It's Only TV...but I Like It
Introduction '''''It's Only TV... But I Like It''''' is a comedy celebrity panel gameshow about television. It originally aired on BBC One from 3 June 1999 through 23 August 2002.Its presenter was Jonathan Ross, and the regular team captains were Julian Clary, Jack Dee (series 1 only), and Phill Jupitus.
Overview The teams played through various rounds in order to gain points. Whichever team had the most points at the end was declared the winner. If both teams had equal points at the end, then the result was declared as a draw with no tie-breaker played.===Rounds===There were various rounds played throughout the series, including:* TV Trivia – In this round, each team is shown three clips which have a tenuous link to a moment in television history. It is up to the teams to try and decipher the link. * Bad News or Are You Sitting Down? – Here, the teams are shown a clip from a TV show, but the clip is paused before a piece of bad news is delivered. The teams must guess what bad news is. Programmes varied in this round from soaps like ''Coronation Street'' and ''EastEnders'' to crime dramas such as ''The Bill'' or ''The Sweeney'', period dramas such as ''Poldark'' or ''Martin Chuzzlewit'' to children's programmes like ''Pingu'', ''Fireman Sam'', ''Bob the Builder'' and ''Noddy''. * Here's One I Made Earlier – Inspired by the long-running BBC series ''Blue Peter'', the teams are given ingredients to a real Blue Peter "make", and asked to come up with what they think the presenter made out of them. * Channel Hopping – In this round the guests make their way into the TV screen (in reality, an elevated section of the stage behind Jonathan), and the team captains don special earmuffs to block out any noise. The captains also have a remote control to choose one of five TV programmes, which the guests must mime along to the theme tune in order for their captain to guess the programme. From series 2, this game was played in every episode, having been in half the episodes of series 1.From series 3, each captain would have a pair of earmuffs decorated to look like a certain television programme. * Opportunity Knockers – The teams are shown three clips of performers on talent shows such as ''New Faces'', ''Opportunity Knocks'' or such programmes, and are asked to guess which of the three acts is still performing today. One such clip showed a teenage Toni Warne who in 2012 became a contestant on ''The Voice''. * Granny Knows Best – The teams are shown a montage of elderly people describing a television programme in an obtuse way, and are asked what programme they are talking about. If they guess it correctly from the first montage the team are awarded five points, but if they don't then they are shown a second montage where the clues become easier but the point value decreases the more clues they get. * Masks – Where the team dons blindfolds and the opposing captain applies masks to the blindfolds of the opposite team, all of whom are faces from the same TV programme. The team then has to ask questions to the opposing side to guess who they are wearing masks of, mainly using yes-or-no questions. The teams could also occasionally score bonus points for guessing the character or personality on their mask. * Dubbing - Each team is shown a clip of a television programme such as ''One Man and His Dog'', ''The Clangers'' or ''Wildlife on One'', but without the sound. The teams then provide a new dub over the clip (usually the team captain providing the narration while the guests provide incidental noises or additional commentary). Shown to the audience, but not the teams, is a list of five words related to the clip. Points are awarded for every word on the list that the teams get correct. * Aliens – In this round, the teams are shown three aliens, one of which appeared in ''Doctor Who''. The teams then ask the aliens questions as to their identities before voting on which is the real alien. Points are awarded for guessing correctly. * Wine Tasting – The teams are given a wine to taste (which had appeared on ''Food and Drink'') and are asked to guess what the presenters said about the wine. Points are awarded for each correct description. In one variant of this round the contestants are asked to taste a beer, in this case the beer in question was Weihenstephaner. * Let's Laugh at Foreigners – The teams are shown three acts performing at a Eurovision Song Contest, and are asked which act got the lowest points. * Are You Being Serviced? – The teams are shown a clip from a sitcom, usually ''Are You Being Served?'' after which the round was named, and the clip is paused before the punchline is delivered. The teams have to guess what the punchline is. * Charley Says – Based on the ''Charley Says'' series of public information films, the teams are shown a public information film which is paused before the message is delivered. The teams have to guess what the film's message is.The show always ended with a quickfire round with the teams on their buzzers. The three quickfire rounds were:* Catchphrase – Played in series 1, the teams simply had to complete the unfinished catchphrases read out by Jonathan. * Who Said That? – Played in series 2 and 3, Jonathan would read out a line of dialogue from a TV programme and the teams have to guess the character or person who said it. * Quickfire Trivia – Played in series 4, this was a straightforward round of quickfire trivia questions, also incorporating catchphrases and identifying two TV personalities morphed together into one picture.
Return The show returned on 5 March 2011 for a special during the BBC's ''24 Hour Panel People'' in aid of Comic Relief 2011.The show's former team captain Jack Dee hosted with Ulrika Jonsson and Charlie Brooker as team captains. The guests were David Walliams, Danny Wallace, Tom Deacon, and Penny Smith.
Episodes The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:: – indicates Julian's team won: – indicates Jack's/Phill's team won: – indicates the game ended in a draw===Series 1 (1999)===No.EpisodeFirst broadcastJulian's guestsJack's guestsScores 1x01  3 June 1999  Ant & Dec and John Thomson  Caroline Aherne and Antony Worrall Thompson  15–6 1x02  10 June 1999  Fay Ripley and Barbara Windsor  John Challis and Neil Morrissey  15–17 1x03  17 June 1999  Leslie Ash and Bill Tarmey  Patsy Palmer and Rowland Rivron  22–19 1x04  24 June 1999  John Leslie and Wendy Richard  Sarah White and Richard Whiteley  21–14 1x05  1 July 1999  Wolf and John Inman  Mark Lamarr and Trev & Simon  13–13 1x06  8 July 1999  Nigel Havers and Lorraine Kelly  Jayne Middlemiss and Tim Healy  30–11 1x07  15 July 1999  Leslie Grantham and Carol Smillie  Leslie Phillips and Jamie Theakston  TBC 1x08  22 July 1999  Ainsley Harriott and Melanie Sykes  John Noakes and Les Dennis  TBC===Series 2 (2000)===No.EpisodeFirst broadcastJulian's guestsPhill's guestsScores 2x01  24 February 2000  Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Adam Rickitt  Ulrika Jonsson and Leslie Phillips  TBC 2x02  2 March 2000  Davina McCall and Dean Sullivan  Esther Rantzen and Max Beesley  TBC 2x03  9 March 2000  Anna Ryder Richardson and Angela Griffin  John Sergeant and Noddy Holder  TBC 2x04  16 March 2000  Shane Richie and Gloria Hunniford  Alice Beer and Jack Docherty  TBC 2x05  23 March 2000  Shaun Williamson and Donna Air  Norman Wisdom and Meera Syal  TBC 2x06  30 March 2000  Keith Chegwin and Amanda Holden  Peter Davison and Suggs  TBC 2x07  6 April 2000  Oz Clarke and Kirsty Young  Fern Britton and "Handy" Andy  8–17 2x08  13 April 2000  Boy George and Charlotte Coleman  Esther McVey and Phil Daniels  TBC===Series 3 (2001)===No.EpisodeFirst broadcastJulian's guestsPhill's guestsScores 3x01  23 February 2001  "Nasty" Nick and Lisa Rogers  Claire Sweeney and Ainsley Harriott  16–12 3x02  2 March 2001  Richard Blackwood and Valerie Singleton  Gail Porter and Graham Cole  11–10 3x03  9 March 2001  Dermot O'Leary and Liz Smith  Linda Barker and Richard Whiteley  16–15 3x04  16 March 2001  Patrick Kielty and Keith Duffy  Vanessa Feltz and Jeremy Spake  23–12 3x05  23 March 2001  Ralf Little and Gaby Roslin  Emma Noble and Rich Hall  TBC 3x06  30 March 2001  Jim Bowen and Philippa Forrester  Tricia Penrose and Fred MacAulay  TBC 3x07  13 April 2001  Rowland Rivron and Linda Robson  Doon Mackichan and Les Dennis  TBC 3x08  20 April 2001  Craig Doyle and Jilly Goolden  Michelle Collins and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen  15–15===Series 4 (2002)===No.EpisodeFirst broadcastJulian's guestsPhill's guestsScores 4x01  28 June 2002  Joe Mace and Jennie Bond  Terry Wogan and Ainsley Harriott  19–19 4x02  5 July 2002  Ian McCaskill and Myleene Klass  Lucy Speed and Richard Blackwood  8–9 4x03  12 July 2002  Vernon Kay and Debra Stephenson  Angela Rippon and Jo Brand  TBC 4x04  19 July 2002  Barbara Windsor and Keith Harris  Carol Smillie and Adam and Joe  TBC 4x05  26 July 2002  Ed Byrne and Angela Griffin  David Dickinson and Steven Pinder  17–15 4x06  2 August 2002  Cannon and Ball and Gina Yashere  Patsy Palmer and Stuart Hall  TBC 4x07  9 August 2002  Roy Walker and Katy Hill  Diarmuid Gavin and Nicholas R. Bailey  TBC 4x08  16 August 2002  The Krankies and Goldie  Coleen Nolan and Gary Beadle  TBC
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