Points of ViewA full house for your PoV bingo card last week with this series’ first suggestion of launching a BBC sport channel, yet again failing to explain why they wouldn’t then launch a BBC soap channel, comedy channel and everything else, and then just have a blank screen on BBC1 for most of the day. Now we’ve covered the bases, not sure where this run has left to go.
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The main event, our huge A-Z OF TV SHOWS - starts with 'Allo 'Allo, ends with Zoom the Dolphin |
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A-Z OF TV PRESENTERS is our guide to the men and women who are/were consistently class behind the microphone... |
THE WEDNESDAY PLAY, the scheduling slot-named precursor to PLAY FOR TODAY and where 'Up The Junction' et al debuted |
PLAY FOR TODAY, BBC1's strand of single-dramas which, even now, remains a byword for ‘serious television’. Plus every single PFT indexed. |
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It's time to go... NATIONWIDE as we get 'the good word' on this '70s teatime regional roustabout. "I dunno what a folly is..." |
We chronicle the rise and fall of SATURDAY MORNINGS, from Zokko to Swap Shop to - gulp! - The Fun Factory, Get Fresh! and Dick and Dom... |
PROGRAMMES FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, in which Wordy, Powka, David Hargreaves and co teach us what to with an apostrophe. |
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"Saturday is TISWAS, never a day to miss, cos..." - well, we get into why in this look at the ace weekend morning show. |
Well... this worked much better in rehearsal, but here's our history of TOMORROW'S WORLD, from Baxter to Stableford. |
CHRISTMAS LOGS! Hooray! Deck the halls with our look at every telly Yuletide from 1970 up to the present day. |
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Anyone remember the 2000s? Peep into our NOUGHTIES TIME CAPSULE, to discover what from that decade we'd save for posterity. |
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Our feature presentation, a blockbusting A-Z OF FILMS - from The Abominable Dr Phibes to Zulu Dawn |
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THE CHILDREN'S FILM FOUNDATION - much loved in Screen Test's observation round, and Phillip Schofield's 'Friday Film' slot... |
CREAM CLASSICS is our compilation pack of essential TV Creamy films. Includes Alf's Button Afloat, obviously |
And... Action! Meet the masterful men behind the lenses of our most favourite films in TV Cream's DIRECTORS' DIRECTORY |
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Welcome to our cinematic HALL OF FAME! Here you will meet the likes of Susannah York! Terry-Thomas! And Marianne Stone!" |
More A to Z-sequenced fun as we detail the varying fortunes of our favourite... INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS |
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Who was "parachuted in as cornerstone of Bannisterisation process?" Discover that and more in our rundown of THE RADIO 1 JOCKS |
Collins and Maconie, present and correct. Let's looks at RADIO 1 SHOWS. Warning: Contains The Big Holy One |
"Today's Popmaster has no prizes whatsoever due to our current compliance guidelines" Say "hi" to the RADIO 2 HOSTS |
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Friday night may be music night, but every night is RADIO 2 SHOWS night (mornings and afternoons too), so stay tuned to TV Cream |
A special delve into Delve Special, The Archers, Broadcasting House and even Money Box as we look at RADIO 4 PROGRAMMES |
More Collins and Maconie, plus Room 101 and a Normski-propogated dance music ‘news’ roundup in our list of RADIO 5 SHOWS |
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Schhhhwwwff fff zzzz... "Steely Dan"... fszzzzzz... "Clive Doig and Jeremy Beadle"... ffzzzshww... "Here are all THE OTHERS". Click! |
Points of ViewA full house for your PoV bingo card last week with this series’ first suggestion of launching a BBC sport channel, yet again failing to explain why they wouldn’t then launch a BBC soap channel, comedy channel and everything else, and then just have a blank screen on BBC1 for most of the day. Now we’ve covered the bases, not sure where this run has left to go.
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