Friday, 28th January 1972 PICK OF THE DAY 9.00pm SPYDER’S WEB, ITV The spy drama of slim repute – starring Patricia Cutts,...
Friday, 13th January 1978 PICK OF THE DAY 7.30pm MAGGIE AND HER, ITV Julia Mackenzie plays it vaguely working class as unlucky...
Friday, 18th January 1980 PICK OF THE DAY 7.00pm THE SUPERSTARS, BBC1 A high-water mark for the ‘Stars, 1980 saw the UK...
Friday, 6th January 1984 PICK OF THE DAY 7.00pm THE ZODIAC GAME, ITV Sorry, we got that title wrong. Of course it’s...
Friday, 18th July 1980 PICK OF THE DAY 6.55pm DALLAS, BBC2 It’s 1980, so that means it must be Dallas. If it...
Friday, 30th July 1982 PICK OF THE DAY 7.00pm WINNER TAKES ALL, ITV “Press those buttons and gamble away!” Feet up for...
Friday, 11th July 1986 PICK OF THE DAY 5.30pm THE CHART SHOW, CHANNEL 4 “WARNING: PREPARE FOR VDU OVERLOAD.” Behold the giant...
Friday, 9th July 1993 PICK OF THE DAY 7.00pm ELDORADO, BBC1 It’s all round to Joy’s Bar to meet Freddie, Olive and...
Friday, 17th June 1983 PICK OF THE DAY 7.50pm DID YOU SEE?, BBC2 “Yes I bloody did, thank you!” Journalist and journeyman...
Friday, 29th June 1984 PICK OF THE DAY 6.55pm MIKE READ’S REPLAY SELECTION, BBC1 The then Czar of Saturday mornings pops by...
Friday, 14th June 1985 PICK OF THE DAY 9.30pm THE MAD DEATH, BBC1 One and only repeat showing for the made-in-1981-but-not-screened-until-1983 BBC...
Friday, 1st June 1990 PICK OF THE DAY 7.05pm THE $64,000 QUESTION, ITV “64,000 welcomes to you!” – not one of Bob’s...
Friday, 28th June 1996 PICK OF THE DAY 10.00pm FRIDAY NIGHT ARMISTICE, BBC2 Pleased-with-itself, and rightly so, satire from the hard-to-spell triumvirate...
Friday, 11th March 1977 PICK OF THE DAY 11.40pm UFO, ITV This episode scoops the coveted POTD badge, along with regulated enhanced...
Friday, 31st March 1978 PICK OF THE DAY 7.30pm A SONG FOR EUROPE, BBC1 Two hours of primetime Friday evening telly is...
Friday, 6th March 1981 PICK OF THE DAY 7.00pm A QUESTION OF SPORT, BBC1 If not at the peak of its powers...
Friday, 23rd March 1984 PICK OF THE DAY 9.25pm WHICKER!, BBC2 The eighth episode of 10 of Alan Whicker’s sedate (belying the...
Friday, 15th March 1985 PICK OF THE DAY 7.00pm WOGAN, BBC1 And it’s our last visit of the week to the verdant...
Friday, 30th May 1969 PICK OF THE DAY 10.30pm BIG BREADWINNER HOG, ITV The final episode of Granada’s flashy-yet-gritty bit of the...
Friday, 12th May 1972 PICK OF THE DAY 8.10pm THE BROTHERS, BBC1 This road haulage power struggle family saga was a huge...
Friday, 9th May 1986 PICK OF THE DAY 7.40pm I’VE GOT A SECRET, BBC1 A long-running yet little-remembered transfer of the Allen...
Friday, 17th May 1991 PICK OF THE DAY 6.30pm TONIGHT WITH JONATHAN ROSS, CHANNEL 4 It seems so long ago now, but...
Friday, 24th November 1963 PICK OF THE DAY 9pm THE PRISONER, ITV With Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons also lording it over...
Friday, 5th November 1976 PICK OF THE DAY 7pm LUCKY FELLER, ITV Sitcom antics in the form of this fondly-remembered yet little...
