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David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 23h

I've got a quick one today, a short CITV Channel clip from Spring 2008 with an incomplete promo and a Chester Zoo ad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTR4...

CITV Channel Continuity Clip (Spring 2008)

YouTube video by David Doomula

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David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 4h

Those were good times, unless a weird spin-off of Inspector Gadget replaced the show in like 2003-ish.

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 4h

Magic Roundabout was great, I really enjoyed the 2005 movie adapation that came out (but the american dub of it sucks).

TVARK @tvark.bsky.social · 4h

18 October 1965

BBC 1 paid its first ever visit to The Magic Roundabout. Eric Thompson narrates.

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18 October 2000

Drama series North Square debuts on Channel 4.

18 October 2010

E4 shows the last new episodes of The Inbetweeners and School of Comedy.

The Magic Roundabout was an animated series broadcast on BBC 1 from 18 October 1965. Based on the French animation series Le Manège enchanté by Serge Danot. The English voiceover was provided by Eric Thompson.

The characters are Dougal the dog, Zebedee the talking jack-in-the-box with magical powers, Brian the snail, Ermintrude the cow and Dylan the hippy rabbit. The human characters are Florence, Mr Rusty, Mr McHenry, Paul, Basil and Rosalie.

The series was revived in 1992 on Channel 4 with Nigel Planer as the narrator.

North Square is a 10 part television drama series broadcast by Channel 4 from 18 October to 20 December 2000.

A group of young, irreverent barristers all hoping to make their mark in the legal profession at a defence chambers in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are all under the leadership of their Machiavellian chief clerk Peter McLeish, who is clever and obsessed by work and doesn't appear to have a social life. He's struggling to make this new enterprise work and will do anything to make it succeed and beat his archrival, Michael Marlowe, from whom he left, taking the best barristers with him.

The cast includes Phil Davis, Rupert Penry-Jones, Helen McCrory, Kevin McKidd, Kim Vithana, Sasha Behar, Ruth Millar, Dominic Rowan, James Murray, James Midgeley, Victoria Smurfit, Robert Mountford, Tony Monroe, Murray Head and Jack Fortune.

A Company Pictures production for Channel 4.

The Inbetweeners is a coming-of-age television sitcom, which originally aired on E4 from 1 May 2008 to 18 October 2010. 3 series totalling 18 episodes were made.

The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager William (Will) McKenzie and his friends Simon Cooper, Neil Sutherland and Jay Cartwright at the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive. The programme involves situations of school life, uncaring school staff, friendship, male bonding, lad culture and adolescent sexuality. Despite receiving an initially lukewarm reception, it has been described as a classic and amongst the most successful British sitcoms of the 21st century.

The cast includes Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas, Greg Davies, Emily Head, Martin Trenaman, Belinda Stewart-Wilson, John Seaward, Robin Weaver, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Emily Atack and Dominic Applewhite.

A Bwark Production, Kapital Entertainment and Young Films production for Channel 4.

School of Comedy was born out of a live show at the Edinburgh Festival.

The sketch series was shown on E4 from 1 October 2009 to 18 October 2010. 2 series totalling 12 episodes were made.

The cast was entirely made up from members of the after-school drama club of The Harrodian School in London, run by teacher Laura Lawson.

The show comprised sketches involving a diverse group of characters, from a lesbian couple in 1940s war-time Britain to a pair of South African security guards.

The cast are Will Poulter, Jack Harries, Beth Rylance, Africa Nile, Lilly Lucia Ainsworth, Ella Ainsworth, Grace Vance, Max Langdale Brown, Joe Taylor, Hector McCormick, Charlie Wernham, Evie Henderson, Arthur Sturridge, Olivia Archer-Deakin, Lacey-Ann Walsh and Finn Harries.

A Left Bank Pictures production for Channel 4.

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 9h

Next week, it'll be the 160th time you'll post that joke.

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 10h

I might watch those someday, thanks for recommending me it.

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 22h

25 years since we lost the original Basil Brush voice.

TVARK @tvark.bsky.social · 1d

In Memoriam

Ivan Owen
19 August 1927 – 17 October 2000
Age 73
Voice actor and actor
Original voice of Basil Brush and Fred Barker

Leslie Duxbury
13 June 1926 – 17 October 2005
Age 79
Scriptwriter for Coronation Street, Z Cars, Strangers, Crown Court and Angels

Ivan Owen was born on 19 August 1927 and passed away on 17 October 2000 at the age of 73.

He was most famous as the voice of Basil Brush on Boom!, Let's Read with Basil Brush and The Basil Brush Show.

Ivan was also the voice of Fred Barker on Five O'Clock Funfair, Five O'Clock Club and Small Time.

