TV Cream
100 Greatest TV Moments
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7691100) “I even bloody know ’em!”
Smith and Jones’ police interrogation sketch, 1990 There is of course a brilliant variation on the re-edited interview gag in The Simpsons...
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70299) “This is the sound”
Frankie Goes To Hollywood perform Two Tribes on Top of the Pops, 9th August 1984 You may think there’s another moment involving...
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39098) “Goodbye to viewers in Northern Ireland!”
Yvette Fielding delivers carrot cake to Andy Crane, 29th January 1990 This used to be on YouTube but we can’t find it...
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38297) “Your housekeeper is very beautiful!”
Ted and Dougal meet Father Hernandez, 5th May 1995 Well, to be honest there are loads of things we could have picked...
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43096) “AGH! URGH! AAGH! UURGH! OHHH! AGG!”
A slight fracas in Big Breadwinner Hog, 11th April 1969 This is really two moments stuck together but together they make for...
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29995) “Hope you stick with BBC1 while we sort this out!”
David Dimbleby sits in silence, 8th November 1976 Exhibit A when people ask why TV presenters are paid so much, David Dimbleby...
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327294) “On tambourine, on additional percussion and on strike for 35 weeks!”
The Redskins try and give a voice to striking miners, 9th November 1984 The Tube was notoriously a shambolic and anarchic programme,...
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464593) “The only state is the state of your mind!”
Albion Free State bring anarchy to Open Door, 1974 Another one that we’ve only got clips of from TV Hell, alas, but...
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32392) “Fa-la-la-la-laaa!”
The Singing Corner pay tribute to Jimi Hendrix, 1990 So maybe it wasn’t Tiswas, but thanks to Trevor and Simon there was...
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346191) “What mad lies were you… Aagh! Oooh!”
Chris Evans takes a tumble, 16th August 1993 A bit of a slapstick theme running through these next three entries, plus several...
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30890) “How’s she supposed to get the money?!”
Rod Hull and Emu go shopping, 1975 Yes, there’s a clip of Emu in this countdown but, no, it’s not the one...
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27889) “Peter Mandelson, who’s no mean dancer himself!”
The Labour Party party, 2nd May 1997 Ooh, a bit of controversy here – is this a TV moment or just a...
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32688) “It’s rather like painting the Sistine Chapel here!”
Bob McKenzie’s extended swingometer, 19th June 1970 General Election results programmes are always tremendous fun for their sheer spectacle, but none more...
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520687) “And I have an enormous penis!”
Not The Nine O’Clock News meets another BBC comedy show, 1980 The working title for Not The Nine O’Clock News was Sacred...
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324286) “Cheryl isn’t going hooooome!”
John Otway’s remarkable stage presence, 1977 For all its alternative credentials, The Old Grey Whistle Test could be, well, quite dull a...
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32185) “You didn’t think I did my own stunts, did you?”
Cuddly Ken is Renee AND Renato, 1983 Has a studio audience ever laughed longer and louder than they do to this relentlessly...
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479184) “The man they call Mister Banjo, Mister George Banjo!”
Arsenal 1931 vs Liverpool 1991, 2nd April 1992 Harry Enfield was always referred to as the Dick Emery of the nineties, and...
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29883) “And now our second Brian Clough lookalike of the evening!”
Boy George bemuses a nation, 23rd September 1982 Who knows what pop music in the eighties would have been like if Shakin’...
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28182) “We can stick our nose in anywhere to see what’s going on!”
Noel goes walkabout on Swap Shop, 1977 Sadly we can’t find a full version of this so you’re going to have to...
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392381) “The Belgians”
Lord Hailsham’s career highlight, 10th March 1989 Quintin Hogg, later Lord Hailsham, had a hugely distinguished political career holding high office and...
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328180) “I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I!”
Kylie’s postcard from home, 25th December 1987 We know YouTube commenters aren’t always that clued up but it’s surprising how many people...
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24879) “I’ve lived all my life for this moment!”
John Peel climbs into a pram, 6th October 1995 This actually isn’t the best moment of Shooting Stars, but that’s from outside...
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295178) “Jaunt me in, Tim, jaunt me in!”
Kenny jumps off a bridge in The Tomorrow People, 30th April 1973 The Tomorrow People was, of course, one of the handful...
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298277) “Watch this, watch this, here we go!”
Pip Schofield gets a bit lost, 1985 We’ve only got this as part of The Golden Egg Awards on The Late Late...
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272176) “Gentlemen, I have bad news!”
