A few weeks back, I reported on the haul of VHS tapes I had recently picked up and, since then, I've been slowly going through them ...

Have you ever seen how excited children get when they're confronted with animals? It's like catnip to cats, but with, uh, cats to...

When I was a much younger man, I worked with a much older man who frequently imparted wisdom to me such as "If you're gonna chea...

Over the last several years, British men have been experimenting more and more with facial hair. Just head down to any Wetherspoons on a ...

If ever there were a band perfectly placed to soundtrack the world of Curious British Telly, it would have to be The Kinks. After all, th...

Tickets for the Titanic was an anthology of six 50-minute plays which aired on Channel 4 over the course of two series between 1986 - 19...

The latest edition in my series of guides on the more curious gems and oddities of British children's TV is now available on Amazon...

Last year, I decided to start hunting down old VHS tapes which people had recorded TV on over the years. My hope was to find some strange...

We're frequently reminded about the good old days of the British Empire when Britain truly ruled the seven seas - a somewhat rose t...