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Play of the Month - The Little Minister Ian Ogilvy and Helen Mirren star in this adaptation of JM Barrie's play, set in rural 1840s Scotland. A local priest falls in love with a Gypsy girl who incites a Luddite riot.

50 YEARS AGO TODAY: an early TV role for Helen Mirren in a Play Of The Month adaptation of J.M. Barrie's The Little Minister, playing a mysterious girl in 1840s rural Scotland who incites a riot and draws the new local reverend Ian Ogilvy into her world.

Russell Harty Show - Dame Edna Everage, Richard Harris, Barry Sheen 02.11.82 Russell Harty Show - Dame Edna Everage, Richard Harris, Barry Sheen 02.11.82

Russell Harty launches Dame Edna Everage's new 'Channel 5 Majority Television' today in 1982, almost as if there was something similar elsewhere that night. Harty's other guests are Barry Sheene, Richard Harris and the West End cast of Camelot.

British show for children about adults with literacy difficulties. The sketch show part features Bob Hoskins as a furniture removal van driver. The theme song for this was sung by popular 1970's group The Dooleys. On the Move (1975)

50 YEARS AGO TODAY: adult literacy learning was never so hip as with On The Move, starring Bob Hoskins as a removal man learning to be less illiterate followed by Martin Shaw and Patricia Hayes delivering Words And Pictures-level enunciation.

Going Live Dannii Minogue & Jason Donovan behind the scenes of Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 1991 VHS Q

Jakki Brambles goes behind the scenes of the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party on Going Live's behalf today in 1991. New Kids On The Block's approach to small talk is unrivalled.

ITN report on the emergence of home satellite dishes. As Sir Alastair says, "Probably only the start!" Followed by a glimpse of Erica Baker with the late Calendar Headlines. Ref:XT4/232/03:11 News at Ten report - Satellite dishes - November 1985

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: News At Ten reveals satellite television is amongst us with its five extra channels and huge back garden dishes. At least Alistair Burnet's sign-off is accurate.

Actor Henry Fonda talks to Michael Parkinson about his upbringing, career and family in this 1975 interview. All rights belong to the BBC. Henry Fonda on Parkinson | Full Interview 1975

50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Parkinson's in a special curtained off studio again which means it's devoted to one guest, in this case Henry Fonda.

Extracts of the BBC program "micro live" circa 1985. Features a demonstration on the Sinclair Spectrum, Comadore 64 and the newly invented concept of MIDI. Micro Live - Computer Music in 1985

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: Fred Harris on behalf of Micro Live looks at music making software and turns his Spectrum into an expensive drum machine.

After a long time coming ITV4 launched at 7pm, it was the first ITV channel to get the new ITV corporate logo, about 2 months before the other ITV channels did. The station displaced the evening hours of ITV News on DTT, at this time ITV4 was only broadcasting from 6pm to 6am. As of Monday 7th June ITV4 - Launch, Tuesday 1st November 2005

20 YEARS AGO TODAY: ITV4 is launched as a kind of high end man's Men & Motors.

Grace Jones in London as she makes the video for "Slave To The Rhythm" Broadcast November 1st 1985. Recorded by me on BASF Betamax tape using Sony C6 VCR, transfer to DVD using Sony C9 March 2017. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" Grace Jones - Slave to the rhythm - (The Making of) 1985

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: Grace Jones at a video shoot talks to Paula Yates for The Tube, eventually.

Introduced by Roy North With BARRIE GOSNEY and special guests The Nolan Sisters Script GEORGE MARTIN Music THE BERT HAYES SEXTET Designer DAVID CROZIER Director BRIAN PENDERS Producer robin NASH (Birmingham) Basil Brush Show S10E03 November 1, 1975 The Nolan Sisters

50 YEARS AGO TODAY: The Basil Brush Show is into its last year with Mr Roy. Together they intrude on an abandoned theatre in a sketch that takes up ten of its 25 minutes. Music comes from the Nolan Sisters, as they still are in their variety days.

Super Rare Full Episode of YMWLI Circa 1985 - 1988 UK Children's Comedy Sketch Show Featuring PALACE HILL BAFTA Winner for Best Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama) 1987 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159228/fullcredits#cast 'Your Mother Wouldn't Like It' - Full Episode

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: a sprawling cast of lively Central Junior Television Workshop members, including Mark Dexter from Industry, form Children's ITV sketch show Your Mother Wouldn't Like It.

UK Gold 1st night 1st November 1992 Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

All the continuity and adverts from UK Gold's inaugural day today in 1992. With that introduction it's surprising it lasted to and beyond 1st November 1993.

First Broadcast 31st October 1985. Alas Smith and Jones S02E01

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: for 1985 that's a very brave way to start anything near prime-time, let alone a new series, of Alas Smith & Jones.

BBC satirical comedy shown in 2005 but no longer available to buy on DVD. Broken News: episode 1 (Tomato Flu)

20 YEARS AGO TODAY: Radio 4's The Sunday Format moves onto TV and becomes a spoof set of 24 hour news networks, Broken News. Lots of familiar faces, not least Benedict Cumberbatch, and at least one familiar Chris Morris joke.

