John Bird TV Shows

Absolute Power

82/100

The inner workings of a successful PR firm - lying for a living.

Sooty & Co.

69/100

A man runs a shop in Manchester with fun, mischievous puppets Sooty, Sweep, Soo and Little Cousin Scampi.

Educating Marmalade

78/100

Marmalade Atkins is the naughtiest girl in the world. In fact, she's so wicked that her parents and social worker decide that the only thing to do with her is to blast her into space. But, ... See full summary »

Joint Account

71/100

Bank manager (Hannah Gordon) wants to retire, but her house husband (Peter Egan) likes things the way they are, and doesn't want to go back to work.

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

80/100

A series of seven individual sitcom pilots from writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Danger: Marmalade at Work

74/100

The continuing exploits of Marmalade Atkins, the naughtiest girl in the world, as she goes on a number of work placements.

Chambers

62/100

The Long Johns

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

74/100

A satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four.

El C.I.D.

67/100

Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

81/100

BBC 3

40/100

Late-night satire and revue show.

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

72/100

This satirical sketch show, a successor to the BBC's "That Was the Week That Was" (1962), ran from November 1964 to April 1965. Picking up where they had left off on TW3, David Nathan and ... See full summary »

Well Anyway

After That, This

The Real Dad's Army

In a new hybrid of witness testimony, archive and archaeology, we reveal the full, untold story of the Defence of Britain. In this series surviving Home Guard veterans recall what life was ... See full summary »

Beyond a Joke

The Late Show

If It Moves, File It

Grubstreet

Sketches featuring a selection of characters from newspapers and magazines, including Private Eye, Punch, The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Express.

The Punch Review

Sketches adapted from material in Punch magazine.

A Series of Bird's

The Insider

A well-known expert or successful businessperson writes and presents one show each on a subject of concern of their own choice.

Rory Bremner, Who Else?

Leeds

An irregular series of comedies satirizing the TV industry.