Listings, clippings, cuttings and ephemera from British TV gone by.
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#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 36 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 10 June 1990
1. #CoronationStreet 18.50m
2. #Neighbours 16.88
3. #EastEnders 15.45
4. #HomeAndAway 12.58
5. $64,000 Question 12.32
6. Survival Special 12.17
7. News 11.59
8. #TheBill 10.93
#OnThisDay 10 June 1965
THIS STREET IS A SLUM
The 470th episode of #CoronationStreet is on Monday. Has it outstayed its welcome? The time has come for Coronation Street to be condemned and emptied of its human habitation. It has become, culturally, a slum . . .
#OnThisDay 10 June 1992
BREAKFAST WITH BOB AS GELDOFS WIN £10M TV DEAL
The Evening Standard reports that Bod Geldof and Paul Yates have defeated more than 30 rival contenders for the Channel 4 breakfast slot, with their proposal THE BIG BREAKFAST.
#OnThisDay 9 June 1988
Harold Bishop is seen on British screens for the first time when Ian Smith makes the first of over 2,000 appearances in #Neighbours.
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#OnThisDay 10 June 1996
The Daily Mirror claims that the BBC has been editing recent episodes of #Neighbours: BEDTIME BLUES
"Eleven million Neighbours fans have missed out on some sizzling scenes - thanks to censors at the BBC. The Beeb has been toning down the steamy scenes."
#OnThisDay 10 June 1991
The first episode of Lucy Gannon's SOLDIER SOLDIER was broadcast on ITV. This drama featured the daily lives of a group of soldiers in The King's Fusiliers, a fictional British Army infantry regiment, and made stars of #RobsonGreen and #JeromeFlynn.
#OnThisDay 9 June 1989
#LizDawn and #BillTarmey join #TerryWogan on his thrice-weekly talk show WOGAN to discuss playing Jack and Vera Duckworth in #CoronationStreet.
#OnThisDay 9 June 1983
It's General Election day in the UK. As the polls close, but before the results are announced, #JasperCarrott takes to the air on BBC1 with a special edition of his satirical comedy CARROTT'S LIB. He's joined by #EmmaThompson, #ChrisBarrie and #NickWilton.
#OnThisDay 10 June 1962
TOO BRASSY AT THE MIKE
#PatPhoenix, better known as TV's Elsie Tanner of #CoronationStreet, has just made disc history. She must be the only singer to record a song in her undies - with a curtain round her to keep out the cold!
#OnThisDay 10 June 1993
" #LesDawson will be remembered as a comedian and gameshow host, but he's best known for his monologues about his fictional home life. His friend of 25-years, #KenDodd, described him as a 'national monument.' "
