Thanks to those few people who took up TV Cream’s challenge and devised a Sunday night line-up for BBC1 that captured some of that Grade-endorsed “smell” of bygone days.
It wasn’t a competition, but it turns out there was a winner. Step forward John Connolly, whose prize is to have his schedule rendered in this tasteful slide:
John also supplied billings for each of these shows.
Second prize goes to anybody who is willing to hazard a guess at what was on the original version of that enticingly-late-80s-looking continuity slide.
Mike Riversdale
February 12, 2009 at 8:22 am
Was it something like the BAFTAS or the OSCARS … or the Olympics … something like that
Adrian
February 12, 2009 at 9:12 am
“Second prize goes to anybody who is willing to hazard a guess at what was on the original version of that enticingly-late-80s-looking continuity slide.”
Heaven knows – judging by the graphics though it looks to be roughly 1989-1991, as it’s similiar in style to the graphics for TOTP’s ‘Year Zero’ relaunch.
fl3m
February 13, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Was You Rang M’Lord on the original slide?
TV Cream
February 18, 2009 at 1:08 pm
The original line-up:
6.40 Songs of Praise
7.15 First of the Summer Wine
7.45 Howards’ Way
8.35 Bread
9.05 Sunday Premiere: The Bell-Run
10.35 News
10.50 Everyman
11.40 Network East
David Pascoe
February 18, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Everyman being roughly changeable with Heart of the Matter of course. I’m going to have to go to IMDB to look up The Bell-Run now as well.
Wil
February 22, 2009 at 9:36 am
I don’t think I ever actually watched Heart of the Matter but it was of some comfort that it was there, signalling the end of the weekend.