TV Heaven, Telly Hell

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TV Heaven, Telly Hell
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Genre Comedy
Presented by Sean Lock
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Running time24 Minutes
Production company Objective Productions
Release
Original network Channel 4
Original release26 March 2006 (2006-03-26) 
27 August 2007 (2007-08-27)
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TV Heaven, Telly Hell is a comedy television show on Channel 4, presented and produced by Sean Lock. The format is similar to Room 101 , with guests discussing their likes and dislikes of items on television.

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The show also allows the guest to reconstruct any moment in television history in the way they wanted it to happen, in a short sketch shown at the end of the show usually parodying a clip discussed earlier.

Guests

Series 1

GuestAir DateTV HeavenTelly HellReconstructed Moment
Alan Davies 26 March 2006 The Littlest Groom

Aerobics Oz Style

Vet shows, particularly Animal Hospital

British Comedy Awards

Winning something at the British Comedy Awards.
Johnny Vegas 2 April 2006 The F***ing Fulfords

QVC

Keith Floyd

Celebrity Poker Club

Sex and the City

Reacting really angrily at losing Celebrity Poker Club.
Johnny Vaughan 9 April 2006The Outcasts (a documentary on a British biker gang)

Jeff Stelling from Soccer Saturday

Reverend Peter Owen-Jones from The Battle for Britain's Soul

Makeover shows such as Ricki Lake

The evictions on Big Brother .

Being trapped inside a cardboard box, as on Big Brother series 6
Bill Bailey 16 April 2006 Cane Toads: An Unnatural History Alistair McGowan goes Wild with Rhinos

Last Night of the Proms Brian May at Party at the Palace

Bailey as Brian May and Lock as the Queen at Party at the Palace
Nick Hancock 23 April 2006 Neighbours

Fishing programmes, particularly The Fishing Party

Trinny and Susannah Taking part in a slightly pornographic fishing programme.
David Mitchell 30 April 2006 Adam Hart-Davis

Terry and June

The Heaven and Earth Show

Judge John Deed

The opening titles of Terry and June, with Mitchell as Terry and Lock as June.

Series 2

GuestAir DateTV HeavenTelly HellReconstructed Moment
Jack Dee 23 July 2007 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy City Hospital

It's a Knockout

A Question of Sport

A scene from Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with Dee as George Smiley.
Alan Carr 30 July 2007 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares

Dead Body Squad

The Mint

10 Years Younger

A makeover in the style of Ten Years Younger with Carr as a Boy Scout.
Lee Mack 6 August 2007 Stars in Their Eyes

Rod Hull and Emu

The Indoor League

Arkin Salih from Are We Being Served?A Stars in their Eyes sketch with Mack as Limahl and a guest appearance from the actual Limahl
Jimmy Carr 13 August 2007 Jeremy Clarkson

Flavor of Love

Derek Acorah

Babestation

A woman's Babestation , called Manstation.
Omid Djalili 20 August 2007 The Tomorrow People

Brideshead Revisited

Jeremy

Inside the Actors Studio

A re-enactment of the Inside the Actors Studio episode with Djalili as Tom Cruise.
Ronni Ancona 27 August 2007 Friends

Lamb Chop

Ladette to Lady

Casualty

A spoof of Casualty with Ancona and Lock as an accident prone couple.


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