"with ""Absolutely Fabulous"" and ""Father Ted""; the category was won by ""Only Fools and Horses"". All three series of the show are available on DVD. The first series DVD is the only one with any special features, which include Ben Chaplin's best moments as Matthew Malone from the first series, and character photo galleries. Game On (UK TV series) Game On (alternatively Two Men and a Blonde in Finland and The Game of Life in Portugal) was a British sitcom which ran for three series, and aired on BBC2 from 27 February 1995 to 6 February 1998. The central characters"
"""Daily Mail"" scathed ""The Getaway Car is the worst TV spin-off since Joey Tribbiani got his own series on the back of ""Friends"""". The Getaway Car The Getaway Car is a British game show that has aired on BBC One from 16 January to 3 September 2016. It is hosted by Dermot O'Leary and is themed around motoring; it also features the character The Stig from the BBC car show ""Top Gear"", as well as supporting characters the Red Stig and Blue Stig, described as The Stig's adolescent nephews. The show's initial commission was for twelve hour-long episodes and made"
"Engie Benjy Engie Benjy is a pre-school children's television show, broadcast on ITV's children's strand, CITV. Engie Benjy is a blue haired boy, a mechanic who helps fix problems with his friends' vehicles. His dog is Jollop and his breakdown van is Dan the Van. Other characters include Driver Dottie, Astronaut Al and Farmer Fred. The vehicles included in the show are Dan the Breakdown Van, Bus, Bike, Plane, Boat, Tractor, Big Rig the Truck and Spaceship. The main character voices were provided by television double act, Ant and Dec. In the first series Dec voiced the title role of"
"The Getaway Car The Getaway Car is a British game show that has aired on BBC One from 16 January to 3 September 2016. It is hosted by Dermot O'Leary and is themed around motoring; it also features the character The Stig from the BBC car show ""Top Gear"", as well as supporting characters the Red Stig and Blue Stig, described as The Stig's adolescent nephews. The show's initial commission was for twelve hour-long episodes and made by Charlotte Moore, the controller for BBC One and Mark Linsey, the controller of entertainment commissioning. It was executive produced by Andy Rowe,"
"Peter Kay's Car Share Peter Kay's Car Share is a British sitcom set around supermarket assistant manager John Redmond (Peter Kay) and promotions rep Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson), and their participation in a company car-sharing scheme. The first series was filmed in and around Greater Manchester - notably Peter Kay's native Bolton; and Manchester, Trafford and Salford. In December 2015, Kay confirmed a second and supposedly final series had been commissioned. It began airing on 11 April 2017. Filming locations for the second series included: Blair Drummond Safari Park, Bury, Burnley, Wirral and Southport. ""Peter Kay's Car Share"" won Best"
"spoiler, as well as a special Volkswagen badge. The Sportline featured in an episode of Top Gear TV series; where Clarkson, Hammond and May had to choose three vans to compete in a series of challenges, including transporting equipment for The Who. Jeremy Clarkson claimed the Sportline to be ""the fastest van in Britain"". This claim was put to the test by competitor TV programme ""Fifth Gear"" where the Sportline has been put head to head with The A-Team van, as well as the Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport-X. The Sportline comfortably won a race against the A-Team GMC van, even with"
"called Jupiter, a six-wheeled 1982 Range Rover Rescue Tender named Venus, and Trevor's Bus, a 1985 Ford Transit Dormobile. Fireman Sam's colleagues are Elvis Cridlington, Station Officer Basil Steele (renamed Norris Steele in the new CGI series) and later Penny Morris (who hailed from Newtown with the firetender). The villagers are bus driver/auxiliary firefighter Trevor Evans, Italian café owner Bella Lasagne, Norman Price, Norman's mother Dilys Price, and the twins Sarah and James Jones. The objects include Bentley the Robot, M.O.P., and Mechanical Master Chef. The original series aired on BBC One, CBBC and CBeebies since it was launched in"
"suppliers. A model of an A35 van features in the 2005 Aardman Animations movie, """", and another was seen in ""A Matter of Loaf and Death"". In 2009, as part of the show put on in the exhibition ""Wallace & Gromit present a World of Cracking Ideas"" at the Science Museum in London, a real A35 van was mocked up to look like the model used in the film. A 1959 4-door model was used as Beauregard's taxi in the 1981 Muppet movie, ""The Great Muppet Caper"". Former politician, the right honourable Ann Widdecombe, has appeared in two BBC television"
