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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 46m

Ah, would that it were. Tom Baker is on tonight's Call My Bluff. BBC4, 9.00 pm.

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BBC Two - Call My Bluff, 27/05/1977

Robert Robinson hosts a game of word definitions and deceptions. With Tom Baker.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1h

Clive James on Star Trek (14th October 1979).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1h

'Not a word to Capt Mainwaring, but .. Private Walker would love to be Hitler!' Interview with James Beck, Daily Mirror (14th October 1972).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1h

Ace of Wands (The Eye of Ra), Softly Softly Task Force (Once Bitten) and The Lovers reviewed in The Stage and Television Today (14th October 1971).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1h

OTD in 1979. To The Manor Born and Shoestring are on BBC1. There's a late-night repeat of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on BBC2.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 2h

Sherlock Holmes - The Boscombe Valley Mystery (14th October 1968). Holmes is once again on the trail with Watson trailing several paces behind him

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 3h

Call Sheet and Progress Report for The Rack (original title, An Inquiry Into Violence).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 3h

The Professionals - The Rack (14th October 1978). His back to the wall, Cowley fights to save CI5.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 4h

Doctor Who - The Pirate Planet (14th October 1978). "What's it for? Huh? What are you doing? What could possibly be worth all this?"

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 5h

'Red Lady, Black Night', the first episode of Big Deal, was originally broadcast on this day in 1984. Created by Geoff McQueen and starring Ray Brooks and Sharon Duce, it ran for a total of thirty episodes across three series.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 6h

Larry Grayson's Generation Game (14th October 1978). Larry meets K9.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 7h

Coronation Street - written by H.V. Kershaw (14th October 1970). Irma returns to the corner shop - and it seems not a moment too soon.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 11h

Happy Birthday Christopher Timothy, born this day in 1940.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 11h

Happy Birthday Katy Manning, born this day in 1946.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 11h

Roger Moore profiled in Buddy (31st October 1981).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 11h

Remembering Roger Moore, born this day in 1927.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

The Basil Brush Show (13th October 1979). Peter Gilmore joins Basil for a song.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

OTD in 1978. Rings on Their Fingers and Target feature on BBC1. There's another chance to see Wuthering Heights on BBC2 with The Rag Trade and 3-2-1 on ITV.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (13th October 1976). Having faked his own death and then assumed a number of new identities, Reggie finds it impossible to stay away from his family for too long.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

The first edition of Alexei Sayle's Stuff was originally broadcast on this day in 1988.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

The Prisoner - A, B and C by Anthony Skene (13th October 1967). The new No 2 (Colin Gordon) attempts to break No 6 by delving into his subconscious.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

Coronation Street - written by Adele Rose (13th October 1976). Pour a few drinks into Mavis and she becomes the life and soul of the Rovers. The only problem is what happens afterwards ....

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

Remembering Cyril Shaps, born this day in 1923.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 2d

Louise Jameson and Robert Glenister in Casualty - Salvation (12th October 1990)

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 2d

Jackanory - The Hobbit (12th October 1979). Jan Francis, Bernard Cribbins, Maurice Denham and David Wood conclude the tale of The Hobbit.

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