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The Reporters

Sun, Oct 08, 1972
Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.
6.6 /10
A Life Is Forever
Johnson begins his life sentence for the murder of a policeman. It is not long before he will experience the harsh realities of the brutality and day to day drudgery of prison life. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
0 /10
Man Friday

Sun, Oct 29, 1972
The familiar story of Robinson Crusoe - this time told from the viewpoint of his companion, Friday. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
0 /10
Triple Exposure

Sun, Nov 05, 1972
A hippie breaks into the house of a middle-aged couple and forms a relationship with them.
0 /10
Better Than the Movies
A man celebrating his birthday comes to appreciate the difference between media fantasy and mundane reality. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
0 /10
The Bankrupt

Sun, Nov 26, 1972
Ellis is 50, bankrupt and showing signs of psychosis. He fantasises about killing his father, has dreams of the occult, and feels the only thing he can communicate with in life is a garden worm.
5.7 /10
Just Your Luck

Sun, Dec 03, 1972
A pregnant teenager sets about wooing a sailor in a sectarian council estate in Greenock.
7.3 /10
The Bouncing Boy
A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.
6.6 /10
Land of Green Ginger
Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?
7.7 /10
Highway Robbery
A man fights council plans to demolish his home to make way for a new bypass. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
0 /10
Song at Twilight
The story of a defiant football manager in terminal decline. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
7.4 /10
Only Make Believe
Playwright Christopher Hudson finds his medical problem hinders his writing. He employs secretary Sandra George and dictates his new play to her, but tensions soon develop between the two. As Hudson creates, scenes from his play are dramatized and interpolated. The play being created is Dennis Potter's Angels Are So Few, seen with a totally different cast from the 1970 BBC production.
8.1 /10
For Sylvia, or the Air Show
Was this the finest hour? Sifting the truth and fiction about the Battle of Britain, Burrows and Harding give their own account of how the nation sees its heroes - and itself. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
0 /10
The Operation

Sun, Feb 25, 1973
David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.
8.1 /10
Access to the Children
Malcolmson (Joss Ackland) spends every Sunday taking his children to the zoo, reflecting on the breakdown of his marriage and the events that brought about his divorce. Is there a chance the family can be brought back together?
7 /10
Man Above Men

Sun, Mar 18, 1973
"I'm the judge's daughter - I think he's a monstrous old man. I think all men who say 'I'm only doing my job' are monstrous. I've despaired of changing him. But I'd stop short of killing him." This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
0 /10
Steps Back

Sun, May 13, 1973
"Fifteen years since I was forced t' leave, forced t' leave me roots, the territory of me heart." When Gerry takes his fiancée Nita home to Brighouse, what will they find?
0 /10
Three's One

Sun, Jun 03, 1973
Are Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other? This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
0 /10
Edward G: Like the Filmstar
Edward G. is nothing like a film star; his life has been ordinary - until now. But he's just had a shattering experience. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
0 /10
Blooming Youth

Sun, Jun 17, 1973
Four students go through their third year studying literature at a polytechnic, and trying to live peacefully together. This includes Jeff and Jim, who have a very opposing dedication towards their study.
6.7 /10
The Stretch

Sun, Jun 24, 1973
Everyone always looked after Maureen. But her husband comes home after two years in prison and finds she has grown up and he's not ready for the change. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
0 /10
Making the Play
They no longer live together because, after 11 years, the marriage is over. So why is she always turning up to see him at the most embarrassing times? And why doesn't he send her away? This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
0 /10

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Funny Show Part Two: The Video - Movie