"viewing figures. It is produced by the independent Red Production Company, and was produced some two years before it eventually received its first UK broadcast in the summer of 2006. It was reported in September 2006 that no further episodes would be commissioned. The buses used in the series were painted in the London United livery. Jane Hall was a driver at Hounslow bus depot in west London. Shots of the outside of the depot appear in the series. Buses included the following types: Leyland Olympian, Volvo Citybus and an East Lancs Greenway rebuild of a Leyland National. In the"
"as the Seicento, which continued until 2010 and enabled the Cinquecento's basic design and most of its mechanicals to survive for nearly 20 years. A Fiat Cinquecento appears in several episodes of the British sitcom ""The Inbetweeners"", in which main character Simon Cooper owns a yellow, fictional model known as a Fiat Cinquecento 'Hawaii' (the car used in filming is an 899cc model). Its appearance and features (including a tape deck and a replacement red side door) are frequently ridiculed by the lads. In March 2011, the car was listed on eBay, in order to raise money for ""Red Nose"
"sees John and Kayleigh beginning a romantic relationship together, aired on 28 May. Writing in ""The Telegraph"" Veronica Lee gave the episode five stars out of five, describing the final episode as ""perfect, uproarious, adorable"", while Simon Binns, of the ""Manchester Evening News"", commented: ""It's cheesy, feel good, but lacks the drama of the previous episode."" Peter Kay's Car Share Peter Kay's Car Share is a British sitcom set around supermarket assistant manager John Redmond (Peter Kay) and promotions rep Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson), and their participation in a company car-sharing scheme. The first series was filmed in and around"
"a 1989 book, 1999 play and 2015 film by Alan Bennett, a real-life portrayal of a case of Diógenes syndrome. The Reliant Robin is staple material for comedian Jasper Carrott. However, perhaps two of the best known Reliants in British comedy are actually Reliant Regal Supervans — the dirty yellow van owned by the Trotter brothers in ""Only Fools and Horses"", and the light blue van that always ends up getting tipped over, crashed into, bumped out of its parking space etc. by a British Leyland Mini in ""Mr. Bean"". Reliant Robins make semi-regular appearances on ""Scrapheap Challenge"", often stripped"
"Jones' van (Dad's Army) Jones' van is the butcher's delivery van owned by Lance-Corporal Jones in the BBC comedy series ""Dad's Army"". It is a 1935 two-ton Ford BB Box Van with the registration plate 'BUC 852' and appeared in ""Dad's Army"" from 1969 to 1977; it was also seen in the 2016 film based on the series. In 2012 the van was sold to the Dad's Army Museum in Thetford. While it is doubtful that a small local butcher like Jones would have needed so large a van in real life, let alone have been able to finance its"
"The van generally rematerialises in a very awkward place, such as atop Mount Everest. In all episodes simple facts are given, such as when Captain James Cook discovered the east coast of Australia in the HM Endeavour. The hot dog van has a 3D giant sized hot dog on its roof. A simple town or city is the only non-historical setting employed in the show. The show is broadcast as a filler show on ABC. Time Cracks Time Cracks is a computer-made cartoon using 3D graphics for its three main characters. The three characters use a hot dog van as"
"Thornycroft van as Jones butcher's van and a Bedford 0 Series as Hodges’ van. Each came with a figurine of the character. A special edition of Jones' van is available at the Dad's Army Museum and the Charles Burrell Museum in Thetford. Jones' van (Dad's Army) Jones' van is the butcher's delivery van owned by Lance-Corporal Jones in the BBC comedy series ""Dad's Army"". It is a 1935 two-ton Ford BB Box Van with the registration plate 'BUC 852' and appeared in ""Dad's Army"" from 1969 to 1977; it was also seen in the 2016 film based on the series."
"original filming vehicle is currently owned by the Cars of the Stars Motor Museum in Keswick, Cumbria, northern England. Moon Buggy (Space: 1999) The Moon Buggy is a fictional vehicle that appears in the 1970s British science-fiction television series """". It is 's all-purpose land vehicle. Capable of operating in both atmosphere and vacuum, it is used for long-distance travel, and travel to locations that are inaccessible to the ""Eagle"" Transporter spacecraft. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), deployed in the course of the final three NASA Apollo missions from 1971 to 1972, was popularly known as the ""Moon Buggy"". In"
"series, Terry goes back to Ford and drives a metallic red Ford Sierra. In the last series he switches to a briefly seen Mk3 Ford Granada. ""Terry and June"" first aired on 24 October 1979, running for a total of 9 series and 65 episodes, (including four Christmas Specials). The last ever episode aired on 31 August 1987. The show attracted large viewing figures, typically attracting significantly larger audiences than the alternative comedy programmes with which it was contemporaneous, some of which frequently lampooned the show. In 2004, it came 73rd in ""Britain's Best Sitcom"", jointly with ""Happy Ever After""."
