In Bed with Medinner
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'''''In Bed with Medinner''''' was a 1990s late-night British TV programme starring [[Bob Mills (comedian)|Bob Mills]].
==History==
''In Bed with Medinner'' was a [[London Weekend Television]] production for [[ITV]]. Standup comic [[Bob Mills (comedian)|Bob Mills]] specialised in a cynical view of life and its everyday objects, and in pastiches of popular culture icons.
It had a [[clip show]] format, in which Mills presented a long rambling commentary that inevitably led to a story about a video clip, and then to the amusing video clip itself.
Only shown very late in the evening, it distinguished itself as entertainment for those who work on night-shifts, or those who are up late.
==Original broadcasts and video releases==
''In Bed with Medinner'' ran from 1992 through to 1999, totalling 60 episodes: fifty-four 30-minute episodes and six 60-minute episodes.
* Series One consisted of two 30-minute specials shown [[20 November]] and [[27 November]] [[1992]].
* Series Two consisted of six 60-minute episodes and ran from [[8 April]] to [[13 May]] [[1994]].
* Series Three consisted of twenty-six 30-minute episodes and ran from [[11 January]] to [[22 November]] [[1997]].
* Series Four consisted of twenty-six 30-minute episodes and ran from [[6 February]] to [[24 April]] [[1998]] and [[10 January]] to [[25 April]] [[1999]].
* An hour-long compilation of highlights of the first and second series ''Wot a Palaver − The Best of In Bed with Medinner'' broadcast by London-area [[ITV]] on [[2 August]] [[1996]], having been released on VHS on [[26 September]] [[1994]].
==Cultural references==
Series Two and Three opened with a parody of ''[[The Prisoner]]'', The set was meant to be Bob Mills' own flat but was closely based on Number Six's Flat from ''The Prisoner''.
The fourth and final series was re-titled ''Still In Bed With Medinner'', and the opening sequence changed to be a parody of the ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|Avengers]]'' Series Five title sequence.
The title was a parody of [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s 1991 film ''[[Madonna: Truth or Dare|In Bed With Madonna]]''.<ref>''In Bed With Madonna'' was titled ''[[Madonna: Truth or Dare|Truth or Dare]]'' in the US and Canada.</ref>
==Episode guide==
*[[In Bed with Medinner (series 1)]]
*[[In Bed with Medinner (series 2)]]
*[[In Bed with Medinner (series 3)]]
*[[In Bed with Medinner (series 4)]]
==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/i/inbedwithmedinne_7773815.shtml Comedy Guide - ''In Bed with Medinner''] at [[bbc.co.uk]]
*[http://www.medinner.co.uk In Bed With Medinner fansite]
[[Category:ITV comedy]]