Russty Russ

According to the wiki, looks like 10 episodes were made in total with the latter appearing a year later shoved in a late night slot.

Organ as in his musical instrumental.

Wonder if its a licencing thing with the music?

Ah happy days! 😁

I always thought it started in March for as long as I remember but go back to 1980 and it started in January... www.f1technical.net/f1db/events/...

When I saw this, I thought somebody had the same cushions as me. 😂

Competition Pro Joystick Precision Game Control More Points per Game!

Journey back to March 1983 with the Competition Pro Joystick.

#80s #retrogaming

😂

Halley : The closest encounter to a Radio Times cover.

From w/c 8 March 1986 : Halley : the closest encounter with the Radio Times.

#80s

Gyles Brandreth

A Happy Birthday to Gyles Brandreth. 78 today!

Cheryl Baker

A Happy Birthday to Cheryl Baker. 72 today!

Johnny Morris

#OnThisDay 1983 : The final edition of Animal Magic was broadcast on BBC1.

#80s

John Inman

#OnThisDay 2007 : John Inman passed away, John was best known as an actor especially in his role as Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served?

Carol Barnes

#OnThisDay 2008 : Carol Barnes passed away, Carol was best known as a television newsreader and broadcaster.

Jim Rosenthal hosting ITV's F1 coverage.

#OnThisDay 1997 : ITV began its Formula 1 coverage. Fronted by Jim Rosenthal, the ITV coverage would run between 1997 to 2008.

#90s

ITV Evening News title

Trevor McDonald (BONG!)

Trevor McDonald presenting the ITV Evening News

TV Listing Trevor McDonald reads teh first edition of ITV's new weekday news bulletin.

#OnThisDay 1999 : ITV relaunched its news bulletins which saw the flagship News At Ten move to 6.30pm under the new name of the ITV Evening News.

A seperate later news bulletin was seen at 11pm under the name of the ITV Nightly News.

#90s

The Grimleys title

TV listing A six part comedy drama about a schoolboy misfit in 1970s Dudley. Romeo and Juliet. Gordon Grimley is in love with his English teacher, but he has a rival - his sadistic PE teacher

#OnThisDay 1999 : The first episode of The Grimleys aired on ITV.

It starred Amanda Holden, Brian Conley and Noddy Holder among others. It was a comic drama set on a Council estate in Dudley during the mid 70s. I loved it at the time.

#90s

Evening all. Hope you had a good weekend. The difference between someone enjoying the weekend to somebody not looking forward to Monday but in the meantime, here's some Sunday evening postings from me.

...and to think one of the Golden Girls did stand up during Carlton's first programme, A Carlton New Year.

Some things are best left alone.

Just trying to think if the Brighton Belles made it as a series or if it was one off with a few others in Carlton's "taste testers of comedy"

Thanks for the #FF Gavin. Hope you had a good weekend

Oi Oi... according to google (Who knew that existed lol) TOTP in 1978 was in Studio 8.

Swap Shop was in either TC5 or TC7.

😁

Oh I loved the US version.

£270 you say... I'll take two. 😁

😁

and all on face value looking cheap to watch.

Where's his organ?

It was on the iplayer last night from at least 5.30