Flipside TV was a television programme broadcast by Channel 4

Channel 4

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, Nation 277 and Paramount

Paramount Comedy 1

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 in the UK

United Kingdom

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. It was presented mainly by Richard Bacon

Richard Bacon (television presenter)

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 (also the shows founder, and executive producer) and guest hosts, including Justin Lee Collins

Justin Lee Collins

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 and Iain Lee

Iain Lee

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. The format was created by David Owen and Jay Pond-Jones

Jay Pond-Jones

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based on an original idea by Chas Bayfield, which had been posted on the free ideas website Idea A Day

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.
The show was broadcast live and included a presenter and three guests, each with their own television and digital satellite receiver. The guests would "flip" through the many hundreds of satellite channels looking for something interesting. If something interesting was found, whatever it was then broadcast live on the show with the guests providing their own mainly comic commentary. Before its disappearance, Flipside TV had a daily slot for two weeks on Channel 4, where it was normally broadcast between midnight

Midnight

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 and 2am, and a ten-week slot on Paramount.

Regular Guests/Presenters

• Iain Lee
  Iain Lee
  Iain Lee is a British comedian, and a television and radio presenter. His career began when he performed stand-up comedy gigs across venues in London. He subsequently became co-presenter of the comedy current affairs show The 11 O'Clock Show on Channel 4 and RI:SE...
  
  
• Richard Bacon
  Richard Bacon (television presenter)
  Richard Paul Bacon is an English television and radio presenter.Bacon's first high-profile media role was as a presenter of Blue Peter, from which he was sacked in 1998 following newspaper reports of him taking cocaine...
  
  
• Justin Lee Collins
  Justin Lee Collins
  Justin Lee Collins, commonly known as JLC, is an award-winning English comedian and television presenter.A Bristolian, he's well known for his strong West Country accent, shaggy appearance and colourful shirts....
  
  
• Michael Holden
• Sam Delaney
• Boyd Hilton
• James Brown
• Caroline Ashton
• Karl Pilkington
  Karl Pilkington
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• Ed Hall
• Alan Carr
  Alan Carr
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• Elaine
• Peter Wood (Series Director)
• Victor Ebuwa