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32,003. Would its cameras be allowed inside Westminster Abbey? ... A lot of television sets would be sold as a result of the U-turn. (Elizabeth II & Royal Family & Television) The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth
32,007. The BBC’s live television broadcast was in black and white. (Elizabeth II & Royal Family & Television) ibid.
67,445. Brookside was set in a classic early eighties’ new-build housing estate. (Class & Working Class & Television) Melvyn Bragg on Class & Culture III, BBC 2012
43,444. A pioneer who changed the nature of broadcasting. (Comedy & Television) Sir David Frost: That Was the Week That Was, BBC 2013
43,445. Politics, satire and entertainment. (Comedy & Television) ibid.
43,446. The host of the BBC’s That Was The Week That Was in 1962. (Comedy & Television) ibid.
43,447. He was the only person to interview seven consecutive American presidents. (Comedy & Television) ibid.
43,448. The Frost Report brought together those who would go on to transform British comedy – members of the future Monty Python team and the Goodies cut their teeth here, and Ronnie first worked with Ronnie. (Comedy & Television) ibid.
43,449. In 1967 he successfully sprearheaded the bid to launch London Weekend Television. (Comedy & Television) ibid.
43,450. The Nixon interviews took place over thirty hours, with Watergate forming just four hours of the total time. (Comedy & Nixon & Television) ibid.
43,451. ‘We’d won the greatest gamble of our lives’ (Comedy & Nixon & Television) ibid. Frost of Nixon interviews
43,241. Dave was 12 when his father died aged 48. (Comedy & Television) Dave Allen: God’s Own Comedian, BBC 2013
43,242. Appearing on the BBC’s New Faces in 1959 didn’t bring Dave his breakthrough. (Comedy & Television) ibid.
43,243. The newly dubbed Dave Allen won a spot hosting on Helen Shapiro's 1963 tour alongside four lads from Liverpool. Sophie Tucker’s contact arranged some gigs in Sydney. (Comedy & Television) ibid.
43,244. Tonight With Dave Allen ran for 2 years on Channel 9. (Comedy & Television) ibid.
43,245. In 1967 Dave was offered his own series by ATV. (Comedy & Television) ibid.
43,246. Deciding to concentrate on comedy, Dave moved to the BBC in 1969: The Dave Allen Show. (Comedy & Television) ibid.
43,247. Dave was banned from Irish television. (Comedy & Television) ibid.
31,449. Television ... a mass democracy of rude. (England & Great Britain & Comedy & Rudeness & Humour & Television) Rude Britannia III: You’ve Never Had It So Rude 3/3
31,450. It was comedy like Till Death Us Do Part that brought rude to peak-time television. (England & Great Britain & Comedy & Rudeness & Humour & Television) ibid.
31,451. Bernard Manning was a king of northern comedy. Manning made his part of seventies Britain laugh. (England & Great Britain & Comedy & Rudeness & Humour & Television) ibid.
31,452. The Comedians made national stars of regional comics. (England & Great Britain & Comedy & Rudeness & Humour & Television) ibid.
31,453. Rudeness that was crude and offensive. (England & Great Britain & Comedy & Rudeness & Humour & Television) ibid.
31,455. Television also satirised Margaret Thatcher in a comedy show that first appeared on ITV in 1984: Spitting Image. (England & Great Britain & Comedy & Rudeness & Humour & Television) ibid.
31,456. Spitting Image didn’t just attack politicians; the programme also went for the British establishment ... Now the Windsors were part of Rude Britannia. (England & Great Britain & Comedy & Rudeness & Humour & Television) ibid.
31,457. A generation intent on creating a new kind of comedy ... The Young Ones were getting laughs out of new sensitivities. (England & Great Britain & Comedy & Rudeness & Humour & Television) ibid.
31,458. What political correctness demanded was that comedians like Bernard Manning should have no place in television’s mass democracy of rude. (England & Great Britain & Comedy & Rudeness & Humour & Television) ibid.
31,459. Banned from television Manning became the new alternative comedy that went underground. (England & Great Britain & Comedy & Rudeness & Humour & Censorship) ibid.
