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The Word
Directed by Luke Campbell
Julia Knowles
Presented by Terry Christian
Mark Lamarr
Dani Behr
Alan Connor
Amanda de Cadenet
Huffty
Katie Puckrik
Jasmine Dotiwala
Michelle Collins
Theme music composer 808 State[1]
Opening theme Olympic (Euro Bass Mix)[2]
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language English
No. of series 5
No. of episodes 104
Production
Executive producer Jane Buchanan
Producers Sean Borg
Paul Ross
Tamsin Summers
Asif Zubairy
Production locations Limehouse Studios (1990–92)[3]
Teddington Studios (1993–95)[3]
Running time 60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company Planet 24
Release
Original network Channel 4
Original release 24 August 1990[4] –
24 March 1995
Related
The Girlie Show

The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom.[5]

Format[edit]

The show’s presenters included Terry Christian, comedian Mark Lamarr, Dani Behr, Katie Puckrik, Jasmine Dotiwala, Alan Connor, Amanda de Cadenet and Huffty.[6] Originally broadcast in the old Tube time slot of 6 pm Friday evenings, The Word’s main live show was shifted to a late-night timeslot from 9 November 1990. The magazine format allowed for interviews, live music, features and even game shows. The flexible late-night format meant that guests could do just about anything to be controversial.

There was also an ‘I’ll do anything to be on television’ section called «The Hopefuls» which ran for half of series 4 and half of series 5 in which people did generally repulsive things in order to get featured on the programme.[6]

Production[edit]

The show was the brainchild of Charlie Parsons and Christian and was originally produced for series 1 and 2 by the production company 24 Hour Productions, which later became Planet 24.

Paul Ross was the series editor on series 3 and 4, and became executive producer for series 5. Jo Whiley worked as a researcher/band booker on series 2 and half of series 3 and is credited as having given Nirvana their historic and notorious first TV appearance.[7]

The programme ran for five series from 1990 to 1995. From the start, there was considerable tabloid backlash against the show. In mid 2000, Channel 4 screened a short-running compilation series titled Best of The Word, which mostly featured music performances.

Tango sponsored the show in 1994.

Notable moments[edit]

  • Nirvana’s international television debut performance of «Smells Like Teen Spirit», with Kurt Cobain declaring Courtney Love to be «the best fuck in the world.»[8]
  • Singer/guitarist Donita Sparks of L7 removing her jeans and underwear during a performance, the full-frontal nudity displayed when she drops her guitar being briefly broadcast.[8]
  • The TV debut of Oasis playing «Supersonic».[8]
  • Rage Against the Machine playing «Killing in the Name», resulting in a stage invasion with guitarist Tom Morello and singer Zack de la Rocha both being stopped from performing by the chaotic crowd.[8]
  • Lynne Perrie, best known for her role as Ivy Tilsley in soap opera Coronation Street, performing a tuneless rendition of the Gloria Gaynor song «I Will Survive».[8]
  • A very drunk Oliver Reed giving a barely coherent interview before performing «Wild Thing» by The Troggs with Ned’s Atomic Dustbin.»[8]
  • Shabba Ranks advocating crucifixion of homosexuals, which received universal condemnation including from presenter Lamarr.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Simon Donohue (31 December 2002). «Madchester revival may be on the cards – News – Music – Greater Manchester’s CityLife». Citylife.co.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  2. ^ «Nottingham Music – 808 State». BBC. 3 February 2003. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  3. ^ a b «Wembley (Lee, Limehouse, Fountain)». TV Studio History. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  4. ^ Date: Friday, Aug. 24, 1990 Publication: The Times (London, England)Issue: 63793
  5. ^ Parsons, Charlie (10 August 2010). «How The Word changed television for ever». Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  6. ^ a b Mark Lawson (9 March 1995). «The Last Word In Trash Tv – Life & Style». The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  7. ^ «BBC – Press Office – Jo Whiley». Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d e f «Best of The Word». Channel 4. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  9. ^ Tim Lusher (10 August 2010). «Best moments of The Word: from grunge to gross-out | Television & radio». The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2012.

External links[edit]

  • The Word at IMDb

As a format, it was the show renowned for asking celebrities the questions their publicists most feared.

Initially a staple of Channel 4’s early-evening schedule, the programme saw host, Terry Christian, do his finest impression of a northern f*ckwit alongside the hapless daddy’s-girl-turned-television-presenter Amanda De Cadanet.

On realising the show’s potential to build a large, post-pub audience, the show was swiftly moved to a late-night slot more suited to its risque material, where it quickly became entrenched as cult viewing. Best segments were ‘The Mission’ — a recorded insert famed for humiliating established Hollywood stars with footage of their early porn flicks — and ‘The Hopefuls’, which encouraged an assortment of nitwits to perform tastless stunts like vomit-drinking. Other memorable moments included a «freak circus» which witnessed one performer lift an iron with his genitals, not to mention the decision to ply p*sshead actor Oliver Reed with alcohol and secretly film the results backstage.

When z-list television personality, Paul Ross, took harness as programme editor, however, the show encountered a downward spiral from risque viewing of questionable taste to family fare. The guestlist increasingly resembled that of the mild talkshow, Wogan, with some personalities appearing in both studios on the same evening. By this time, an early-evening magazine spin-off from the programme — Access All Areas — was in place which, one suspects to be the key driver of the watered-down content. The spin-off show would often feature repeat footage aired in the late-night show which had to be «pre-watershed» compliant. The decision to supplant Christian as host with Mark Lamarr also backfired badly, since the Watford-born comic was something of a polished performer and therefore out-of-keeping with the show.

In the mid-1990s, the show was unceremoniously dumped from the schedules with programme chiefs citing record viewer complaints as the [improbable] cause.

