Phillip Schofield, Andy Crane and Gordon the Gopher, 1987

[chubbylilloser]

Phillip Schofield, before he sold out to 'the man'

[fanofheadroom1]

seaview id love to see that again

[Edam3000]

Re, the date of this clip; well, the vid in the first few seconds states 1985 (at the end of the credits); it could have easily been a repeat for the past 2 years hence making Phil and Andy being here in 1987; that's my 2 cents :)

[DustyCustard]

Oh Jesus, let me watch Seaview!!

[culttelevision]

It's 1987. The Newsround clip is Newsround Extra , not the regular newsround which were documentaries not the current news and it was a repeat from 1985. There's also a Thundercats drawing in the broom cupboard which wasn't shown in the UK in 1985. It was in 1987 though!

[doubledeckers]

@culttelevision - thanks! That clears up the mystery.

[TheRoute19]

Definitely 1987. Gordon the Gopher was only introduced at the end of 1986 for a start, and Andy Crane did stand in but only in 1986/1987, NOT before.

[JadeAPPLETREE]

that Gopher is adorable.

[001Danc]

Have you got the episode of "Sea View"? Nowhere else can it be found on the internet. I would be massively grateful if so. :)

[rgwill]

It's 3rd April 1987. Newsround Extra, Jonny Briggs and Seaview are all repeats. Phillip was presenting Take Two from the following week which is why Andy was going to stand in for him.

[theblazingangel]

Did you upload this from a video tape recorded in 1985? That's bloody good quality! What make video recorder / tape was it? :p

[doubledeckers]

@theblazingangel - it would have been a video-recorder from Radio Rentals in those days, so a Ferguson or JVC. I can't check the brand of tape right now but I'll be able to look in a couple of months. Tapes were good quality in the 1980's. I seem to remember they still cost about £5 each at that time? The tapes have been looked after and I think people underestimate the quality of VHS. And once it's been captured it can be filtered so it looks even better :)

[theblazingangel]

@doubledeckers That is cool. I used to love video. And my sister STILL has and uses a Ferguson vcr! It's really old and clunky but it works a treat and she clearly has an emotional attachment to it. ;p

[2012GST]

This is 1985

[doubledeckers]

@2012GST - according to Wikipedia: "Crane succeeded Philip Schofield in 1987 as the in-vision continuity pesenter for CBBC". So why would he have been on screen in 1985? I don't have the tape to hand but if I labelled the clip 1987 then there would have been a good reason :)

[2012GST]

@doubledeckers Jonny Briggs was last shown on Jan 87. Seaview was shown 83-85.

Also I just noticed....Look at the Newsround date stamp at the begining its either 84 or 85.

;)

[doubledeckers]

@2012GST - you're right, the copyright date is pretty conclusive. Looks like 1985. I wonder why I thought it was 1987? I'm not sure which tape it is on as the and it will be a few months before I can look at them again :)

[dunebasher1971]

@doubledeckers Andy would have been covering for Philip while he was away either on holiday, or filming some other programme (Take Two perhaps)?It was normal for the stand-in presenter to appear during the back end of the week before they took over in order to introduce them to the audience.

[northernanorak]

@doubledeckers 1987 would be when Andy Crane took over on a permanent basis (when Phillip Schofield went to Going Live), but he'd been deputising for Schofe for some time before that.

[northernanorak]

This was presumably the spare continuity suite NC3/Sub Control, which is smaller than the main NC1. It was here that the "broomcupboard" name was originally coined to refer to.

[steviegr]

If you have any more clips of "Seaview" - do post them!!!

[doubledeckers]

@steviegr - at most there will just be the opening titles and a minute or two. I never recorded the show, just a little bit when the video recorder was on timer for something else.

[gazza1190]

their was a young philip schofield before he went grey.

[MexboroughBuildings]

:) Do you happen to have any episodes of Seaview which follow this clip please - I'd love to see that again!

[uncled39]

Great clip.