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The title is a spoof the title of the long-running BBC sitcom Terry and June, whose star June Whitfield made a guest appearance in one episode of Terry and Julian.",2.6736,"\u002Fl9pizBjOcP29Di6gO2ttgED3bVe.jpg","1992-09-11",5.5,"Vicar","60b68145eda4b700794c0e39","1992-09-18",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":8,"genre_ids":390,"id":391,"origin_country":392,"original_language":25,"original_name":393,"overview":394,"popularity":395,"poster_path":396,"first_air_date":397,"softcore":4,"name":393,"vote_average":121,"vote_count":9,"character":398,"credit_id":399,"episode_count":400,"first_credit_air_date":397,"media_type":317},[22],22983,[306],"Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's","Paul Merton stars in various remakes of scripts written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson that were originally performed by such greats as Tony Hancock and Les Dawson.",2.5225,"\u002F14LdBdFgpL5wv4FtKmmNCIr3Z6v.jpg","1996-01-26","Arnold","52587130760ee3466122f71a",15,{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":8,"genre_ids":402,"id":403,"origin_country":404,"original_language":25,"original_name":405,"overview":406,"popularity":407,"poster_path":408,"first_air_date":409,"softcore":4,"name":405,"vote_average":66,"vote_count":33,"character":31,"credit_id":410,"episode_count":78,"first_credit_air_date":409,"media_type":317},[71,22],20470,[306],"Paul Merton in India","Paul Merton in India is a television show broadcast on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and Fox History & Entertainment in India. The first episode was aired on 8 October 2008. It follows comedian Paul Merton as he travels around India. The series was commissioned after the success of the previous series Paul Merton in China. Merton travelled around various places in India, sampling various offbeat and out of the normal aspects of India. It was broadcast on Fox History & Entertainment in India. AXS TV broadcasts the program for American TV viewers.",1.697,"\u002Fg88LdAU1CqtBAUH5VZsdqPadVk9.jpg","2008-10-08","525862f9760ee34661140e59",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":8,"genre_ids":412,"id":413,"origin_country":414,"original_language":25,"original_name":415,"overview":416,"popularity":417,"poster_path":8,"first_air_date":418,"softcore":4,"name":415,"vote_average":30,"vote_count":30,"character":31,"credit_id":419,"episode_count":33,"first_credit_air_date":418,"media_type":317},[],27355,[306],"The Danny Baker Show","Weekly talk show hosted by Danny Baker featuring guests from the worlds of television, film and sport.",3.0054,"1994-09-17","5258853b760ee3466144e28b",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":8,"genre_ids":421,"id":422,"origin_country":423,"original_language":25,"original_name":424,"overview":425,"popularity":426,"poster_path":427,"first_air_date":428,"softcore":4,"name":424,"vote_average":66,"vote_count":33,"character":31,"credit_id":429,"episode_count":343,"first_credit_air_date":428,"media_type":317},[71,22],31838,[306],"Paul Merton in Europe","Paul Merton in Europe is a six-part television series airing on Channel 5 from 11 January 2010 onwards. The series is a follow-up to Paul Merton in India. It follows presenter Paul Merton as he travels around several countries in Europe including Germany, Ireland, Italy, France and Spain. The series was released on DVD on 8 March 2010.",1.5815,"\u002Fjmrjws3RxqVlb3LErirBwEqUmpN.jpg","2010-01-11","5258a091760ee3466164b252",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":8,"genre_ids":431,"id":432,"origin_country":433,"original_language":25,"original_name":434,"overview":435,"popularity":436,"poster_path":437,"first_air_date":438,"softcore":4,"name":434,"vote_average":121,"vote_count":9,"character":31,"credit_id":439,"episode_count":234,"first_credit_air_date":438,"media_type":317},[71],39417,[306],"Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood","Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood is a 2011 BBC documentary series written, directed and presented by Paul