Category: Advent
-
ARCHIVE TV ADVENT CALENDAR DAY THREE: 3 December 1969: My World and Welcome To It (BBC2/NBC)
William Windon stars as New Yorkerish satirical cartoonist John Monroe in this US sitcom. This episode involves a rejection, a seal and a psychotic hallucination. This imported NBC sitcom first aired on BBC2 on 12 November 1969, going out on Wednesday nights at around 10pm. From 21 June 1970, it made the move to BBC1,…
-
ARCHIVE TV ADVENT CALENDAR DAY TWO: 2nd December 1980
Europe’s Strongest Man (Thames). Derek Hobson hosts, flanked by ‘Enry Cooper, as ‘mighty’ contestants from five countries chase the titular title, plus a cash prize and a silver meat salver. Mean not necessarily included.
-
ARCHIVE TV ADVENT CALENDAR DAY ONE: 1st December 1969
The first episode of Broaden Your Mind’s (BBC2) second series, the sketch-based encyclopaedia of the air by The Goodies before they became The Goodies. Wiped after original broadcast, but here’s a full audio-only recording of the episode. UPDATE 2 DECEMBER: Spotter’s badge to Daniel James Webb for noting that the episode I’d posted was from……
BrokenTV 