1993 in British music BBC One show "Noel's House Party", with "Mr. Blobby" (the first ever eponymously titled number 1 single). In the final week before Christmas, he was knocked off by Take That's "Babe", making Mr. Blobby the first one-week #1 since U2's "The Fly" in November 1991, and making Take That the first act to have three singles in a row all enter at #1. However, the following week (Christmas week) saw Mr. Blobby climb back up to the top, the first time this had happened since January 1969, and officially become this year's Christmas number 1. Take That's "Babe" became the
Peep Show (TV series) Comedy.co.uk Awards". "The Guardian" newspaper described it as "the best comedy of the decade". Ricky Gervais has been cited as saying "the last thing I got genuinely excited about on British TV was "Peep Show", which I thought was the best sitcom since "Father Ted"". While presenting an award at the 2005 British Comedy Awards, Gervais called it "the best show on television today" and said it was a "debacle" that it did not win an award. "The Times" praised the show's "scorching writing" and named it the 15th best TV show of the 2000s. Despite the critical acclaim, "Peep