ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
We're Luke & John, two mates who've been working behind the scenes in television for nearly fifty years between us, trying to crack its secret. We're on a mission to create the dream schedule for our very own TV station, Cracking TV.
In each episode we'll be talking about classic shows from a particular genre, picking one to fill a slot in our schedule. We're going to find the ultimate programmes for the ultimate TV channel.
We'll take it in turns to be the commissioner and the pitcher; the pitcher will bring a number of shows in the hope of scoring that big commission. However, the commissioner's already got a first-rate show in mind. Will the pitcher successfully get one of his shows commissioned, or will he fail and suffer the embarrassment of being thrown out of the commissioner’s office in disgrace?
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Update frequency:
every 26 days
Average audio length:
64 minutes
English
United States
34 episodes
since Jan. 10, 2023
episodic
explicit content
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Do you know your Willi Wacker from your Fanny Chmelar?
It's almost time for John to pick a teatime gameshow. But not before we hear about two of the biggest shows to the century: Luke's final pitch The Chase, versus John's own pick, Pointless. It's a rivalry bigger than Richard Osman's shoes.
Cra…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Luke's pitching more teatime game shows, and he's bringing out the big guns: perhaps the best quizzers in the world in Eggheads; and arguably the greatest TV format deviser, Richard Osman, with his House of Games.
And, erm, 100% and Whittle. Well it can't all be gold.
Cracking TV is produced and pr…
Game shows are back - and this time it's personal.
Luke is pretty desperate to get a game show commissioned. Having failed with morning and afternoon slots, he's now pitching for teatime - the home of Blockbusters, Eggheads, The Chase, Pointless, and The Weakest Link.
But if you think Anne Robinson…
Who killed Top of the Pops?
We leap into the 21st century… as TOTP is heads towards its doom.
John will pitch the Chris Cowey, Andi Peters and Mark Cooper eras.
And Luke must choose the best era of all.
John has nine chances to win — surely he can’t fail this time?
Cracking TV is produc…
The 90s are dawning, and Top of the Pops is on a comedown after the excesses of the 80s. Paul Ciani tries to keep the party going, but before long Stanley Appel decides a Year Zero approach is needed. That doesn't last either, and Ric Blaxill is charged with saving the show.
Can John convince Luk…
We move into the 80s, and Luke's favourite era of Top of the Pops: the Michael Hurll years.
It's a massive party, with balloons, lasers, and cheerleaders. There's even a roundabout.
Great presenters like Kid Jenson, Janice Long, and John Peel. Amazing performances from Culture Club, Shalamar, and D…
Top of the Pops has moved into the 70s and John’s pitching the Stanley Dorfman and Robin Nash eras. Can he convince Luke that this was peak TOTP?
Glam! Disco! Punk!
Bowie blowing a nation’s mind by putting his arm around another man!
Legs and Co’s very literal choreography!
Kenny Everett! Ton…
It was Number 1, it was Top of the Pops... but when was it at its best? The greatest bands and singers? The coolest theme tune? The least irritating hosts? Luke and John are about to find out.
They start in the 60s, when Johnnie Stewart led the show from an old church in Manchester. We'll meet Pan'…
Let’s get rrrrrrrreaddddyyy to rhuuuuuuumble….
Our quest for the perfect live Saturday night show moves into the 21st century, as the new kings of TV, Ant and/or Dec, build on the House Party and Toothbrush formula - and arguably perfect it.
Luke is fighting hard to win the most important slot on C…
Luke and John are still looking for the perfect live Saturday night show for their schedule.
As Noel’s House Party wanes, Channel 4 brings something totally different: a live anarchic and interactive show hosted by a sometime Radio 1 breakfast DJ with a bit of an ego and little patience for c…
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