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Wife Swap Don't just move house, move spouse! The classic swap show where couples spend a week shacked up with someone else's other half. |
| 2. |
Serial killer "Tricky Dicky" Hillman runs amok on Coronation Street – look out Gail, he's behind you! |
| 3. |
The Salon The surprise TV hit of the year – even Michael Barrymore popped in for a pedicure. |
| 4. |
Marion & Geoff Rob Brydon is the luckless but optimistic chauffeur Keith in this series of sublime monologues. |
| 5. |
It was the year Jacko met Bashir Afterwards, Michael claimed he had been stitched up and lets face it, he should know... |
| 6. |
The Brits Justin Timberlake takes matters into his own hands and gets to the bottom of Kylie Minogue's hotpants. |
| 7. |
Reborn In The USA A bus full of 80's popstars hit the States but Mark Shaw's walk out and the Dollar-Sonia war mean it is more about the ding dong than the sing song. |
| 8. |
The last series of Cold Feet Rachel dies in a tragic accident and there are enough tears to fill the Manchester ship canal. |
| 9. |
The Human Chimp Incredible documentary about a monkey that looks like a man (or is that a man that looks like a monkey??). |
| 10. |
Double Take Sven in his pants, Will practising his royal wave, Tony Blair skateboarding – with celebrity lookalikes this good, who needs the real thing? |
| 11. |
The Then and Now of Muhammad Ali Two legends, Mohammed Ali and Sir David Frost get back into the ring again and there was only going to be one winner. |
| 12. |
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway The Geordie jokers go undercover to hoax Lorraine Kelly and Simon Cowell. |
| 13. |
I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here Phil Tufnell is king of the jungle – oh happy days. |
| 14. |
The Michael Essany Show Mike's just an average pimply American adolescent with a TV chat show in his parents' living room. |
| 15. |
The Fall of Baghdad The eyes of the world were on Iraq as Saddam's statue toppled and his reign came to a dramatic end. |
| 16. |
Comical Ali "we are in control, we will slaughter them all" Part Iraqi Information Minister, part stand-up comedian whose bottomless barrel of one-liners made him an icon. |
| 17. |
Tonight Special: The Millionaire Trial Expose of the coughing scam that almost netted a cool million for the galloping Major. |
| 18. |
The Conman, His Lover and the Prime Minister's Wife Classic documentary about Carol Caplin and her relationship with the Blairs just goes to show that behind every great man is a great woman and a great personal lifestyle guru? |
| 19. |
The Honda cog ad The one where the wipers hit the other bit and the thing rolled and the ball went round and...just how DID they do that? |
| 20. |
How Clean Is Your House? The nation's favourite scrubbers Kim and Aggie don fur-lined rubber gloves to get down and dirty. |
| 21. |
British entry Jemini They score "nul points" at the Eurovision Song Contest – eets a feex! |
| 22. |
The end of Crossroads Jane Asher wakes up at a supermarket till to discover it has all been a nightmare..er, dream. |
| 23. |
David Beckham's transfer He becomes the Real deal as he swaps Manchester for Madrid and his medical is broadcast live to the world. |
| 24. |
Early Doors The story of big, bald, belching blokes in a bar this is a bitter-sweet comedy by Craig Cash. |
| 25. |
Rogue Traders Dodgy tradesmen mercilessly pursued by Matt and Dan, the Batman and Robin of consumer TV. |
