TV Heaven
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TV Heaven was a series of 13 theme nights shown on Channel 4 in 1992, celebrating the best of archive British television, with each focusing (with one exception - see below) on a particular year.
Each evening featured several complete programmes, plus Opening Shots (a compilation of title sequences), A Choice of Viewing (clips from other programmes), Where Were They Then? (a clip of a subsequently famous person early in their career) and Adverts (which, confusingly, did not necessarily come from the years to which they were attributed, although most did). The programmes and clips were linked by Frank Muir.
The complete programmes shown were as follows:
February 8, 1992 - 1967:
At Last The 1948 Show (with John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor)
Coronation Street: Elsie Tanner's Wedding
Armchair Theatre: A Magnum for Schneider (the source of Callan)
The Frost Programme: Emil Savundra
February 15, 1992 - 1963:
The Lover (by Harold Pinter)
The Avengers: Gilded Cage
February 22, 1992 - 1974:
Thick as Thieves: The Homecoming
Regan (the pilot of The Sweeney)
February 29, 1992 - 1965:
The Saint: The Scorpion
The Human Jungle: Struggle for a Mind
Tempo: A Tale of Two Talents
Upstairs, Downstairs: On Trial (colour version)
The Persuaders: Overture
Edward and Mrs Simpson: The Abdication
Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole and the Younger Generation
The Tribe That Hides From Man
Manhunt: Intent to Steal
Police Surgeon: Easy Money
Living for Kicks with Daniel Farson
Armchair Theatre: Lena, O My Lena (by Alun Owen)
The Strange World of Gurney Slade (with Anthony Newley)
Galton and Simpson Comedy: An Extra Bunch of Daffodils
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased): My Late Lamented Friend and Partner
The Fosters: God's Business is Good Business
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill (by Jack Rosenthal)
Bouquet of Barbed Wire: Repercussions
Aquarius: Reggae
Oh Boy! (the last original edition from 1959)
Double Your Money with Hughie Green (the first edition from 1955)
The Adventures of Robin Hood: The Moneylender (1955)
Dial 999: The Killing Job (1957)
George and the Dragon: George Meets the Dragon
Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn
Danger Man: The Paper Chase
The World of Whicker (with Alan Whicker): The Cats Eyes Man
Do Not Adjust Your Set (with Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, David Jason, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)
