Sunday, 12 February 2012

Pigs In Space!.....

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Pigs In Space featured on the exquisite Muppet Show and was an excellent parody of science fiction programmes like Star Trek , but also 19...

Whitney Houston (1963 - 2012)

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I was saddened this morning as I woke to the news that the great Whitney Houston had sadly passed away, so I've decided to post this tri...
Saturday, 11 February 2012

For Mash get Smash!.....

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The Smash Martians were the stars of a series of 1970's and early 1980's TV advertising campaigns for Smash instant mashed potato...

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1948)

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The sixth film in the Sherlock Holmes series starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death" is an entertai...
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The Persuaders - Episode Four - Angie, Angie (1971)

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The French Riviera is the setting for the fourth episode of the classic ITC series, The Persuaders. Danny Wilde meets up with a friend fro...
Friday, 10 February 2012

Record Mirror (1973)

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Record Mirror was a UK 32-page newspaper magazine, this cover dates back to 1973 with Paul McCartney on the cover. Includes an interview w...
Thursday, 9 February 2012

Brian Cant - Mister Play School!.....

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Born in Ipswich Brian Cant currently lives in Buckinghamshire and is married to writer and director Cherry Britton, sister of TV presenter F...
Sunday, 5 February 2012

A Handful of Songs!....

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Made by Granada studios in the late 1970s - early 1980s, this pre-school lunchtime programme was shown on ITV around midday (Muriel Young wa...
Tuesday, 31 January 2012

The World's Greatest Cliff-hanger - Who Shot JR? (1980)

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In the final scene of the 1979–1980 season, the character J.R. Ewing played by Larry Hagman, was shot by a hidden assailant. The episode, ti...
Sunday, 29 January 2012

The Bill star dies - Tributes paid to Colin Tarrant

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A Star of hit cop show "The Bill" has died after being found injured at home. Colin Tarrant, 59, played Inspector Andrew Monroe i...

Radio Times Presents the Third Doctor Who! (1970)

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I really can not believe that it is now forty two years, but way back in January 1970 the BBC, or rather the Radio Times introduced the late...
Saturday, 28 January 2012

Roger Moore as Ivanhoe (1958)

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Long before Roger Moore found fame as Simon Templar and then James Bond the youthful actor was cast in his first television role as the dash...
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Stacy Keach as Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer , with Stacy Keach in the title role, was the classic television series that originally aired on CBS from...
Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Bernie Hamilton (1928 - 2008)

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Bernie Hamilton (June 12, 1928 – December 30, 2008) American Actor was born in East Los Angeles and attended Oakland Technical High School, ...