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#OnThisDay 20 November 1962
Bolton News has this ingenious idea -
SUNDAY REPEAT OF CORONATION STEET A GOOD IDEA, BUT . . .
The suggestion was put that a repeat of the previous week's two #CoronationStreet episodes on Sunday would be better than some of the shows inflicted on us
Bolton News has this ingenious idea -
SUNDAY REPEAT OF CORONATION STEET A GOOD IDEA, BUT . . .
The suggestion was put that a repeat of the previous week's two #CoronationStreet episodes on Sunday would be better than some of the shows inflicted on us
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#OnThisDay 20 November 1962
Bolton News has this ingenious idea -
SUNDAY REPEAT OF CORONATION STEET A GOOD IDEA, BUT . . .
The suggestion was put that a repeat of the previous week's two #CoronationStreet episodes on Sunday would be better than some of the shows inflicted on us
Bolton News has this ingenious idea -
SUNDAY REPEAT OF CORONATION STEET A GOOD IDEA, BUT . . .
The suggestion was put that a repeat of the previous week's two #CoronationStreet episodes on Sunday would be better than some of the shows inflicted on us
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#OnThisDay 20 November 1995
JACKANORY, JACKANORY . . END OF STORY
Once upon a time there was a popular kids' programme on TV called Jackanory. For 30 years children watched in wonderment. But now it looks like the final page has been turned on one of the BBC's most enduring . . .
JACKANORY, JACKANORY . . END OF STORY
Once upon a time there was a popular kids' programme on TV called Jackanory. For 30 years children watched in wonderment. But now it looks like the final page has been turned on one of the BBC's most enduring . . .
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#OnThisDay 20 November 1995
JACKANORY, JACKANORY . . END OF STORY
Once upon a time there was a popular kids' programme on TV called Jackanory. For 30 years children watched in wonderment. But now it looks like the final page has been turned on one of the BBC's most enduring . . .
JACKANORY, JACKANORY . . END OF STORY
Once upon a time there was a popular kids' programme on TV called Jackanory. For 30 years children watched in wonderment. But now it looks like the final page has been turned on one of the BBC's most enduring . . .
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#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 37 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 20 November 1988
1. #EastEnders 20.45m
2. #Neighbours 17.65
3. #CoronationStreet 16.90
4. Bread 16.70
5. Blind Date 14.90
6. Children of Courage 13.75
7. Tales of the Unexpected 13.50
8. This Is Your Life 13.40
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 20 November 1988
1. #EastEnders 20.45m
2. #Neighbours 17.65
3. #CoronationStreet 16.90
4. Bread 16.70
5. Blind Date 14.90
6. Children of Courage 13.75
7. Tales of the Unexpected 13.50
8. This Is Your Life 13.40
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 37 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 20 November 1988
1. #EastEnders 20.45m
2. #Neighbours 17.65
3. #CoronationStreet 16.90
4. Bread 16.70
5. Blind Date 14.90
6. Children of Courage 13.75
7. Tales of the Unexpected 13.50
8. This Is Your Life 13.40
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 20 November 1988
1. #EastEnders 20.45m
2. #Neighbours 17.65
3. #CoronationStreet 16.90
4. Bread 16.70
5. Blind Date 14.90
6. Children of Courage 13.75
7. Tales of the Unexpected 13.50
8. This Is Your Life 13.40
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40 YEARS AGO TODAY: Alias The Jester, another series from the Cosgrove Hall golden age, featuring a Richard Briers-voiced time traveller stuck in the Middle Ages as a court entertainer with a secret superhero sideline that usually leads to his being fired.
Alias the Jester Ep2 The Ring
Old Thames Television cartoon from 1985. Used to air on Greek television long ago. For those who miss the good old cartoon days! With Greek subtitles. Note: Pilot episode missing. Sorry!
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of the series, which is the property of Thames Television. This upload is inte
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November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
40 YEARS AGO TODAY: Alias The Jester, another series from the Cosgrove Hall golden age, featuring a Richard Briers-voiced time traveller stuck in the Middle Ages as a court entertainer with a secret superhero sideline that usually leads to his being fired.
