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Bagpuss to the theme from Minder.
September 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Bagpuss to the theme from Minder.
Still don't understand why they can't bring back in-vision continuity announcers. All you need is a comfy chair, a plant and some top-line 80s fashion.
September 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Still don't understand why they can't bring back in-vision continuity announcers. All you need is a comfy chair, a plant and some top-line 80s fashion.
It's time to flick through the Boots Freetime Autumn 1985 magazine www.ephemeral80s.co.uk/2025/09/boot... featuring toys, technology, gruesome recipes and some curious tracksuits.
September 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's time to flick through the Boots Freetime Autumn 1985 magazine www.ephemeral80s.co.uk/2025/09/boot... featuring toys, technology, gruesome recipes and some curious tracksuits.
Yes, it's another mini-review of a Let's Pretend episode www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2025/09/0312... and this time it's The Broom and the Vacuum Cleaner from 1984.
September 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yes, it's another mini-review of a Let's Pretend episode www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2025/09/0312... and this time it's The Broom and the Vacuum Cleaner from 1984.
Let's take a look at the EMAP company newsletter from December 1985 www.ephemeral80s.co.uk/2025/09/spla... featuring arm wrestling with Brian Blessed, Linda Lusardi, ghoulish Halloween costumes and lots of advertising executives.
September 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Let's take a look at the EMAP company newsletter from December 1985 www.ephemeral80s.co.uk/2025/09/spla... featuring arm wrestling with Brian Blessed, Linda Lusardi, ghoulish Halloween costumes and lots of advertising executives.
Has there ever been a greater pair of lads? Ant and Dec ain't got nothing on these two.
September 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Has there ever been a greater pair of lads? Ant and Dec ain't got nothing on these two.
We're truly living in The Day Today.
September 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We're truly living in The Day Today.
Meanwhile, over on Ebay, you can pick up this lovely Puddle Lane pencil set for just £37.08...
August 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Meanwhile, over on Ebay, you can pick up this lovely Puddle Lane pencil set for just £37.08...
An amazing trailer for How to Pick Up Girls, Win Arguments and Influence People - an edition of QED which first aired in 1982. Different times indeed. Found on Betamax.
August 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
An amazing trailer for How to Pick Up Girls, Win Arguments and Influence People - an edition of QED which first aired in 1982. Different times indeed. Found on Betamax.
New article looks at 02/11/1987 - Let's Pretend: Fred Midas www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2025/08/0211... a typical episode of the 1980s ITV lunchtime children's programme which I missed, at the time, having recently started school.
August 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New article looks at 02/11/1987 - Let's Pretend: Fred Midas www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2025/08/0211... a typical episode of the 1980s ITV lunchtime children's programme which I missed, at the time, having recently started school.
An excellent example of early 1980s fashion, this is my beloved St Michael knitted track top. Read more about how I wear it into modern day Marks & Spencer stores here: www.ephemeral80s.co.uk/2025/06/st-m...
June 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
An excellent example of early 1980s fashion, this is my beloved St Michael knitted track top. Read more about how I wear it into modern day Marks & Spencer stores here: www.ephemeral80s.co.uk/2025/06/st-m...
I've started a new site www.ephemeral80s.co.uk all about forgotten bits and pieces of British life from the 1980s, expect the mundane and the ephemeral.
May 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I've started a new site www.ephemeral80s.co.uk all about forgotten bits and pieces of British life from the 1980s, expect the mundane and the ephemeral.
Popped over to the Peterborough Museum today to visit their Adventures in Time and Space exhibition today, featuring all manner of Doctor Who costumes and props. More details here: curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/adventures...
May 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Popped over to the Peterborough Museum today to visit their Adventures in Time and Space exhibition today, featuring all manner of Doctor Who costumes and props. More details here: curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/adventures...
A few years ago, I wrote a couple of books on long-forgotten British children's television programmes. You can find them on Amazon at tinyurl.com/cbtbooks
May 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A few years ago, I wrote a couple of books on long-forgotten British children's television programmes. You can find them on Amazon at tinyurl.com/cbtbooks
Why is this all I see when I close my eyes at night?
May 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Why is this all I see when I close my eyes at night?
That's Life gives us the public's view on nudity in 1983. Found on Betamax.
April 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
That's Life gives us the public's view on nudity in 1983. Found on Betamax.
Brand new from boxes.
April 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Brand new from boxes.
New article is Bursts of Gaelic Madness: Mag is Mog and Bzzz www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2025/04/burs... which looks at two Scottish Gaelic children's programmes from the early 1980s which rank among the strangest things I've ever watched.
April 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New article is Bursts of Gaelic Madness: Mag is Mog and Bzzz www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2025/04/burs... which looks at two Scottish Gaelic children's programmes from the early 1980s which rank among the strangest things I've ever watched.
It’s time for another Betamax find curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/betamax-fi... which features quintessential 1984 news and a warning from the BBC that viewers should not be taking wild kestrels home. God bless the past.
April 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It’s time for another Betamax find curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/betamax-fi... which features quintessential 1984 news and a warning from the BBC that viewers should not be taking wild kestrels home. God bless the past.
It's time to look back at Teetime and Claudia www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2025/04/teet... an animated Children's ITV show from the early 1980s which only a handful of people remember. And probably with good reason.
April 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's time to look back at Teetime and Claudia www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2025/04/teet... an animated Children's ITV show from the early 1980s which only a handful of people remember. And probably with good reason.
The school from Hardwicke House www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2013/03/hard... is up for sale. Just £1.2 million - who wants to club together and put in a bid?
March 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The school from Hardwicke House www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2013/03/hard... is up for sale. Just £1.2 million - who wants to club together and put in a bid?
I'm vaguely starting to run out of Betamax tapes, so if you've got any old ones stashed away in cupboards/lofts, please let me know. VHS more than welcome too. Only looking for 80s recordings. Thanks.
March 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I'm vaguely starting to run out of Betamax tapes, so if you've got any old ones stashed away in cupboards/lofts, please let me know. VHS more than welcome too. Only looking for 80s recordings. Thanks.
Why do I see this when I shut my eyes at night?
March 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Why do I see this when I shut my eyes at night?
It's that time of year when Triffids start springing up, so please carry your anti-triffid gun at all times.
March 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It's that time of year when Triffids start springing up, so please carry your anti-triffid gun at all times.