About this season
Beadle's About was a British television programme hosted by Jeremy Beadle, where members of the public became victims of practical jokes behind hidden cameras. It was produced by LWT for ITV and ran on Saturday nights from 22 November 1986 to 14 September 1996.
Episodes (8)
1. Series 2, Show 1
Aired 5 September 1987 • 30 min
Jeremy's back, and this time he asks if the women of Camberwell can tell the difference between 3 security guards, and plays a prank on a businessman returning from France.
2. Series 2, Show 2
Aired 12 September 1989 • 30 min
American TV channel NBA sends a team to London's South Bank to report on Saxon foodstuffs, and the Duke and Duchess of York pull a prank on a Swanage mechanic.
3. Series 2, Show 3
Aired 19 September 1987 • 30 min
Tennis pro Virginia Wade joins Jeremy for a prank at a prize tennis court.
4. Series 2, Show 4
Aired 26 September 1987 • 30 min
This week, Jeremy helps a husband play a menu-planning trick on his wife in advance of their holiday, and launches a military assault in the back garden of ex-champion motorcycle racer Steve Parrish.
5. Series 2, Show 5
Aired 3 October 1987 • 30 min
On the show tonight, Jeremy helps orchestrate a prank on a husband with an oversized satellite dish delivery, and one on a wife - with a tank!
6. Series 2, Show 6
Aired 10 October 1987 • 30 min
Beadle's back for more pranks, and tonight he's got exploding golf balls up his sleeve.
7. Series 2, Show 7
Aired 17 October 1987 • 30 min
An unsuspecting lady driver finds valet parking not to her taste, and there's trouble in an antiques shop.
8. Series 2, Show 8
Aired 24 October 1987 • 30 min
In the final episode of the series, passers-by get mixed up in an indentity parade, read love letters, and a housewife sees bright yellow.