How many people used to assume that the name of the protagonist in the series was literally called Juliet Bravo? I know that some people used to. The very first episode was transmitted on my birthday back in 1980.
The interesting thing was that Juliet Bravo had a bigger profile as a TV...
George 1978
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Reminds me of the musical Starlight Express but I know that it is not that!Leave a comment:
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Most of the shops have put decorations or a tree up - Heart Xmas started around a month ago, and some of the movie channels on Sky around the 312-319 mark have had Christmas films on since September. And now it has been snowing outside!
It made me think: "should I, or shouldn't I get...Leave a comment:
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I sympathise - some kids used to think wearing glasses was a novelty thing when just one kid used to wear them....Leave a comment:
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It was quite a coincidence that West appeared in the penaltimate episode of Doctors last week - it was a planned episode and was not deliberately scheduled as a result of his demise. Of course, Doctors was known for another Timothy - Christopher Timothy.
My condolences to Prunella Scales...Leave a comment:
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I often confuse his name with Casey Jones, but he has left such a legacy when it came to familar music. He worked with Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Count Basie, to name but a few.
I was listening to the tributes on Radio 5 Live on Monday, and I was surprised to hear that Lesley Gore of "It's...Leave a comment:
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Great stuff - thinking about it, the name would go well with a Double Decker! Bus ticket - geddit?
It also goes to show that Coronation Street and Cadbury's were together many years before they sponsored the programme!Leave a comment:
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Cadbury's Ticket
Does anyone remember a chocolate bar from Cadbury's circa 1980 called "Ticket"? There is a 1980 episode of Coronation Street on YouTube which has its ad breaks intact, and one of the adverts was for the aformentioned chocolate bar. The advert shows various scenes such as a traffic warden giving... -
Steps - Stepping Out once more
Here is something to write about during my "extra hour" of overnight time as a result of the clocks going back: boy-and-girl groups are always popular and exciting to listen to and look at - a mixture of fine talent and sound. In the 1970s there was the Brotherhood of Man; in the 1980s there...Last edited by George 1978; 3 weeks ago. -
Marmalade Atkins did CITV in around 1984, around the earlier part of doing the continuty - I vaugely remember her doing it at the time, but I bet that it was a treat for viewers when she did. She was the only person to do continuuty who probably resembled an average CITV viewer! Danielle Nicholls was...Leave a comment:
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And here we go again putting them back again once more - I did mine just after midnight (or 11.00 pm as I actually adjusted the clocks to). There is an art to adjusting time on clocks, don't you know? Six clocks and watches in my abode, and until 2.00 am BST (sorry, 1.00 am GMT), I have NOW 70s on the...Leave a comment:
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Chris Kelly used to be everywhere on ITV in the 1980s, and of course he did Food and Drink on BBC 2. Since the end of the 1990s I believe that he has been a writer, mostly working behind the scenes on TV programmes....Leave a comment:
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Capes always had that "bearded caveman" look to him wherever he was seen, and I suppose he was seen as a superhero as well, especially to youngsters at a time when movies and comics depicted them so much. In the 1980s he was always seen as the "strongest man in residance" when he...Leave a comment:
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I wouldn't like eating Dove in the UK as it would taste rather horrible - it is a bit soapy - and not as in soap in the Family Fortunes sense either! Les Dennis asked a contestant to name a soap (opera) and came up with Dove! At least Coronation Street was sponsored by Cadbury's for a few years....Leave a comment:
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Either you were well-behaved at school, or (and I am assuming that it was this option) you didn't bother turning up to them....Leave a comment:
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Up until 1982, Thursday afternoons were made up of regional choices - Little House on the Prairie; Jason of Star Command; Sierra; etc. It wasn't until 1983 when Children's ITV came along that Thursdays was networked as well....Leave a comment:
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