"""1G12"" in the first two seasons and during the After Dark shows. A new cab with the call sign of ""7N78"" has been used since, which also features new headliner lighting. Melewski's Cash Cab is also a Toyota Sienna minivan with the Yellow Taxi call sign ""4472"". As of March 2017, reruns air on Cozi TV and on Game Show Network. The New York City version reruns air on the Quest network in the UK. On October 26, 2009, MGM Television announced that the reruns would begin airing on local stations in September 2010. Stations are allowed the option to"
"GMC Vandura van used by the A-Team, with its characteristic red stripe, black and red turbine mag wheels, and rooftop spoiler, has become an enduring pop culture icon. Early examples of the van had a red GMC logo on the front grille, and an additional GMC logo on the rear left door. Early in the second season, these logos were blacked out, although GMC continued to supply vans and receive a credit on the closing credits of each episode. It is a common error that the van is said to be all-black, whereas, in fact, the section above the red"
"Caravans. One of these restored units is used as a vintage mobile cinema. The vehicle dubbed ""The Reel History Bus"" was used in the BBC Two television series, ""Reel History of Britain"" showing little known or totally unseen archive film of historical events, to the surviving participants and their families on board. They showed their reaction and interviewed audience members about their often newly jogged memories of events. The Vintage Mobile Cinema has appeared on ""The One Show"" and George Clarke's ""Small Spaces"", and continues to appear around the UK. The smaller Bedford CF was less successful, competing directly with"
"a pre-built Caterham Seven Kit car. The presenters won the challenge because The Stig was stopped by the traffic police just 3 miles from the finish. ""Series Eight, Episode Eight"" The team decided to test some vans by being roadies for The Who. May picked a 2005 Renault Master, Hammond chose a 2006 Ford Transit, and Clarkson selected a 2006 Volkswagen T30 TDI 174 Sportline. After The Who's concert at Hyde Park, Clarkson, Hammond and May took some of their equipment 90 miles to the site of their next show. They concluded that the cheapest van for the task at"
"was lowered to 7.5:1, reducing the power to a claimed 29.5 bhp from the Rebel's 35 bhp. Nevertheless, this still represented a useful increase over the 26 bhp claimed for the 600 cc unit which the 701 replaced. Reliant Regals and Robins enjoy something of a special place in British culture as symbols of British eccentricity. An example of a Regal is the iconic yellow van belonging to Del Boy and Rodney Trotter in the long-running BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"". A Trotters' original van is now on display in the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, while one of the"
"eventually announced that they were leaving and vacated their positions. The broadcast of series three was originally delayed, and unlike series one and two, is rarely repeated. Series three was shown on the UK Quest TV channel starting in April 2013. There are currently no plans to produce a fourth series. Series one had seven episodes, without episode titles. S02E01, Jock’s Back! S02E02, Airbags All Round S02E03, Ed The Hero S02E04, Ed’s Clutch Déjà vu S02E05, Sandy’s Story S02E06, A Hard Week’s Delegation S02E07, Jock the 2nd–hand Car Dealer S02E08, Love is in the Air S02E09, Living for the Weekend"
"Moon Buggy (Space: 1999) The Moon Buggy is a fictional vehicle that appears in the 1970s British science-fiction television series """". It is 's all-purpose land vehicle. Capable of operating in both atmosphere and vacuum, it is used for long-distance travel, and travel to locations that are inaccessible to the ""Eagle"" Transporter spacecraft. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), deployed in the course of the final three NASA Apollo missions from 1971 to 1972, was popularly known as the ""Moon Buggy"". In the series, Moon Buggies are driven with two handles, each controlling one side of the vehicle. Hence, similar to"
"Jones' van made its screen debut in ""Dad's Army"" on 11 September 1969 in the episode The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones, the first in the series to be made in colour (the episode ""Branded"" was the first to be transmitted in colour). The van continued to make regular appearances until the series ended in 1977. In 1979 the original van was seen in ""Dick Barton - Special Agent"" with the distinctive side panels covered and the van filmed through a green filter to further disguise it. A different van was used for the 1971 ""Dad's Army"" film, namely"
