Shirley Abicair
"Tonight" had a whole gang of musicians - Robin Hall & Jimmy MacGregor, Cy Grant, Rory McEwen...
Chris
TOT: Weeping for long-gone days
Aug 09, 2015
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Cliff Michelmore is still alive.
Somebody won second prize with a plagiarised piece by Mozart in a Steve Race music competition.
And Gerry Anderson invented the sat-nav in Supercar. It was called Clear-Vu.
He made a comeback 25 years or so later teaching children to read.
Maxwell Smart had a shoe phone.
Of course you meant to type band 111 :-)
Many things that were on Lew Grade's ATV first went on the rest of ITV later. Crossroads was an example and Tingha and Tucker Club. I used to listen on Channel 8. I say listen because Granada Winter Hill on Channel 9 wiped out the picture.
Are you suggesting we have them (need them) in the C21?
Mind you on this very desk is this. (Not sure why).
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Not excatly a shoephone. but a shoe phone-holder with lights that flash when it rings.
In message , John J Armstrong writes
Another favourite of mine as a child. They actually used real animals, IIRC. Goodness knows how they got them to perform.
No, I thought it was boring too. So 6 programmes and 5 days, did Rag Tag and Bobtail get axed in favour of Tails from the Riverbank?
In message , Graham. writes
It seems not to have been part of the "Watch With Mother" series, but shown in late afternoon. According to Wikipedia:
"The original black and white Tales of the Riverbank series was first shown by the BBC on 3 July 1960 at 4:50 pm."
What an amazing website! Feel like I'm Lost In Space!!
John
I was more interested in his assistant, Agent 99.
No he meant to type Band III
Bill
Google "The Conet Project" "HAARP" "Woodpecker OTH radar"
Is that what let the driver sit facing rearwards in an SPV (Captain Scarlet)?
I'm pretty sure I remember the background scenery going the wrong way through the windows.
(Googles: Aahh! - Wikipedia confirms I'm right!)
It wasn't going the wrong way. The idea or so I thought at the time was tha t it was safer for a person to be facing the rear of a vehicle should an ac cident happen as you'd have the back of the seat stoping you from going for ward into the windscreen. Didn;t have airbags in those days. :)
XMY556 A for Apple, B for Bob etc.
Albeit a different show though :)
Happy days
I had to Google that reference, but I vaugly remember the show.
Supercar to base Fireball XL5 to Space City Tower from Stingray
Broadsword calling Danny Boy
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