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Saturday will always be Tiswas day.
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Saturday will always be Tiswas day.
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An article on TISWAS by by Pete Lock in Sounds 3rd, May 1980.
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May 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
An article on TISWAS by by Pete Lock in Sounds 3rd, May 1980.
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Saturday mornings are respected in New York.
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January 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Saturday mornings are respected in New York.
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#OnThisDay 1974 : The first edition of TISWAS was broadcast in the ATV region. It would slowly take off through the various ITV regions as years went by although some until the final series and Channel TV not at all.
Source pics : www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGU...
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Source pics : www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGU...
#70s
January 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
#OnThisDay 1974 : The first edition of TISWAS was broadcast in the ATV region. It would slowly take off through the various ITV regions as years went by although some until the final series and Channel TV not at all.
Source pics : www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGU...
#70s
Source pics : www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGU...
#70s
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'You're all covered in custard. How'd that happen?'
'Must've been the birds above.'
'Must've been the birds above.'
December 18, 2024 at 11:06 AM
'You're all covered in custard. How'd that happen?'
'Must've been the birds above.'
'Must've been the birds above.'
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The exact moment that Britain went to shit was when they stopped showing children's TV shows on Saturday morning terrestrial telly & replaced them with middle class wanky cooking programmes.
December 11, 2024 at 2:55 PM
The exact moment that Britain went to shit was when they stopped showing children's TV shows on Saturday morning terrestrial telly & replaced them with middle class wanky cooking programmes.
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Here's Chris Tarrant with a ZX Spectrum in 1984. Why? He's fronting a VHS-only show called The World's Greatest Computer Games. (Aside from Manic Miner, not many of these are any cop!) Watch now: youtu.be/ooj8LiMFTiw?...
January 14, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Here's Chris Tarrant with a ZX Spectrum in 1984. Why? He's fronting a VHS-only show called The World's Greatest Computer Games. (Aside from Manic Miner, not many of these are any cop!) Watch now: youtu.be/ooj8LiMFTiw?...
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What were other ITV regions showing during the first-ever Tiswas show? Outside the midlands, you'd have Shirley Temple films; Sesame Street; Sally James with pop stars; Flipper and a show conjured up by Grampian with a scary-looking clown...
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If you couldn't see the first Tiswas
If you weren't in the midlands to see the first edition of Tiswas, what did your ITV region give you? We looked at listings archives to find out what hit the airwaves.
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January 12, 2024 at 12:09 PM
What were other ITV regions showing during the first-ever Tiswas show? Outside the midlands, you'd have Shirley Temple films; Sesame Street; Sally James with pop stars; Flipper and a show conjured up by Grampian with a scary-looking clown...
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New on the site: The accidental creation of Tiswas!
A television announcer's experiment goes 'viral' in 1973...
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A television announcer's experiment goes 'viral' in 1973...
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How Tiswas came to be
What happened on the first edition of Tiswas? Known as 'Today Is Saturday', this was fronted by local actor John Asher, with assistance from Chris Tarrant.
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January 19, 2024 at 4:39 PM
New on the site: The accidental creation of Tiswas!
A television announcer's experiment goes 'viral' in 1973...
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A television announcer's experiment goes 'viral' in 1973...
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We admire an optimist, even if they're sadly wrong.
This time tomorrow it'll be Tiswas.
November 15, 2024 at 10:37 AM
We admire an optimist, even if they're sadly wrong.
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Some of you know me as the co-producer/co-writer of From ATVLand In Colour, a documentary about ATV/Central Television's Birmingham studios, which came out in 2011 and took years to put together.
Anyway, I have some news...
Anyway, I have some news...
November 28, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Some of you know me as the co-producer/co-writer of From ATVLand In Colour, a documentary about ATV/Central Television's Birmingham studios, which came out in 2011 and took years to put together.
Anyway, I have some news...
Anyway, I have some news...
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Tiswas wasn't the first Saturday morning TV show for kids on UK television, but was still early and it was the best. We took a look at a lot of the predecessors from ITV regions and the BBC. Many of them are distinctly odd! www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...
The first Saturday morning kids' TV shows in the UK
What was the first Saturday morning children's show on UK television? It's not Swap Shop, it's not even Tiswas. We dig through old BBC and ITV schedules.
