The Jam - Newcastle City Hall on the 27th and 28th October 1980
Going Underground 00:14
Pretty Green 03:13
The Eton Rifles 05:58
To Be Someone 10:07
A Bomb In Wardour Street 12:22
David Watts 15:15
Boy About Town 19:09
Scrape Away 21:06
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Who remembers renting a telly from D|E|R which stood for Domestic Electric Rentals?
We had one back in the days when people would have the Ariel on top of the TV 📺
1975, and Brian Clough on his first day as manager of Nottingham Forest. With an eventual haul of trophies to his name, including back to back European Cups, Clough would become one of the greatest English football managers of all time.
The Return Of Bruno - inter-David Addison/John McClane oddity starring Bruce Willis as spoof sixties rocker that time forgot hitting the comeback trail, accompanied by album of straight non-comic covers that everyone thought was just him doing it for real.
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9 August 1970
BBC 2 debuts the 4 part drama Sentimental Education. Based on Gustave Flaubert's novel and starring Robert Powell and Pauline Yates.
9 August 2010
BBC Two debuts the sitcom Grandma's House. Starring Simon Amstell as a version of himself as a former TV presenter.
Who remembers Jack Hargreaves?
He presented the TV 📺 series 'Out Of Town' from a garden shed, often smoking a pipe whilst pottering about. He was also involved in the series 'How'.
First Born - blockbusting god-playing what if science went too far BBC thriller about ewwwtastic creation of world's first human-ape hybrid - which got EVEN MORE ewww as it went on - emphasised by Hans Zimmer score and Charles Dance doing 'concerned' face.
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