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SploffVision 8th Jan 5:20PM


Welcome to the first Sploff TV of the new year. Here then are the thing…

17:20 – Some minutes of music.

17:30 – The Jensen Code E13. In this, the last episode, will the lad from Kes remember the Jensen code in time to save the day?

17:55 – What About Drinking? CABTV booze hounds may wish to take note as these 1950s American youths discuss the pros and cons of alcohol.

18:05 – Heaven and Hell. Part 4 of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, in which the learned one takes a look at comets, asteroids and the planet Venus.

19:05 – Minbo no onna AKA The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992). Local ruffians have taken a liking to the hotel Europa, but they’ve didn’t bargain on Mahiru Inoue – a lawyer who specializes in dealing with the yakuza. Directed by Juzo Itami.

Fun Facts – Three days after the release of this film Juzo Itami was badly beaten and had his face slashed by members of a gang who didn’t take kindly to his film satirizing their ways.…


5:00 Let’s Play Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (Part 15)

Continuing my let’s play of this classic adventure game from Sierra Entertainment, in which the titular Gabriel Knight investigates a series of voodoo murders in New Orleans. With live commentary from myself.

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6:30 GamesMaster (series 5, episode 12)

In this episode of the classic challenge based videogame show, the band E.Y.C. are in the studio, but will Dominik Diamond manage to resist making any puns about Excitable Youths Cumming… around to the sensation of R&B pop music?

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6:55 Lost – ‘Exodus: Part 1’ (series 1, episode 23)

The series about plane crash survivors stranded on a mysterious desert island continues. In this episode, a chill is sent through the camp when Rousseau appears carrying a rifle, claiming that ‘The Others’ are coming.

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7:40 The League of Gentlemen – ‘Save Royston Vasey’ (Anniversary Special, episode 2)

In this special reunion episode of the acclaimed black comedy series from Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson;…


16:00

Get Smart

Season 1 – Episode 08 – The Day Smart Turned Chicken

16:25

The Phil Silvers Show

Season 1 – Episode 16 – Hollywood

16:50

I Love Lucy

Season 4 – Episode 24 – Hollywood Annversary

17:20

Batman

Season 2 – Episode 54 – Batmans Waterloo

17:45

The Muppet Show

Season 2 – Episode 16- Cleo Laine

18:10

Cheers

Season 2 – Episode 02- Little
Ssister Don;t Cha

18:35

Malcolm In The Middle

Season 1 – Episode 02- Red Dress

18:55

The Simpsons

Season 5 – Episode -14 – Lisa Vs Malibu Stacey

19:20

King Of The Hill

Season 10 – Episode 01-Hanks On Board

19:40

South Park

Season 8 – Episode 10 – Pre-School

20:00

The Sooty Show

Clocks Galore

20:25

Chronological Harry Enfield

Norman Ormal

21:10

News Radio

Season 1 – Episode -02 – Inappropriate

21:35

The Office

Season 1- Episode 02 -Divercity Day

22:00

Seinfeld

Season 5 – Episode 02 – The Stake Out

22:20

The Larry Sanders Show

Season 1- Episode 02 -The Promise

22:50

Look At Life

One Horse Power

ohthehumanities

OTHTV


  • 16:00 – Cartoon Carnage
  • 17:00 – Radio Luxembourg 208 – Your Station of the Stars (radio documentary – both parts)
  • 18:55 – Strange Paradise – ep62 & 63
  • 19:40 – Fun At The Funeral Parour ep6
  • 20:10 – Danger 5 s2 ep2 – Johnny Hitler
  • 20:35 – House of Cards – The Final Cut – Ep2 (12th November 1995)
  • 21:25 – Prisoner Cell Block H S02 ep25 & 26

16:00 – Welcome To Cab TV

16:05 – Speed Racer

Gang Of Assassins – Episode 1 (31/52)

High speed cartoon thrills.

16:25 – Tom and Jerry

Mucho Mouse (1956)

Cartoon antics with the cat and mouse duo.

