Wednesday, 16th June 1999 PICK OF THE DAY 9.30pm LOUIS THEROUX’S WEIRD WEEKENDS, BBC2 Initially, we mourned The Ronson Mission, and needlessly...
Hiya! It’s a Chris and Graham one. This episode includes: Which international airlines fly from Heathrow? And who wrote Alistair Maclean’s Hostage...
While 1983 saw Squire’s career briefly hit the stratosphere before descending back to Earth, Cannon and Ball’s star was still inexorably...
TV Cream’s countdown to Now! That’s What I Call Music number 100 continues as we continue to examine the first half of...
Wednesday, 4th June 1969 PICK OF THE DAY 9.05pm WEDNESDAY PLAY: THE SON OF MAN, BBC1 “One of the most compelling pieces...
It’s the start of a brand-new six-part run! So, anyway, first Chris makes Ian watch (and then chat about) a show of...
But back in 1983 Russ Abbot’s Madhouse was a lynchpin in ITV’s Saturday night schedules. Meanwhile Abbot’s old mentor, Freddie Starr was finding...
Welcome to the second week of our important survey where we mark the upcoming 100th Now! That’s What I Call Music by...
Wednesday, 27th May 1987 PICK OF THE DAY 10pm IN AT THE DEEP END, BBC1 In the space of just three months,...
The eventual victor in the TV Times Magazine Top Ten Awards in the category of comedy was Russ Abbot. The loss in...
Now! That’s What I Call Music volume 100 is released on July 20th. When the idea was first floated, Now! Music speculated...
Wednesday, 20th May 1981 PICK OF THE DAY 7.40pm TERRY AND JUNE, BBC1 Don’t place your bets on whether it was Terry...
As the annual TV Times Magazine Top 10 Awards reared its head, readers were asked once again to ponder upon their...
Wednesday, 17th May 1989 PICK OF THE DAY 7.00pm WOGAN WITH SUE LAWLEY, BBC1 “We bring you the big news from Liverpool!”...
Also beginning in 1983 and faring better than Just Amazing! was the series dubbed “The Kamikaze Mastermind”. Like the Yorkshire Television vehicle, Ultra...
Wednesday, 10th May 1978 PICK OF THE DAY 5.10pm THINK OF A NUMBER, BBC1 The amazing Vic Reeves Big Night Out-style studio...
Born in Bermondsey on May 4, 1952, the young Michael Barrymore fell in love with Norman Wisdom films and, from the age...
Wednesday, 4th May 1994 PICK OF THE DAY 6.45pm STANDING ROOM ONLY, BBC2 For much of the mid-1990s, you couldn’t turn on...
For Cilla, the breakthrough was immediate. Not only would Surprise Surprise deliver her substantial new audiences (up to 16 million viewers would tune...
Wednesday, 27th April 1988 PICK OF THE DAY 7pm WOGAN, BBC1 Sadly viewers in Scotland were denied Terry’s 500th jamboree celebration episode...
In 1982 British television had to cope with the arrival of a new terrestrial channel, whiIe ITV also had to contend with...
Wednesday, 21st April 1982 PICK OF THE DAY 7pm WHERE THERE’S LIFE…, ITV Weekday evenings in the early 1980s were a haven...
Cross-channel pilfering had been undertaken by ITV before, (in 1978 with LWT’s infamous “Snatch of the day”). At the time, the BBC...
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...
The BBC recognised the media hype that was whipping up around Dallas on the other side of the Atlantic and sought to...
"PASS THE kettle love, I've been up all night." "You could've fooled me, dear".
TV Cream is working on a new ‘pet project’ – and we’re hoping you can help! We’re looking for 1980s programme ephemera,...
Wednesday, 4th April 2005 PICK OF THE DAY 9pm THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, BBC4 Unshackling from the usual TV Cream remit, we find...
Wednesday, 28th March 1979 PICK OF THE DAY 7.35pm MORECAMBE AND WISE AT THE BBC, BBC1 Here’s a top bit of sour...
While the BBC wasn’t keen to ape American dramas, it wasn’t entirely dismissive of them either. On 5 September 1976, the long-running...
Wednesday, 22nd March 1985 PICK OF THE DAY 7pm THIS IS YOUR LIFE, BBC1 We’d love to see a breakdown of the...
The relative success of American imports influenced programme makers’ attitude to Saturday primetime drama. ITV, in particular, would experiment with its own...
Wednesday, 13th March 1985 PICK OF THE DAY 9.30pm Q.E.D, BBC1 Such a shame that there isn’t a show like QED about...
The shadowy cabal of Chris, Craig and Jack are joined by no one, but do welcome a new scriptwriter for Craig’s lines....
The construction of a successful Saturday night television schedule is a costly business. The inverse relationship between high ratings and low expenditure...
Wednesday, 3rd March 1993 PICK OF THE DAY 8pm THE DETECTIVES, BBC1 Originally part of Canned Carrott, this was the first full...
Tammy Cline’s career after Success continued to rise as gradually as before. She formed a new band, made a number of appearances...
NOT REALLY.
Wednesday, 28th February 1968 PICK OF THE DAY 7.05pm DAVID NIXON, BBC1 The Mellotron-inventing chess-demonstrating TV Conjuror That Time Forgot was once...
The shadowy cabal of Chris, Craig and Jack is joined by actual lady, Rose, to drill into the exact definition of the...
Wednesday, 21st February 1990 PICK OF THE DAY 10.35pm THE GOLDEN BREAK ADVERTISING AWARDS, ITV Wafer-sponsored Saturday Night Takeaway-anticipating one-off televisual presentation...
Although the BBC and ITV spent much of 1982 attempting to revitalise light entertainment through experimentation with new formats and new kinds...
Wednesday, 16th February 1972 PICK OF THE DAY 8.30pm WHICKER’S ORIENT, ITV Peg-on-nose globetrotting witticisms ahoy as we touch down in what...
The BBC’s head of variety, light entertainment group, Jim Moir took Noel Edmonds out for several lunches during 1982, to help the presenter shape...
The shadowy cabal of Chris, Craig and Jack is joined by Aliens in the Family expert, Martin, for a right old chat...
Wednesday, 10th February 1988 PICK OF THE DAY 9pm HANNAY, ITV Robert Powell’s Buchan-skewing swashbucking-with-additional-paperwork further adventures of Richard Hannay are hardly...
A balmy early summer’s evening in 1982 saw the stars gathering at Thames Television’s Teddington studios. As the celebrities arrived and dutifully filed...
Wednesday, 29th January 1975 PICK OF THE DAY 8pm CILLA’S COMEDY SIX, ITV “How long does Cilla Black think she can keep...
While OTT and Sin On Saturday had little in common, there were some similarities between the two programmes beyond sharing the same day...
Welcome to 2018, with the first official release from Creamguide Films (Commentaries). The trio convene to assess Terry Gilliam’s best film (FACT)...
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