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 Agony of... show searched for answers on dating, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. It featured personalities such as Brett Tucker (actor), Damian Walshe-Howling (actor), Waleed Aly (broadcaster, academic), Ed Kavalee (actor, TV host), Adam Elliot (Academy Award-winning animator), Josh Lawson (actor, screenwriter), Lawrence Leung (broadcaster, comedian), Lawrence Mooney (comedian), Dave Thornton (comedian, broadcaster), John Elliott (businessman), Tom Elliott (businessman, broadcaster), Kick Gurry (actor), Andrew Knight (screenwriter, producer), Glynn Nicholas (playwright, producer), Sam Pang (TV host, broadcaster), Tim Ross (author, broadcaster), Scott Brennan (actor), Des Dowling (comedian). "Agony Uncles" was nominated for Best Comedy in Sketch or Light Entertainment at the 2012 AWGIE Awards.