The Late Late Breakfast Show
The Late Late Breakfast Show, 1982
Noel Edmonds had had huge success with his Saturday morning kids TV show that had finished in March 1982. Later the same year he returned to host a Saturday night light ente...
That’s Life
That's Life ! - 1973
That’s Life was the consumer magazine show that ran for a marathon 442 episodes over 21 series between 1973 and 1994.It's success was undoubtably due to the way it tackled consumer aff...
The Great British Influence
The Great British Influence
Take a look at these two clips they are from an era way before television and some of the stuff we’ve looked at over the past year.First of all your going to say it’s not Britis...
Saturday Nights Were Made For Telly! Vol. 2
More Saturday Night classics
Second of two posts looking back and some Saturday night classic TV when Saturday was the big night. This lot features classics such as: Mike Yarwood, Larry Grayson, Les Dennis an...
Ken Goodwin’s Year
Ken Goodwin's Year, 1972
By 1971 popular TV series The Comedians had launched on ITV to huge acclaim. Amongst it's standout stars was comedian Ken Goodwin. With his nervous laugh and unique delivery he was a...
Saturday Nights Were Made For Telly! Vol. 1
Remembering Some Vintage Saturday Evening Laughs
Here's a selection of clips from some vintage Saturday Night comedy, with a couple of faces that made their name on Saturday night TV but you don't hear too muc...
What A Performance
What A Performance - 1997
What A Performance was a short series of 8 shows, looking at different genres of comedy. It began as a one off in 1997, coming back for three shows in 1999 and four in 2000.Summa...
Hancock’s Last Eight Years
Screen One, Hancock, 1991
Screen One was a BBC series of unrelated one off TV movies. In 1991 the subject was Tony Hancock.Whist the episode made good TV it came in for some harsh criticism for some of it...
This Is Your Life
This Is Your Life, 1955
This Is Your Life, the show famous for it's big red book, was the British biographical television documentary, based on the 1952 American show of the same name.Looking back this was...
Sunday Night At The London Palladium With….
Sunday Night At The London Palladium With.....
Bruce Forsyth and Norman Wisdom, 1961
Val Purnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium was a mainstream of British Television in it's day.However among all...