Things you no longer see or hear on TV

[Richard1978]

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I am mostly talking about Bank Holidays such as May Day (the conclusion of the World Snooker final excepted), the Spring Bank Holiday and also the one at the end of August which is around my own birthday.

Does anyone remember the ITV Telethon? Now that would liven a Bank Holiday Monday up.

I remember the ITV Telethon being a rival to Children In Need & Comic Relief, but didn't seem to catch on as much.

[zabadak]

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I loved Casey Jones and Robinson Crusoe


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You're not alone there!

[Zincubus]

Things you no longer see or hear on TV

I loved Casey Jones and Robinson Crusoe


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[angliaknight]

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Long before 24 hour television i would eagerly buy tv and radio times just to see what programmes would be shown during the day on bank holidays, itv with its different regions had different shows altogether, bbc had good ol Robinson crusoe and Casey jones. There was something special about Christmas tv, something a bit naughty about watching the tv at breakfast time, i remember one year, in the sixties, London, possibly Redifusion started broadcasting at 7.00am on boxing day and although in the newspapers it read "as london except" for the regions, this was the only itv station to do so, my Anglia started about 9.00am.
I miss the days of regional tv with its in vision announcers Anglia and ATV were my stations. Today everything is very bland,back then even the fact that tv was broadcasting during the day seemed special and the programmes matched.

[George 1978]

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I am mostly talking about Bank Holidays such as May Day (the conclusion of the World Snooker final excepted), the Spring Bank Holiday and also the one at the end of August which is around my own birthday.

Does anyone remember the ITV Telethon? Now that would liven a Bank Holiday Monday up.

[George 1978]

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Yes, but how long for? In a few years' time, I wouldn't be surprised to see Homes Under the Hammer at 10.00 am on Christmas morning rather than the Christmas Church Service.

[zabadak]

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I think you'll find Xmas an exception to your rule, lol!

[George 1978]

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Bank Holiday television programmes on Bank Holidays such as James Bond and Disney films. Now it just looks like an ordinary weekday schedule.

Daytime television programmes differing on weekdays.

[MiniMort]

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I remember when we had a separate one for BBC2!

Now that I never knew. I was aware that you had to upgrade your aerial to get 625 line signals but I thought the ‘new’ aerial could pick up 405 line signals

[zabadak]

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I remember when we had a separate one for BBC2!

[MiniMort]

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Likewise, set-top aerials. Literally "on" TV!

I remember when I was really young actually pulling the fixed set top aerial off our Ferguson TX

[zabadak]

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Waiting for the white dot to disappear after closedown.

Likewise, set-top aerials. Literally "on" TV!

[angliaknight]

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Waiting for the white dot to disappear after closedown.

[George 1978]

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I have been recently researching the Times archive and looking at the TV listings for the 1970s and 1980s, making notes of at least one programme from each day throughout several decades, and having a few thousand programmes written down in a list as a result! I have made my way back to the spring of 1969 after covering the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and making my choices for each day.

Although I was only born in 1978, some of the 1970s entries are interesting, especially in their way of scheduling at that time - for example, the start of Monday evenings on ITV used to flare out like a pair of fashionable trousers at the time, with programmes such as Opportunity Knocks, Whodunnit and David Nixon starting at 6.45 pm rather than 7.00 pm.

Another price of fascinating scheduling was mostly on Tuesdays, but could also be seen on Thursdays as well - a film shown on ITV between 7.00 pm and 8.30 pm (or 7.30 pm and 9.00 pm if Bless This House or another sitcom was shown earlier like it did on Thames). It seems that cowboy and western films made in the 1950s were seen in that slot, but also series that were an hour and a half long such The Snoop Sisters and Macmillan and Wife (which Anglia shown a bit), and also made a comeback on Channel 5 around 25 years later. There also seemed to be a series called The Name of The Game that some regions shown after News at Ten - I assume that it was at least six years prior to Abba's hit of the same name.

And also the number of beauty competitions on the television back then, and the variations as well - Miss World, Miss United Kingdom, as well as Miss Great Britain, and Miss England. Don't get me started on Miss Tyne Tees and most other regional ITV contests as well! I know that Bob Mills shown a couple of them on his In Bed With Medinner series a few years ago - he shown Miss Yorkshire Television 1977 which was held in Skegness and was presented by Bob "Central News" Warman" in a cream turtle neck sweater... .

[George 1978]

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I don't think it was released for a long time though, & never repeated on TV.

It was live so I doubt it was repeated.