Merton. The three-part series traces the rise of the American film-making industry in Hollywood through from the early years of film-making to the foundation of the major motion-picture studios and the new class of the film star.",1.7369,"\u002FfqYia39WDISJO2xQ2MSRIcZYwTS.jpg","2011-05-27","5258f080760ee346618fe4cf",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":441,"genre_ids":442,"id":444,"origin_country":445,"original_language":25,"original_name":446,"overview":447,"popularity":448,"poster_path":449,"first_air_date":450,"softcore":4,"name":446,"vote_average":121,"vote_count":33,"character":31,"credit_id":451,"episode_count":101,"first_credit_air_date":450,"media_type":317},"\u002FtKhZCo7pzdpIXopOapJoEgJrahu.jpg",[443],10764,130710,[306],"Motorhoming With Merton and Webster","Paul Merton and his wife Suki Webster hit the road as they embrace Britain's booming motorhoming scene, seeking out the UK's most famous sights and hidden gems, while there are tips from enthusiasts and volunteers test camping equipment. The couple begin their journey in Canterbury, where they pick up their cruiser and set off on their first-ever staycation on wheels touring Kent's coastline.",2.4892,"\u002FbaQkZoHKZIzMDYuxSHwfynCWMEK.jpg","2021-08-06","6117c03fcee48100458e60d5",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":8,"genre_ids":453,"id":454,"origin_country":455,"original_language":25,"original_name":456,"overview":457,"popularity":458,"poster_path":459,"first_air_date":460,"softcore":4,"name":456,"vote_average":30,"vote_count":30,"character":67,"credit_id":461,"episode_count":343,"first_credit_air_date":460,"media_type":317},[],134674,[306],"Paul Merton's Adventures","British comedian Paul Merton keeps his comically-critical attitude while tasting some popular holiday types that never appealed to him, unlike millions of Britons. They range from cruises and 'extreme' holidays overseas (Ibiza, Florida) to English coastal resorts and adventurous Scotland.",1.4141,"\u002Fu2rmxY1qFxeXmD6UP31k317d5hO.jpg","2011-10-19","614d7c05982f740061d8377d",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":463,"genre_ids":464,"id":465,"origin_country":466,"original_language":25,"original_name":467,"overview":468,"popularity":469,"poster_path":470,"first_air_date":471,"softcore":4,"name":467,"vote_average":66,"vote_count":329,"character":67,"credit_id":472,"episode_count":33,"first_credit_air_date":473,"media_type":317},"\u002FcsZAN2mTQgmNmRyTARfnqJa47QM.jpg",[71,260],3956,[306],"Who Do You Think You Are?","A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.",22.6713,"\u002Fv7vzsmEDVDzUgEuiMAMRdyh0abW.jpg","2004-10-12","616f38aa53866e0093d40329","2019-08-28",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":475,"genre_ids":476,"id":477,"origin_country":478,"original_language":25,"original_name":149,"overview":479,"popularity":480,"poster_path":481,"first_air_date":482,"softcore":4,"name":149,"vote_average":483,"vote_count":33,"character":484,"credit_id":485,"episode_count":183,"first_credit_air_date":482,"media_type":317},"\u002F8IGPB5WcZs8hT2CJI7BF7RehKEk.jpg",[],6424,[],"Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy and television panel game chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Its first transmission on Radio 4 was on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch. The Radio 4 programme won a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award in 2003.\n\nThe object of the game is for panellists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, \"without repetition, hesitation or deviation\". The comedy comes from attempts to keep within these rules and the banter among the participants. In 2011 comedy writer David Quantick ascribed Just a Minute's success to its \"insanely basic\" format, stating, \"It's so blank that it can be filled by people as diverse as Paul Merton and Graham Norton, who don't have to adapt their style of humour to the show at all.