16:31 – The Crystal Maze

Series 1 (03/13)

17:19 – Sykes

Haunting (Series 2, 14/15)

Comedy

17:49 – Monty Python’s Flying Circus

A Book At Bedtime (Series 3, 12/13)

Surreal sketch comedy

18:18 – Space: 1999

Breakaway (Season 1, 01/24)

Space: 1999 is a British science-fiction television programme that ran for two series from 1975 to 1977. It was the last production by the partnership of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, who divorced in 1980, and was the most expensive series produced for British television up to that time.

In 1999, Moonbase Alpha, nestled in the Lunar crater Plato, is a scientific research colony and watchdog over silos of atomic waste from Earth stored on the Moon’s far side.…


20:05 – Intro music.

20:08 – Magic – S01E05 – Dangerous Magic – part of a 2004 BBC documentary series about magic. First broadcast on Sat 13th Nov 2004, 21:25 on BBC2.

21:04 – James Burke – Connections – S01E06 – “Wheel of Fortune” – Sixth episode of the legendary series exploring the history of technology in a non-conventional way. From the Radio Times listing: “What’s the connection between skating on the Thames and making love in private, or between the invention of soda-water and the scent-spray – and how does that connection lead to package tours to Majorca?’” First broadcast Tue 21st November 1978, 7.20pm, BBC1.

21:53 – Double Indemnity (1944)The classic film noir. I saw this on late-night TV in my late-teens / early-20s, and it’s stuck with me ever since. Wikipedia says: “a 1944 American crime film noir directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. The screenplay was based on James M. Cain’s 1943 novel of the same title, which appeared as an eight-part serial for the Liberty magazine in February 1936.…


16:00

Spitting Image

Series 2 – Episode 8

16:25

Grange Hill

Series 3 – Episode 12

16:50

Captain Scarlet

Episode 17- Crater

17:20

Doctor Who

Day Of The Daleks – Episode 2

17:40

Star Trek TNG

Season 4 – Episode 26 – Redeption Part 1

18:25

The Kenny Everett TV Show

Series 1 – Episode 1

18:50

Kids In The Hall

Season 4 – Episode 18

19:15

Chronological Stewert Lee

Fist Of Fun – Series 2 – Episode 1

19:45

Men Behaving Badley

Series 4 – Episode 6

20:15

Task Master

Series 5 – Episode 2 -The Leperechaun or The Lesbian

20:55

Whoose Line Is It Anyway?…


Replacing OTHII on his monthly Thursday night off, as usual. As ever, schedule subject to change from late evening onwards.

19:25 – Intro Music

19:28 – Secrets of the Sun – a Nova/National Geographic Special about the nearby thermonuclear bomb that keeps us all lit and warm. Hopefully this month we get to see more than the first seven minutes.

20:21 – Magic – S01E04 – Disappearances Magic – part of a 2004 BBC documentary series about magic. First broadcast on Sat 6th Nov 2004, 20:00 on BBC2.

21:20 – James Burke – Connections – S01E05 – “Wheel of Fortune” – Fifth episode of the legendary series exploring the history of technology in a non-conventional way. From the Radio Times listing: “What’s the connection between the Caliph of Baghdad’s stomach ache and medieval Nuremberg, or between steel clocksprings and gingerbread men – and what does that connection do to our working day?” First broadcast Tue 14th November 1978, 7.20pm, BBC1.

22:10 – Puberty Blues (1981)Wiki: “a 1981 Australian coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford,…


Looks like no OTH today, so I thought I’d attempt a gaming stream to test out my new mic & webcam setup, join me at 4.30 as I fumble with technology for your amusement.


5:00 Let’s Play Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (Part 14)

Continuing my let’s play of this classic adventure game from Sierra Entertainment, in which the titular Gabriel Knight investigates a series of voodoo murders in New Orleans. With live commentary from myself.

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6:30 GamesMaster (series 5, episode 11)

In this episode of the classic challenge based videogame show, professional snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan in the studio, but will Dominik Diamond manage to resist making any puns about rubbing the tip of one’s long stick?

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6:55 Lost – ‘Exodus: Part 1’ (series 1, episode 23)

The series about plane crash survivors stranded on a mysterious desert island continues. In this episode, a chill is sent through the camp when Rousseau appears carrying a rifle, claiming that ‘The Others’ are coming.

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7:40 The League of Gentlemen – ‘Return To Royston Vasey’ (Anniversary Special, episode 1)

In this special reunion episode of the acclaimed black comedy series from Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson;…