The Society For Putting Things On Top Of Other Things, 27th October 1970 Apologies for the Spanish subtitles, but it’s a bit...
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390175) “You were sitting there with no clothes on last week!”
Celebrity NTV on Noel’s House Party, 20th March 1993 Here a question for you – what does the acronym NTV stand for?...
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29874) “Backed up by our highly professional team!”
The Grandstand fight, 1st April 1989 Most media April Fools are pretty rubbish, to be honest, but there are exceptions and this...
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34173) “Send for the vicar!”
Les Dawson’s greatest gag, 16th October 1987 Nobody ever watched Blankety Blank because they were interested in the cut and thrust of...
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40872) “Merry Christmas from BBC1!”
The BBC1 Christmas pudding, 24th December 1977 Stretching the definition of “moment” a bit, because this made several outings over a three-day...
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40971) “Full steam ahead for the by-election!”
Partridge Over Britain, 14th October 1994 Alan Partridge is surely one of the greatest comic creations in the history of television, still...
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391370) “That’s actually a picture of the Baby Jesus!”
English for Aliens, 9th April 1992 Here’s another classic comedy moment that, like Father Hernandez with Father Ted, is enlivened greatly by...
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472169) “Jimmy McFee!”
Family Fortunes goes very wrong, 1983 Yes, this is the episode with the turkey, but to be honest we’ve seen that bit...
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294168) “She’s in fact a Russian spy and she’s the murderer!”
Jasper Carrott offers a choice of viewing, 17th February 1979 It’s a slight exaggeration to say that before alternative comedy arrived the...
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25367) “I haven’t done anything like this since I understudied George Raft!”
Larry and Legs and Co, 18th November 1978 So, who was the best Generation Game presenter? Well, it certainly wasn’t Jim Davidson...
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300166) “Bringing peace and justice to all!”
Pip Schofield sings Ulysses 31, 1986 More Broom Cupboard clippage here, and another example of how the limited facilities and tiny budget...
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333165) “Colin!”
Doomwatch and the rattus sapiens, 2nd March 1970 Like Big Breadwinner Hog, which we featured earlier in this countdown, here’s an example...
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31064) “Still, the law’s the law, I suppose!”
Trumpton Fire Brigade try to stick up some posters, 3rd January 1967 Just sneaking into the Cream Era by the skin of...
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336163) “One shouldn’t laugh!”
Mark Schofield and friends take a trip, 1984 This clip we’re linking to is of atrocious quality but it’s the fullest version...
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340162) “He’s got to go to Middlesbrough and get something!”
Kevin Keegan’s incoherent interview, 29th April 1996 Possibly the only moment from satellite television in this list, this has been anthologised to...
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37261) “I’m really scared!”
Dominik Diamond and David Walliams end their friendship, 14th May 1996 The early days of multichannel television in the UK are fairly...
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32160) “That took four weeks to set up!”
Saturday Night Armistice’s celebrity prank, 1995 If we could do anyone’s job we think Armando Iannucci’s would be pretty sweet, as the...
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462159) “I thought it was just perspiration!”
Victor Meldrew’s new footwear, 15th November 1990 Britain’s best ever sitcom, One Foot In The Grave could probably fill this entire chart...
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388358) “Ringo Starr film by Michael Hurll”
The Top of the Pops audience get their groove on, 29th April 1971 Has there ever been a more mocked group of...
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346157) “Come on down!”
Peter Powell’s pratfall, 22nd November 1985 The one word you probably wouldn’t associate with Blankety Blank is “action”, yet one of the...
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292156) “Blimey, that was original!”
Pip Schofield vs Fruitbat, 27th October 1991 The great thing about Smash Hits was how democratic it was – certainly not just...
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295155) “A very good morning to you all!”
Uncle Frank wakes us up, 17th January 1983 The launch of breakfast telly in Britain was fairly controversial at the time, to...
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334154) “The drawings were by Valerie Pye!”
Derek Griffiths sings the credits of Film Fun, 1983 The closing credits of a TV show – often a long list of...
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315253) “Because you dance to disco and you don’t like rock!”
The Pet Shop Boys and the egg, 10th June 1993 Frankly even if the Pet Shop Boys hadn’t made loads of great...
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36152) “Though life is hard, we do the best we can!”
The Four Bucketeers invade the Beeb, 15th May 1980 When it comes to Swap Shop vs Tiswas, the differences between the shows...
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29051) “Prepare yourself for a laugh attack!”
Lenny Lenny Len makes his entrance, 4th September 1984 The one Tiswas regular not to appear on the above, of course, Lenny...