Owen's other voice and acting roles were in Mr Pastry's Pet Shop, Compact, Playbox, Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School, Crime Sheet, The Infamous John Friend, Toytown, The Machine Breakers, Billy Bean and His Funny Machine, The Prince and the Pauper and The Gordon Honour.

Leslie Duxbury was born on 13 June 1926 and passed away on 17 October 2005 at the age of 79.

He was a journalist turned television scriptwriter.

Leslie started as a sports writer for a newspaper. He moved into television in 1966 by writing scripts for Coronation Street. Leslie wrote for 25 years for the soap.

Other shows he wrote or edited scripts for included Strangers, Angels, A Sharp Intake of Breath, Crown Court, Rooms, Z Cars, Marked Personal, Hunter's Walk, Her Majesty's Pleasure, Lost Empires, December Flower and Sat'day While Sunday.

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 23h

I've got a quick one today, a short CITV Channel clip from Spring 2008 with an incomplete promo and a Chester Zoo ad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTR4...

CITV Channel Continuity Clip (Spring 2008)

YouTube video by David Doomula

www.youtube.com

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 23h

The show originated from Ireland (of all places).

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 1d

This theme is a pure banger, dude!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9-R...

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 1d

Post a random movie that you love! 🎞️

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David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 1d

This show reminds me of a gaelic version of Play School or Playdays.

TVARK @tvark.bsky.social · 1d

17 October 1985
Kid's series Dòtaman debuts on BBC One Scotland. Donnie Macleod and Rhoda Macleod were among the presenters.

17 Dàmhair 1985
Thòisich an t-sreath chloinne Dòtaman air BBC One Alba. Bha Donnie Macleod agus Rhoda Macleod am measg nan luchd-taisbeanaidh.

Dòtaman (translation: spinning top) is a pre-school series that was broadcast on BBC 1 Scotland from 17 October 1985 to 8 December 2000. Hosts of the show were Donnie Macleod, Rhoda Macleod, Cathy Macdonald, John Urquhart, Màiri MacInnes, Anna Murray and Anne Sinclair.

’S e sreath ro-sgoile a th’ ann an Dòtaman a chaidh a chraoladh air BBC 1 Alba bho 17 Dàmhair 1985 gu 8 Dùbhlachd 2000. B’ e Donnie Macleod, Rhoda Macleod, Cathy NicDhòmhnaill, Iain Urchardan, Màiri NicAonghais, Anna Mhoireach agus Anna Nic na Ceàrdaich a bha a’ toirt aoigheachd don taisbeanadh.

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 1d

Call My Bluff is iconic, but I grew up with the 2000s incarnation with Fiona Bruce.

TVARK @tvark.bsky.social · 1d

17 October 1965

BBC 2 debuts 2 shows.

Drama An Enemy of the State. With Charles Tingwell (pictured).

Gameshow Call My Bluff. Hosted by Robert Robinson for over 20 years. Frank Muir was a team captain for nearly 30 years.

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An Enemy of the State is a 6 part television drama series shown on BBC 2 from 17 October to 21 November 1965. It was written by Ken Hughes.

The drama focuses on Harry Sutton (an electrical engineer) who travelled to Moscow on business, and ended up on trial for his life when he was accused of espionage.

The cast includes Charles Tingwell, James Maxwell, Alfred Hoffman, Adrian Ropes, Robert Mill, Peter Stephens, Dalia Penn, Veronica Strong, David King, Steven Berkoff, George Pravda, Harold Lang, Richard Kane, Michael Collins, Alan Curtis, Andrew Armour, Jan Conrad, Jane Evers, Michael Seddon and Michael Rix.

Call My Bluff is a television panel gameshow based on the US version of the same name. Shown on BBC 2 from 17 October 1965 to 16 April 1994 and BBC 1 from 13 May 1996 to 17 July 2005. 34 series totalling 1,092 episodes were made.

2 teams of 3 (captain and 2 guests) who would compete to earn points by identifying the correct definitions of obscure words. The teams took turns to give three definitions, one true and two bluffs, while the other team attempted to determine which was correct. Correct choice wins one point, wrong choice gave opponents the point.

Team captains were Frank Muir, Patrick Campbell, Arthur Marshall, Robert Morley, Geoffrey Wheeler, Drusilla Beyfus, Michael Flanders, Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Jimmy Edwards, William Franklyn, Alan Melville, James Burke, Russell Tovey, Alex Horne, Alan Coren, Rod Liddle and Sandi Toksvig.

Hosts included Robin Ray, Peter Wheeler, Robert Robinson, Bob Holness, Fiona Bruce, Joe Melia, Nicholas Parsons and Angus Deayton.

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 1d

Great video, and I can't wait for it!

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Par: A Normal Girl @paranormalgirl.bsky.social · 1d

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1 WEEK TRAILER

We have 1 WEEK until our campaign launches and we have put together a video showing our progress.

