History of

  • When was the first ever episode of Doctor Who broadcast on the BBC?

    On the 23rd November 1963, the first ever episode of cult science fiction television show Doctor Who was broadcast by the BBC. Called An Unearthly Child, the episode was the first of a four-part serial that saw actor William Hartnell take the role of the time-travelling Doctor – a character he played for three years.
  • breaking record of the walking dead

    In 2014, the season five premiere of AMC’s The Walking Dead broke the record for the most viewers of a series episode in cable history – how many viewers did it receive in the U.S?
  • Grey’s Anatomy is the longest-running scripted primetime drama series currently airing in the U.S – when did it first air and how many seasons have there been to date? 2005

    The series was the highest revenue-earning show on television, in terms of advertising, in the 2007-08 season; in 2017, it was ranked tenth on the list. It is the longest-running scripted primetime show currently airing on ABC, the second-longest scripted primetime ABC show ever, and the second-longest primetime medical drama, after
  • Breaking Bad was first broadcast in 2008 and concluded after five seasons in 2013 – it now holds a Guinness World Record, but what for?

    The concept emerged as Gilligan talked with his fellow writer Thomas Schnauz regarding their current unemployment and joked that the solution was for them to put a "meth lab in the back of an RV and [drive] around the country cooking meth and making money
  • Casualty in the longest continually running television drama series in the UK – when was the first episode broadcast on the BBC and how many series have there been to date?

    The 1,000th episode of Casualty aired on 25 June 2016.[8] A feature-length 30th anniversary episode of Casualty aired on 27 August 2016, episode 1 of series 31. For the series 31 finale, creator Paul Unwin returned to write a special episode which was entirely recorded in one take using only one camera, five boom operators and forty microphones.
  • Despite originally being cancelled after two series due to falling rating, Twin Peaks is now often listed as one of the greatest series of all time – when was it first broadcast and which sub-genres does it belong to?

    Despite originally being cancelled after two series due to falling rating, Twin Peaks is now often listed as one of the greatest series of all time – when was it first broadcast and which sub-genres does it belong to?