The programme comprised a series of sketches, often bizarre and surreal, frequently satirical with a disjointed style which was to become more famous in the more daring Monty Python's Flying Circus, which followed five months later.

Narrated by Anton Lesser, with Geoffrey Whitehead as Death, Carl Prekopp as Mort, Clare Corbett as Ysabell and Alice Hart as Princess Keli, the programme was first broadcast in four parts in mid-2004 and has been repeated frequently, most recently on BBC7.

In 1986, when The Smiths performed on the British music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test, Morrissey wore a fake hearing-aid to support a hearing-impaired fan who was ashamed of using one, and also frequently wore thick-rimmed National Health Service-style glasses.

Other events include the distance medley relay ( comprising legs of 1200 m, 400 m, 800 m, and 1600 m ), which is frequently held in the United States, and a sprint relay, known as the Swedish medley relay, which is popular in Scandinavia and held at the World Youth Championships in Athletics programme.

This comedy sketch went on to become the most frequently repeated TV programme ever ( according to the Guinness Book of Records, 1988-1995 eds.

The programme also parodies the daytime Channel 4 game show Deal or No Deal, with Culshaw impersonating Noel Edmonds and frequently mocking both the repetitive nature of the programme and fact that the show's excitement is derived entirely from the opening of boxes.

The programme frequently lambasts Conservative politicians in office at the time of the programme's production.

* The Tivoli Concert Hall in the Tivoli Gardens where orchestral music, singers, jazz and other musical events feature in the programme every summer, frequently with the participation of the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra.

Since 2002, the channel has frequently shown ( almost ) complete recordings of BBC general election coverage from a given year, from the 1955 election, the first British election programme to be telerecorded, to the 2010 election.

It has a frequently changing programme of exhibition featuring national and international known artists.

He frequently refers to his ability as a footballer as a presenter of Talksport's flagship Drivetime programme and demonstrates immense pride as " playing football at a high level.

Also: Moljević's excursus into cartography has become a standard reference tool in modern Serbian nationalist repertory, ranging from a familiar image of Greater Serbia map frequently appearing in the mass media to the programme of the Serbian Radical Party.

The station broadcasts Cuban popular music frequently, as well as tips for amateur radio hobbyists from announcer Arnie Coro in a programme known as DXers Unlimited.

He appeared frequently on the radio programme Any Questions ?, on which panellists debate topical issues of the day.

The song was popularised by Radio 1 DJ Chris Evans, who played it frequently on his radio shows and to introduce guests on his television programme TFI Friday.

Duffy is frequently lampooned at length on the satirical TV programme The Savage Eye.

Took made some headway as a live act, frequently supporting the Pink Fairies and Hawkwind, attracting some coverage in the UK music press and even performing a live radio session on Steve Bradshaw's Breakthrough programme on BBC Radio London.

The keynote will lay down the framework for the following programme of events or convention agenda ; frequently the role of keynote speaker will also include the role of convention moderator.

The programme became a great success, frequently drawing audiences of 12 million or more, and the Daleks came back for several return appearances.

The latter was the most-watched programme on British television, and the viewing figures for Doctor Who suffered accordingly, though they were frequently the best for any BBC programme broadcast in the slot ( viewing figures at the time did not take account of video recordings ).

He also instituted a programme of weighing his men and ensuring they got enough food, noting that if, as frequently happened on board ship, the men weighed less by the end of a tour than at the start, then likely their strength and fitness was reduced too.

The resulting programme took place over the first six months of 2012 and the building is still frequently filled with the familiar faces of its volunteers, who continue their relationship with the theatre.

On the same programme, Flynn made comments about his own lifestyle ( following a question by journalist Barry O ' Halloran ); he boasted of having a salary of IR £ 140, 000 together with three houses, cars and housekeepers and travelled regularly, yet complained about the hassle involved.

Always depicted as a stereotypical postmodernist philosopher, eternally smoking alone in a dark and gloomy corner of the studio, Jacques comments on the news throughout the programme, using a series of pseudo-existentialist bons mots.

He was held partly responsible for the demise of BBC1's Sin on Saturday after some typically forthright comments on the subject of lust, the sin featured on the first programme.

However, following a programme on Channel Four called " Great Britain United ", the then Chairman Ron Noades made disparaging comments about the work ethic of the club's black players, although he denied this and insisted that his comments had been taken out of context.

In a clip from a Sky News programme, presenter Kay Burley comments on the video for the band's song " No Surprises ", saying " Music to cut your wrists to.

During the same programme, chairman David Dimbleby quoted to Hitchens comments made by John Bercow that The Mail on Sunday was " a bigoted, sexist, homophobic comic strip ".

The ' often partisan nature of his comments ' became a running gag within the programme.

In broadcasting, a phone-in or call-in is a programme format in which viewers or listeners are invited to air their live comments by telephone, usually in respect of a specific topic selected for discussion on the day of the broadcast.

The programme includes a large component of audience comments and recommendations, as well as a daily theme between 13: 00 and 14: 00.

He answered that it would ; when the programme was broadcast after his arrest in Spain, these comments were edited out.

In December 2006 he presented a programme in Five's Disappearing Britain series entitled When Coal was King, in which he made controversial comments about Margaret Thatcher's potential death.

Each recording normally consisted of between seven and nine records, the number broadcast would be trimmed to fit the programme timing according to the Jurors comments.

The broadcaster Chris Evans also ran a variation of the format in 2008 on his BBC Radio 2 ' Chris Evans Drivetime ' programme, where listeners were invited to text either ' hit ' or ' miss ', plus their comments, to the programme.

From the late 1990s, however, the programme was broadcast live, with phoned-in or emailed-in comments from viewers read out on air.

Sometimes it may even just be a form of editing or film-making technique that comments on the programme / film / book itself.

Such comments are read throughout the programme, generally on a theme of the day, such as a news story.

Oborne has been both lambasted and lauded for his particularly frank public comments in the 28 September 2011 edition of the BBC programme Newsnight.

The swarm of negative comments from the press and fans of the show led to Meares ' withdrawal from the programme.

Lewis Gilbert's comments were made in an interview on the BBC Radio 4 programme " Desert Island Discs " transmitted on 25 June 2010.

Following a broadcast of the television programme Top Gear on 30 January 2011, during which the presenters made several derogatory slurs depicting a stereotypical portrayal of Mexican culture and people, Medina-Mora wrote to the BBC about comments made by Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May about himself and Mexico, demanding a public apology from the BBC.