ALT After 36 years, The dysfunctional family from Springfield have been shown on Sky 1 for the final time. Farewell Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Marge, Homer, Ned, Montgomery, Smithers, Moe, Sideshow Bob, Krusty, and many, many more. Our clip is of the first Sky One trailer from 1990.
ALT 31 October 1991 Daytime gameshow 4 Square ended on BBC 1. The show had run for 4 series totalling 109 episodes. Our clip is from the series 2 final in 1989.
ALT Frighteners Kids thriller anthology CITV (Anglia) 31 October 1996 - 18 March 1997 Anthology series of stories with a supernatural theme for children. Cast includes: Christopher Longman John Light Joe Absolom Joe Dixon Lucy Robinson Kathleen Byron Paul Shelley Rosemary Leach Clemmie Burton-Hill Derek Benfield Nancy Lodder Dominic Taylor Michelle Wesson Nathan Constance Joanne Campbell Simon Lloyd Andrew Falvey Hannah Lawrence Tamsin Weaver
ALT We remember actress Jenny Laird who passed away on 31 October 2001 at the age of 89. Jenny's TV credits include: All Creatures Great and Small The Human Jungle The Forsyte Saga The Onedin Line Doctor Who Secret Army Lillie Inspector Morse
ALT Top Boy Crime thriller Channel 4 (Cowboy Films/Easter Partisan) 31 October 2011 - 10 September 2013 Ra'nell navigates the pitfalls of living on the crime-filled Summerhouse estate after his mother is admitted to a mental hospital. Ra'Nell, has a reputation for volatile behaviour after stabbing his abusive father. Cast includes: Ashley Walters Kane Robinson Jasmine Jobson Little Simz Araloyin Oshunremi Micheal Ward Shone Romulus Kadeem Ramsay Lisa Dwan Hope Ikpoku Jnr Ansu Njai Marsha Millar Saffron Hocking Adwoa Aboah Jolade Obasola No Lay Giacomo Mancini Malcolm Kamulete Sharon Duncan-Brewster Ashley Thomas
ALT Matt Hatter Chronicles Animation from the UK and Canada CITV/Nicktoons UK (Platinum Films/Arc/Dream Mill/Xentrix) From 31 October 2011 Matt Hatter is an ordinary child who discovers that the monsters of his family's horror movies are alive in another dimension called "the Multiverse," controlled by the nefarious Lord Tenoroc. Voice cast includes: Tommy Campbell Marcel McCalla Larissa Murray Kevin Eldon Ben Small Dave Benson Phillips
ALT The Moonstone Drama BBC One (King Bert Productions) 31 October - 4 November 2016 Based on Wilkie Collins novel Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday. It is a legacy from her uncle, a corrupt British army officer who served in India. The diamond is of great religious significance as well as being extremely valuable, and three Hindu priests have dedicated their lives to recovering it. Cast includes: David Calder Stewart Clarke Terenia Edwards Sarah Hadland Josh Silver John Thomson Leo Wringer Nisa Cole Sophie Ward Guy Henry Jane McGrath Sophie Stone Flaminia Cinque Jeremy Swift Simon Schatzberger Trevor Fox Jag Sanghera
ALT Dark Angel Crime thriller ITV (Centurion/Screen Yorkshire/World) 31 October & 7 November 2016 Based on the book Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer by David Wilson. Widely regarded as Britain's first known female serial killer, Mary Ann Cotton was found guilty of murder in March 1873 for the murder of three of her husbands, allegedly in order to collect on their insurance policies. Cast includes: Joanne Froggatt Alun Armstrong Penny Layden Laura Morgan Jonas Armstrong Sam Hoare Emma Fielding John Hollingworth Tom Varey Thomas Howes Isla McMonigle Hayley Walters Alexander McMonigle George Kent John Bowler Ferdy Roberts Phil Cheadle Joanna Horton Mark Holgate Mark Underwood Jake Lawson Seamus O'Neil
ALT Showtrial Legal anthology drama BBC One (World Productions) 31 October 2021 - 3 November 2024 Talitha Campbell, the arrogant daughter of a wealthy entrepreneur Sir Damian Campbell, is arrested following the disappearance of fellow student, Hannah Ellis, the hard-working daughter of a single mother. Cast includes: Tracy Ifeachor Céline Buckens Kerr Logan Joseph Payne Lolita Chakrabarti Sharon D Clarke Sinéad Keenan James Frain Christopher Hatherall Amy Morgan Elizabeth Rider Alec Newman Rupert Holliday-Evans Claire Lams Camilla Power Lu Corfield Amy Marston Abra Thompson Angus Castle-Doughty Mika Simmons Rebecca Grant Adeel Akhtar Nathalie Armin Michael Socha Joe Dempsie Zoe Telford Nina Toussaint-White John Light Fisayo Akinade Kerrie Hayes Barney Fishwick Aidan McArdle Anna Próchniak Anna Wilson-Jones Pearce Quigley Francesca Annis Flora Montgomery Dylan Smith Dana Haqjoo
ALT The Pet Show Family documentary ITV 1 (Lifted Entertainment) From 31 October 2021 The Pet Show is a family entertainment series celebrating the UK's animal obsession presented by Dermot O'Leary and Joanna Page and featuring everything from expert advice to fun games and celebrity guests.
