Bob Spiers, the Glossary
Robert Alexander Spiers (27 September 1945 – 8 December 2008) was a Scottish television director and producer.[1]
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54 relations: A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Absolutely Fabulous, Agony Again, Are You Being Served?, Are You Being Served? (Australian TV series), Audio commentary, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Barnet and Southgate College, BBC, Bottom (TV series), British Academy Television Awards, Channel 4, Come Back Mrs. Noah, Dad's Army, Dawn French, Days Like These (TV series), Devon, Emmy Awards, England, Fawlty Towers, French and Saunders, Glasgow, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, ITV (TV network), Jennifer Saunders, Joking Apart, Kevin of the North, Lazarus and Dingwall, Little Armadillos, Murder Most Horrid, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Paul Cornell, Press Gang, Production assistant, Rose d'Or, Ruby Wax, Scotland, Seaside Special, Sitcom, Spice Girls, Spice World (film), Steven Moffat, Sykes (TV series), Television director, Television producer, That Darn Cat (1997 film), The Adventures of Lano and Woodley, The Comic Strip, The Goodies (TV series), The Guardian, ... Expand index (4 more) »
- Mass media people from Glasgow
- Scottish television directors
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
A Bit of Fry & Laurie is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast on both BBC1 and BBC2 between 1989 and 1995.
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Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous (often shortened to Ab Fab) is a British television sitcom based on the French and Saunders sketch "Modern Mother and Daughter", created by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
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Agony Again
Agony Again is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 in 1995.
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Are You Being Served?
Are You Being Served? is a British television sitcom that was broadcast from 1972 to 1985.
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Are You Being Served? (Australian TV series)
Are You Being Served? is an Australian sitcom that is based on the British sitcom of the same name; it was produced by Network Ten.
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An audio commentary is an additional audio track, usually digital, consisting of a lecture or comments by one or more speakers, that plays in real time with a video.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.
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Barnet and Southgate College
Barnet and Southgate College is a further education college in North London, England.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
Bottom (TV series)
Bottom is a British sitcom created by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson that ran for three series on BBC2 from 1991 to 1995.
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British Academy Television Awards
The BAFTA TV Awards, or British Academy Television Awards, are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
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Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.
Come Back Mrs. Noah
Come Back Mrs.
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Dad's Army
Dad's Army is a British television sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard during the Second World War.
Dawn French
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, and writer.
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Days Like These (TV series)
Days Like These is a British TV remake of the American sitcom That '70s Show.
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Devon
Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, originally broadcast on BBC Two in 1975 and 1979.
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French and Saunders
French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comedy duo and namesake Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders that originally broadcast on BBC2 from 1987 to 1993, and later on BBC One until 2017.
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Glasgow
Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a British television sitcom about a Royal Artillery concert party based in Deolali in British India and the fictional village of Tin Min in Burma, during the final months of the Second World War.
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ITV (TV network)
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network.
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Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English actress, comedian, singer, and screenwriter.
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Joking Apart
Joking Apart is a BBC television sitcom written by Steven Moffat about the rise and fall of a relationship.
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Kevin of the North
Kevin of the North is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Bob Spiers.
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Lazarus and Dingwall
Lazarus and Dingwall was a short lived sitcom television show, featuring Mark Arden and Stephen Frost.
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Little Armadillos
Little Armadillos is an alternative comedy sketch show in sitcom format that aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom in 1984.
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Murder Most Horrid
Murder Most Horrid is a British black comedy anthology series starring Dawn French.
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Not the Nine O'Clock News
Not the Nine O'Clock News is a British television sketch comedy show which was broadcast on BBC2 from 16 October 1979 to 8 March 1982.
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Paul Cornell
Paul Douglas Cornell (born 18 July 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield.
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Press Gang
Press Gang is a British children's television comedy-drama consisting of 43 episodes across five series that were broadcast from 1989 to 1993.
Production assistant
A production assistant, also known as a PA, is a member of the film crew and is a job title used in filmmaking and television for a person responsible for various aspects of a production.
