HTV West late night continuity and closedown, January 1988 - Annie St John

[xPablo69]

Annie St John left HTV in 1983 to work for Tyne Tees. She returned to HTV in 1987

[alisoneales]

Jesus - Angel Place at 8.40!! I used to go there all the time when we lived in Bridgwater.

[JoeScaramanga]

Wow, is that Peter Wyngarde doing the DTi voice-over?

[stellaviolens]

Poor Annie, what some thought was eccentricity and spontaneity was her mental disintegration. She is missed and so is HTV. ITV destroyed regional TV.

[leewinterson]

MISS YOU ANNIE RIP.X

[yotoboes]

What happened to the at the Maintenance Shop scenes?

[makingmocks]

Funny (sad) to think Annie was so jovial, yet so (mentally) tormented.

[TigerWalrus26980]

I really like this closedown - the adverts bring back memories, and Annie St John is great here. Shame she's gone! Wasn't she on Tyne Tees at one point?

[JoeScaramanga]

Indeed... but she came back to HTV.

As a kid I always found her really irritating, like an auntie trying too hard to be your friend.

Now I really appreciate her style.

Bless her

[jollyturnip]

Is that Jim Broadbent advertising Varta batteries at 2:30 approx?!

[NedoflandersArchives]

No, it's Philip Pope - who does a great deal of music for television today. Not that he wasn't doing the music at the time, but he was also a performer in the 80's/early 90's, doing spots on 'Who Dares Wins' and 'KYTV'.

[Foebane72]

Love the train advert at the start! :D 5/5

[djjaseuk]

Annie St John at her very best, god bless you! xxx

[pubwebmaster]

A fascinating collection of adverts there. I had no idea Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie has advertised tobacco. Also the British Rail InterCity 125 advert is a little gem.

[papermariob]

RIP Annie St John.

Hard to believe it is ALMOST 19 Years since you died.

[paulhatfield69]

Well, I knew that the Tales of the Unexpected was 22 Jan, but do they make it clear it's the next night?

[RobinCarmody]

The phrase "Maintenance Shop" comes up in the Guardian's listings for 21 Jan (note that I haven't actually been able to read them, but you can still use the search engine anyway) but not for any other day that week. So I think we can reasonably assume it's the 21st.

[RobinCarmody]

Annie St John is ... *interesting*, here.

This is from the night of Thursday 21st January 1988, early hours of Friday 22nd (check the BFI listings for Tales of the Unexpected).