Longest running sitcom (longevity)
The UK’s Last of The Summer Wine (BBC) finished in 2010 after 37 years and 31 series (every episode written by Roy Clarke, the world’s most prolific writer of sitcoms).
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Longest running science fiction TV series
Doctor Who (BBC, UK) has chalked up 769 episodes as of June 2010, encompassing 212 storylines including a full-length TV movie. This total does not include spoofs, spin-offs or webisodes.
Longest running role playing game franchise
The Ultima franchise is the longest-running RPG series, at 29 years. Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness was released in 1980 while the most recent entry to the series, Ultima Online: The Stygian Abyss, came out in 2009. GWR Video Gamer’s Edition 2008 record updated and featured in GWRGE 2010 It is beaten to the record of overall longest-running videogame franchise by Space Invaders, which was first released in 1978 and most recently updated with Space Invaders Extreme 2 in 2009.
Longest running mechanical spinning top
The longest running mechanical spinning top duration is 24 hr 35 min 15 sec and was achieved by TOSY Robotics JSC (Vietnam) at their office in Ha Noi, Vietnam, on 23 May 2011. TOSY Robotics JSC is a high-tech toys and robotics manufacturer. Each spinning top uses a motor and is powered by four AAA batteries.
Longest running live TV variety show-same channel
The longest running live TV variety show broadcast by the same channel is Fuji Television Network Inc.’s Waratte Iitomo! which has been running for 28 years and 11 days since its first episode on 4 October 1982, as of 15 October 2010.
Longest running live TV variety show- episodes
The longest running live TV show in terms of episodes is Fuji Television Network Inc.’s Waratte Iitomo! The show reached its 7,000th episode on 4 February 2010 after beginning on 4 October 1982. Awaiting full evidence from Japan office.
Longest running finger wrestling contest
The longest running finger wrestling contests, known as Fingerhakeln, are known to have been staged in Bavaria, Germany since the 14th century, when rivals competed for women’s favours. More recently, wrestlers compete for various weight-titles in the Bavarian Finger Wrestling Championships held annually in Pflugdorf, near Munich. The aim is for each competitor to pull his rival (seated opposite) across the table placed between them, using a finger lash wrapped around each contestant’s digit. The tournament has a stict set of rules, which standardise the Continue reading →
Longest running daily radio news programme – same host
The longest running daily radio news programme with the same host is “Radio Tribuna” hosted by Enrique Montero Ponce (Mexico) which has been broadcast for forty years from 31 October 1969 to 28 October 2009. Mr Montero Ponce is a local celebrity in Puebla, his radio newscast was the first news programme on the radio in the area.
Longest running daily cartoon by a single author
The longest running daily cartoon strip by a single author is “Bristow”, by Frank Dickens (UK), which has been in continuous publication since first published in the Aberdeen Press and Journal on 18 September 1961. Currently, it appears in the Melbourne Herald and in the Sydney Morning Herald. Bristow is a buying clerk (18th in line for Chief Buyer!) with the monolithic Chester-Perry organisation. He is unmarried, of uncertain age, and an ineffectual rebel. Although he dislikes his job intensely he would fight to keep Continue reading →
Longest running comedy show (same cast)
The longest running comedy show with the same cast is “Comedy to Go” by the Comedy Store Players (UK). Starting in 1985, this 25-year-old improvised show still has the original cast line up and is held in the same venue, The Comedy Store, in London, UK, as of 2010. The shows started on 27th October 1985 and additionally started on Wednesdays in October 1989. Originally called the Sunday Improvisation shows, the Comedy store Players consists of Paul Merton (previously Paul Martin), Neil Mullarkey, Josie Lawrence Continue reading →