Friday, 15th November 1985 PICK OF THE DAY 7pm WOGAN, BBC1 According to Radio Times, the most appropriate way to promote this...
Friday, 19th November 1993 PICK OF THE DAY 9pm DEMOB, ITV Hyped up as the next big hit comedy drama that wasn’t...
Friday, 5th October 1973 PICK OF THE DAY 4.20pm ACE OF WANDS, ITV Although the theme music to Ace of Wands is...
Friday, 12th October 1979 PICK OF THE DAY 11.30pm FRIDAY NIGHT… SATURDAY MORNING, BBC2 For such a comparatively short-lived series, FN…SM has...
Friday, 24th October 1980 PICK OF THE DAY 7.55pm ANGELS, BBC1 Perhaps one of the greatest BBC drama title sequences of all...
Friday, 15th October 1993 PICK OF THE DAY 7.15pm THE LIVING SOAP, BBC2 Billed as following on Sylvania Waters, but really an...
Friday, 27th September 1974 PICK OF THE DAY 7.05pm TOP OF THE POPS, BBC1 We all know this story – Top of...
Friday, 8th September 1978 PICK OF THE DAY 7pm THE KRYPTON FACTOR, ITV Well, here’s a series that you probably didn’t expect...
Friday, 7th September 1984 PICK OF THE DAY 7pm BLANKETY BLANK, BBC1 “Please don’t fiddle with the controls on your set. Just...
Friday, 20th September 1991 PICK OF THE DAY 8pm THE RUSS ABBOT SHOW, BBC1 In the past there were small but obvious...
Friday, 24th September 1993 PICK OF THE DAY 8pm BRUCE FORSYTH’S GENERATION GAME, BBC1 Everyone forgets it now, but the ultimate Saturday...
SOFTLY-SPOKEN SURGEONS inform patients of the intricacies of kidney stone removal before performing the necessary operation and inviting the patient to come...
The Central Junior Television Workshop presents!
Wednesday, 21st April 1982 PICK OF THE DAY 7pm WHERE THERE’S LIFE…, ITV Weekday evenings in the early 1980s were a haven...
Wednesday, 13th April 1988 PICK OF THE DAY 4.30pm TAKE TWO, BBC1 We’re in Pip-era here, and really we should have loved...
Wednesday, 27th April 1988 PICK OF THE DAY 7pm WOGAN, BBC1 Sadly viewers in Scotland were denied Terry’s 500th jamboree celebration episode...
Wednesday, 4th April 2005 PICK OF THE DAY 9pm THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, BBC4 Unshackling from the usual TV Cream remit, we find...
Wednesday, 17th August 1977 PICK OF THE DAY 10.15pm ALL MY LOVING, BBC2 Especially in the 1970s, August was pretty much always...
Wednesday, 26th August 1981 PICK OF THE DAY 6.20pm NOW GET OUT OF THAT!, BBC1 This show was always destined for greatness...
Wednesday, 7th August 1985 PICK OF THE DAY 6pm THE DUKES OF HAZZARD, BBC1 What’s this? Well, it’s one of the darkest...
Wednesday, 29th August 1990 PICK OF THE DAY 11.35am THE O ZONE, BBC1 Your Wednesday night, there. We know this is a...
Wednesday, 4th August 1993 PICK OF THE DAY 7pm FANTASTIC FACTS! ITV Gasp! Jonathan Ross on ITV! This was pretty big news...
Wednesday, 24th December 1980 PICK OF THE DAY 4.45pm THE ALL STAR RECORD BREAKERS, BBC1 In the great 2000+ years history of...
Wednesday, 15th December 1982 PICK OF THE DAY 7.00pm TOP SECRET, BBC1 Our enduring affection for this teatime parlour show lies –...
Wednesday, 7th December 1988 PICK OF THE DAY 7.35pm DOCTOR WHO, BBC1 “We have none of this jazz whereof you speak, Doctor,...
Wednesday, 17th December 2003 PICK OF THE DAY 9.00pm THE MILLION POUND PROPERTY EXPERIMENT, BBC2 The twilight of the TV-shows-about-housing boom sees...
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