TV listings from the olden days

[Randall]

Walter Kronkite explaining what the '21st Century home' will be like, from March 1967.

Looks like Randall's set up

Bit modern

[tungsten tossers]

Walter Kronkite explaining what the '21st Century home' will be like, from March 1967.

Looks like Randall's set up

Bit modern

[Rogg]

The Radio Times cover on week commencing May 3rd in 1986.

[Randall]

The winner not pictured

[tungsten tossers]

Who's the guy to the left of Alex ?

[Randall]

Who's the guy to the left of Alex ?

John Spencer

[Randall]

1st champion in Sheffield

[tungsten tossers]

Who's the guy to the left of Alex ?

John Spencer

Oh yes, I knew the face, just couldn't put a name to it

[Randall]

The year Joe Johnson famously won

[Rogg]

£540 in 1979!

[Randall]

We had betamax

[Rogg]

The Radio Times cover 40 years ago today.

[Randall]

Never a massive fan of the young ones

[Rogg]

This thread has been going for over a year now, so there could be repetition. I wouldn't necessarily remember.

A letters page from 1988 is among this lot. The first episode of Bkackadder the Third gets a repeat on BBC2 at 9pm.



Friday 6th May 1988.

[tungsten tossers]

Nice to see Emu get a mention

[Rogg]

Nice to see Emu get a mention

+1. Rod Harrington and Emu. He enjoys cabbage and worm sandwiches, terrible.

[tungsten tossers]

Nice to see Emu get a mention

+1. Rod Harrington and Emu. He enjoys cabbage and worm sandwiches, terrible.

Rod or Emu ?

[Rogg]

Nice to see Emu get a mention

+1. Rod Harrington and Emu. He enjoys cabbage and worm sandwiches, terrible.

Rod or Emu ?

It won him back to back Matchplays, who are we to judge.

[Rogg]

Monday 8th May 1967.

40 seconds of Coronation Street that seems surprising for the time. All done in studio.

[Rogg]

beep boop.