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ALT We remember television director Terry Bishop who passed away on 30 October 1981 at the age of 69. Terry's TV credits include: Danger Man Sir Francis Drake The Adventures of Robin Hood Sword of Freedom William Tell The Adventures of Sir Lancelot The Buccaneers
ALT Children of the North Drama BBC 2 (BBC Northern Ireland) 30 October - 20 November 1991 The series focuses around Colonel Mailer, an MI5 agent who survives an assassination attempt which kills his chauffeur, and Arthur Apple, a bookie who launders money for the IRA. Cast includes: Patrick Malahide Michael Gough Tony Doyle John Kavanagh Adrian Dunbar Paul Brooke Jonathan Hyde Ian McElhinney Sean Caffrey John Hewitt Frankie McCafferty Brian McGrath Tony Byrne
ALT Wanted Reality gameshow Channel 4 (Hewland) 30 October 1996 - 22 June 1997 Hosts: Richard Littlejohn, Ray Cokes 3 teams of 2 runners travelling through Great Britain on the run from a Tracker with limited funds available for their travel and upkeep. For every day they travel 1 square of the British national grid, take a video diary, complete a task and avoid being spotted to win £1,000.
ALT Linda Green Comedy drama BBC One (Red Productions) 30 October 2001 - 17 December 2002 Linda Green is a 30-something woman who is a car saleswoman by day and a club singer by night. It follows her various trials and tribulations in love and her relationships with her friends. Cast includes: Liza Tarbuck Sean Gallagher Daniel Ryan Claire Rushbrook Dave Hill Rachel Davies Jessica Harris Bruno Langley Jacinta Sloan Jodie Hamblet Lee Shepherd John Donnelly Danny de Bouy Christopher Eccleston David Morrissey Pam Ferris Maxine Peake Anne Reid Jimmy Tarbuck
ALT Horrid Henry Animation CITV (Novel Entertainment) From 30 October 2006 Horrid Henry enjoys doing naughty and horrid things. He has a younger brother who Henry refers to as “smelly nappy baby" and "worm." Henry's archenemy is Moody Margaret who Henry refers to as "Bogey-Brain." Voice cast includes: Lizzie Waterworth-Santo Tamsin Heatley Emma Tate Aidan Cook Sue Elliott-Nichols Wayne Forester Joanna Ruiz Bella Watts Philip Pope
ALT Tripping Over Drama from the UK and Australia Channel 5 (Corner Stone Films/Network 10) 30 October - 4 December 2006 The show is about three friends in London and two friends in Sydney; neither group knows the other but their parents do. They both take flights to the others' country, and the two groups meet at the stop-over in Bangkok, where a tragic event changes their lives. Cast includes: Alexandra Moen Daniel MacPherson Abe Forsythe Leon Ockenden Kathryn Drysdale Oliver Chris Rebecca Gibney Lisa McCune Paul McGann Brooke Satchwell Ramon Tikaram Nicholas Bell Jacek Koman Bob Franklin Gareth Yuen Georgina Naidu Daniel Amalm Ian Bliss
ALT In The Grid Gameshow Channel 5 (Initial West) 30 October 2006 - 2 February 2007 Host: Les Dennis Two contestants stand facing a Grid of sixteen squares. Both are given £1000 to start with. They then take it in turns to pick a square on The Grid. Some squares reward, some don't.