''Auntie's Bloomers'' is a

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show hosted by

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that ran from 29 December 1991 to 29 December 2001 and aired on

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. Most bloopers consisted of homegrown

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programmes including soaps, sitcoms, dramas and news. The programme's title comes from the affectionate nickname "Auntie Beeb" by which the BBC is often referred. The show was replaced by '' Outtake TV'' in 2002, a show similar in concept but with slightly less emphasis on BBC-only material.

Production

The first two episodes of the show were made by independent production company

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. Their contract to produce the show expired after the broadcast of the second episode on 27 December 1992 and was not renewed, leaving the BBC to produce the show themselves from 1994 to 2001. The shows carried a strong BBC theme, most notably throughout the mid-90s where the set was supposedly the BBC archive, and the opening titles consisted of a mysterious figure entering the

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and retrieving archive footage from a safe.

Transmissions

Regular

''Sporting Bloomers'' series

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=1043016, title=Auntie's Bloomers BBC television comedy 1990s British comedy television series 2000s British comedy television series 1991 British television series debuts 2001 British television series endings Blooper shows British English-language television shows