Cult TV Essentials: A Small Problem
Fresh from The Young Ones, Christopher Ryan put Mike behind him and took the lead in a television show that was satirical it went over the the majority of the audiences heads!
Written by Tony Millan and Mike Walling, A Small Problem was originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1987 and tackled prejudice head on with a form of apartheid based on people’s height being introduced to Great Britain as law – it was declared that anyone below 5ft tall was forced to live in tower-block ghettos south of the River Thames.
The theme tune was written by Mo Foster and Mike Walling.
As mentioned, many viewers appeared not to understand the satirical aspect of the show, and the BBC was flooded with complaints and it finished after six episodes.
Written by Tony Millan and Mike Walling, Not With A Bang is a long forgotten British Science Fiction sitcom that has Read more
If tabloid reports are true it would appear that Ade Edmondson (The Young Ones, Bottom, The Comic Strip) will be appearing Read more
Created by Lauren Faust, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic began in October 2010 and ran for nine seasons (222 Read more
Created by Eileen Gallagher and directed by Jane Prowse, The Fugitives was a seven part show from 2005 that follows Read more
Azura Skye (birth name: Azura Dawn Storozynski) was born on November 8th 1981 in Northridge, California in her grandmother's house. Read more
Based on Whitley Strieber's book of the same name, Communion was directed by Philippe Mora and begins in 1985 where Read more
Written and directed by Art Moore, The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole ran for 150 episodes between 1958 and 1961. Read more
Debuting in 1998 and running for thirteen episodes, Welcome to Paradox was an anthology show where all the stories took Read more
In a time when the world was over exposed to glamorised American teenage dramas where teens were being played by Read more
Directed by Monte Markham, Neon City (aka Anno 2053 aka Neonski Grad) is a post-apocalyptic update of John Ford's Stagecoach that takes Read more
Brett Summers
Founded Cult Faction in 2014; previously crawled out of the Black Lodge in 1976, only to find himself in the Village.