TOT: Weeping for long-gone days

[Chris J Dixon]

Shirley Abicair

"Tonight" had a whole gang of musicians - Robin Hall & Jimmy MacGregor, Cy Grant, Rory McEwen...

Chris

[Martin]

Cliff Michelmore is still alive.

[Martin]

Somebody won second prize with a plagiarised piece by Mozart in a Steve Race music competition.

[Graham.]

And Gerry Anderson invented the sat-nav in Supercar. It was called Clear-Vu.

[Graham.]

He made a comeback 25 years or so later teaching children to read.

[JohnT]

Maxwell Smart had a shoe phone.

[Graham.]

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.

[Graham.]

Are you suggesting we have them (need them) in the C21?

Mind you on this very desk is this. (Not sure why).

Not excatly a shoephone. but a shoe phone-holder with lights that flash when it rings.

[John Hall]

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.

[Graham.]

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?

[John Hall]

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."

[Another John]

What an amazing website! Feel like I'm Lost In Space!!

John

[Davey]

I was more interested in his assistant, Agent 99.

[Bill Wright]

No he meant to type Band III

Bill

[Graham.]

Google "The Conet Project" "HAARP" "Woodpecker OTH radar"

[Reentrant]

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!)

[whisky-dave]

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. :)

[FredCarnot]

XMY556 A for Apple, B for Bob etc.

Albeit a different show though :)

Happy days

[Woody]

[Graham.]

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