More sequel-itis: What was Margaret Thatcher’s favourite pop song?
Another literary effort today. Who penned these memoirs? 1) Let’s Get Through Wednesday2) It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time3)...
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A theme scene today. Which programmes boasted (or in some cases, still boast) these pieces of music as their signature tune? 1)...
More Radio Times billings to identify, this time from March 1989: 1) Consumer advice, misprints, mishaps and real-life humour drawn from your...
Re-arrange this list of artistes into the order they appeared on stage at Live Aid (earliest first): U2Paul McCartneyElvis CostelloQueenSadeNoel Edmonds
Halfway through these now; to everyone who’s contributed so far, many thanks. Today: what’s happening here?
Match the household junk to the Blue Peter Appeal: 1) Used stamps2) Pre-decimal coins3) Silver paper4) Buttons, buckles and badges5) Scrap metal...
Which of these albums had the most number of tracks also released as singles? Madonna LIKE A PRAYERPet Shop Boys INTROSPECTIVEMichael Jackson...
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More morbid stuff today. Which BBC programme was interrupted to announce the death of: 1) The Queen Mother2) Pope John Paul II3)...
Last lines of autobiographies, this one. Can you match up the five sign-offs with the correct author? a) Cue Frank FRANK BOUGH...
Suggestions, please, as to what’s occurring here:
Another mix’n’match today. Can you correctly pair up the song with the album on which it appears (in position Track 1, Side...
Simple one today: When did New Doctor Who jump the shark?1) The first time David Tennant went “Hoh yessss!”2) The first time...
What perpetually ill-advised thing is about to happen here?
True or false? 1) LL Cool J’s real name is Archibald Foster-Ffitzsimmons and he is heir to the Foster-Ffitzsimmons biscuity dynasty. 2)...
Here’s fun. Can you identify the programmes hiding behind these Radio Times billings, all hailing from July 1986: 1) “Time for another...
Everyone can remember what Mrs Thatcher’s favourite bands were*, but today’s questions invites you to cast your mind even further back: What...
Straightforward one, this: What has just happened here?
Slightly more tricky, perhaps: what was unusual about the closing titles from the final ever episodes of: a) Seaviewb) Jossy’s Giantsc) That’s...
A quick one today. Here, in alphabetical order, are the guests on an edition of Blankety Blank broadcast in September 1983. Who,...
OK, so it’s not strictly the first of the month, but there’ll still be 31 days in May come what, er, may....
…this one is in Technicolour. In the unlikely event of anyone not having been able to see the images that made up...
Election night approaches, and David indicates the number of viewers likely to tune into his brother on the other side.
Devastatingly sad news.
Just discovered you can watch the whole of that Macca TV special here. Highlights include the man’s piano being blown up at...
It’s been confirmed that Morrissey is to play a leading role in this year’s Christmas episode of Dr Who. The curmudgeonly racialist...
It ran and ran, it got binned off, it was brought back for want of anything else to write about. Here’s Paul...
Welcome to another minute-by-minute live blog following all tonight’s thrilling Creamguide action, as it happens. What will fate hold in store for...
It’s the 250th post on this blog, and what better way to mark the occasion than have a pregnant Cilla sit on...
BBC7 is spoiling us at the moment; not only are Sundays boasting repeats of Stilgoe’s Around but as of yesterday, for the...
Another presenter is leaving Blue Peter. Given it’s just a few months since the last one quit, and the fact it’s the...
The success of BBC4’s Curse Of Comedy series must surely betoken a recommission. In which case, where better place to start than...
It’s January 1979, and Barbara Edwards joins Bert and Mike to celebrate 25 years of the BBC’s weather forecasting…before promptly quitting, complaining...
What with the new series of Dr Who just a few ordinary days away, some people might be wondering just what all...
Introducing a brand new feature… …dedicated to noting all appearances by the great man in the public eye, be they online, on...
Ken goes out and about on Euston Road to do a bit of Video Show promotion.
Provisional plans for this week’s Digi-Cream Times mailout, due on Thursday, including a free cover-mounted dreidel in the shape of Alan Sugar’s...
Given that David Tennant regenerates in the second of next year’s special episodes, you’d think the hunt must be well under way...
Sharing a bill with Paul Scofield. Or, as he would no doubt prefer it: BRIAN WILDE and Paul Scofield
Only slightly overshadowed by the death of Captain Birds Eye.
As the new series of Doctor Who lumbers into view, talk falls once more to that ever-pertinent question: how will the schedulers...
For anyone still riled by last week’s riddles: 1) Look, or rather point, West, for matters ship shape and bootlace fashion. Shoestring...
Sunday’s Shoestring retrospective on BBC4 was a useful reminder of how there’s always been so much potential for a revival, were it...
It’s 11th February 1982, and Princess Di drops into ITN to discuss the running order of News at 5.45.
This week’s mailout revolved around a quiz inviting you to identify the names of five programmes scheduled for transmission next week, from...
Lew prepares for another quiet, unassuming day at the office.
Graham Kibble-White has, perhaps in an effort to leaven the mood, suggested a trawl of title sequences that cheer you up. And...
Last year in one of the many non-TV-related editions of the Digi-Cream Times mailout (in other words, all of them) the suggestion...
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