Be sure to watch until the very end!

#indie #indiegogo #indieanimation #indiegame #animation #cartoon #cartoons #paranormalgirl

'Par: A Normal Girl' - 1 WEEK Teaser Trailer

YouTube video by Par: A Normal Girl

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David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 1d

That didn't last long.

two men in military uniforms salute in front of a man with the words thank you for your service below them

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David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 1d

I first heard of Get Smart, because of the movie that came out in the late 2000s. The show was one of the best in my opinion.

TVARK @tvark.bsky.social · 2d

16 October 1965

BBC 1 debuts the US comedy series Get Smart.

16 October 1975

ITV debuts sitcom Get Some In! Tony Selby and Robert Lindsay star.

16 October 1995

BBC 2 debuts antiques gameshow Going, Going, Gone.

Get Smart is a US comedy television series parodying the secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the 1960s. It arrived on UK television screens on BBC 1 from 16 October 1965.

The series centers on bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart also known as Agent 86 and his unnamed female partner Agent 99. They work for CONTROL, a secret US government counterintelligence agency based in Washington, DC, fighting against KAOS, "the international organization of evil". While Smart always succeeds in thwarting KAOS, his incompetent nature and insistence on doing things "by the book" invariably cause complications.

The show generated a number of popular catchphrases during its run, including "sorry about that, Chief,""...and loving it,""missed it by that much" and "would you believe..."

The cast includes Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt, Robert Karvelas, Bernie Kopell, King Moody, Dick Gautier, David Ketchum, Victor French, Stacy Keach Sr and Ellen Weston.

Get Some In! is a television sitcom about National Service life in the Royal Air Force, broadcast on ITV from 16 October 1975 to 18 May 1978. 5 series totalling 33 episodes (plus a special episode) were made.

The overarching concept follows a single hut of recruits at RAF Skelton in 1955. They are a group of social misfits of which, through default, Jakey Smith is the alpha male. Most stories concern their ongoing conflict with the sadistic corporal who runs the hut. The corporal lives in married quarters on site, and this female dimension gives an occasional sexual dimension to the plots.

The cast includes Tony Selby, David Janson, Robert Lindsay, Karl Howman, Gerard Ryder, Brian Pettifer, Lori Wells, John D Collins, Jenny Clarke and Robert Fountain.

A Thames Television production

Going, Going, Gone is a television gameshow that aired on BBC 2 from 16 October 1995 to 10 March 1998. 3 series totalling 144 episodes were made.

The programme's format was simple: three celebrities described an antique and gave it a valuation. One is telling the truth and the other two are lying. The two contestants had to guess which description was true, and were awarded points if they guessed correctly. A film of the real auction would be shown with the item described being bid for.

In the final round, both players 'bid' for an item by trying to guess the value that the antique went for with the person finishing with the nearest price winning the bonus points. The winner would take home an antique as a prize and the loser took home a 'booby prize' of a flying duck, the show's motif, mounted on a plaque. In fact, every contestant really wanted the flying duck.

A Bazal production for BBC Scotland.

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 1d

The endless re-runs of Courage and the Eds killed the block in June of that year.

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 1d

It was the Fried Dynamite sussesor.

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 2d

Toonami Rewind, you mean?

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 2d

25 years of the BBC News at Ten, yay!

TVARK @tvark.bsky.social · 2d

16 October 2010

Channel 4 debuts the drama The Pillars of the Earth. Based on the novel by Ken Follett.

16 October 2000

The first edition of BBC News at Ten.

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BBC in the Oxford region is moved from South East to South.

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The Pillars of the Earth is an 8 part television miniseries adapted from Ken Follett's 1989 novel of the same name. It debuted in the UK on Channel 4 from 16 October to 4 December 2010.

The series centres on the construction of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge during a tumultuous period of English history known as The Anarchy in the 12th century.

The cast includes Ian McShane, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Macfadyen, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Redmayne, Hayley Atwell, David Oakes, Natalia Wörner, Robert Bathurst and Sarah Parish.

A Tandem Communications, Muse Entertainment Enterprises and Scott Free co-production for The Movie Network, Movie Central, Starz and Sat 1.

On 16 October 2000, BBC One broadcast the first edition of BBC News at 10.

On 16 October 2000, BBC South East moved the regional news service for Oxford to BBC South.

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 2d

Happy heavenly birthday Mrs. Potts and Jessica from Murder She Wrote!

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 2d

Will he do a good Astro voice just like what he did with Scooby?

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David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 2d

But who's going to voice him, since Don Messick passed away in 1997.

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David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 2d

Well, it's working again.

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 2d

No way that there's a YT outage at the moment!

David Doomula @daviddoom95.bsky.social · 2d

Cartoon Network is the first video on that screen.