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Adam West: “That’s why I very seldom drive the Batmobile in London”

It was about 10 years ago TV Cream found a reason to call Adam West at home. As the transatlantic wires crackled...

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“We’re having a slight penny down here” – A tribute to John Noakes

John Noakes’ route into telly was somewhat curious and owed a lot to Biddy Baxter’s unorthodox way of hiring talent. Looking for...

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Drokk back in anger! 40 great things about 2000 AD

It’s 40 years since Tharg the Mighty, a gentleman alien from Betelgeuse with a penchant for eccentric phraseology, first shared with us Earthlets...

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Creamguide Review of the Year: 2016

Let’s put the full-stop on these godawful last 12 months and get on with our lives with this ‘reprinting’ of the Creamguide Review...

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TV Cream’s Christmas Carol Concert

Christmas is a time for giving. For caring. For sharing. It’s also a time for deafening cacophonies of entire junior schools simultaneously...

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Christmas Creamguide: week two

All the stars have been invited to come along and rip off a leg 24th-30th December 2016 Back! Back! Back! And welcome...

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Christmas Creamguide: week one

Only the opening titles will be festooned with tinsel 17th-23rd December 2016 Merry Christmas! And welcome to the eighteenth annual Christmas Creamguide,...

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Snow On The Logo pt 5: Buster

Hi readers! Now for a chortle! In the last of our week of Christmas covers, it’s Buster comic’s festive frontages from 1967-1996!...

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Snow On The Logo pt 4: The Beano

It’s the complete run of Beano Christmas covers from ’67 to 96! Have a menacing time! Tomorrow: Buster!

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Snow On The Logo pt 3: Look-in

La-la-la-la-la! Now, alas, despite national appeals, we couldn’t get the full Look-in run right up to 1993 of Christmas covers. But nonetheless…...

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Snow On The Logo pt 2: TV Times

Our flick through the double-issues continues! Today, there’s so much more… Tomorrow: La-la-la-la-la-Look-in!

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Snow On The Logo pt 1: Radio Times

Welcome, welcome, one and all to this year’s TV Cream Christmas initiative as we present the complete guide to the Cream-era covers...

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The 10 most desperate Doctor Who stories published on RadioTimes.com since July

Every half-an-hour, the klaxon sounds in the RadioTimes.com offices, signalling a new Doctor Who story is required. What to do when another...

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As seen on TV: Victoria Wood

Our summary of the late Victoria Wood’s TV CV… NEW FACES (ATV 1974) THE SUMMER SHOW (ATV 1975) Victoria Wood’s telly debut...

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The man who excelled: Paul Daniels (1938-2016)

A true light entertainment giant? Yes, Paul! In light of the sad news, here’s a ruffle through the TV highlights of Mr...

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Wogan on…

In light of the sad news, TV Cream presents some snippets from the time it sat down with the now late Lord Terrence of...

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Terryvision!

Direct from London’s verdant Shepherd’s Bush Green, we celebrate the televisual excursions of…. LORD TERENCE OF WOGANSHIRE JACKPOT (RTE 1964) Eager for...

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Anatomy of a Wogan

That repeat of a 1987-vintage episode of Wogan the other night allowed us to enjoy an imperial slice of Tel-evision. And it...

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Merry Christmas Creamguide!

Here is the news: It’s Christmas! How do we know? Because the Christmas Creamguide is wending its way down the nation’s chimneys....

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The six best Christmas TV Times covers

Granted, Radio Times has a history – a now fading history – of terrific Christmas covers, but what of its downstairs rival?...

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The six worst TV Times Christmas covers

Christmas is not all about Radio Times of course. Because whenever John Craven craned out from a festive Back Page so too...

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The six best Christmas Radio Times covers

IT’S NOT HARD. You’ve all year to think about it. You’ve been doing it for almost a century. And it’s not like...

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The six worst Christmas Radio Times covers

Worried about heating your home this Christmas? Dig some of the following disgraces out of your attic, douse with a bit of...

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Creamvote play-offs! Doctor Who vs World in Action

A curly-haired, scary man in space vs a curly-haired, scary man in space, in… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! This’ll be too...

