Sunday, 21 September 2025
New Website: Ephemeral 80s
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Since running Curious British Telly, I've developed somewhat of an obsession (in the best possible way) with the 1980s. In particular, I...
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Monday, 15 September 2025
A Tale of Digging Through Old Video Tapes
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There they were in my hands, two video tapes packed full of video recordings of children’s programmes from the mid-1980s. I was going to be ...
Pusoy Dos Ranking: Suit Hierarchies of Every Version
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Saturday, 13 September 2025
03/12/1984 - Let's Pretend: The Broom and the Vacuum Cleaner
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To my utter delight, another couple of Let's Pretend episodes have recently popped on YouTube, so it's time to dissect one of these...
Saturday, 30 August 2025
Get Set Go
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The very first programme featured on Curious British Telly was Sebastian the Incredible Drawing Dog , which had a young Michael Barrymore at...
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Thursday, 7 August 2025
02/11/1987 - Let's Pretend: Fred Midas
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I've scribbled, more than once, about the cataclysmic jolt that Let's Pretend gave my infant imagination , and this is precisely wh...
Saturday, 19 July 2025
Regional Oddity: Think Tank (1981)
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Think Tank starts much like an early 80’s sci-fi show, with a backdrop of twinkling stars accompanied by a pulsating bassline as the Think ...
Monday, 7 July 2025
Kaleidoscope Streaming Event - 13th July
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For the benefit of those who don't know about Kaleidoscope, they're a specialist archive set up to track down and save missing Briti...
The Evolution of Fitness Programmes on British Television After Covid-19
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