\"",3.5693,"\u002Fwy2vfWOnvYcBZP3M1NwaWBp2DD5.jpg","2012-03-26",9.5,"Himself (regular panellist)","55a98bb3c3a3684776002855",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":301,"genre_ids":487,"id":304,"origin_country":488,"original_language":25,"original_name":307,"overview":308,"popularity":309,"poster_path":310,"first_air_date":311,"softcore":4,"name":307,"vote_average":312,"vote_count":313,"character":67,"credit_id":489,"episode_count":33,"first_credit_air_date":490,"media_type":317},[303],[306],"61aff5b66d97e6001a964924","2025-04-25",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":492,"genre_ids":493,"id":495,"origin_country":496,"original_language":25,"original_name":497,"overview":498,"popularity":499,"poster_path":500,"first_air_date":501,"softcore":4,"name":497,"vote_average":502,"vote_count":503,"character":193,"credit_id":504,"episode_count":505,"first_credit_air_date":501,"media_type":317},"\u002FjdwwdMhPJKarEiNojEau5YV1drN.jpg",[22,494],10763,797,[306],"Have I Got News for You","Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.",80.035,"\u002FgYrG6F8OXBa8C0Lfx10XaZsHKaw.jpg","1990-09-28",7.102,83,"57f7b9b69251417463001951",652,{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":507,"genre_ids":508,"id":509,"origin_country":510,"original_language":25,"original_name":511,"overview":512,"popularity":513,"poster_path":514,"first_air_date":515,"softcore":4,"name":511,"vote_average":516,"vote_count":78,"character":55,"credit_id":517,"episode_count":343,"first_credit_air_date":518,"media_type":317},"\u002Fr6QOTghls7Cvt3B50g8ZOQzfS04.jpg",[48,22],13632,[306],"Rex the Runt","Rex the Runt is an animated claymation television show produced by Aardman Animations for BBC Bristol in association with EVA Entertainment and Egmont Imagination. Its main characters are four plasticine dogs: Rex, Wendy, Bad Bob and Vince.\n\nThe series began with a short, Ident, in 1989 directed by Richard Goleszowski. After a long gestation period this developed into two unaired shorts and then thirteen ten-minute episodes that first aired over two weeks on BBC2 from December 1998. A second thirteen episode series aired from September 2001 on the same channel. As well as the core cast guest voices included Paul Merton, Morwenna Banks, Judith Chalmers, Antoine de Caunes, Bob Holness, Bob Monkhouse, Jonathan Ross, Graham Norton, Arthur Smith, June Whitfield, Kathy Burke, Pam Ayres and Eddie Izzard.",5.2083,"\u002F3UnGN3HLsnbm0cOlqyXZnM6PTaA.jpg","1998-12-21",7.6,"620ec426aa78980042f3b37f","1998-12-22",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":8,"genre_ids":520,"id":521,"origin_country":522,"original_language":25,"original_name":523,"overview":524,"popularity":525,"poster_path":526,"first_air_date":527,"softcore":4,"name":523,"vote_average":30,"vote_count":30,"character":173,"credit_id":528,"episode_count":57,"first_credit_air_date":527,"media_type":317},[22,71],25106,[306],"Paul Merton's Silent Clowns","Paul Merton profiles some of the great stars of silent comedy, examining their lives and works, and uncovering seldom-seen material",1.8179,"\u002FmErfePEPdSVyUwy7awBUYa7KesK.jpg","2007-05-25","59ea64d5c3a36824de004107",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":530,"genre_ids":531,"id":532,"origin_country":533,"original_language":25,"original_name":534,"overview":535,"popularity":536,"poster_path":537,"first_air_date":31,"softcore":4,"name":534,"vote_average":538,"vote_count":539,"character":193,"credit_id":540,"episode_count":541,"first_credit_air_date":542,"media_type":317},"\u002F5dv4q9x4vTVTT6IHIlfEDvFhJet.jpg",[494,22],44337,[306],"Have I Got a Bit More News for You","Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.",43.1698,"\u002FaOZuKQ2uWRfZPzn61bnzQT5LhMR.jpg",7.05,20,"5bbfac060e0a266e570074e2",346,"2007-04-14",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":8,"genre_ids":544,"id":545,"origin_country":546,"original_language":25,"original_name":547,"overview":548,"popularity":549,"poster_path":550,"first_air_date":551,"softcore":4,"name":547,"vote_average":121,"vote_count":57,"character":552,"credit_id":553,"episode_count":57,"first_credit_air_date":551,"media_type":317},[71,22],18602,[306],"Paul Merton in China","Paul Merton in China was a four-part television series