Ephemeral television, as is its nature, comes and goes without causing much of a fuss. Indeed, it only takes a quick perusal of the Cu...

It's been a year and a half since I last looked at an episode of Let's Pretend and that's because not a single second of it ha...

Although Christmas is still a few days away, I've already received an early present: an article of mine being published in the latest is...

By Jon Dear The last couple of years have been rather tough, haven’t they? Starved of a functioning government and with Covid and Brexi...

It's hard to believe that next year marks the twentieth anniversary of Bob Monkhouse's death. For decade upon decade, he was a...

Teletext is unique, when it comes to British television, in that it’s universally loved. In a world where people grouse about Test Card ...

By G. Neil Martin Up until September 4th, 1992, if you had wanted a fictional TV cop show or police procedural that really got under the ski...

It would be a foolish soul who argues against the importance of the pub in British society. Walk into any public house and you will be pr...

Don't worry, the Curious British Telly blog isn't going anywhere! However, I have decided to set up another avenue for its curious w...