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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 12h

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

archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 12h

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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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 12h

Studio footage from Sykes - Boat (tx 12th October 1972).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 12h

An example of Mike Noble's gorgeous artwork from The Adventures of Black Beauty (Look-In, w/e 12th October 1974).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 12h

Blue Peter celebrates twentieth birthday. The Stage and Television Today (12th October 1978).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 12h

OTD in 1977. Secret Army and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin are on BBC1. Play of the Week is on BBC2 with The Norman Conquests on ITV.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 13h

Top of the Pops (12th October 1989). Chris Rea is on The Road To Hell.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 14h

Blakes 7 - Traitor by Robert Holmes (12th October 1981). Rumours of Servalan's death have been greatly exaggerated.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 15h

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Sex and Violence (12th October 1969). "There's nowt wrong wi' gala luncheons!"

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 16h

Give Us A Clue (12th October 1982). Roy Castle has a tough one - I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 18h

Mrs Walker insists there's no way she would lower herself and join in the scrum at the corner shop sale. I wonder if you can guess what happens next ...

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 18h

Coronation Street - written by Brian Finch (12th October 1970). Hilda's having a sale in the corner shop, which is the trigger for Minnie to take a brisk stroll down memory lane.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

Steptoe & Son - Crossed Swords (11th October 1965). For once, Harold comes up trumps when he buys a Meissen figurine for a song. But in the end, greed proves to be his downfall ...

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

Kevin Whately as PC Evans in Juliet Bravo - Coming Back (11th October 1980).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

Ken Farrington makes his television choices. Oil Strike North, The Sweeney, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe & Wise all get the thumbs up, but Coronation Street is one to be skipped ("it holds no surprises for me any more"). Liverpool Echo (11th October 1975).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

Richard Afton wasn't impressed with Frankie Howerd's Tittertime (although any show which featured Hughie Green as Adolf Hitler surely can't be all bad). Fawlty Towers hit the mark though. Liverpool Echo (11th October 1975).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

Dave Allen At Large reviewed in The Stage and Television Today (11th October 1973).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

OTD in 1976. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and Angels are on BBC1. I Claudius is on BBC2 with George and Mildred followed by The Sweeney on ITV.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

The Two Ronnies (and Sally James) boldly tackle a Star Trek sketch (11th October 1973).

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

I, Claudius - Poison Is Queen (11th October 1976). Augustus' death scene is an extraordinary television moment.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

The first episode of The Return of Shelley was broadcast on this day in 1988. Hywel Bennett reprised his role as James Shelley, joined by new regulars Caroline Langrishe and Andrew Castell.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

Coronation Street - written by Adele Rose (11th October 1978). Mrs Walker finally discovers the truth about Mr Garfield and (to put it mildly) she's not best pleased.