ladyofthelake

I don't think she did Blue peter, but wasn't she on Tomorrows World? It was hilarious the way none of the demos ever worked as they were supposed to, especially when they went live.

Does any one remember the band called Brown Sauce they had on Swap Shop? Noel, Cheggars and Maggie recorded the song "I just wanna be a winner" (at least I think that's what it was)
What a Classic!!!

Patrick

Thats up to your personal preference - there are always two people you find really annoying and have an urge to nail your scrotum to the table when they walk in the room or come on TV.

For me at the moment its Dubya and RayinPA. Normally it isn't rayinpa but Katie Kurik or Stone Phillips, both annoying in a "we are so great because we are on tv kind of way". I would like to see Stone Phillips caught in the rain and see all that hair dye run down his face!

It took 100's of hours of therapy to get over Noel Edmunds, those sweaters, Keith and Maggie (and of course John Craven)! Please don't open those wounds again. Did anyone see him Naked, aaarrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhh!

That 200 pop icons, what a load of rubbish, Elvis #3, Brittany Spears in the top 20.....

Stumpyguy

That's right it was Tomorrows World. Seems very funny now doesn't it, at the time they seemed to be fixated on pens with digital watches in them, and Sir Clive Sinclair's latest completely impractical vehicle.

Oh God, Brown Sauce. Shudder. That is one of life's doors I wouldn't want to see opened again.

Now TISWAS on the other hand was quite good, at least during the Chris Tarrant years. I can still picture Sally James's plunging necklines. Wonder what she is doing now?

Patrick

I could tell you what she is doing in my head! Molly Ringwald, Debbie Harry and Sally James - need I say more about my teenage years!

Anyone remember the adult Tiswas spinoff, I can't remember the name of it now.

All aboard the Skylark

Patrick

robclews

Tomorrows World, what a great show, I remember all their demonstrations used to fail badly and ended with the words 'It worked well in rehearsal all day'.

One failure I watched was when they tried to send a copy of something through a phone line after placing it in this machine the size of a small house. It didn't work and I remember my dad (god rest his soul) saying, 'Huh what a waste of time that invention is'......................and he was right, the Fax machine never did catch on lol.

Rob

Stumpyguy

I think it was called The Saturday Show, and I think it was broadcast shortly after closing time (which says even more about my late teenage years...).

Time for bed says Zebedee... BOIIIIING!

Pulaski

"OTT", wasn't it?

Stumpyguy

Yes, you are correct sir.

Patrick

I was reversing out of the garage to go and pick my wife up when I remembered it was called Over The Top so ran back in to tell you all but Pulaski got there first! Now I am going to be late and get shouted at, for nothing!

Patrick

Stumpyguy

Just tell her we were talking about Sally James, I'm sure she will understand...

I think I will start another thread about English TV from the 70's-80's so we can really exorcize those demons.

robclews

Tiswas was the best, I had a crush on Sally James at the time i seem to remember. A while back I listened to Chris Tarrant talking about things that went wrong on the show, this one that follows was my fave, I dug it off Google to paste:

THE CAGE If you were an adult, there was only one way to get into the studio audience for Tiswas - volunteer for a soaking in the cage. Along with various guest celebs and several t-shirted nubile women, members of the adult public were locked up for the duration, as if after some kiddie-instigated military coup, and doused liberally with water and gunk whenever Tarrant felt the show's pace was flagging, or indeed whenever he felt like it. John Peel, Rick Parfitt and several members of soft rockers Rainbow were present in one cage line-up when someone in the cage lit up a joint, live on kids' TV, until doused with a bucket by a worried Tarrant, who to this day solemnly refuses to name the guilty party. (It was one of the Rainbow 'lads'.)

Rob

Pulaski

That has just made my afteroon! .... Hilarious!!!

AndrewR

Actually I quite often have the urge to nail my scrotum to the table anyway.... (Too much information?)

suebo

B O T.. I have found Train and Lifehouse, both great groups

Pulaski

If you live in The South, definitely!