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#OnThisDay 7 June 1982 #CoronationStreet's new outdoor set makes its debut. There's a new title card, the first sight of a house at number 7 since 1965, and customers of the Rovers no longer step into Albert Tatlock's parlour when they visit the bathroom!

#OnThisDay 7 June 1982 #CoronationStreet's new outdoor set makes its debut. There's a new title card, the first sight of a house at number 7 since 1965, and customers of the Rovers no longer step into Albert Tatlock's parlour when they visit the bathroom!

27,218 Aufrufe • vor 8 Tagen

#OnThisDay 6 June 1994 This episode of #CoronationStreet is known for references to "tossers", "sluts" and "fancy wee rent boys", as well as Deidre threatening Ken with a bread knife! All of this has been removed from the repeats, so enjoy it again here😉

#OnThisDay 6 June 1994 This episode of #CoronationStreet is known for references to "tossers", "sluts" and "fancy wee rent boys", as well as Deidre threatening Ken with a bread knife! All of this has been removed from the repeats, so enjoy it again here😉

27,621 Aufrufe • vor 9 Tagen

#OnThisDay 7 May 1979 A bank holiday special of LITTLE AND LARGE sees Syd and Eddie take to the streets to let members of the public tell jokes and do impressions.

#OnThisDay 7 May 1979 A bank holiday special of LITTLE AND LARGE sees Syd and Eddie take to the streets to let members of the public tell jokes and do impressions.

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#OnThisDay forty years ago - 23 May 1986 After 14 years on air, lunchtime magazine programme PEBBLE MILL AT ONE broadcasts its final edition live from the BBC's Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham.

#OnThisDay forty years ago - 23 May 1986 After 14 years on air, lunchtime magazine programme PEBBLE MILL AT ONE broadcasts its final edition live from the BBC's Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham.

35,678 Aufrufe • vor 23 Tagen

#OnThisDay 15 April 1982 The actor #ArthurLowe, Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army, passed away aged 66. Hours earlier he had appeared on BBC1's Pebble Mill. Here's also an advert for Wispa from that time, a news report of his memorial and a posthumous appearance on Looks Familiar.

#OnThisDay 15 April 1982 The actor #ArthurLowe, Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army, passed away aged 66. Hours earlier he had appeared on BBC1's Pebble Mill. Here's also an advert for Wispa from that time, a news report of his memorial and a posthumous appearance on Looks Familiar.

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#OnThisDay 25 April 1984 In this #CoronationStreet episode, Ken says "thanks Anne", when referring to Deidre 😜

#OnThisDay 25 April 1984 In this #CoronationStreet episode, Ken says "thanks Anne", when referring to Deidre 😜

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#OnThisDay 6 April 1990 The Australian comedy drama ROUND THE TWIST was broadcast in the UK as part of Children's BBC for the first time. Following the supernatural adventures of the lighthouse dwelling Twist family, 52 episodes were made across four series and eleven years.

#OnThisDay 6 April 1990 The Australian comedy drama ROUND THE TWIST was broadcast in the UK as part of Children's BBC for the first time. Following the supernatural adventures of the lighthouse dwelling Twist family, 52 episodes were made across four series and eleven years.

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#OnThisDay 17 April 1980 #SarahGreene makes her first appearance on #BluePeter. However, it's not as presenter, but as a guest, when she's interviewed about her role in the drama The Swish of the Curtain.

#OnThisDay 17 April 1980 #SarahGreene makes her first appearance on #BluePeter. However, it's not as presenter, but as a guest, when she's interviewed about her role in the drama The Swish of the Curtain.

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#OnThisDay 18 March 1981 #JohnThaw is surprised by Eamonn Andrews and his Big Red Book for This Is Your Life. His daughters teach #DennisWaterman a lesson or two on the set of The Sweeney and #JohnnyBriggs raises a glass from the set of Coronation Street.

#OnThisDay 18 March 1981 #JohnThaw is surprised by Eamonn Andrews and his Big Red Book for This Is Your Life. His daughters teach #DennisWaterman a lesson or two on the set of The Sweeney and #JohnnyBriggs raises a glass from the set of Coronation Street.

73,319 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

#OnThisDay 14 January 1980 Legs and Co perform a dance routine to the theme tune of #BluePeter at 5:15 on a Monday afternoon. Expect "birds on legs" comments from Simon Groom and look out for the "very first showing of the two knockers side by side" from Christopher Wenner.

#OnThisDay 14 January 1980 Legs and Co perform a dance routine to the theme tune of #BluePeter at 5:15 on a Monday afternoon. Expect "birds on legs" comments from Simon Groom and look out for the "very first showing of the two knockers side by side" from Christopher Wenner.