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100% endorse everything Michael says here about his hopes for the new #LineOfDuty, especially on not dropping the whole series on iPlayer. A week of speculation just heightens the experience. I can't wait; I definitely feel a rewatch of series 1-6 coming on.
Big-name antagonists! Shock deaths! Long interview scenes! Lots of acronyms! More wee donkeys! I wrote about what we want from the return of #LineOfDuty www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
From shocking deaths to more wee donkeys: what we want from the return of Line of Duty
Jed Mercurio’s police drama is getting a comeback – which gives it the chance to be TV’s greatest cop show once more. Here’s what it needs to do
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November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
100% endorse everything Michael says here about his hopes for the new #LineOfDuty, especially on not dropping the whole series on iPlayer. A week of speculation just heightens the experience. I can't wait; I definitely feel a rewatch of series 1-6 coming on.
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God *damn* this was hard to film
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
God *damn* this was hard to film
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@aldupres.bsky.social Two full editions of Wales at Six from October 1982 (thought it had launched in November?)
The long close to the first edition might seem familiar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQTl...
The long close to the first edition might seem familiar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQTl...
Wales at Six
YouTube video by Archif Ddarlledu Cymru | Wales Broadcast Archive
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@aldupres.bsky.social Two full editions of Wales at Six from October 1982 (thought it had launched in November?)
The long close to the first edition might seem familiar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQTl...
The long close to the first edition might seem familiar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQTl...
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Random Christopher Price moment - as he was about to interview a member of the medical profession :
"I've been a Doctor Who fan my whole life, and I never thought I'd get the chance to do this..."
<turns to guest>
"DOK-TORRR!"
<guest looks nonplussed>
We lost him far too bloody soon.
"I've been a Doctor Who fan my whole life, and I never thought I'd get the chance to do this..."
<turns to guest>
"DOK-TORRR!"
<guest looks nonplussed>
We lost him far too bloody soon.
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Random Christopher Price moment - as he was about to interview a member of the medical profession :
"I've been a Doctor Who fan my whole life, and I never thought I'd get the chance to do this..."
<turns to guest>
"DOK-TORRR!"
<guest looks nonplussed>
We lost him far too bloody soon.
"I've been a Doctor Who fan my whole life, and I never thought I'd get the chance to do this..."
<turns to guest>
"DOK-TORRR!"
<guest looks nonplussed>
We lost him far too bloody soon.
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"The series has delivered the regular numbers that TV executives, both shiny and gnarly, probably thought had long since been consigned to the mist-swathed bin of history. The stuff of legends, perhaps even mythical."
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/7-day-consol...
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/7-day-consol...
Celebrity Traitors finale touches 15m after seven days
Stephen Price ponders whether sorcery is involved as smash entertainment format keeps on building audiences
www.broadcastnow.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"The series has delivered the regular numbers that TV executives, both shiny and gnarly, probably thought had long since been consigned to the mist-swathed bin of history. The stuff of legends, perhaps even mythical."
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/7-day-consol...
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/7-day-consol...
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50 YEARS AGO TODAY: the Goodies arrive via trandem in the Blue Peter studio to reveal their gibbon-based novelty hitmaking has been raising funds for the titular primate.
BBC Archive 1975: The Goodies
Fresh from doing their Funky Gibbon hit, The Goodies (Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor), are in the Blue Peter studio.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: the Goodies arrive via trandem in the Blue Peter studio to reveal their gibbon-based novelty hitmaking has been raising funds for the titular primate.
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Oh get in lads.
SIGNED
SIGNED
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Oh get in lads.
SIGNED
SIGNED
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It’s a scientific fact that on every Saturday between 1965 and 1976 either Lulu, Cilla Black or Shirley Bassey appeared on BBC1.
NB Clodagh Rodgers deputised once in 1970 due to an issue with Cilla’s hair dye.
NB Clodagh Rodgers deputised once in 1970 due to an issue with Cilla’s hair dye.
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It’s a scientific fact that on every Saturday between 1965 and 1976 either Lulu, Cilla Black or Shirley Bassey appeared on BBC1.
NB Clodagh Rodgers deputised once in 1970 due to an issue with Cilla’s hair dye.
NB Clodagh Rodgers deputised once in 1970 due to an issue with Cilla’s hair dye.
