Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime

A world-class line-up of musical stars from Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John to current chart toppers Jessie J and Ed Sheeran will perform at a spectacular free concert to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this summer. Ten thousand tickets are to be given away through a public ballot for the event, to be held outside Buckingham Palace on June 4, while millions more will be able to watch the musical extravaganza live on BBC1 and Radio 2. Organised by Take That singer Gary Barlow, it will showcase the best of pop, rock, classical and musical theatre from each decade of the monarch’s 60-year reign

These are the hilarious video diaries of Christmas and New Year at the Calf's House and at the pub, Steve Coogan's brilliant characters Paul and Pauline Calf and all their antics. The DVD features Paul Calf's Video Diary and Three Fights Two Weddings and a Funeral, Pauline's wedding video diary, and features Gary Olsen in one of his last Tv appearances before his early death.

In depth interview special with Steve Coogan's spoof Portuguese musical megastar Tony Ferrino

The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Victoria Wood takes to the stage with an all female bill for a night of comedy in support of The British Heart Foundation to help raise awareness of heart disease in women.

Saturday Live was a British television comedy and music show broadcast by Channel 4 from 1985 to 1987, and in 1988 as Friday Night Live. Influenced by the American show Saturday Night Live, it was produced by Paul Jackson. The series made stars of Ben Elton, Harry Enfield, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, and featured appearances by Patrick Marber, Morwenna Banks, Chris Barrie, Emo Philips, Craig Ferguson, Craig Charles and many others. The show featured comic duo Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall in their act The Dangerous Brothers. All episodes were transmitted live, although some material was pre-recorded. Recordings of shows were edited into compilation repeats, retitled Saturday Almost Live. The show was succeeded by Friday Night Live, a shorter and slightly more tightly-formatted show with Elton as the permanent host, which ran for a single series in 1988. The show's titles consisted of reforming clay animations, highly comparable to early MTV idents.

One of Britain's most enduring and best-loved comics, Ronnie Corbett, turned 80 in December 2010. In this brand new comedy sketch show, the octogenarian comic legend appears alongside some of the biggest names in British comedy, in sketches featuring everything from a superannuated super-hero to a stage-struck dog. Add in a sprinkling of one-liners and a brand new Ronnie monologue in the famous chair for the must-see comedy of the festive season.

Harry Enfield's Television Programme was a British sketch show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. It first broadcast on BBC Two in 1990 in the 9 pm slot on Thursdays nights which became the traditional time for alternative comedy on television. Enfield was already an established name due to his 'Loadsamoney' character, but the series gave greater presence to his frequent collaborators Paul Whitehouse and Kathy Burke – so much so that, in 1994, the show was retitled Harry Enfield and Chums.

Lager lout and philosopher Paul Calf records his video diary over New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Accompanied by his friends Fat Bob and Roland and his sister Pauline, he staggers through two days of drinking, fighting and failed sex, in desperate pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, Julie.