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TV Hell

★ 7.3 32 votes 1992–present 1 seasons · 15 episodes Ended
Starring
Victor Lewis-SmithPaul SparksNigel PlanerAngus DeaytonPaul Merton
Starring
Victor Lewis-SmithPaul SparksNigel PlanerAngus DeaytonPaul Merton
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About

TV Hell was a BBC2 theme night broadcast on 31 August 1992, showing a whole evening of archive television clips widely regarded by critics and the public alike as among the worst ever produced in Britain. It followed an unrelated series of archive theme nights called "TV Heaven", shown on Channel 4 earlier in 1992. TV Hell was defined as programmes and broadcasts where the conception of the production was misguided, even though it made use of established television cast and crew. Many of the resulting catastrophes caused promising careers to be curtailed, or in some cases led to a review of the commissioning process. The term "TV Hell" has since been adopted in media culture to describe television programmes which are not very good.

All Seasons

Season 1
01530m
EpTitleRatingVotesRuntime
1Introductions
2Disastermind
3It's a Knockout Compilation
4The Official History of Hell
5Rock Bottom30 min
6Going Logo
7Nicholas Craig's Masterpiece Theatre
8Triangle (Introduced by Mark Lawson)
9Nul Points?! A Brief History of the Eurovision Song Contest
10Credible Credits
11Hello and Goodbye
12The Secret Life of TV
13Storm in an Eggcup
14Mainly for Men
15Trading Places

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Victor Lewis-Smith Performed by
Paul Sparks Performed by
John Peel Self, Self - Presenter
Mark Lawson Self - The Independent
Nigel Planer Nicholas Craig
Angus Deayton The Devil
ABBA Themselves
Danny Baker Self - Presenter
Ray Snoddy Self - Narrator
Paul Merton Paul