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'Our purpose is to amuse, simply to amuse. Nothing serious, nothing political.'
Joined July 2017
I've been posting the same sort of nonsense over at Bluesky for a while, if you'd fancy following me there.
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The first episode of Rentaghost was broadcast on this day in 1976.
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Give Us A Clue (6th January 1982). A tricky one for Brian Cant to tackle.
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Coronation Street - written by Kay McManus (6th January 1975). Bet and Eddie's quiet night in doesn't stay quiet for long ...
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Coronation Street – written by Tony Warren (6th January 1961). Ena reminisces about Elsie (although fond memories they're not). She follows that up by continuing to give Martha the coldest of cold shoulders.
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OTD in 1987. There's another chance to see Three Up, Two Down on BBC1. Adrian Mole continues to grow on ITV.
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Radio Times and TV Times listings (5th January 1983)
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'What is being kept for posterity - how and why'. The Stage and Television Today (5th January 1978)
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'It's a bare cop'. John Thaw talks Sweeney. Sunday Mirror (5th January 1975)
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'Why Macnee came back'. Patrick Macnee interviewed in The Stage and Television Today (5th January 1961)
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Quatermass and the Pit - Imps and Demons (5th January 1959). "It's all right, they're dead. They've been dead for a long time".
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The first episode of the television version of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy was originally broadcast on this day in 1981.
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On this day in 1962, the fourth episode of Comedy Playhouse (The Offer) was broadcast. Galton & Simpson didn't think it could be developed into a series but the Head of Light Entertainment, Tom Sloan, thought otherwise.
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The first episode of Paddington was broadcast on this day in 1976. Adapted from the books by Michael Bond, the narration was provided by Michael Hordern.
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Coronation Street – written by Julian Roach (5th January 1977). Stan's temporary job as a char wasn't really a success, as Mrs Walker explains to Hilda.
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Coronation Street – written by Julian Roach (5th January 1977). An ailing Hilda is forced to send Stan in her place to clean at the Rovers.
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Coronation Street – written by Ron McDonnell (5th January 1970). Elisabeth Sladen debuts as Anita Reynolds, a barmaid at The Flying Horse (she would appear in a total of six episodes during January 1970).
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