Australia launches new News Channel

ABC News 24 (I wonder where that came from?) launched very recently, and here are the first 8 minutes or so of it’s broadcast, courtesy of You Tube.

Thames TV Tribute Site

Just a plug for a site I’ve found today – http://www.thames-tv.com/ which covers the great ITV London station Thames Television in some depth with some nice video clips too.  Great work guys.

Behind the scenes of 90′s Calendar from Yorkshire Television

…and featuring a rather merry (should we say pissed as a fart, God bless her?) Lynne Perrie from Coronation Street. The ‘studio from the newsroom’ set featured a great deal until the late 90s from memory, and it’s a nice little ride round just what those people do in the background. No idea which documentary [...]

Only Fools and Horses – To Return Again?

http://www.comedy.co.uk/news/story/00000275/david_jason_only_fools_and_horses/ It could work. How old would Del’s son be now? Nearly 20? Del Boy in the Granddad role, Rodney now the sidekick of his young nephew, wheeling and dealing on the internet, eBay style? Cassandra and Joanie, their daughter. There is enough mileage for at least a special. Only Fools and Horses – The [...]

Continuity Image of the Day – Doctor Who

Taken from a very elderly VHS cassette, this is the ‘coming next’ type image the BBC used to promote up and coming episodes and stories of Doctor Who.  Basically, they took a random scene and stuck the BBC1 logo on top.

Special Continuity of the Day

How about some TV continuity from the 1930s… courtesy of the Third Reich?

Continuity of the Day 2

Continuity of the Day 1

The day that Peter Sellers died, and Thames TV changes it’s schedule to accommodate a showing of Dr Strangelove

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