*Remastered Version* Bean tries to find ways to jump the queue in a hospital waiting room. Later he tries to get his camera to automatically take a picture of him stood next to a Queen's Guard. Unhappy with this he takes advantage of the guards duty to remain still by doing all he can to comically a Goodnight Mr. Bean | Episode 13 | Mr. Bean Official

30 YEARS AGO TODAY: while it will never actually end - guys, he's called Rowan Atkinson and he's done many other things - Goodnight Mr Bean is the last of the episodes to debut on television.

Dailymotion The Bill S11E124 Honeypot

30 YEARS AGO TODAY: two years before Eastenders Joe Absolom is on The Bill being caught dealing drugs outside his school, not that his headteacher recognises anything untoward happening. It probably doesn't help the optics that his tutor is Craig Charles.

comment Coronation Street - Les & Cilla Wedding

20 YEARS AGO TODAY: obvious Les and Cilla Battersby's marriage is a Status Quo-aided disaster of a type that doesn't even hint at realism.

Some guy (who is another user that i forgot his name unfortunately, sorry!) that used to publish these 1965 editions has privatized his uploads, good thing that i've managed to save a copy. An 31st October 1965 edition of Sunday Night at the London Palladium (or what it was renamed at the time as Th The New London Palladium Show (31st October 1965)

60 YEARS AGO TODAY: The New London Palladium Show starts with a gangster routine and actual gangster film specialist George Raft. Once he shows off his moves it's on to a bill including David Nixon, Russ Conway and Spike Milligan, singing.

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Deal or no Deal First Episode October 31st 2005

20 YEARS AGO TODAY: although getting barely any advance publicity, despite or maybe because of the identity of its presenter, Deal Or No Deal quickly becomes a phenomenon.

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: tonight on Thames. Yes, that's Marina Sirtis.

The Why Don't YouTube? Catchup - October 24th-30th 2025 From the house of @whydontyoutube

Everything covered from the last week, including the Paula Yates HIGNFY that we didn't get to post on here.

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• Air date: Oct. 31, 1995 • Additional keywords: Red Dwarf, The Brittas Empire Chris Barrie on The Big Breakfast

30 YEARS AGO TODAY: "We're not supposed to mention Fred West, are we?" Chris Barrie helps Keith and Dani with the Big Breakfast papers.

I was in two minds about publishing this. On the one hand it is very saddening to see this familiar and talented comic actor in this condition. On the other, his positivity and dignity are… UK TV Program 1995 BBC2 'Face To Face' Paul Eddington

30 YEARS AGO TODAY: Jeremy Isaacs' relaunch of Face To Face for The Late Show continues with rare skin lymphoma stricken Paul Eddington, who died five days later.

Dailymotion Space 1999 S01E09 Mission of the Darians

50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Joan Collins with a garden decoration on her head stars in Space: 1999 as representative of a spaceship that has lured in crew members to be abducted by a mutant caveman society that worship a mural and are seeking to create a new race.

Bruce's Price Is Right - S01E09 - 1995/10/30 Complete With Ads

30 YEARS AGO TODAY: Bruce Forsyth moved to ITV for a reported million quid and practically all they had for him was Bruce's Price Is Right. It is however a demonstration of the ITC's recent deregulation of game show prize limits, meaning vehicles galore.

Check my other David Bowie videos here : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCobBgXhGGSZ1-UsZx9b3CdQ/search?query=bowie / check for more Bowie on my homepage or coming next / new videos added everyday… Bowie Outside special, interview @ The Ozone, 30 oct 95

30 YEARS AGO TODAY: David Bowie, fag on, tries with the help of a cross-section of celebrity fans to sell the kids and Jamie Theakston on 1.Outside on an O Zone special.

From the first series of Live & Kicking it's time to 'Meet Someone'. The British Bulldog gets a close encounter with Greek mythology. Trev & Simon's 'Meet Someone' - The British Bulldog - Live & Kicking Series 1, 30 October 1993

Davey Boy Smith, who you may recall is The British Bulldog, is on Live & Kicking today in 1993, which means he's the subject of Trevor and chiefly Simon's Meet Someone, where he understandably struggles to keep his composure.

YouTube video by Scottish TV Gold End of Paul Daniels Halloween Show then start of Sportscene - 31st October 1987

@looksunfamiliar.bsky.social @bobfischer.bsky.social is right - the end of the programme was as below, then after the next programme he came back on from the set to assure viewers that he was fine. youtu.be/lDecB2A9HkA?...

No less than four in-vision spots for Charles during this closedown! I seem to remember that the final programme had finished early as the network had managed to miss a whole part of it out, so… Granada Closedown - Charles Foster - 29th October 1985

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: a reel of Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives gets lost in transit meaning it ends fifteen minutes short, leaving regions like Granada having to fill before early closedown, Charles Foster struggling.