- TV Heaven
TV Heaven was a series of 13 theme nights shown on
Channel 4 in 1992, celebrating the best of archiveBritish television , with each focusing (with one exception - see below) on a particular year.Each evening featured several complete programmes, plus Opening Shots (a compilation of title sequences), A Choice of Viewing (clips from other programmes), Where Were They Then? (a clip of a subsequently famous person early in their career) and Adverts (which, confusingly, did not necessarily come from the years to which they were attributed, although most did). The programmes and clips were linked by
Frank Muir and the links between programmes produced by Illuminations Productions for Channel 4.The complete programmes shown were as follows:
February 8 ,1992 - 1967:At Last The 1948 Show (withJohn Cleese ,Graham Chapman ,Tim Brooke-Taylor )Coronation Street :Elsie Tanner 's WeddingArmchair Theatre :A Magnum for Schneider (the source of Callan)The Frost Programme:
Emil Savundra February 15 ,1992 - 1963:This Week:
Satire The Lover (by
Harold Pinter )The Avengers: Gilded Cage
February 22 ,1992 - 1974:Thick as Thieves: The Homecoming
Regan (the pilot of
The Sweeney )February 29 ,1992 - 1965:The Saint: The Scorpion
The Human Jungle : Struggle for a MindTempo: A Tale of Two Talents
March 7 ,1992 - 1971:Upstairs, Downstairs : On Trial (colour version)The Persuaders: Overture
March 14 ,1992 - 1978:Edward and Mrs Simpson : The AbdicationThe South Bank Show :Ken Dodd Rumpole of the Bailey :Rumpole and the Younger GenerationMarch 21 ,1992 - 1970:On The Buses The Tribe That Hides From Man Manhunt : Intent to StealMarch 28 ,1992 - 1960:Police Surgeon : Easy MoneyLiving for Kicks withDaniel Farson Armchair Theatre : Lena, O My Lena (byAlun Owen )The Strange World of Gurney Slade (withAnthony Newley )April 4 ,1992 - 1969:Galton and Simpson Comedy: An Extra Bunch of DaffodilsRandall and Hopkirk (Deceased) : My Late Lamented Friend and PartnerJohnny Cash at San Quentin April 11 ,1992 - 1976:The Fosters : God's Business is Good BusinessReady When You Are, Mr McGill (byJack Rosenthal )Bouquet of Barbed Wire : RepercussionsAquarius:
Reggae April 18 ,1992 - 1950s:Oh Boy! (the last original edition from 1959)
The Bob Monkhouse Hour (1959)
Double Your Money withHughie Green (the first edition from 1955)The Adventures of Robin Hood: The Moneylender (1955)
Dial 999 : The Killing Job (1957)April 25 ,1992 - 1966:George and the Dragon: George Meets the Dragon
Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn Danger Man : The Paper ChaseMay 2 ,1992 - 1968:Please Sir! The World of Whicker (with
Alan Whicker ): The Cats Eyes ManDo Not Adjust Your Set (withEric Idle ,Michael Palin ,Terry Jones ,David Jason ,The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band )The Prisoner :The Girl Who Was Death External links
* [http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0343313/ TV Heaven] at the
Internet Movie Database
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