"FAB 1 FAB 1 is a pink, six-wheeled car seen in the 1960s British science-fiction television series ""Thunderbirds"", its three film adaptations, and the reboot TV series ""Thunderbirds Are Go"". In the original ""Thunderbirds"" (1965–66), as well as the feature films ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" (1966) and ""Thunderbird 6"" (1968), FAB 1 is depicted as a modified Rolls-Royce. Owned by International Rescue agent Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, the car is usually driven by her butler, Parker. The driver sits in a central position at the front of the passenger compartment, which is covered by a bulletproof bubble canopy. FAB 1 was modified"
"with the phrase, ""If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."" Red owns what is known as ""the Possum Van"", a 1979–1993 Dodge Ram cargo van, painted as a grey 'possum on a pale blue background, and with a license plate reading simply ""POSSUM"". It is one of Red's few vehicles that actually runs. It has played (and donated) many parts in Handyman's Corner projects. After the series ended, the van was scrapped. Red's dry, often sarcastic wit is balanced by a strong sense of camaraderie with his fellow lodge members, partly because he"
"'back-up' vans was sold in 2004 for almost £4,000 to British boxer Ricky Hatton, and another sold for around £44,000 in 2017 to an anonymous buyer. Afterwards, it was found this was just a replica (this was an older model that featured separate side lights, all models used in the tv series had their side lights incorporated in to their headlamp units). There were several Reliant Regal vans used in filming; in series 1 and 2 of ""Only Fools and Horses"" the inside of the van is red indicating the van's original colour was red. This a 1969 Reliant Regal"
"of a song played on the radio. Surprising billboards at the roadside and on vehicles provide an additional source of interest (""Brazilian wax while you wait"", ""One meal for the price of two"", ""No pies left in this van overnight"" and others), as well as the radio adverts and announcements. One episode featured the Ice Cream Van owned and driven by ""Mr Softee Top"", an Ice Cream Man and porn video salesman who was the subject of the That Peter Kay Thing episode ""The Ice Cream Man Cometh"". The series was commissioned in 2013 by the BBC, and was initially"
"blue Reliant Regal Supervan III, which gets tipped over, crashed into, or bumped out of its parking space. A red Supervan appeared in the S4C Welsh language children's programme ""Fan Goch"". The 2011 Disney film ""Cars 2"" features a French character named Tomber who is patterned on a Reliant Regal saloon car, with some creative modifications, such as the headlights of a Citroën Ami. His name means ""to fall"" in French, referring to the reputed instability of three-wheel vehicles. A Reliant Regal is shown in the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics with it falling apart and Batman and"
"special meeting. Dan's face cannot be seen as he is completely covered in bandages and is wearing dark glasses. Relatives of Dan the Van are sometimes seen or referred to, such as his grandmother, Lettuce the Van. In the first two series (1987–1989), each episode focused on a certain topic, in the style of ""Blue Peter"". These episodes had rarely been available since their original transmission, until the series was released onto DVD in Autumn 2011. The brothers' main mode of transport was ""The Chuckmobile"", a quadracycle with a red-and-white striped roof. Barry was usually the driver, whilst Paul put"
"""Animal House"", and the Inspector Gadget films. It has also appeared in the television series ""Pushing Daisies"", in the opening sequence of the television series ""Entourage"", and as the vehicle of choice for Michael Chiklis's character Vincent Savino in the series ""Vegas"". In the CBS television situation comedy ""Green Acres"" (1965–1971), in which the cars were furnished by Ford, lead character Oliver Wendell Douglas (Eddie Albert) is shown driving a 1965 Continental convertible and then in later episodes owns a 1967 model. ""Perry Mason"" also drove a fourth generation Continental convertible in many episodes; here too the cars were furnished"
"as June 2014 it is rumored to be slated to return to the classic CRR black and yellow. There is a Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway F3 A unit and B unit stored at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga. However, the A unit is privately owned and restoration is unlikely because of it. Wilson, the main protagonist of the children's television show ""Chuggington"", is based on an EMD F3 cab unit. Since 1950 and 1991, Lionel has made the Santa Fe F3 in two versions: the yellow plus design, and the T yellow design. The T yellow"