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#OnThisDay 14 October 1983
Get your hands on these new videos from the BBC . . .

IN A PACKED SHOW TONIGHT . . . It's a video from me . . . and it's a video from him.

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#OnThisDay 14 October 1984
Thames Television take out full-page newspaper ads to promote #TheBill
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ON A COPPER'S BEAT IN LONDON'S EAST END?
A new police drama series filmed entirely on location, The Bill is a true life drama giving a realistic insight ...

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#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 41 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 14 October 1984
1. Minder 17.50m
2. #CoronationStreet 17.30
3. Any Which Way You Can 16.20
4. Fresh Fields 16.05
5. Duty Free 14.65
6. The #BennyHill Show 14.40
7. Name That Tune 14.25
8. News At Ten 13.50

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#OnThisDay 14 October 1980
ITV'S SEVENTEEN DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
ITV are splashing out £30 million on a bumper bundle of Christmas shows. Leading ITV's homegrown campaign will be Alf Garnett. There will be specials from Morecambe and Wise, Kenny Everett, the Muppets, Bruce Forsyth...

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#OnThisDay 14 October 1979
The Mirror reveals THE SAD TALE OF PETRA THE TV PUPPY - Why #BluePeter told a little white lie -
"The pup fell ill and died. So we decided to do what most responsible parent would do - get a replacement."

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#OnThisDay 14 October 1978
CHANCE ENCOUNTER
Tony Adams, the dashing, dishy doctor who for five-and-a-half years was General Hospital's most eligible bachelor is to join #Crossroads this month . . .

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#OnThisDay 14 October 1978
Hurry yourself along to the great new Sun Valley Amusements in Freeman Street, Grimbsy because . . .
PAT PHOENIX COMES TO GRIMSBY!
Meet Elsie of #CoronationStreet plus, you can enjoy free sherry all day!

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#OnThisDay 13 October 1966
Your chance to purchase the "entire production" of The Curse Of The Daleks, a #DrWho theatre play that had run at London's Wyndham's Theatre from 21 December 1965 to 15 January 1966 as a matinee show.

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#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 34 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 13 October 1991
1. #EastEnders 19.39m
2. #CoronationStreet 18.71
3. #Neighbours 16.64
4. Ruth Rendell Mysteries 14.35
5. #TheBill 13.95
6. Blind Date 13.20
7. #Casualty 13.15
8. #HomeAndAway 13.10

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#OnThisDay 13 October 1994
Susannah Corbett, daughter of #HarryHCorbett, tells the Today newspaper:
MY DAD MADE A FORTUNE OUT OF STEPTOE BUT HIS DEATH SENT US FROM RICHES .. TO RAGS

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#OnThisDay 13 October 1987
HILDA'S STREET EXIT IS MURDER! - Cast Face Sack If They Spill Beans -
Stand by with the hankies, soap fans - #CoronationStreet's farewell to the legendary Hilda Ogden is going to be a real weepie. Hilda will be written out on Christmas night . . .

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#OnThisDay 13 October 1982
PORN UNLIMITED
Cable TV was given the go-ahead yesterday. Armchair shopping and soft porn movies will all be available. There will be no limit of the number of channels and no rigid control on programmes. But there will be a special anti-porn gadget...

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#OnThisDay 13 October 1981
Has the Mirror uncovered the secret of how #NoeleGordon will leave #Crossroads?
IS THIS MEG'S LAST RESTING PLACE?
The cast of the TV series gathered round an open grave yesterday to film a burial scene . . .

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#OnThisDay 13 October 1980
WILL VIEWERS EXTERMINATE DR. WHO BEFORE THESE DO?
#DoctorWho's biggest threat doesn't come from the Daleks or the Androids. It comes from TV licence evaders . . .

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#OnThisDay 13 October 1961
Ena Sharples of #CoronationStreet encourages you to
THINK! WHAT SERVICE MEANS -
"I pay them to worry about my set!"
So, hurry yourself along to Telefusion in Market St. in Heywood and try a rental television free for seven days.

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Just so you know, I miss you when you're gone.

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#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 28 years ago
📺TV Ratings for BBC2/C4 for w.e. 12 October 1997
1. #Friends 6.04m
2. #Brookside 5.72
3. #TopGear 5.23
4. Ground Force 5.22
5. Shooting Stars 4.81
6. #AbsolutelyFabulous 4.79
7. #Hollyoaks 4.35
8. Countdown 4.06
9. Two Fat Ladies 3.99

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#OnThisDay 12 October 1990
To celebrate #Emmerdale's anniversary, the Evening Standard looks back on
18 YEARS OF IDYLL MOMENTS
"How is a woman expected to settle down to a spot of jam-making while being pestered by police, barristers and pushy journalists?"

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#OnThisDay 12 October 1988
IT'S DOCTOR DUD!
Pint-sized sex symbol #DudleyMoore is set to be the next #DrWho - in a 19 million dollar American film version of the time traveller . . .

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#OnThisDay 12 October 1982
THE LEADING LADY
When #VerityLambert, at 27, became the youngest producer ever to be appointed at the BBC, some of the chaps expressed shock . . .
. . . then after #DrWho turned into a colossal money spinner, the doubters fell silent . . .

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#OnThisDay 12 October 1978
THE LETTER THAT CHANGED MY LIFE by William Roache -
"If you had asked me at any time during the first 12 years of #CoronationStreet what the turning point had been in my life, I would have said it was the day at the very beginning of my career . . ."

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#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 33 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 11 October 1992
1. #EastEnders 19.91m
2. #CoronationStreet 19.67
3. #Neighbours 17.03
4. #HomeAndAway 14.18
5. #Casualty 14.12
6. Strike It Lucky 13.99
7. #TheBill 13.80
8. London's Burning 13.70

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#OnThisDay 11 October 1989 - FAST FORWARD
Have Tegs and Justine fallen on good times in #GrangeHill?
Will the voluptuous Carmen tempt Adrian in BREAD?
Why is Helga removing her stained clothing in 'ALLO 'ALLO?
Plus THE PROGGY PAGES.

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#OnThisDay 11 October 1984
COR BLIMEY!
Yesterday the BBC announced its new soap opera designed to beat ITV's #CoronationStreet and #Crossroads in the ratings war. It's a big-budget twice-weekly series called #EastEnders . . .

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#OnThisDay 11 October 1984, The Mirror looks forward to the BBC's new soap #EastEnders - EAST SIDE STORY - Albert Square .. a corner of the East End set to become as familiar as Coronation Street.

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