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Rose d'Or
The Rose d'Or ('Golden Rose') is an international awards festival in entertainment broadcasting and programming.
Ruby Wax
Ruby Wax (born 19 April 1953) is a British-American actress, comedian, writer, television personality, and mental health campaigner.
Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Seaside Special
Seaside Special is a European light entertainment show broadcast from 1975.
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Sitcom
A sitcom (a shortening of situation comedy, or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy centred on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode.
Spice Girls
The Spice Girls were an English girl group formed in 1994, consisting of Mel B ("Scary Spice"); Melanie C ("Sporty Spice"); Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"); Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"); and Victoria Beckham ("Posh Spice").
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Spice World (film)
Spice World is a 1997 British musical comedy film directed by Bob Spiers and written by Kim Fuller.
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Steven Moffat
Steven William Moffat (born 18 November 1961) is a Scottish television writer, television producer and screenwriter. Bob Spiers and Steven Moffat are BAFTA winners (people) and BBC television producers.
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Sykes (TV series)
Sykes is a British sitcom that aired on BBC 1 from 1972 to 1979.
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Television director
A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program.
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Television producer
A television producer is a person who oversees one or more aspects of video production on a television program.
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That Darn Cat (1997 film)
That Darn Cat is a 1997 American mystery comedy film directed by Bob Spiers, written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and starring Christina Ricci and Doug E. Doug.
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The Adventures of Lano and Woodley
The Adventures of Lano and Woodley is an Australian comedy television show starring the comedic duo of Lano and Woodley (Colin Lane and Frank Woodley), consisting of two series which aired on ABC TV from 1997 to 1999.
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The Comic Strip
The Comic Strip are a group of British comedians who came to prominence in the 1980s.
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The Goodies (TV series)
The Goodies is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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Tracking shot
In cinematography, a tracking shot is any shot where the camera follows backward, forward or moves alongside the subject being recorded.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company.
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Widecombe in the Moor
Widecombe in the Moor is a village and large civil parish in Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England.
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See also
Mass media people from Glasgow
- Aasmah Mir
- Amy Corbett
- Andrea McLean
- Anita Manning
- Bill Knox
- Bob Spiers
- Carol Smillie
- Clive Mason
- Colin Gilbert
- Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan
- Darrell Currie
- David Burns (radio presenter)
- Duncan Sutherland
- Gavin Esler
- Gordon Flemyng
- Ian MacNaughton
- Ian McCaskill
- Irene Napier
- Jenni Falconer
- John Anderson (television personality)
- John Dunn (radio presenter)
- Kate Copstick
- Kate Heavenor
- Kathleen Garscadden
- Kelly Cates
- Ken Bruce
- Lynn Faulds Wood
- Mark Heyes
- Mary Marquis
- Maurice Lindsay (broadcaster)
- Natasha Raskin Sharp
- Nicola Black
- Paul Coia
- Philip Bate
- Raman Bhardwaj
- Ross Macfadyen
- Sally Magnusson
- Shantha Roberts
- Tom Ross (producer)
Scottish television directors
- Alastair Reid (director)
- Armando Iannucci
- Bob Spiers
- Callum Macrae
- Christopher Malcolm
- Clifford Brown (director)
- Colm McCarthy (director)
- David McKay (actor)
- David Mitton
- Ewan Morrison
- Fiona Cumming
- Forbes Masson
- Gary Wales (actor)
- Gordon Flemyng
- Graeme Garden
- Haldane Duncan
- Hardeep Singh Kohli
- Ian MacNaughton
- James Gilbert (producer)
- James MacTaggart
- John McKay (director)
- Jon S. Baird
- Ken Grieve
- Michael Hines
- Michael Russell (Scottish politician)
- Moira Armstrong
- Nicola Black
- Paul McGuigan (director)
- Paul Murton
- Penny Thomson
- Peter Capaldi
- Steve Valentine
- Susan Belbin
- Tom Vaughan (director)
- William Templeton (screenwriter)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Spiers
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