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Saturday, 29 May 2021

A Curious BBC Engineering Test from 1987

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Neil Miles is a man who, much like myself, enjoys delving through piles of old videotapes in search of long forgotten footage. And his excel...
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Thursday, 27 May 2021

A Chock-a-Block Mug?!

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In what can only be described as a ridiculous pursuit, I recently Googled "Chock-a-Block merchandise" in the hope it would reveal...
Wednesday, 26 May 2021

18/08/1986 - Lets Pretend: The Singer Who Lost His Voice

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One of my favourite television programmes as a pre-schooler was ITV's lunchtime children's programme Let's Pretend. With a firm ...
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Saturday, 22 May 2021

Not With a Bang

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Post-apocalyptic narratives have a tendency to be indebted to a catastrophic event. Popular choices range from deadly pandemics through to n...
Friday, 7 May 2021

50 British TV Comedies From the 1980s You Forgot About

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We all know who the big hitters of British TV comedy were in the 1980s. Shows such as Only Fools and Horses, Minder and Spitting Im...
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Monday, 19 April 2021

The Memory… Kinda Lingers

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G Neil Martin celebrates one of TV comedy’s finest double albums It ended, in a way that didn’t really befit it at all, in a dusky power sta...
Wednesday, 14 April 2021

Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy

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Infidelity is a dangerous art to practice and one that comes pre-loaded with a weapons-grade risk. Nonetheless, it’s a perennial indulgence ...
Sunday, 28 March 2021

What Did the Readers of Look-in Think of Television in the Mid-1980s?

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Anyone who grew up in the 1970s and 80s should instantly recognise Look-in. Marketed as the 'Junior TV Times' it provided a wealth o...
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Saturday, 20 March 2021

Ragtime Episodes Have Appeared Online!

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The vast majority of television programmes are, unfortunately, out of reach for many of us. Collecting dust in the archives, these slices of...
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