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#OnThisDay 7 April 1997 Peter Baldwin makes the last of 726 appearances as Derek Wilton in #CoronationStreet, with the character dying from a heart attack. The closing theme music of this episode was replaced by a tune playing from the car radio.

#OnThisDay 7 April 1997 Peter Baldwin makes the last of 726 appearances as Derek Wilton in #CoronationStreet, with the character dying from a heart attack. The closing theme music of this episode was replaced by a tune playing from the car radio.

54,678 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

#OnThisDay 26 March 1993 After more than 8 years in the role, Nula Conwell makes her final appearance in #TheBill when her character, Viv Martella, is shot during the dramatic episode 'The Short Straw'.

#OnThisDay 26 March 1993 After more than 8 years in the role, Nula Conwell makes her final appearance in #TheBill when her character, Viv Martella, is shot during the dramatic episode 'The Short Straw'.

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#OnThisDay 17 March 1984 #BobMonkhouse speaks to #TerryWogan on his Saturday night chat show, where he explains that the problem with Family Fortunes "is that you do require five intelligent members of a family" and gives the "name something pink" anecdote an airing.

#OnThisDay 17 March 1984 #BobMonkhouse speaks to #TerryWogan on his Saturday night chat show, where he explains that the problem with Family Fortunes "is that you do require five intelligent members of a family" and gives the "name something pink" anecdote an airing.

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#OnThisDay 7 January 1981 3 years before becoming Kevin Webster, a young #MichaelLeVell appears as paperboy Neil Grimshaw whose cheek towards Mavis draws the ire of Eddie Yeats in #CoronationStreet.

#OnThisDay 7 January 1981 3 years before becoming Kevin Webster, a young #MichaelLeVell appears as paperboy Neil Grimshaw whose cheek towards Mavis draws the ire of Eddie Yeats in #CoronationStreet.

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#OnThisDay 26 April 1999 The news reader and television presenter Jill Dando was murdered outside her home in London. Here are excerpts from how the news was reported and tribute paid to her from that day.

#OnThisDay 26 April 1999 The news reader and television presenter Jill Dando was murdered outside her home in London. Here are excerpts from how the news was reported and tribute paid to her from that day.

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#OnThisDay 18 January 1985 The Six O'Clock News reports the death of Wilfred Brambell, the actor best known for playing the grubby rag-and-bone man Albert Steptoe alongside Harry H. Corbett in the long-running BBC television sitcom Steptoe and Son.

#OnThisDay 18 January 1985 The Six O'Clock News reports the death of Wilfred Brambell, the actor best known for playing the grubby rag-and-bone man Albert Steptoe alongside Harry H. Corbett in the long-running BBC television sitcom Steptoe and Son.

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#OnThisDay 30 April 1981 The first episode of THE CHINESE DETECTIVE was broadcast on BBC1. A police procedural drama created by Ian Kennedy Martin, who had previously devised The Sweeney and Juliet Bravo, it starred #DavidYip and #DerekMartin.

#OnThisDay 30 April 1981 The first episode of THE CHINESE DETECTIVE was broadcast on BBC1. A police procedural drama created by Ian Kennedy Martin, who had previously devised The Sweeney and Juliet Bravo, it starred #DavidYip and #DerekMartin.

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#OnThisDay 30 April 1991 It's Peggy Mitchell, but not as we know her, as Jo Warne plays the character when she makes her first appearance in #EastEnders. This video compares her portrayal with that of #BarbaraWindsor when she took over the role in 1994.

#OnThisDay 30 April 1991 It's Peggy Mitchell, but not as we know her, as Jo Warne plays the character when she makes her first appearance in #EastEnders. This video compares her portrayal with that of #BarbaraWindsor when she took over the role in 1994.

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#OnThisDay 10 March 1994 After 15 years and 107 episodes, #GeorgeCole and #GaryWebster star in the final episode of MINDER - The Long Good Thursday.

#OnThisDay 10 March 1994 After 15 years and 107 episodes, #GeorgeCole and #GaryWebster star in the final episode of MINDER - The Long Good Thursday.

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#OnThisDay 50 years ago - 6 January 1976 The first episode of Rentaghost was broadcast. The original lyrics to the well-known theme tune were rejected, but then played at the end of two episodes: "At your party have a séance and hire Rentaghost We have medium sized tables here at

#OnThisDay 50 years ago - 6 January 1976 The first episode of Rentaghost was broadcast. The original lyrics to the well-known theme tune were rejected, but then played at the end of two episodes: "At your party have a séance and hire Rentaghost We have medium sized tables here at

66,270 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten