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TV Hell

  • TV Series
  • 1992–
  • 5h
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TV Hell (1992)

5-hour theme night looking at the worst that British television has to offer.5-hour theme night looking at the worst that British television has to offer.5-hour theme night looking at the worst that British television has to offer.

  • Stars
    • Victor Lewis-Smith
    • Paul Sparks
    • John Peel
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    30
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Victor Lewis-Smith
      • Paul Sparks
      • John Peel
    • 2User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Victor Lewis-Smith
    Victor Lewis-Smith
    • Performed by
    Paul Sparks
    • Performed by
    John Peel
    John Peel
    • Self…
    • 1992
    Mark Lawson
    Mark Lawson
    • Self - The Independent
    • 1992
    Nigel Planer
    Nigel Planer
    • Nicholas Craig
    Angus Deayton
    Angus Deayton
    • The Devil
    ABBA
    ABBA
    • Themselves
    • 1992
    Danny Baker
    • Self - Presenter
    • 1992
    Ray Snoddy
    • Self - Narrator
    • 1992
    Paul Merton
    Paul Merton
    • Paul
    Loyd Grossman
    • Self - Reporter
    • 1992
    Sandie Shaw
    Sandie Shaw
    • Self
    • 1992
    Dana
    Dana
    • Self
    • 1992
    Cliff Richard
    Cliff Richard
    • Self
    • 1992
    Lulu
    Lulu
    • Self
    • 1992
    Mary Hopkin
    • Self
    • 1992
    Julio Iglesias
    Julio Iglesias
    • Self
    • 1992
    Larry Lamb
    Larry Lamb
    • Self - Actor
    • 1992
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    'TV Hell' was the first in a long . . . long . . . long . . . line of theme nights which will doubtless lead to a Theme Night Night. It was a celebration of some of the worst television in living memory, featuring the first episode of triangle and at the centre an A-Z of TV Hell. This still classic documentary featured such gems as: the slightly suspect in retrospect 'Minipops'; the Open Door featuring the 'Albion Free State' (ten minutes of a man in a monkey outfit and a tree'; Albion Market; Churchill's People (a 26 part studio bound history of Britain which went out in prime-time in the innocent times of the late seventies); David Dimbleby sitting around when both VT's failed on Panarama when it was live; and a man jumping on an egg on Nationwide . . .

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    • Trivia
      Broadcast on 31st August 1992
    • Quotes

      Paul: [Shakes a small box] It rattles a bit!

      The Devil: Unfortunately, we couldn't find a smaller box!

    • Connections
      Features Panorama (1953)

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    • Release date
      • August 31, 1992 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      5 hours
    • Color
      • Black and White
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    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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