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I was today years old when I discovered that the iconic "Un, dos, tres" actually became famous beyond Spain and got versions in other countries.
I'm too young for that game show, but it still has that good-old cult status over here and I managed to watch its last iteration circa 2004.
I'm too young for that game show, but it still has that good-old cult status over here and I managed to watch its last iteration circa 2004.
It's the 321st day of the year today, so in celebration of this, here's the time that Ted Rogers opened the original version of the show "Uno, Dos, Tres" on Spanish TV, using the English 321 titles including the Yorkshire TV Ident zooming into Dusty Bin.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Iw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Iw...
Ted Rogers on TVE | Un, Dos, Tres... responda otra vez (24/09/1982)
YouTube video by BluetheFortune
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November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I was today years old when I discovered that the iconic "Un, dos, tres" actually became famous beyond Spain and got versions in other countries.
I'm too young for that game show, but it still has that good-old cult status over here and I managed to watch its last iteration circa 2004.
I'm too young for that game show, but it still has that good-old cult status over here and I managed to watch its last iteration circa 2004.
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#OnThisDay 17 November 1969
#GordenKaye makes his first appearance as Elsie's nephew Bernard Butler in #CoronationStreet. This was the first episode to be broadcast in colour. As the new colour title sequence was not ready, the opening theme plays over a caption card instead.
#GordenKaye makes his first appearance as Elsie's nephew Bernard Butler in #CoronationStreet. This was the first episode to be broadcast in colour. As the new colour title sequence was not ready, the opening theme plays over a caption card instead.
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#OnThisDay 17 November 1969
#GordenKaye makes his first appearance as Elsie's nephew Bernard Butler in #CoronationStreet. This was the first episode to be broadcast in colour. As the new colour title sequence was not ready, the opening theme plays over a caption card instead.
#GordenKaye makes his first appearance as Elsie's nephew Bernard Butler in #CoronationStreet. This was the first episode to be broadcast in colour. As the new colour title sequence was not ready, the opening theme plays over a caption card instead.
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Happy "Thames Goes Colour Today in 1969" day to all who celebrate. Here's the postage-stamp sized sticker they put on their outgoing mail in the month or so before C-Day.
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Happy "Thames Goes Colour Today in 1969" day to all who celebrate. Here's the postage-stamp sized sticker they put on their outgoing mail in the month or so before C-Day.
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🟩 CEEFAX | On This Day in 1989 | The BBC's teletext service ditches all the fun stuff and features, and goes with an expanded news, finance, sport, travel and TV/radio listings/support service.
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
🟩 CEEFAX | On This Day in 1989 | The BBC's teletext service ditches all the fun stuff and features, and goes with an expanded news, finance, sport, travel and TV/radio listings/support service.
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November 23, 1983 - More coverage of Doctor Who's 20th anniversary, two days shy of the broadcast of the anniversary special, "The Five Doctors".
#DoctorWho #Whovians #TimeTravelTuesday #TheFiveDoctors #TARDIS #20thAnniversary
#DoctorWho #Whovians #TimeTravelTuesday #TheFiveDoctors #TARDIS #20thAnniversary
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
November 23, 1983 - More coverage of Doctor Who's 20th anniversary, two days shy of the broadcast of the anniversary special, "The Five Doctors".
#DoctorWho #Whovians #TimeTravelTuesday #TheFiveDoctors #TARDIS #20thAnniversary
#DoctorWho #Whovians #TimeTravelTuesday #TheFiveDoctors #TARDIS #20thAnniversary
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November 25, 1983 - TV Listings for "The Five Doctors". We'll discuss this on the next podcast on Friday.
#TheFiveDoctors #DoctorWho #TVclassics #podcastdiscussion #throwbacktv #TVhistory #nostalgiaallday
#TheFiveDoctors #DoctorWho #TVclassics #podcastdiscussion #throwbacktv #TVhistory #nostalgiaallday
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
November 25, 1983 - TV Listings for "The Five Doctors". We'll discuss this on the next podcast on Friday.
