Black and Blue (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Black and Blue was a BBC TV comedy-drama series, first broadcast in 1973. It was so named because of the black
and blue humour
.
The show consisted of 6 episodes of 50–60 minutes duration, each episode was a separate self-contained playlet. The only connection between them was the Black and Blue humour theme.
The first episode was broadcast on August 14, 1973, with the last episode airing on September 18, 1973. The play Secrets
was wiped
, only surviving thanks to a domestic videotape
copy made from the mastertape by its producer, Mark Shivas
.
Secrets
Episode two
The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family
Episode three
High Kampf
Episode four
Rust
Episode five
Soap Opera in Stockwell
Episode six
Glorious Miles
Black comedy
A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...
and blue humour
Off-color humor
The term off-color humor is an Americanism used to describe jokes, prose, poems, black comedy, blue comedy, insult comedy, cringe comedy and skits that deal with topics that are considered to be in poor taste or overly vulgar by the prevailing morality of a culture...
.
The show consisted of 6 episodes of 50–60 minutes duration, each episode was a separate self-contained playlet. The only connection between them was the Black and Blue humour theme.
The first episode was broadcast on August 14, 1973, with the last episode airing on September 18, 1973. The play Secrets
Secrets (play)
Secrets is a one-hour 1973 BBC Television play by Michael Palin and Terry Jones, starring Warren Mitchell as the owner of a chocolate factory...
was wiped
Wiping
Wiping or junking is a colloquial term for action taken by radio and television production and broadcasting companies, in which old audiotapes, videotapes, and telerecordings , are erased, reused, or destroyed after several uses...
, only surviving thanks to a domestic videotape
Videocassette recorder
The videocassette recorder , is a type of electro-mechanical device that uses removable videocassettes that contain magnetic tape for recording analog audio and analog video from broadcast television so that the images and sound can be played back at a more convenient time...
copy made from the mastertape by its producer, Mark Shivas
Mark Shivas
Mark Shivas was a British television producer, film producer and executive. He began his career at BBC Television in the 1960s, and quickly became one of the department's noted producers...
.
Episode guide
Episode oneSecrets
Episode two
The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family
Episode three
High Kampf
Episode four
Rust
Episode five
Soap Opera in Stockwell
Episode six
Glorious Miles