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Creamvote play-offs! Magpie vs Grandstand

Two, indeed, for joy… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Pitching Thames TV’s Blue Peter-beater against BBC1’s World of Sport-retort… This poll will...

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Creamvote play-offs! Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? vs The Sweeney

Oh! What happened to you? TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Seriously, though, what did become of the people, we used to be....

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Creamvote play-offs! Rainbow vs Weekend World

High above the streets and houses… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! And, sorry, but another of our tracks has been deleted by...

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Creamvote play-offs! Blockbusters vs Treasure Hunt

Break-out the hand jive for… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Due to the Only Connect-esque rules of engagement, these are the only...

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Creamvote play-offs! Blankety Blank vs Grange Hill

Egads! Lord Terrence of Woganshire in a duff-up with the boy Tucker Jenkins, you say? It must be… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable...

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Creamvote play-offs! Screen Test vs Top of the Pops

More battling tunes in… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Our second-play-off features the militaristic miasma that is Screen Test vs the Phil...

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Creamvote play-offs! The Prisoner vs Tomorrow’s World

And we’re back! It’s the play-off phase of… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Over the next eight weeks we’ll be battling 16...

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Creamvote #15 The most unforgettable quiz show theme

The heats end here! It’s the final week in the prelim rounds of… [deep breath] TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Yup, after...

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Creamvote #14 The most unforgettable kids’ entertainment show theme

The penultimate week (of the opening rounds, sigh) of… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! The handsome chap has it, surely? Don’t let...

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Creamvote #13 The most unforgettable sci fi theme!

Foregone conclusion! It’s… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Yes, Dr Who is going to win this. It can’t not. But let’s try...

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Creamvote #12 The most unforgettable pop show theme!

Let’s get ready to POP, it’s… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Still! We’re still doing this! An exciting line-up, indeed, with Cheggers...

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Creamvote #11 The most unforgettable drama theme!

Here’s excitements, a double duo of drama (we phrase it like that for the alliteration) going into battle for this week’s… Herge’s...

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Creamvote #10 The most unforgettable game show theme!

So much better than last week’s, it’s… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! And here’s fun! Yes, ver Blank and ver Letters (we...

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Creamvote #9 The most unforgettable kids’ drama theme!

It continues… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Let’s be clear, we fully expect Alan Hawkshaw’s roughly rubbed güiro to steal the day,...

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Creamvote #8 The most unforgettable factual theme!

This week, time for a little edutainment as we battle four factual TV titles. Which will you decide is the most melodic?...

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Creamvote #7 The most unforgettable pre-school theme!

Welcome, welcome, welcome home to our battle of the TV themes initiative. After our Christmas break, we return with another round that...

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It’s the double-sized Christmas Creamguide number 2014!

Of course, Christmas isn’t Christmas without your quality TV listings guide. The one that covers telly with genuine enthusiasm – instead of...

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Crackers, nuts and rugby union

The art of the Christmas TV schedule Everyone knows how massive Christmas telly is. That’s why the TV listings magazines come out...

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Creamvote #6 The most unforgettable sports theme!

Look at his face! Just look at his face! Because it’s week six of… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Here we are...

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Creamvote #5 The most unforgettable kids’ factual show theme!

[Looks up from some busy work] Hullo! Welcome to this week’s… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! This time, we’re voting on the...

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Creamvote #4 The most unforgettable sitcom theme!

So many questions! And an exclamation! It’s the fourth ever-lovin’ week of our quest to find… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! And...

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Creamvote #3 The most unforgettable emergency services-related theme!

Welcome! Welcome to week three of… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! This time around we’re pitting four 999-flavoured compositions against each other....

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Creamvote #2 The most unforgettable news theme!

It’s week two of the electrifying electoral eclectica the nation has dubbed… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! We’re in the process of...

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Creamvote #1 The most unforgettable political show theme!

Welcome! To the opening salvo of what we’re calling… TV Cream’s Most Unforgettable Theme! Over the next umpteen weeks, we’re going to...

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The 50 Greatest Things About Match Of The Day

The warhorse of football highlights turns fifty years old on 22nd August. It’s had its ups and downs along the way but...

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