{{Short description|British television series}} {{Distinguish|TV Heaven, Telly Hell}} {{italic title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Use British English|date=February 2014}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2023}} '''''TV Heaven''''' is a series of 13 theme nights shown on [[Channel 4]] in early 1992, celebrating the best of archive [[British television]], which was hosted by [[Frank Muir]]. Twelve of the evenings each focused on programmes from a particular year from the 1960s or 1970s, with one evening focussing on programmes from the 1950s.<ref>{{Citation |title=TV Heaven (TV Series 1992– ) - Plot - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343313/plotsummary/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Broadcast form == Each evening featured three, four or five complete programmes, most of which were originally shown on ITV and which were repeated with their [[Station identification|idents]] intact.
Several short features bookended the programmes; ''Opening Shots'' was a compilation of title sequences from the year concerned, ''A Choice of Viewing'' was a montage of clips from other programmes, and ''Where Were They Then?'' showcased a clip of a subsequently famous person early in their career. A selection of advertisements were shown; these would have been screened in the year in focus, but some did not necessarily originate from the years to which they were attributed, although most did.
The programmes and clips were linked by Frank Muir and the links between programmes produced by Illuminations Productions for Channel 4.<ref>{{Citation |title=TV Heaven |date=1992-02-08 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343313/?ref_=ttpl_ov |access-date=2023-10-02 |others=Frank Muir |publisher=Channel 4 Television Corporation}}</ref>
== Programmes == The complete programmes shown were as follows:
'''8 February 1992 – 1967''':
*''[[At Last the 1948 Show]]'' (with [[John Cleese]], [[Graham Chapman]], [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]]) *''[[Coronation Street]]'' - [[Elsie Tanner]]'s Wedding *''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' - "[[A Magnum for Schneider]]" (the source of [[Callan (TV series)|Callan]]) *''[[David Frost|The Frost Programme]]'' - [[Emil Savundra]]
'''15 February 1992 – 1963''':
*''[[This Week (ITV TV series)|This Week]]'' - [[Satire]] *''[[The Lover (play)|The Lover]]'' (by [[Harold Pinter]]) *''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' - "Gilded Cage"
'''22 February 1992 – 1974''':
*''[[Thick as Thieves (TV series)|Thick as Thieves]]'' - "The Homecoming" *''[[Regan (TV)|Regan]]'' (the pilot of ''[[The Sweeney]]'') *''[[This Week (ITV TV series)|This Week]]'' - [[British National Front|The National Front]]
'''29 February 1992 – 1965''':
*''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' - "The Scorpion" *''[[Woody Allen|The Woody Allen Show]]'' *''[[The Human Jungle (TV series)|The Human Jungle]]'' - "Struggle for a Mind" *''[[Tempo (TV series)|Tempo]]'' - "A Tale of Two Talents"
'''7 March 1992 – 1971''':
*''[[Ronnie Barker|Six Dates With Barker]]'' "The Odd Job" *''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' - "On Trial" (colour version) *''[[The Persuaders!|The Persuaders]]'' - "Overture"
'''14 March 1992 – 1978''':
*''[[Edward and Mrs. Simpson]]'' - "The Abdication" *''[[The South Bank Show]]'' - [[Ken Dodd]] *''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' - "[[Rumpole]] and the Younger Generation"
'''21 March 1992 – 1970''':
*''[[On the Buses]]'' *''[[Kreen-Akrore|The Tribe That Hides From Man]]'' *''[[Manhunt (1969 TV series)|Manhunt]]'' - "Intent to Steal"
'''28 March 1992 – 1960''':
*''[[Police Surgeon (UK)|Police Surgeon]]'' - "Easy Money" *''[[Living for Kicks]]'' with [[Daniel Farson]] *''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' - "Lena, O My Lena" (by [[Alun Owen]]) *''[[The Strange World of Gurney Slade]]'' (with [[Anthony Newley]])
'''4 April 1992 – 1969''':
*''[[Galton and Simpson]] Comedy'' - "An Extra Bunch of Daffodils" *''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)]]'' - "My Late Lamented Friend and Partner" *''[[Johnny Cash]] [[At San Quentin|in San Quentin]]''
'''11 April 1992 – 1976''':
*''[[The Fosters (1976 TV series)|The Fosters]]'' - "God's Business is Good Business" *''[[Ready When You Are, Mr McGill]]'' (by [[Jack Rosenthal]]) *''[[Bouquet of Barbed Wire]]'' - "Repercussions" *''[[Aquarius (UK TV series)|Aquarius]]'' - [[Reggae]]
'''18 April 1992 – 1950s''':
*''[[Oh Boy! (TV series)|Oh Boy!]]'' (the last original edition from 1959) *''[[Bob Monkhouse|The Bob Monkhouse Hour]]'' (1959) *''[[Double Your Money]]'' with [[Hughie Green]] (the first edition from 1955) *''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' - "The Moneylender" (1955) *''[[Dial 999 (TV series)|Dial 999]]'' - "The Killing Job" (1957)
'''25 April 1992 – 1966''':
*''[[George and the Dragon (TV series)|George and the Dragon]]'' - "George Meets the Dragon" *''[[Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn]]'' *''[[Danger Man]]'' - "The Paper Chase"
'''2 May 1992 – 1968''':
*''[[Please Sir!]]'' *''[[Whicker's World|The World of Whicker]]'' (with [[Alan Whicker]]) - "The Cats Eyes Man" *''[[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]'' (with [[Eric Idle]], [[Michael Palin]], [[Terry Jones]], [[David Jason]], [[The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band]]) *''[[The Prisoner]]'' - "[[The Girl Who Was Death]]"
== See also == * [[TV Hell]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0343313/ TV Heaven] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tv Heaven}} [[Category:Channel 4 original programming]] [[Category:1992 British television series debuts]] [[Category:1992 British television series endings]] [[Category:Television themed seasons]]