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#OnThisDay 8 October 1981
Thames Television take out newspaper ads to warn us . . .
TONIGHT AT 7.30.
JAWS
The British TV Premiere of this suspense classic, starring #RobertShaw and #RoyScheider.

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#OnThisDay 8 October 1974
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMMERDALE FARM
#Emmerdale Farm is 200 episodes old and producer Robert Cardona reckons that "more realism" has been the most striking innovation. "There was too much chat during the early episodes. I've cut the dialogue by half so that..."

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#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 36 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 8 October 1989
1 #CoronationStreet 19.86m
2. #Neighbours 17.03
3. #EastEnders 16.64
4. Jewel of the Nile 14.28
5. #OnlyFoolsAndHorses 14.20
6. Blackadder Goes Forth 13.10
7. News 12.77
8. Blind Date 12.65

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#OnThisDay 8 October 1980
It's the last in the series of The Morecambe & Wise Show and the TV Times declares:
THEY'LL ALWAYS BE ERIC AND ERNIE . . .

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#OnThisDay from October 1992 - TV HITS
#ChristianSlater answers your questions!
"I'm gnarly," says #KeanuReeves.
Is #StephenDorff The Next Big Thing?

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#OnThisDay 8 October 1992
AUSSIE STAR KICKED OFF TV IN WORK PERMIT ROW
#Neighbours star Kristian Schmid has been forced to quit his new £1,000-a-week job as a presenter on children's show Going Live. His new career was cut short by Department of Employment officials who said he was taking work away

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#OnThisDay 8 October 1995
#CoronationStreet's Phil Middlemiss, Des Barnes, reveals:
I'VE SLEPT WITH 100 GIRLS . . . NOW I'M IN LOVE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
and it just happens to be with 22-year-old #AlisonKing who, apparently, "runs a surf shop in Devon".

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#OnThisDay 8 October 1994
The Daily Express goes behind the scenes at #TheBill:
CAPTURED BY THE BILL - Sun Hill celebrates 10 arresting years as the police force favourites.
LONG CHARM OF THE LAW

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#OnThisDay 8 October 1990
ARFUR'S DALEY HELP
Big-hearted Arthur Daley pushed the boat out for his new Minder yesterday. Afrur proudly introduced #GaryWebster, 24, Dennis Waterman's replacement in the title role. "Meet my young nephew Ray," he said . . .

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#OnThisDay 8 October 1985
EASTBENDERS! - #CoronationStreet Boss Savages BBC's Rival Soap:
"The producers of #EastEnders keep saying they are beating us in the ratings. This is simply not true. Their viewing figures are as desperate as their storylines . . ."

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#OnThisDay 8 October 1980
K9 GETS THE BOOT
#DoctorWho's mechanical mongrel K9 is getting the boot from TV chiefs because he is too bright.
"He makes it too easy for the doctor to get out of situations," says producer John Nathan-Turner.

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#OnThisDay 8 October 1987
Hurry yourself along to the Gala Opening of the new Apollo Bingo and Social Club in Newport Road, Stafford, for a personal appearance by Johnny Briggs (Mike Baldwin of #CoronationStreet). Eyes down 7:30pm!

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#OnThisDay 7 October 1995
THE SUNDAY SIDE OF THE STREET
#CoronationStreet's new fourth weekly episode is to be screened on Sundays in a surprise move by ITV chiefs. It will be the first time an original soap episode is broadcast at the weekend . . .

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#OnThisDay 7 October 1977
Ahead of his #DrWho debut, K9 meets the press:
WALKING THE COSMIC DOG
OK, WHO'S A CLEVER DOG THEN?
WHO'S TIN CANINE
HEAVEN SCENT . . . DR WHO'S K9 COMPANION

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#OnThisDay 7 October 1981
The Manchester Evening News looks forward to seeing Jean Alexander as "Street busybody" Hilda Ogden in that evening's edition of #CoronationStreet.

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#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 35 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 7 October 1990
1. #CoronationStreet 17.76m
2. #EastEnders 17.42
3. #Neighbours 15.53
4. Beadle's About 13.09
5. Blind Date 13.02
6. Bread 12.35
7. Top Gun 12.29
8. 'Allo 'Allo 12.09
9. London's Burning 11.62

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#OnThisDay 7 October 1992 - BIG! magazine
TRUE LOVE! The real life romance of #HomeAndAway's Finlay & Haydn!
#PatrickSwayze is LEAPING FOR JOY!
#BykerGrove IN AMERICA! Michelle Warden & Lindyann Barrass head to California.
WILD THING #BrendanFraser "I don't consider myself sexy!"

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#OnThisDay 7 October 1978
MOVE OVER TRAVOLTA - OUR EDDIE'S LEARNT TO HUSTLE
Unless my eyes deceive me, it's that dear dithering Mavis Riley from #CoronationStreet doing The Hustle with old chubby-chops Eddie Yeats. They have both caught Saturday Night Disco Fever . . .

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#OnThisDay 7 October 1992
NINETY YEARS OF THE STREET
#DaranLittle knows every cough and splutter ever made on the Street, every pint supped and every bit of gossip ever exchanged. He also remembers the episodes better than the stars themselves . . .

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#OnThisDay 7 October 1983
GR-ANNIE WALKER
The Mirror reveals that #CoronationStreet actress Doris Speed's real age is 84 and not 69 as she had claimed, eventually leading to her retirement from the role of Annie Walker.

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#OnThisDay 7 October 1981
The Birmingham Evening Mail is the first to report that:
MORE MOTEL STARS FACE THE CHOP
When Meg Mortimer is killed off in #Crossroads, other stars will die as well. Today Jack Barton locked away the script in a large safe which will be under 24-hour guard . . .

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#OnThisDay 7 October 1978
#BruceForsyth's Big Night debuts on ITV, but early opinion and press coverage is not kind:
BRUCE'S BIG FLOP - Viewers stick to Larry
SORRY BRUCE, YOU DIDN'T DO WELL
A CHUM IN THE PARLOUR - It's perhaps about time to say a few unkind words about Bruce...

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#OnThisDay 7 October 1978
BANKING ON BRUCE - Can his Big Night win ratings battle?
"It's crunch night, ITV bosses are facing the moment of truth. Can #BruceForsyth, who defected from the BBC after making The Generation Game TV's hottest property, take on his old employers...?"

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Back in the early 90s #CoronationStreet's Eileen Derbyshire, Emily Bishop, writes:
"I leave Emily's future entirely to the writers. It's hard enough managing my own life!"

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