Our summary of the late Victoria Wood’s TV CV… NEW FACES (ATV 1974) THE SUMMER SHOW (ATV 1975) Victoria Wood’s telly debut...
A true light entertainment giant? Yes, Paul! In light of the sad news, here’s a ruffle through the TV highlights of Mr...
In light of the sad news, TV Cream presents some snippets from the time it sat down with the now late Lord Terrence of...
Direct from London’s verdant Shepherd’s Bush Green, we celebrate the televisual excursions of…. LORD TERENCE OF WOGANSHIRE JACKPOT (RTE 1964) Eager for...
The following appeared in our Creamguide mail-out just a few weeks ago. We represent it now in light of the extremely sad...
If you didn’t like or understand The Young Ones, you were just too old. We all said it, and it rings true...
“Hands up who likes me.” TV Cream’s hands are up and waving. And we’re wailing at the news the unkillable (cos he...
FEW WENT ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF BEING FAMOUS as meticulously as David Frost. Even fewer managed to make it look so effortless....
It’s been a terrible week. We’ve lost Richard Briers, Derek Batey… and now, we hear, Bob Godfrey, godfather of the lovely wobbly,...
The great Richard Briers has passed away at the age of 79. Eight years ago (give or take) we were lucky enough...
A tribute to the former BBC director-general, who has died aged 82. When the BBC board of governors were looking for...
TV Cream is very sorry to learn about the passing of Jimmy ‘Sir Jim’ll’ Savile, who had been fixing things for people...
In memory of Betty Driver, 1920-2011 (courtesy of John Shuttleworth)
By way of a tribute to David Croft, here’s a bit of Hi-De-Hi at its best (for it was often thus), in...
A fond farewell to one of British television’s most dependable, dutiful producers and directors, who went from this: …to wit, the title...
Would that it weren't.
TV Cream again finds itself in the ghastly position of posting up another RIP for another timeless TV name who has...
TV Cream is saddened and not a little shocked to learn of the death of Elisabeth Sladen – presenter of Stepping Stones,...
We were very sad to hear about the death of Nicholas Courtney. Our condolences go out to his family. More details here....
Prompted by Monday night's superb BBC4 documentary, TV Cream has riffled through its own Monkhouse memorabilia for a few snaps from the...
A salute to a few TV Cream heroes (and one villain) who died this year.
Anthony Howard has died.
Old age "had made it increasingly difficult for him to control his puppet" says the BBC. Oh come on, you can drop...
Fittingly, there's been rain at Wmbldn today>.
Gone at the age of 83...>
A few days late perhaps, but given most of 2009's award ceremonies don't take place till February 2010, we're still ahead of...
So long, prescient Kennedy...
Farewell to the man behind Captain Pugwash, Sir Prancelot, Mary Mungo & Midge and Ark Stories (lest we forget, once voted one...
The kindly uncle to Valerie Singleton's stern schoolmistress on The Money Programme, and The Normal One alongside The Grumpy One and The...
Mollie Sugden has died, aged 86. How you remember her depends on where you came in: 1) the 60s, when she stickybeaked...
The pianist, composer, arranger and forever gregarious host of MY MUSIC has died. He was 88. Notable among the man's many accomplishments...
Patrick Dowling, co-creator of The Adventure Game and producer of Vision On and Take Hart, has died. He was 89. The man...
… He said it after playing Orville’s Song on Pick Of The Pops. Yes, Alan Freeman, music lovers. Whether you adored him...
Time’s up.
An ultra-brief bit of business that doesn’t really do justice to the man’s ultra-brilliance, but hey, he’s sporting white gloves, gets into...
In happier times, as they always say, with Christopher Cazenove, Peter Jeffrey and Jakki Brambles.
No more, please. Too many chunks of childhood have already been lost this year to warrant such a rate of expiry persisting...
Not been the best of weeks. Euston Road, March 1978:
Be seeing you.
Farewell to the guv’nor. Superstars, July 1983: the man grills Brian Hooper while Stuart Matthews, David Wilkie, Lynn Davies and Conrad Bartelski look...
A salute to a few TV Cream heroes who have died this year. There’s a higher quality version over here. Watch
His finest hour. Watch
It’s turning into a miserable Christmas.
Goodnight Major Clanger.
Outlook: grim.
There’s a tribute to the great man over on your new-look Off The Telly.
This is truly sad news. Bill Cotton was one of the absolute greats: a shameless showman, a true populist, a scheduling wizard,...
Checking out for the last time…
Sophia: In Sicily, we never went to the doctor. We went to the Widow Caravelli. Whatever you had, she had a cure....
It’s not proving a good year for legendary TV executives.