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TV: R is for…
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HIGH-FALUTIN' MACHINE-TOOTLIN' tribute to that most ubiquitous of 1960s freestanding studio sets, the Government Research Laboratory.
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Rachel and the Roarettes
LESBIONIC BIKER gang hold up a wedding ceremony, then turn up in 1700s period costume to do an opera.
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141
Radio
OIK'S DRAMA set in local kids radio station called Radio Phoenix and written in part by FRENCH and SAUNDERS.
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182
Raffles
CRAVAT-SPORTING CREEPERY of the yowser roisterer shafer-me-lad kind.
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179
Rag Trade, The
EARDRUM-BATTERING COMEDY OF the working class woman from RONALDs WOLFE and CHESNEY.
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183
Ragdolly Anna
LITTLE-SEEN AND less-remembered stop motion toy triviality.
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211
Raggy Dolls, The
MUCH LIKE the above, except with scores of 'em instead of the one.
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183
Ragtime
TIDDLY POM!
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306
Railway Carriage Game, The
WRETCHED WITLESS whimsical game show boasting a triumvirate the like of which could only have been dreamt of
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Rainbow
MEDIOCRE STUDENT T-shirt industry.
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Raising of the Mary Rose, The
DOES THE name BABCOCK POWER CONSTRUCTION ring a bell?
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179
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
ACE DEAD detective capery with KENNETH COPE Rentaghosting about in a Martin Bell suit, and the hapless MIKE PRATT as his earthbound...
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193
Rat Catchers, The
ORDINARY BLOKE (GLYN OWEN) gets coerced into working for sinister baldy with steel-rimmed specs (PHILIP STONE) whose boss is GERALD "KAMELION" FLOOD.
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178
Ratties, The
FRITTERSOME FIVE-MINUTER about a group of rats living in the skirting board
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153
Raven
ALL YOUR usual HTV nonsense
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175
Rawhide
DEFINITIVE TAKE on the telly Western
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238
Razzmatazz
COMMERCIAL CHIP off the CHEGGERS block.
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209
Ready, Steady, Go!
WHAT RICHARD O'SULLIVAN was to Friday night telly in the 80s.
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137
Real World, The
FORMER TOMORROW'S WORLDLING MICHAEL "SCREEN TEST" RODD defected to link up with SUE JAY to front ITV's typically flashier rival pop science...
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Record Breakers, The
LONG-RUNNING PROMOTIONAL campaign for the Guinness family and, for most of its existence, the only place you'd see 80-year-olds on children's telly.
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227
Red Hand Gang, The
OVERLIT OVERLOUD American kidaventures starring five urban under-12s who separated out into the usual archetypes
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183
Reilly, Ace of Spies
TRUE-LIFE ESPIONAGE yarn adapted for the small screen by masterful TROY "EDGE OF..." KENNEDY MARTIN.
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166
Relative Strangers
HIRSUTE NON-HYSTERICS from MATTHEW KELLY
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156
Remington Steele
DITZY WOMAN names detective agency after a bloke that doesn't exist
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Rentaghost
DALLAS FOR primary schools, in that it ran and ran and ran, everybody ended up bored with it, nobody could remember why...
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Return to Eden
HANNA AND BARBERA venture into live action, but this appalling Antipodean Dynasty rip-off was no Banana Splits.
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144
Revolver
GLAM SVENGALI MICKIE MOST produced this punk-pop show, notably fronted by a (as usual) glum bastard PETER COOK laughably pretending to be...
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162
Rhubarb Rhubarb
IN THE tradition of THE PLANK, this was also written and directed by the redoubtable ERIC SYKES.
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125
Richard Stilgoe Show, The
NOW THERE'S a title to toy with.
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241
Right Charlie
RUN-OF-THE-MILL CIRCUS clownery with veteran wig-side-flap-raiser CHARLIE CAIROLI
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Right to Reply
FETED - AND ultimately fated - come-and-have-a-go drop-in centre for viewers seeking to take programme-makers "to task".
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Rings on Their Fingers
DIANE KEEN and MARTIN JARVIS are a clean-cut coupla young aw-gee-shucks-now lovebirds for whom nuptials are on the cards
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Ripcord
BONKERS CRIME serial featuring Quick Yankee Ted McKeever (LARRY PENNELL) and Slow Southerner Jim Buckley (KEN CURTIS)
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211
Ripping Yarns
PALIN-JONES BRAINSTORMERY brilliance.
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Rising Damp
THAT KNACKERED-SOUNDING piano theme was your welcome
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179
Ritz, The
JOHN GODBER penned this adaptation of one of his "hilarious" Hull Truck Company stage plays, Bouncers.
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182
River, The
ABSOLUTE premier division fuck-wittery
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159
Roadworthy
CAR MAINTENANCE series set in what was supposedly a (curiously studio-like) garage.
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142
Robert’s Robots
BOB "RENTAGHOST" BLOCK-scripted sci-fi weirdoid adventures of Robert Sommerby (JOHN CLIVE), a James Burke type bloke with frizzy hair, who built robots
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167
Robin of Sherwood
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NONNIER jazzed up with "mystical" overtones.
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255
Robin’s Nest
RICHARD "BEANS! Beans! Chunky chicken!" O'SULLIVAN gets bored of lying ABOUT THE HOUSE and opens a restaurant with TESSA WYATT.
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187
Robostory
ENDLESS FRENCH cartoon, often found filling in summer weekday mornings
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104
Robotic Stooges, The
ALARMING SPIN-OFF of The Three Stooges
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Rock Follies
TONSIL-TRILLING "EXPOSE" of the music business following the fortunes of girl band (sorry, it's the 70s - "group") The Little Ladies.
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Rock School
SO HOW many young careers of the time staked their hopes on this thrown-together educational band?
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142
Rock With Laughter
OR SIT IN sour-faced sod-it silence.
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5667Rock’n’Roll Years, The
PREEMPTING THE keenness of all VT editors to stick a pumping soundtrack of the day behind anything recorded, albeit in a more...
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154
Rocket Robin Hood
FUTURISTIC CARTOON CAPERS relocating the Robin Hood legend lock, stock and barrel into some bizarre world where everyone wears jet packs and...
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150
Rockford Files, The
RIIIIING! RIIIIING!
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2884Rockliffe’s Babies
BILL-BAITING FRIDAY night coppering, focusing on seven wet-behind-the-ears trainee detectives