broadcast on Five commencing from 21 May 2007. It follows the journey of Paul Merton, comedian and writer, and his interpreter Emma, as they voyage across the country, exploring Chinese culture, expansion and change from Mao Zedong's reign. The series was a hit for Five and Merton confirmed on Michael Parkinson's show that a second series entitled Paul Merton in India had been commissioned. The theme music from Channel Five's advertisement is Michel Legrand's Di Gue Ding Ding, which was also used as the theme music to Heston Blumenthal's series In Search of Perfection aired concurrently on BBC Two. All four episodes were released on DVD in late October 2008.",1.6394,"\u002FacBDcopbLleMVhTWPx2PyzmW4Jm.jpg","2007-05-21","Himself - Presenter","5c3f6fd1c3a3680573403b99",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":555,"genre_ids":556,"id":557,"origin_country":558,"original_language":25,"original_name":559,"overview":560,"popularity":561,"poster_path":562,"first_air_date":563,"softcore":4,"name":559,"vote_average":343,"vote_count":78,"character":564,"credit_id":565,"episode_count":33,"first_credit_air_date":566,"media_type":317},"\u002FAw9D6lzsuoiSuKp8DiuTK6M78is.jpg",[303],66250,[306],"Celebrity Antiques Road Trip","Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction",28.2196,"\u002FySoTgeyEUicMaExQ5x0jXJAO98G.jpg","2011-10-24","Self - Participant","65b814b7db154f0183929f2c","2023-10-10",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":568,"genre_ids":569,"id":570,"origin_country":571,"original_language":25,"original_name":572,"overview":573,"popularity":574,"poster_path":575,"first_air_date":576,"softcore":4,"name":572,"vote_average":30,"vote_count":30,"character":577,"credit_id":578,"episode_count":234,"first_credit_air_date":576,"media_type":317},"\u002F9HLTbplVeftNDSuz9bJtx2mYJF4.jpg",[71],86556,[306],"Paul Merton's Secret Stations","More than 150 of Britain’s railway stations are request stops. You have to put out your arm to get the train to stop at the platform.  In this series, Paul Merton will travel around the country by train, only getting off at request stops. He’ll explore the history of the stations, and meet the people who live and work around them to learn more about at these unusual and often-overlooked stations.",1.407,"\u002FsYJvV4kNm1Bxvdhtq02vjFn6cLa.jpg","2016-05-01","Self - Presenter","5c58adf99251410e1d52b605",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":580,"genre_ids":581,"id":582,"origin_country":583,"original_language":25,"original_name":584,"overview":585,"popularity":586,"poster_path":587,"first_air_date":588,"softcore":4,"name":584,"vote_average":66,"vote_count":9,"character":67,"credit_id":589,"episode_count":33,"first_credit_air_date":590,"media_type":317},"\u002Fa42k8acxBYrweSiNvjvCGXRt03h.jpg",[443],246121,[306],"Perfect Pub Walks","Comedian, musician and nature lover Bill Bailey takes some famous faces for an amble and a ramble on some of the UK's most spectacular pub walks.",3.5946,"\u002Fbm3eCYqBBFJvf4fWol9OKcoSwyV.jpg","2024-02-20","65de4c73dcb6a3018586f408","2024-03-05",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":592,"genre_ids":593,"id":596,"origin_country":597,"original_language":25,"original_name":598,"overview":599,"popularity":600,"poster_path":601,"first_air_date":602,"softcore":4,"name":598,"vote_average":603,"vote_count":604,"character":14,"credit_id":605,"episode_count":33,"first_credit_air_date":602,"media_type":317},"\u002F95DOsfIpXweztOlzGBU1bnePCIS.jpg",[126,594,595],10768,10765,87104,[306],"Years and Years","As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the Lyons family converge on one crucial night in 2019. Over the next 15 years, the twists and turns of their everyday lives are explored as we find out if this ordinary family could change the