And now for a final «The Word» commercial break teaser:

What have ex-Word presenters Terry Christian, Katie Puckrik and Hufty got in common?

The answer is they have all faded into relative or total obscurity since the show’s demise.

Словосочетания

Автоматический перевод

телевизионное шоу

Перевод по словам

television  — телевидение, дальновидение, телевизионный
show  — шоу, выставка, показ, показывать, проявлять, выставочный

Примеры

He is a regular on the television show.

Он постоянный гость этого телешоу.

Television shows were blacked out as the trouble spread.

Телепередачи прекратились, когда беспорядки начали распространяться.

The television show will review last year’s major events.

В этом телешоу будут рассмотрены основные события прошедшего года.

From commercials she quickly graduated to television shows.

Начав в рекламных роликах, она быстро выросла до телешоу.

The new comedy is the network’s most popular television show.

Новая комедия является самым популярным шоу этой телесети.

They discovered that the children were mesmerized by a television show.

Они обнаружили, что дети были загипнотизированы телевизионным шоу.

He became quite successful and even appeared on a television show once.

Он стал весьма успешным и даже один раз появился в телешоу.

I get fed up with television quiz shows.

Я сыт по горло телевизионными викторинами.

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

…discovered that the children were mesmerized by a television show…  

Brian, an air steward, shot to fame on the television show ‘Big Brother’.  

The television show features political commentary by well-known journalists.  

…a dedicated follower of the television show who wouldn’t dream of missing an episode…  

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What does the word TV show mean?Is this any TV programme you watch like cartoons,TV series etc?

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I also wanted to ask what natives call TV series. Do you really call them TV series?

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‘Soap opera’ is normally condensed to just ‘soap’. It is a style of TV. programme.

noun:
a television or radio drama serial dealing typically with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters.




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@Co_ra_ Thank you! but what’s the difference between TV series and a soap opera?




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A soap opera is a particular type of TV series. Any type of TV programme is a TV series.




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Soap operas are long-running with interwoven story lines that can continue for weeks. Often they are broadcast several times a week. The programmes are usually around 30 minutes long.

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  1. television program, TV program, television show, TV shownoun

    a program broadcast by television

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  1. Television show

    A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed between shows. Television shows are most often scheduled for broadcast well ahead of time and appear on electronic guides or other TV listings, but streaming services often make them available for viewing anytime. The content in a television show can be produced with different methodologies such as taped variety shows emanating from a television studio stage, animation or a variety of film productions ranging from movies to series. Shows not produced on a television studio stage are usually contracted or licensed to be made by appropriate production companies.
    Television shows can be viewed live (real time), be recorded on home video, a digital video recorder for later viewing, be viewed on demand via a set-top box, or streamed over the internet.
    A television show is also called a television program (British English: programme), especially if it lacks a narrative structure.
    In the US and Canada, a television series is usually released in episodes that follow a narrative and are usually divided into seasons. In the UK, a television series is a yearly or semiannual set of new episodes. (In effect, a «series» in the UK is the same as a «season» in the US and Canada.)
    A small or one-off collection of episodes may also be called a limited series, TV special or miniseries.
    A television film or telefilm is a feature film created for broadcasting on television.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of television show in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of television show in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of television show in a Sentence

  1. Ben Affleck:

    I didn’t want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves. I was embarrassed. The very thought left a bad taste in my mouth, i regret my initial thoughts that the issue of slavery not be included in the story.

  2. Carly Fiorina:

    I started out as a secretary. And as I made my way up in the business world, a male-dominated business world, I’ve had lots of men imply that, um — I was unfit for decision-making because maybe I was having my period. So I’ll say it, OK? when I started this campaign, I was asked on a national television show whether a woman’s hormones prevented her from serving in the Oval Office.

  3. Willie Robertson:

    I’ve been talking a lot with Bobby Jindal, who is our governor. Bobby is a good friend of ours. He and his wife are good friends of Korie and [mine]. He has been on our television show. Anybody that comes down and has been on an episode of ‘Duck Dynasty,’ obviously is the frontrunner in my book.

  4. Gordon Lightfoot:

    I was in Britain that year [1963] and some music publishing people in Denmark Street in London suggested me to the BBC. So I found myself in front of a British television show, which was a nice surprise.

  5. Chris Hansen:

    I think that this is something that’s been going on for a lot longer than people have suspected, i think there’s a ton to it in terms of who knows what within the family, what was overlooked, you know, because there was a television show and money to be made. And I think there’s a whole lot there that we don’t know.


Translations for television show

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  • برنامج تلفزيونArabic
  • тэлеперада́ча, тэлевізі́йная прагра́ма, тэлепрагра́маBelarusian
  • телевизио́нна програ́маBulgarian
  • televizní pořadCzech
  • TV-programDanish
  • Fernsehsendung, FernsehshowGerman
  • programa de televisiónSpanish
  • برنامه تلویزیونیPersian
  • televisio-ohjelmaFinnish
  • émission de télé, émission de télévisionFrench
  • sjónvarpsþátturIcelandic
  • programmazione televisivaItalian
  • テレビ番組Japanese
  • TV 쇼, 텔레비전 프로그램, TV 프로그램Korean
  • TV-programNorwegian
  • televisieprogrammaDutch
  • program telewizyjnyPolish
  • programa de televisãoPortuguese
  • телевизио́нная програ́мма, телешо́у, телепереда́ча, телепрогра́ммаRussian
  • TV-programSwedish
  • รายการโทรทัศน์Thai
  • телевізі́йна програ́ма, телепереда́ча, телешо́у, телепрогра́маUkrainian
  • chương trình truyền hìnhVietnamese

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