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Friday's Five of the Best Archive TV Clips - Vol.1
Welcome to what I hope will be a regular Friday feature and, as the title suggests, it will feature five archive TV clips that I've found online and think will be of interest to Curious British Telly...
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The Year of the Sex Olympics: 50 Years On
Today's blog is written by Jonathan Hayward, a man with an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of British TVThis Monday will see the finale of this year’s series of Love Island on ITV2, the most successful...
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Archive Tape Digging: July 2018
It's been another bumper month of dusting down VHS tapes and holding them up to the light of the modern day. I'm still wading through the pile of tapes I got at the start of June and they're still...
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Friday's Five of the Best Archive TV Clips - Vol.2
This week's selection of archive clips are a curious melange of televisual goodness and should herald the start of a fantastic weekend. Well, at the very least, you'll learn about outdated encryption...
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Missing Believed Wiped: 30 Years of Kaleidoscope
Not only has it been 25 years since the BFI first launched their Missing Believed Wiped programme, but it has also been 30 years since the genesis of Kaleidoscope. Missing Believed Wiped, of course, is...
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Nightcleaner
Ever wondered who keeps the streets clean for our highly polished shoes first thing in the morning? Probably not as it's one of those things we take for granted. However, beavering away throughout the...
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Rare Chills: DVD Review
There's nothing like a bit of horror to get the adrenaline flowing through your veins and blood pumping through your heart at a rapid pace and British TV has been more than happy to oblige over the...
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We've made it through another week and, at the end of this weekly rainbow, there's a pot of gold waiting for you. Unfortunately, it's not the type of gold which will make your fortune and keep you in...
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A Further 42 Lesser Known British Children's TV Shows
Last year, I wrote an article which looked at 42 lesser known British children's TV shows that, for one reason of another, failed to gain a mention in all those 'best ever children's TV' polls that...
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The Gnomes of Dulwich
The Gnomes of Dulwich was recently voted the 35th most wanted missing TV programme, but with the series not having been seen on our screens since 1970, it's fair to say that memories of the series are...
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DVD Review: The Fishing Party
A highly entertainingly analysis of pride, class and the effects of too much brown ale, The Fishing Party is a triumph of comedy and extreme Britishness. Written by the playwright Peter Terson, The...
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Archive Tape Digging: September 2018
It's been a little while since my last update on my exploration of forgotten TV recordings, but rest assured I've been busy delving through tape after tape. Well, at least, I've been doing this when I...
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Truly Maddy Deeply: A Kaleidoscope Event Celebrating Madeline Smith
Today I ventured over to Birmingham for the latest Kaleidoscope event in order to indulge in my most favourite pastime: watching decades old telly which hasn't been aired in decades. Kaleidoscope hold...
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Missing Believed Wiped: 25th Birthday Bonanza
The BFI's regular showcase of 'previously missing, but recently found' British TV is held down at the Southbank next month and, to celebrate the event's 25th anniversary, they've managed to dig up some...
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The Forgotten World of British Children's TV - Vol. 1
Following on from a couple articles I wrote about lesser known British children's TV (see them here and here), I've decided to do a few more regular articles on the subject. Whilst they won't be as...
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DVD Review: Our Day Out
Drawing on Willy Russell's time as both a teacher and a pupil, his 1977 BBC2 classic Our Day Out is a multilayered narrative that takes in the chaos of youthful exuberance, the limitations of the...
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The Forgotten World of British Children's TV - Vol. 2
Due to having rather more time on my hands this weekend than I expected, I've decided to bring forwards the latest edition of The Forgotten World of British Children's TV. This particular installment...
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The Boys of '66: England's Last Glory
Today's blog is a guest piece by Jonathan HaywardThe Boys of '66: England’s Last Glory, made and broadcast by the now defunct ITV company TVS in 1986 was written and presented by Michael Parkinson. It...
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The Forgotten World of British Children's TV - Vol. 3
You may be forgiven for thinking that all those half-remembered children's TV shows from your youth were destined to stay that way, but help is at hand. Delving deep into the archives and surveying as...
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The Forgotten World of British Children's TV - Vol. 4
It doesn't seem long since the last edition of The Forgotten World of Britsh Children's TV and *glances at calendar* it's only actually been 48 hours. However, you've had to wait long enough to...
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