ITV In The Face (2015)
Synopsis
A humorous documentary looking at the life, presentation, and death of the companies responsible for bringing the ITV network to the regions of Britain.
First Air Date: 2015-06-09
Last Air Date: 2015-09-22
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 16
Created By: Matthew Harris
Networks: Vimeo
Top Cast
- Matthew Harris as Narrator (voice)
Seasons
Season 1 (2015)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Gus Honeybun's Tears
The South West. From Westward to Carlton, starring Ian Stirling, Peter Griffin and Gus Honeybun.
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Ep. 2: It's Glam Up North
Granada. The North West in excelsis, starring Charles Foster, the Bernstein Brothers and Colin Weston.
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Ep. 3: From Hell to Breakfast
TV-am. The eighties' morning glory and despair, starring David Frost, Anne Diamond, Timmy Mallett and Roland Rat.
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Ep. 4: South of Heaven
The South. Coast to Coast with taters and toast, starring Christopher Robbie, Brian Nissen, Fred Dinenage and Wizadora.
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Ep. 5: On Emley Moor Baht'At
Yorkshire. Looming brass-band terror, starring Redvers Kyle, Paul Lally and Bruce Gyngell again.
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Ep. 6: Survival of the Fittest
Anglia. The Wales of the East, starring Aubrey Buxton, Nicholas Parsons and some sort of puppet cat.
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Ep. 7: Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
The centre of the network, starring Lew Grade, Benny from Crossroads and a cake.
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Ep. 8: Bread of Heaven
Wales. Obviously the most important place in the whole world, with two Lords, Annie St. John and some dragons.
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Ep. 9: River Run
Tyne Tees. The Local Heroes, starring Colin Weston (again), Annie St. John (again) and Bruce Gyngell (yet again).
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Ep. 10: Sunrise/Sunset
GMTV. Another morning in a different kitchen, starring Eamonn Holmes, Fiona Armstrong and a working fireplace.
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Ep. 11: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Border and Channel. Two companies that couldn't sustain a full half hour, mashed together into one, starring Craig Austin, Oscar T. Puffin and Rudyard Kipling.
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Ep. 12: No Sleep 'Til Nightscreen
Night Time. The story of the late, late shift, starring a cat, some owls, some dancing light and Dani Behr.
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Ep. 13: War and Peace
Ulster. Troubled television, starring Julian Simmons, the IRA and a telly on a stick. This episode was completed shortly before UTV placed their television assets up for sale.
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Ep. 14: Space Invaders
Satellite and Digital. GSkyB and what followed. Repeats, mulch and third-division football, beamed from space into the homes of almost no-one, starring the wasted talent of Lambie-Nairn, a big capital G, and a stuffed monkey.
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Ep. 15: Caledonia Uber Alles
Grampian and Scottish - a parcel of rogues and rouge, starring Tony Currie, Colin Lamont, Kay Duncan, a thistle and the Saltire.
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Ep. 16: Let Me Take You By the Hand...
London. Where all things begin and where all things end, with Philip Elsmore, David Frost and Michael Green.
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