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Listings, clippings, cuttings and ephemera from British TV gone by.
#OnThisDay 29 November 1989 - FAST FORWARD
Helen removes dirt from Mrs McCluskey's rocker box and really gets her engine running in #GrangeHill.
An Irish foghorn on legs in BREAD.
"In ze night ve have all been victims of practical jokes!" in 'ALLO 'ALLO!
Plus, The Proggy Pages
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
#OnThisDay 29 November 1989 - FAST FORWARD
EVERYBODY NEEDS GOOD NEIGHBOURS - We're still big #Neighbours fans even with Kyles gone.
SCHOOL REPORT - Simone Hyams, Calley from #GrangeHill, danced like a baby elephant.
MAID TO BE MERRY - A chattete with the Sheriff #TonyRobinson.
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
#OnThisDay 29 November 1993 📺TV Listings
Get your 3D glasses ready for #BluePeter.
BBC1 celebrates #DoctorWho with 30 YEARS IN THE TARDIS.
Deidre feels like a stranger in her own house in #CoronationStreet.
ITV give us A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO ADULTERY, by Frank Cottrell Boyce.
November 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
#WhatWeWereWatching 38 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 29 November 1987
1. #EastEnders 22.45m
2. Children in Need Challenge 17.20
3. #CoronationStreet 17.05
4. Blind Date 16.20
5. #TheBill 15.40
6. Bread 14.85
7. Children of Courage 14.60
8. The Royal Variety Performance 14.40
November 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#OnThisDay 29 November 1986
EXTERMINATE HIM! Doctor Faces His Greatest Peril - From Beeb Bosses
#DrWho is safe . . . but time is running out for #ColinBaker, the actor who plays him. The 41-year.old star faces extermination before the series returns next year . . .
November 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#OnThisDay 29 November 1987
Farewell to Hilda Ogden . . . her own exclusive story -
WHY I HAVE TO LEAVE THE STREET - As told to #TonyWarren, the creator of #CoronationStreet -
MEN, MARRIAGE AND WHY I STAYED SINGLE
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
#OnThisDay 29 November 1982
You can call her Meg Mortimer of call her Madam, but she's still THE FIRST AND ONLY NOELE -
At 57, she's got style and stamina and is still an unsinkable superstar.
"I have never been a loser and I'm not going to start now" - #NoeleGordon
November 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
#OnThisDay 29 November 1977
CORONATION STREET'S ROYAL DAY
Annie Walker, landlady of TV's #CoronationStreet, met the Queen at Buckingham Palace today to receive her MBE. 63 year old actress #DorisSpeed said "I am a bit deaf - but you can't really ask the Queen to speak up."
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
#OnThisDay 29 November 1974
My Life at #Crossroads by #NoeleGordon -
IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE, BUT . . .
"I am a woman with two lives. To millions of viewers I am Meg Richardson, ruffled hostess of Crossroads, a Midland motel . . ."
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
#OnThisDay 28 November 1985
DR WHO'S BABY LINED UP AS A PANTO STAR
She's not quite a year old, but little Georgia (#GeorgiaTennant) makes her acting debut in Aladdin at Wimbledon Theatre next month. Georgia will be starring with her father, #DrWho actor #PeterDavison . . .
November 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
#OnThisDay 28 November 1990 - FAST FORWARD
Has Arthur's cat eaten Pete's pigeons in #EastEnders the cartoon?
Is the Grove haunted in #BykerGrove?
Can Chrissie rescue the rats in #GrangeHill?
Plus, The Proggy Pages.
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
#OnThisDay 28 November 1990 - FAST FORWARD
GET READY FOR SOME SERIOUS SWINGING with Trevor and Simon, whose new single Jennifer Juniper is out now.
SHE MUST BE QUACKERS! #AnnekaRice helps Edd the Duck to work on Newsround.
From #BykerGrove - HELLO, I'M CHARLEY!
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 26 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 28 November 1999
1. #CoronationStreet 17.51m
2. #EastEnders 17.50
3. #Heartbeat 13.91
4. Dinnerladies 13.86
5. #Emmerdale 12.99
6. #Casualty 12.42
7. They Think It's All Over 11.08
8. Jonathan Creek 11.02
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#OnThisDay 28 November 1979
Bill Tarmey makes his first appearance as Jack Duckworth in #CoronationStreet, at Gail & Brian's wedding. However, he has to wait 'til the next episode for his first line, the less than memorable, "Gin and orange." It's then 18 months 'til he's back.
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#OnThisDay 28 November 1995
YARD PROBE TV SOAP TYCOON'S COP GUARDS
Five Scotland Yard officers were under suspension last night, alleged to have acted as paid minders to 71-year-old multi-millionaire Reg Grundy, whose hit series include #Neighbours and Sale of the Century . . .
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#OnThisDay 28 November 1986
IT'S NO JOKE BEING A FUNNY GIRL
#VictoriaWood is probably the funniest woman on television. But when she's writing material for her shows the 32-year-old comedienne suffers agonies of self-doubt . . .
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#OnThisDay 28 November 1969
The show the experts didn't like . . . WOULD IT BE THE SAME IF IT WAS CALLED 'FLORIZEL STREET'?
#CoronationStreet creator #TonyWarren can't get over the show's fantastic popularity. But fame as the creator of the series hasn't brought fortune . . .
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#OnThisDay 25 November 1983
The Five Doctors, a special feature-length episode of #DrWho produced in celebration of the programme's 20th anniversary, is screened in the UK on BBC1.
However, as seen from these newspaper ads, various American PBS channels had already shown it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 35 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 25 November 1990
1. #CoronationStreet 18.76m
2. #Neighbours 18.33
3. #EastEnders 17.10
4. Beadle's About 14.12
5. Blind Date 14.08
6. Birds of a Feather 13.99
7. Generation Game 13.11
8. Keeping Up Appearances 13.04
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#OnThisDay 25 November 1994
I'M A SOAP SENSATION BUT IT DOESN'T WASH WITH MY MUM - Only One Who Won't Cry as Samir Weds -
#CoronationStreet toy boy, shy young Samir, aka actor Al Nedjari, speaks to the Mirror about what lies ahead for him and Deidre.
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#OnThisDay 25 November 1985
STREET PARTY - They're still on top after 25 glorious years -
There was a good reason why the stars of #CoronationStreet turned to 'champers' yesterday, they were having a knees-up to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ITV soap opera . . .
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#OnThisDay 25 November 1985
CHARTER FOR SMUT- Whitehouse Slams the #EastEnders
HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY! We're Still the Tops, Say Stars of #CoronationStreet
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
#OnThisDay 24 November 1996 📺TV
Episode 4096 is #CoronationStreet's first regular Sunday episode and marks the start of the show being broadcast four times a week.
The conclusion of THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL.
A new adaptation of Jane Austen's EMMA on ITV with Kate Beckinsale.
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 29 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 24 November 1996
1. #EastEnders 22.19m
2. #CoronationStreet 18.38
3. #Emmerdale 14.70
4. National Lottery Live 14.27
5. #Casualty 13.72
6. #Neighbours 12.64
7. #TheBill 12.56
8. Animal Hospital 12.39
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#OnThisDay 24 November 1989
The Evening Telegraph predicts a grisly end for #CoronationStreet's Alan Bradley and looks back at other notable soap deaths - STREET'S 'MR NASTY' SET TO FALL FOUL OF SOAP HITMEN - Pen Mightier Than the Sword to Kill off TV Stars
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM