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There is memeage going around, based on Mitch Benn's wonderful I'm Proud of the BBC , this is the list of all the shows/people he mentions, you bold what you've seen/heard, leave plain the stuff that you don't like and strike through what you haven't seen. Thanks to nanaya for eating my morning.


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Toni Arthur- Who?
Brian Cant - I think you'll find that's Sir Brian of Cant, surely?
Spooks
Adam Adamant- I've heard of it, wasn't it created at the same time as Doctor Who? I don't know whether Sydney Newman was involved but I'm fairly sure Verity Lambert produced, but I don't think it's been repeated that often after it's initial creation.
Postman Pat
Blackadder
Hancock- I think I've heard a few episodes on Radio 7 or 2...
Yes Minister
Later with Jools Holland- DON'T JUDGE ME!
Pride and Prejudice
Hitch Hikers Guide
World Service- Once or twice, I listen to Americana via it's podcast, but I've listened to specific shows very occasionally.
Stewart Lee- Comedy Vehicle, Fist of Fun, TMWR(nJ) and Attention Scum & Jerry Springer-The Opera which he produced.
Mr Benn
Casualty- Accidentally.
6 Music
Glastonbury
Horrible Histories
Dennis Potter- The Singing Detective & Karaoke&Cold Lazarus, everything else bored me rigid.
C-Beebies
Quatermass- Can't remember which one it was, but I saw one of the original black and white stories as well as the remake from a few years ago.
Two Ronnies
The Thick of It
Radio 3- Though not as much once they got rid of Mixing It.
Open University
Mark Kermode & Simon Mayo- Does watching the YouTube of Kermode's attack on S&TC2 count?
Round the Horne- Nice to vada this show on the list.
Goon Show
Blakes 7
Dick and Dom
Last Night of the Proms
Gardeners' Question Time
Last of the Summer Wine
Steptoe and Son
Clangers
The Young Ones
Edge of Darkness
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Letter from America
The Mighty Boosh
QI
Panorama
Bagpuss
I Claudius
Absolutely Fabulous- Watched a few episodes until I realised it was shit.
John Motson
Red Dwarf
Our Friends in the North
Culture Show- Until it became The Lauren Laverne Show.
Woman's Hour
Charlie and Lola
Alan Partridge Never made it all the way through. Counts only if you include The Day Today.
Sherlock
News at 6 o'clock
Live Aid- The original? Not the whole way through but most of it.
Likely Lads- Before my time and not often repeated again.
Michael Palin
No ads
This Life
That's Life
Life on Earth
The Good Life- With Felicity Treacle Kendal and Richard Sugar Flavoured Snob Briars! The Christmas episode is almost Beckettian in it's deconstruction of the character of Margot and explaining why she is the way she is.
Captain Pugwash
Tony Hart
Til Death do us Part- Though I did see a few episodes of whatever was the show that he did after Alf was widowed.
Ken Bruce
News Quiz- Especially when Carrie Quinlan gets Sandi Toksvig to reprise the introduction to Number 73's Sandwich Quiz.
Keeping Up Appearances- Not all the way through and not willingly.
Outnumbered
Miranda- Who?
Who Do You Think You Are?
Kirsty Wark
Jeremy Paxman
Parkinson
Wogan
Tripods- I may have seen an episode of this but I was very young.
Fireman Sam
The Ascent of Man- Before my time again
One Foot in the Grave
Ben (Miller) and Xander (Armstrong)
Rob (Webb) and Dave (Mitchell)
Antiques Roadshow- At my parents. God it's tedious.
David Attenborough
Bruce Forsyth
The League of Gentlemen
Have I Got News for You- Although I've gone off it in recent years.
Hairy Bikers- Though I've seen their cookbook.
Being Human
In the Night Garden- Mitch is watching an alarming amount of children's telly.
You & Me (Me & You)- 'Lots of fun, for me to do' wasn't it?
Monty Python- Of course.
Doctor Who- Of course!
Top Gear- Fuck off!
Merlin- Once, it was appalling. My sister really likes it though.
Ivor the Engine
Watchdog- "This carrot could be a potential deathtrap!"
Wimbledon
Springwatch
Formula 1- Probably, at some time, when I was bored, it's not like I'm keen or anything.
Blue Peter
Swap Shop
Five Live- Only for Out This Week.
Top of the Pops
Trumpton
The Archers- Once, it was appalling. My sister really likes it though.
That Was The Week That Was- BMT, again.
The Goodies
Songs of Praise
World at One
The Day Today
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Nationwide- BMT, A.
Mr Men
Eastenders- Probably, at some time, when I was bored, it's not like I'm keen or anything.
Bottom
Gary Lineker
Radio 1
Radio 2
Ripping Yarns
Johnny Ball
Test Match Special
Bergerac
Perfect Day- You mean the video lots of stars did to advertise the BBC several years ago?
Radio Active- It rings a bell but I don't think I've ever heard it.
Howard's Way
Jeremy Hardy
Final Score
(everything on) BBC4- Some of what's on BBC4. Does this count?
Only Fools (and Horses)- I'm proud to cross this out.
Sky at Night- I'm not proud to cross this one out, but I seem to recall it was on at an unreasonable time.
Shooting Stars
Pete(r Cooke) and Dud(ley Moore)
Teletubbies
Life on Mars
Radcliffe and Maconie- Sorry lads, but Six Music trumps you.
Jackanory- Rik Mayall doing George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl? Masterclass of story telling right there.
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Children in Need Appeal
Douglas Adams
John Peel

Blimey, a lot of TV under the bridge there.