BBC One – IDLIX

Are You Being Served?

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:04:13 +0000

This comedy series, which follows the exploits of employees at London’s fictional “Grace Brothers” department store, is full of sexual innuendo, slapstick, visual gags, and double entendres. Much of the show’s humor parodies Britain’s class system, and many of the show’s characters are based on stereotypes of the period, including the effeminate Mr. Humphries and the rich, but stingy, store owner.

Juliet Bravo

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:19:08 +0000

Juliet Bravo was a drama that focused on two female police inspectors, neither of whom were called Juliet Bravo! These two inspectors worked in the small fictional town of Hartley, Lancashire. Jean Darblay was on the scene first and had trouble with her sexist colleagues. However she soon managed to gain their trust and prove a woman could be a successful police officer and housewife. Jean’s call sign was Juliet Bravo. When she was promoted and moved on she was replaced by Kate Longton who not only took over the patch but also the headaches that went with it.

To the Manor Born

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:08:06 +0000

Sitcom about the love-hate relationship between upper-class Audrey fforbes Hamilton and Richard DeVere, the nouveau rich businessman who buys her manor house when she can no longer afford to keep it.

Doctor Who

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:43:29 +0000

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

As Time Goes By

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:43:59 +0000

Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.

Only Fools and Horses

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:14:13 +0000

Only Fools and Horses…. Is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally transmitted on BBC One from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until 2003.

In working-class Peckham in south-east London, ambitious market trader Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter and his younger half-brother Rodney, explore their highs and lows in life, in particular their attempts to get rich.

Initially not an immediate hit and receiving little promotion early on, it later achieved consistently high ratings, and the 1996 episode “Time on Our Hands” (originally billed as the series finale) holds the record for the biggest UK audience for a sitcom episode, attracting 24.3 million viewers. The series bears a significant influence on British culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language.

Top Gear

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:04:23 +0000

This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers’ claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff.

Keeping Up Appearances

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:36:57 +0000

Hyacinth Bucket (whose name, she insists, is pronounced “Bouquet”) is a suburban housewife in the West Midlands. She would be the first to tell you that she is a gracious hostess, a respected citizen, and a well-connected member of high society. If you don’t believe that, just ask her best friend Elizabeth, held captive in Hyacinth’s kitchen; or the postmen and neighbours who bristle at the sound of her voice; or Richard, her weary and compliant husband.

In fact, Hyacinth’s reputation could be as perfect as her new lounge set, if not for her senile father’s love of running wild in the nip. Oh, and she would prefer it if her brother-in-law was a sharper dresser. And that her husband was more ambitious. And that her sisters were more presentable. And do take your shoes off before you come in the house, dear. Mind that you don’t brush against the wallpaper.

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:05:23 +0000

Supermarket manager Ros Pritchard decides to stand for election and her steady gains of support gives rise to thoughts of becoming Prime Minister.