I see Michael Fabricant is trending on here, I did prefer when he did the film Kingpin though.

Meanwhile in the Dept of 'We think we are ruddy hilarious'...

Lunchbox treat number 11...

Russty_Russ #Retro Graeme Wood That competition though. What a prize haul.

Russty_Russ #Retro Graeme Wood For anyone who had been hiding under a rock for the immediate 5 years after the cinema release, TVTimes provided this handy guide in the same issue. I remember carefully tearing this out and making an utter mess of the magazine in the process. Should have been in the centre.

From w/c 24 October 1992 : Alfred Molina and Jill Gascoine appeared on the front of trhe Radio Times stating 'It's funny working wtih your partner'

#90s

From w/c 24 October 1987 : Nigel Havers and Fiona Fullerton appear on the front of the TV Times ahead of The Charmer.

#80s

From 24 October 1987 : The Radio Times featured a £1.5 million bust as the BBC went under cover with 'The Duty Men'

#80s

#OnThisDay 1994 : Ready Steady Cook was first broadcast on BBC2.

It was originally presented by Fern Britton 💙 until the year 2000 when Ainsley Harriot (@AinsleyFoods) took over until 2010 before a mini revival with Rylan in 2020.

#90s

#OnThisDay 1982: 40 years ago today, Star Wars premiered on ITV.

Images from Graeme Wood

#80s

#OnThisDay 1979 : The first episode of Terry & June was broadcast on BBC1. It starred Terry Scott and June Whitfield as a middle-aged, middle-class suburban couple. It ran for 9 series between 1979 to 1987.

(TV listing courtesy of Graeme Wood)

#70s

#OnThisDay 1979 : After 11 weeks off the air due to a strike, ITV as a whole returns back on air with a song.

Watch ITV's return here : youtube.com/watch?v=AeROdR…

#70s

#OnThisDay 1992 : 30 years ago today, Mr Blobby made his first appearance on Noel's House Party. Initially part of the Gotcha strand, Mr Blobby would go onto bigger things including the Christmas number 1 in 1993.

#90s #MrBlobby

Monday morning!

In a parallel universe, where the UK decided not to abandon #teletext , Ceefax is still going strong and has just been updated with the BBC's 2022 branding.

Remember the ITV yearbooks? Imagine if someone did a loving tribute to them. That'd be cool, right?

Coming soon to buy in a strictly limited edition from transdiffusion.org

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT! 🚨 The latest episode of Sausage On A Fork with Simone Nylander aka Janet St. Clair. is now online. #grangehill #sausageonafork #podcast #PodNation #indiepodcastsunite

Artwork by Hol

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Advertised in October 1989 - Sega... Screen action beyond words.

#80s #retrogaming

Advertised in October 1989 : Kick Off released by Anco

#80s #retrogaming