Friday, 17 February 2012

Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again - The Sound of Silence (1964)

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" Sounds of Silence " is the song that propelled the 1960s folk music duo Simon & Garfunkel to popularity. It was written in F...

The Persuaders - Episode Five - Powerswitch (1971)

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The body of a beautiful girl found floating in a Cote d'Azure bay plunges Danny and Brett into even deeper water when it is discovered...

The 1984 Brighton Bombing

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The Brighton hotel bombing happened on 12 October 1984 at the Grand Hotel in Brighton . The bomb was planted by the Provisional Irish Repu...
Thursday, 16 February 2012

Joe 90 - Top Secret: No 12 (1969)

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Features are  Agents' Fotofile  (readers' photographs), a competition to win 50 Corgi Gift Sets (Oldsmobile Tornado with Glastron...

Tarzan and his Mate (1934)

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The greatest Tarzan, Johhny Weissmuller starred in the 1934 movie, Tarzan and His Mate based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burrough...
Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Radio Times - Hugh and I (1966)

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This edition of the Radio Times dates abck to 1966 and features as its cover, Hugh Lloyd and Terry Scott from the sit-com, Hugh and I.  Hu...

Brookie's best - Remembering Jimmy Corkhill

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I loved Brookside back in the 1980s and one of my fave characters was that of Jimmy' Corkhill , played by the excellent Dean Sullivan ...
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012

The Virginian (1962 - 1971)

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The Virginian  ( The Men From Shiloh  in its final year) was an American Western  television series starring James Drury  and Doug McClure...
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...