Tom Gutteridge direct the BBC's General Election coverage. In 1980 Gutteridge moved to Music & Arts department as Executive Producer, where he was responsible for the twice-weekly Russell Harty chat shows. In 1982, he produced and directed the comedy sketch series "A Kick Up the Eighties", which first discovered the talents of Rik Mayall (as Kevin Turvey) and Tracey Ullman, and which won a Scottish BAFTA. In 1983 and 1984, he produced and directed the popular BBC1 dance series "The Hot Shoe Show", starring Wayne Sleep and Bonnie Langford, which in 1984 was nominated for a BAFTA as Best Light Entertainment Series.
The Wedge (Australian TV series) to follow the much better British alternatives and fails badly" in which he added "not one to watch". The Wedge (Australian TV series) The Wedge was an Australian sketch show created by Ian McFadyen and produced by Network Ten, largely based around autobiographical events from the life of the executive producer, Christina Adams. The show stars Dailan Evans, from the ABC sketch show" Eagle & Evans"; Adam Zwar, best known for his roles in "Wilfred", Rebel Wilson, 'Toula' on the comedy show "Pizza"; Jason Gann, two-time winner of best actor at Tropfest for his roles in Wilfred, as well as