The BBC accidentally publicises their rival ABC Weekend Television in this shot of Blackpool Illuminations featured in the Z Cars episode Friendly Relations on @TPTVEncore
A Texan (Steve Forrest) meets an Australian (Annette Andre) on a British soundstage at Elstree. ITC 'entertained the world' and employed actors from all over it too. Actors from more than forty countries appeared in its productions.
Jason King looking puzzled to arrive at Venezia airport to find the bookstore full of the latest Mark Caine novel. The problem being that he didn't write it. The ITC series goes full meta in The Stones of Venice, along with the prescient idea of novels being written by AI.
@Lost_In_Films_@TalkingPicsTV She was really good in the sitcom On the Up as the (slightly tipsy) cook with Dennis Waterman and Sam Kelly...well worth a watch...
The Daily Mirror's tv postbag 45 years ago was mainly filled with complaints - Sorry! ("the most abysmal attempt at comedy I can recall") was at the top of the pile (21st March 1981)
40 YEARS AGO TODAY: the breakout star of Copy Cats got himself a second series of Bobby Davro On The Box. He and Jessica Martin are good at Jools Holland and Paula Yates, we'll give them that. youtube.com/watch?v=srIAs8…
@BritishComedy I once met @exitthelemming with his mum and asked a question about #afterhenry. Prunella was delighted as she was always asked questions about FT.
@NathanMkII I gave up on DWM a couple of years ago. £10 for monthly issue and coverage of BF audio and impossible to find B&M models, with no behind the scene stuff of any new episodes..