world.",10.4323,"\u002Fu1FBsyMH9Tx7K5yzMnJsYRvNEKQ.jpg","2019-05-14",7.546,400,"5ce401a00e0a26522acabe82",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":492,"genre_ids":607,"id":495,"origin_country":608,"original_language":25,"original_name":497,"overview":498,"popularity":499,"poster_path":500,"first_air_date":501,"softcore":4,"name":497,"vote_average":502,"vote_count":503,"character":330,"credit_id":609,"episode_count":33,"first_credit_air_date":610,"media_type":317},[22,494],[306],"65f8260de21023014bedf09e","2002-11-01",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":8,"genre_ids":612,"id":613,"origin_country":614,"original_language":25,"original_name":615,"overview":616,"popularity":617,"poster_path":618,"first_air_date":619,"softcore":4,"name":615,"vote_average":30,"vote_count":30,"character":330,"credit_id":620,"episode_count":343,"first_credit_air_date":619,"media_type":317},[22],6714,[306],"Thank God You're Here","UK-produced partially improvised comedy based on the original Australian show with the same name. In the show, four guests are placed into a scene they have no knowledge about and have to improvise. The series is hosted by Paul Merton, who also acts as judge and performs his own improvised scene.",1.958,"\u002FtEJWsnnBCCoG0qnXNM6KjDu750Q.jpg","2008-01-12","5f08b90fd5ffcb003485e885",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":622,"genre_ids":623,"id":624,"origin_country":625,"original_language":25,"original_name":626,"overview":627,"popularity":628,"poster_path":629,"first_air_date":630,"softcore":4,"name":626,"vote_average":355,"vote_count":631,"character":173,"credit_id":632,"episode_count":101,"first_credit_air_date":630,"media_type":317},"\u002F8g7PQGzG7d8DWiQooSFu8tma9D8.jpg",[22],3269,[306],"Whose Line Is It Anyway?","An un-scripted comedy show in which four guest performers improvise their way through a series of games, many of which rely on audience suggestions.",14.225,"\u002FbSUa3Jg437IJjjC2I785mQvMeQM.jpg","1988-09-23",75,"5f342abb10dad6003620b7f2",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":8,"genre_ids":634,"id":635,"origin_country":636,"original_language":25,"original_name":638,"overview":639,"popularity":640,"poster_path":641,"first_air_date":642,"softcore":4,"name":638,"vote_average":30,"vote_count":30,"character":67,"credit_id":643,"episode_count":234,"first_credit_air_date":642,"media_type":317},[303],213221,[637],"US","Parkinson","Michael Parkinson returns for a second run of his iconic talk show.",31.5884,"\u002Fz8lBCnZSmHpk9OPSeZsicx9Tquw.jpg","1998-01-09","67169a974bf37c883cb73ea7",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":645,"genre_ids":646,"id":647,"origin_country":648,"original_language":25,"original_name":649,"overview":650,"popularity":651,"poster_path":652,"first_air_date":653,"softcore":4,"name":649,"vote_average":654,"vote_count":144,"character":67,"credit_id":655,"episode_count":33,"first_credit_air_date":656,"media_type":317},"\u002F5lfj1E99LoGqrTI0M0lrV66o3ox.jpg",[303,494],33167,[306],"Lorraine","Lorraine is the early weekday morning, lifestyle and entertainment show for ITV, presented by Lorraine Kelly and Kate Garraway. ITV Breakfast produces Lorraine, which airs every weekday from 08:30 until 09:25, following Daybreak. The programme replaced Kelly's previous show, GMTV with Lorraine.",15.0403,"\u002Fg8lPbqXSphqtwXhUUPhxFznL68V.jpg","2001-09-03",2.8,"673f90674dfa06b5df92d66f","2024-11-21",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":658,"genre_ids":659,"id":660,"origin_country":661,"original_language":25,"original_name":662,"overview":663,"popularity":664,"poster_path":665,"first_air_date":666,"softcore":4,"name":662,"vote_average":121,"vote_count":313,"character":14,"credit_id":667,"episode_count":33,"first_credit_air_date":668,"media_type":317},"\u002FsuAy3jUAomvjG7p2p31cNgQYJhr.jpg",[22],17662,[306],"Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle","Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle is a comedy series created by Stewart Lee. The BBC Two series debuted on 16 March 2009, and featured stand-up routines filmed at The Mildmay Club in Newington Green, and sketches based on a weekly theme, featuring amongst others Simon Munnery, Kevin Eldon and Paul Putner with voice-over parts recorded by Peter Serafinowicz. The series is produced by Richard Webb and directed by Tim Kirkby. 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