To celebrate the release of Godzilla, and nothing to do with yer actual Halloween, BBC2 dedicated itself in July of 1998 to Monster Night.
The strand was hosted by Bill Bailey, with guests Phill Jupitus and Paul Ross, and had a documentary from Alex Cox about Godzilla, a showing of the 1976 version of King Kong, and a premiere of Godzilla vs King Ghidorah.
In amongst all that, Lee & Herring presented their Reasonably Scary Monsters.
Here’s the rest of the linking bits from the night.
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