted by Michael Buerk and Bettany Hughes. The programme features fifty archaeological discoveries that have been made in England, Wales and Scotland by members of the public. With the exception of a single find made in Scotland, all the objects featured were recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme. Since the PAS was set up in 1997, some 800,000 objects have been registered with the scheme, many of them discovered by amateur metal detectorists.
The fifty finds have been selected by Hughes and a panel of experts from the British Museum and the Council for British Archaeology from among the nearly one million finds reported to the PAS on the basis of their historical and cultural significance, as well as on their aesthetic merit. The six episodes of Britain's Secret Treasures present the fifty objects in reverse order according to their importance as judged by the panel, in a countdown format, with the ten most important objects revealed during th
Mad Mad World is an entertainment-comedy panel show broadcast on ITV, presented by comedian Paddy McGuinness, featuring team captains Rufus Hound and Rhys Darby, and regular panellist Rob Rouse. The show began airing on 30 June 2012 with a regular slot on Saturday late nights. Each episode features three celebrity guests from the world of television, news and comedy, who attempt to answer questions on topics from all around the world. The series was originally due to be shown on 14 April 2012, but was postponed as a consequence of 2012's scheduling shenanigans between Britain's Got Talent and The Voice UK. It eventually emerged after Euro 2012, still in a late-evening slot.
The Dance Years was a British documentary series created by Glenn Sims and written and presented by radio DJ Dave Pearce. It premiered on 21 July 2001 on the British channel ITV. The 14-episode series focused on dance music in the UK between 1988 and 2001, with each episode charting Pearce's personal top 10 dance tracks for a particular year. The programme also explored the year's most influential people, songs and nightclubs. Each episode was broadcast on ITV on Saturday mornings at approximately 1 a.m. Dorian Lynskey of The Guardian described The Dance Years as being part of a "bumper year" for retrospectives of dance music.
The show featured talking head interviews with artists and experts such as Double 99, Artful Dodger, Faithless, Slipmatt, Fabio, Judge Jules, Joey Negro, The Sneaker Pimps, Boy George, Tony Wilson, Graeme Park, Roger Sanchez, Phats and Small and M&S. Following the TV series of The Dance Years, Pearce went on to release a set of compilation albums under the same name in 2009, and hosted a sim
All Star Mr & Mrs is a British television show which first began airing on 12 April 2008 on ITV. The programme is currently hosted by Phillip Schofield, although Fern Britton co-hosted the show alongside Schofield between 2008 and 2010.
It was confirmed in December 2007, that a revived version of the original show would air on ITV from Spring 2008, presented by Phillip Schofield and Fern Britton. The revived series features celebrities and their real-life partners playing to win up to £30,000 for their chosen charity.
Country House Sunday is a British television series presented by Lynda Bellingham. The programme sees the actress and her team travel to some of Britain's largest and grandest stately homes. It is produced to Twofour.
The show is currently airing on Sunday mornings on ITV at 8.25am. The first series began on 21 April 2013 and lasted for 21 episodes.
The Chrystal Rose Show was a British talk show presented by Chrystal Rose. Produced by Carlton Television, the programme discussed controversial subjects and was first broadcast on ITV in January 1993.
From the Heart is a campaign initiative set up in 2013 by ITV to raise awareness for organ donations. The campaign took place between 11—15 February 2013. ITV shows including Daybreak, This Morning and ITV News.
The Ferret is a long-running consumer affairs television programme that is broadcast on ITV Cymru Wales. The programme was first broadcast in 1996 on HTV Wales. It is currently presented by Chris Segar and Hannah Thomas. Previous presenters include Ruth Wignall.
In 2011 the Ferret held its first Ferret Roadshow, in Pontypridd, to celebrate 15 years of the programme.
Revolution is an ITV gameshow hosted by Carol Vorderman, the pilot episode was recorded at Elstree Film Studios on Saturday 31 March. On 29 June 2013, it was announced that the show had been "scrapped" by ITV.
Saturday Cookbook is a British culinary series presented by Nadia Sawalha and Mark Sargeant. It is part of ITV Food. It aired on Saturday mornings on the ITV Network at 8.25am. Each week two special guests join Mark and Nadia. The programme aims to show viewers family recipes and reveal secret food-shopping habits and guilty culinary pleasures with guests. The first series consisted of 21 episodes. The first series is currently being repeated on Saturdays at 9:25am on ITV. A second series has not yet been announced.
A Night with is a British entertainment show on ITV featuring well-known musicians. The fist episode featured Will Young and was presented by Kate Thornton, the show aired on Saturday 27 August at 9.00pm. The second episode starred Beyoncé Knowles and was presented by Steve Jones on Sunday 4 December at 9.00pm. The show was originally broadcast from The London Studios but is currently recorded in Fountain Studios in Wembley.
The Last of the Baskets was a British television situation comedy produced by Granada and starring Arthur Lowe that ran for two series in the early 1970s.
Created by John Stevenson the programme was about a factory worker Clifford Basket who inherited a title of the Earl of Clogborough, a rundown mansion at Little Clogborough-in-the-Marsh and a faithful servant Bodkin played by Arthur Lowe.
Ice Warriors is a British game show which aired on ITV from 24 January to 21 March 1998 and made by London Weekend Television. Hosted by television presenter Dani Behr it had a similar format to Gladiators, except that the games were played on an ice rink rather than in an arena. Although the series won a Bronze Rose for Light Entertainment at the 1998 Rose d'Or Festival, it was not successful with critics and viewers, receiving bad reviews and poor ratings. It was eventually axed after one series.