Funny Show Part Two: The Video - Movie

"Funny Show" is a kind of "Dark Parody" became known in America by "Weird Al" Yankovic and Sacha Baron Cohen and in Greece from Leonard Thimo and his team. A kind of comedy with dancers, singers, street artists and reporters which satirizes the current events of their countries. "Funny Show" based on all these things that we could say that anyone who has it can not evaluate them properly. <> is the most recent Video Movie of Alien Pictures Studio. Three months of filming and endless hours in the editing, the ultimate show of the summer is the biggest event of the year! A video movie duration of two and a half hours and twenty minutes is perhaps more annoying than even Leonard Thimo by himself. Sections: "Yellow Balloon's Journey to Life" is a short video documentary shot on "Funny Show" with purpose of showing you that the meaning of life is... the laughter, the joy, the happiness & satire. "The Complete Works of George" is the first broadcast satirical show presented by upcoming talent Jordy Smith Manarakis (Leonard Thimo) with poems and rhymes that will attract all audiences with amazing sound and special effects and the appropriate style of an artist who hopes to become a great star someday. "Captain Jokes Parrot" is Back!!! Leonard Thimo returns as Captain Jokes Parrot, the useless nervous presenter of his own broadcast satricial show in "Funny Show", the pirate who failed to become a true sea captain. So he decided to become a TV producer and entertained everyone with his achievements. Here he's trying to say poems and rhymes because he's jealous and dislikes Jordy Smith Manarakis glory and famus appropriate style. Furthermore, he tells us stories from his past and he mentioned once to his pirate grandfather, "Captain Laughs Parrot". His broadcast show is divided into three parts joined with a Intermezzo "Skopeta" written and performed by 542 M.K.T.E. Soldiers, a Dance Break "The Dancing destroys the Artist!" danced by Leo the Artist and a Musical Interlude by Jimmakos -7-. "Drink Milk" with Jim Fucking-Spree (Leonard Thimo). A Reality Show, "Drink Milk" with the ultimate presenter that does it like his black mess face (!!!) The reality show with a prestigious guest, Adonis Georgiadis a Greek Politician (Leonard Thimo) confesses everything about his political career, about his new book and his personal life with his beloved Eugenia Manolidou like being in the Greek version of The Oprah Winfrey Show. In the Reality Show also presented the trailer of the new film "Mr. Mitsos" starring, producer and director Jim Fucking-Spree. Furthermore, he tells us the breaking news about the Trillion Sheikh (Leonard Thimo) speak for the Economy in Greece with his assistant reporter Bob Vermoutsos (Leonard Thimo), the goofy moron who constantly confuses the names of the guests and called the presenter as Nikos whenever calls him.The sexy "chatterer-blonde" Butter-Shut Up (Leonard Thimo) has its own sitcom show "Oops Blond Moment" in "Drink Milk" which deals with jokes about blondes. A Tribute to "Leo the Artist" and a special appearance by Greek singer Paola (Leonard Thimo) with lots of laughter, amazing sound and special effects that break bones!! "Learning English" with Dr. Kalimeris Mikropoulous (Leonard Thimo) A professor of Linguistics and Language Proficiency who lost the Nobel Prize because he collaborated with Leonard Thimo in the show by learning English language in audience that doesn't ever loved him or his superb accent. "The Game of Luck" A Game TV-Show which led to a catastrophic but profitable moment in the career of showman Bill Sotiriou (Leonard Thimo) who became a perfect news presenter after the events of the Cretan vendetta among Paul Pitoulakakis (Leonard Thimo's voice) and Taqis Polasimiakakis (Leonard Thimo). A hilarious moment in the career of the artist who managed to revive a game TV-show in the style of "Wheel of Fortune". "Fu Man Xu: The Story of An Immigrant" Fu Man Xu (Leonard Thimo) and Lu Man Xu (Leonard Thimo) are immigrants who came to Greece for a better life tells the story of their life in audience of "Funny Show" in order to respect refugees and immigrants who are away from their country. A glorious antiracism message of any refugee origin in a humorous style. "Hooligans Story" by Leo. A short video movie about thugs and hooligans in Heraklion Crete because The Comedy is fine but The Violence is everywhere around us. An antiracism message closing the "Funny Show" gloriously leaving us with a bittersweet taste.

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