31,462. One series proves that television’s mass democracy of rude can still exist today: Little Britain. (England & Great Britain & Comedy & Rudeness & Humour & Television) ibid.
130,374. It’s easy to make someone into a monster. It’s hard to see that you’re on that path too. (News & Television & Media & Monster) Divide & Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes, Sky Atlantic 2019, Glenn Beck
130,375. The Republican convention should have been this crowning moment for Roger. But instead he was embroiled in chaos. (News & Television & Media) ibid. woman
130,376. Roger always knew the lowest common denominator in people.’ (News & Television & Media) ibid. woman #2
130,377. We used to call it riling up the crazies. (News & Television & Media) ibid. Fox dude
130,390. A sexual harassment case against popular cable TV host Bill O’Reilly. (News & Television & Media) ibid. news commentary
130,391. Gretchen Carlson: Fox News Boss Roger Ailes Fired Me For Refusing Sex With Him. (News & Television & Media) ibid. online news headline
130,392. 14 more women came forward and said, What about me? (News & Television & Media) ibid.
130,393. O’Reilly Settled Harassment Claim in January for $32. (News & Television & Media) ibid. CNN banner
130,394. Mudoch Dismissed Fox Scandals: ‘It’s All Nonsense.’ (News & Television & Media) ibid. CNN banner
130,395. Since 2004, sexual harassment at 21st Century Fox has led to payouts of more than $163 million. Settlements require silence. (News & Television & Media) ibid. CNN banner, caption
130,396. Roger Ailes, Founder of Fox News Channel, Dead at Age 77. (News & Television & Media) ibid. Fox News banner
130,607. They were something completely different. As unexpected as the Spanish Inquisition to the ripping up of the rule book of television comedy, and creating a surreal and very very world of silly walks, dead parrots, fish slapping, cross-dressing lumberjacks, pepper pots, gumbies and a whole host of other sketches. No, we will be saying more. (Television & Film & Comedy) Python at 50: Silly Talks & Holy Grails, BBC 2019
130,609. The peak of their power and that many including John Cleese have called their masterpiece – In 1979 there are on location in Tunisia for The Life of Brian … fun times. (Television & Film & Comedy) ibid.
130,610. Michael is I think probably the funniest really … spells of … a creative genius … he just creates material. (Television & Film & Comedy) ibid.
130,611. The famous titles: designed by the group’s lone American author – Tony Gilliam. (Television & Film & Comedy & Cartoon) ibid.
130,612. ‘We’re not about the allow this sort of smut to be shown on screen. (Television & Film & Comedy & Cartoon) ibid. cartoon of head between legs
130,613. ‘I think I had a mini nervous breakdown … I’ve got to get out. I need space … A great deal of resentment …’ (Television & Film & Comedy) ibid. John Cleese
130,614. Fawlty Towers: they surely deserve some credit. (Television & Film & Comedy) ibid.
130,615. They still got on and worked well together … Monty Python & the Holy Grail. (Television & Film & Comedy) ibid.
130,616. ‘It’s about a search for a Holy Grail which is large creature albit like a dodo with a beak. And people are trying to find this Grail. No. It’s big let down. The whole film is a great anti-climax.’ (Television & Film & Comedy) ibid. Graham Chapman
130,617. ‘Four pints of gin a day.’ (Television & Film & Comedy) ibid. Chapman on Parkinson
130,618. The Life of Brian: The film was banned in countries around the world. (Television & Film & Comedy & Censorship) ibid.
130,619. ‘This is such a tenth rate film.’ (Television & Film & Comedy) ibid. Malcolm Muggeridge, Parkinson
130,620. Their final film: The Meaning of Life … The best of Python and as challenging as ever. (Television & Film & Comedy) ibid.
130,621. The Meaning of Life ends with a visit from the grim reaper. (Television & Film & Comedy) ibid.
130,622. ‘The petty difference were forgotten.’ (Television & Film & Comedy & Cartoon) ibid. Python on Chapman’s illness & death
130,623. We know the rhythm of all those sketches. (Television & Film & Comedy & Cartoon) ibid. Palin