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January 26, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Tiswas wasn't the first Saturday morning TV show for kids on UK television, but was still early and it was the best. We took a look at a lot of the predecessors from ITV regions and the BBC. Many of them are distinctly odd! www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...
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There aren't any recordings of the first series of Tiswas, so to get an idea of what it was like, we spoke to presenters and a few viewers.
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The first series of Tiswas
Nothing survives from the first series of Tiswas in the ATV achives, but we learnt what went on, from the presenters and a few viewers who saw the early shows.
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February 2, 2024 at 2:51 PM
There aren't any recordings of the first series of Tiswas, so to get an idea of what it was like, we spoke to presenters and a few viewers.
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Who remembers ATV Simulator for the ZX Spectrum?
November 19, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Who remembers ATV Simulator for the ZX Spectrum?
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In late 1974, Tiswas hit the airwaves for a second series, with a presenting team twice the size of previous shows and more of an ambition. It'd be their longest ever series, so what went on? Find out here! www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...
The second series of Tiswas
After an experimental first series, Tiswas returned to the airwaves in late 1974 as a proper show with bigger ambitions, albeit still confined to the midlands.
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February 9, 2024 at 8:56 PM
In late 1974, Tiswas hit the airwaves for a second series, with a presenting team twice the size of previous shows and more of an ambition. It'd be their longest ever series, so what went on? Find out here! www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...
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This was the stuff of legend and great to find again 🤣👍
youtu.be/yqaXnpwT0I8?...
This was the stuff of legend and great to find again 🤣👍
youtu.be/yqaXnpwT0I8?...
Tiswas 'Speak Your Weight' machine with Frank Carson, Dave Prowse, Big Daddy, Bernard Manning
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November 17, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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This was the stuff of legend and great to find again 🤣👍
youtu.be/yqaXnpwT0I8?...
This was the stuff of legend and great to find again 🤣👍
youtu.be/yqaXnpwT0I8?...
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Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday is Tiswas day! Yes, this actually happened, solely for ATV viewers in 1974. While your family were thinking how to prepare turkey, Chris Tarrant, John Asher, Peter Tomlinson and Trevor East served up flans.
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Tuesday is Tiswas day
Surely Saturday is Tiswas Day? Well, there was one show that happened on a Tuesday, way back in 1974, a total one-off. Let's take a look at what was on offer.
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March 22, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday is Tiswas day! Yes, this actually happened, solely for ATV viewers in 1974. While your family were thinking how to prepare turkey, Chris Tarrant, John Asher, Peter Tomlinson and Trevor East served up flans.
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Done another starter pack. This time for old tele people. These are curated lists of people I have followed for yonks. go.bsky.app/F6ytHmX
November 14, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Done another starter pack. This time for old tele people. These are curated lists of people I have followed for yonks. go.bsky.app/F6ytHmX
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Anatomy of a show! Here are video clips and images from one of only two surviving Tiswas recordings from 1975, in our write-up of Tiswas #60. We also show you how you can watch the recording!
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Tiswas #60: 30th August 1975
30th August 1975 with John Asher, Peter Tomlinson, Richard Barnes and Joan Palmer. The second-earliest surviving recording of Tiswas. There's some monkeying around here.
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March 1, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Anatomy of a show! Here are video clips and images from one of only two surviving Tiswas recordings from 1975, in our write-up of Tiswas #60. We also show you how you can watch the recording!
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We admire an optimist, even if they're sadly wrong.
This time tomorrow it'll be Tiswas.
November 15, 2024 at 10:37 AM
We admire an optimist, even if they're sadly wrong.
Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday is Tiswas day! Yes, this actually happened, solely for ATV viewers in 1974. While your family were thinking how to prepare turkey, Chris Tarrant, John Asher, Peter Tomlinson and Trevor East served up flans.
www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...
www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...
Tuesday is Tiswas day
Surely Saturday is Tiswas Day? Well, there was one show that happened on a Tuesday, way back in 1974, a total one-off. Let's take a look at what was on offer.
www.tiswasonline.com
March 22, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday is Tiswas day! Yes, this actually happened, solely for ATV viewers in 1974. While your family were thinking how to prepare turkey, Chris Tarrant, John Asher, Peter Tomlinson and Trevor East served up flans.
www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...
www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...