This fictional show reminds me of the real show 'Bottom'
Featuring two of the guys from 'The young ones' Rick Mayal and Adrian Edmundson. If you havent seen it, I recommend it.. It is genius.
They'd show PBS Newshour, then Masterpiece Theater's adaption of A Tale of Two Cities, and then a two hour Doctor Who episode where he fights spiders from outer space which were played by puppets. It was British so it was still classy enough to follow Dickens.