#TheFiveDoctors #DoctorWho #TVclassics #podcastdiscussion #throwbacktv #TVhistory #nostalgiaallday
#TheFiveDoctors #DoctorWho #TVclassics #podcastdiscussion #throwbacktv #TVhistory #nostalgiaallday
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Jewel In The Crown Court #TwoShowsInOne
Batman Around The House #TwoShowsInOne
Match of the Day Today #TwoShowsInOne
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Jewel In The Crown Court #TwoShowsInOne
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No red triangle? They've missed a retro trick there
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
No red triangle? They've missed a retro trick there
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Rewind TV have got a new ident for post 10pm weekend shows which are a bit adult. A camera tracks back down a street in a red light zone as female announcer gives a warning in a seductive voice. Tonight it's The Kenny Everett Naughty Joke Box. Sexy/ist stand up from Soho and sketches. Looks dated..
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Rewind TV have got a new ident for post 10pm weekend shows which are a bit adult. A camera tracks back down a street in a red light zone as female announcer gives a warning in a seductive voice. Tonight it's The Kenny Everett Naughty Joke Box. Sexy/ist stand up from Soho and sketches. Looks dated..
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#OnThisDay 16 November 1988
WHO'S BEST!
#DoctorWho is looking forward to travelling through time for another 25 years. In the company, of course, of a galaxy of gorgeous girls. At a party in London yesterday, to mark the show's silver jubilee . . .
WHO'S BEST!
#DoctorWho is looking forward to travelling through time for another 25 years. In the company, of course, of a galaxy of gorgeous girls. At a party in London yesterday, to mark the show's silver jubilee . . .
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
#OnThisDay 16 November 1988
WHO'S BEST!
#DoctorWho is looking forward to travelling through time for another 25 years. In the company, of course, of a galaxy of gorgeous girls. At a party in London yesterday, to mark the show's silver jubilee . . .
WHO'S BEST!
#DoctorWho is looking forward to travelling through time for another 25 years. In the company, of course, of a galaxy of gorgeous girls. At a party in London yesterday, to mark the show's silver jubilee . . .
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Nov 1974: Sony 13" Colour TV ad from Dixons
(+Canon FTb/N Camera; Philips 570 18" Colour TV; Sony 131013" Colour TV; Praktica Super TL Camera; Philips 730 17" Black and White TV; Chinon 872 Cine Camera; Philips 828 Stereo System; ITT Featherlight 1515" Black and White TV, and more)
(+Canon FTb/N Camera; Philips 570 18" Colour TV; Sony 131013" Colour TV; Praktica Super TL Camera; Philips 730 17" Black and White TV; Chinon 872 Cine Camera; Philips 828 Stereo System; ITT Featherlight 1515" Black and White TV, and more)
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Nov 1974: Sony 13" Colour TV ad from Dixons
(+Canon FTb/N Camera; Philips 570 18" Colour TV; Sony 131013" Colour TV; Praktica Super TL Camera; Philips 730 17" Black and White TV; Chinon 872 Cine Camera; Philips 828 Stereo System; ITT Featherlight 1515" Black and White TV, and more)
(+Canon FTb/N Camera; Philips 570 18" Colour TV; Sony 131013" Colour TV; Praktica Super TL Camera; Philips 730 17" Black and White TV; Chinon 872 Cine Camera; Philips 828 Stereo System; ITT Featherlight 1515" Black and White TV, and more)
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#OnThisDay 4 November 1979
Hilary Kinglsey in the People:
THE HEART THROBS OF #CROSSROADS
Millions of women want to mother Benny and make love to David -
#RonaldHunter is even more handsome, youthful and tall in the flesh.
'The character is very real' says #PaulHenry.
Hilary Kinglsey in the People:
THE HEART THROBS OF #CROSSROADS
Millions of women want to mother Benny and make love to David -
#RonaldHunter is even more handsome, youthful and tall in the flesh.
'The character is very real' says #PaulHenry.
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#OnThisDay 4 November 1979
Hilary Kinglsey in the People:
THE HEART THROBS OF #CROSSROADS
Millions of women want to mother Benny and make love to David -
#RonaldHunter is even more handsome, youthful and tall in the flesh.
'The character is very real' says #PaulHenry.
Hilary Kinglsey in the People:
THE HEART THROBS OF #CROSSROADS
Millions of women want to mother Benny and make love to David -
#RonaldHunter is even more handsome, youthful and tall in the flesh.
'The character is very real' says #PaulHenry.