Sometimes I swear Bernard Davey was the only weatherman the BBC had in the late 80s! lol. He's the only weatherman who keeps appearing on my VHS tapes.
The national news update contains nothing unfamiliar. Depressing.
Apparently, though, Buxted Park (local news item about a union buying it) is now owned by a company called 'Handpicked Hotels' - and has been 'lovingly restored'. Oh good.
The news headlines here might reflect a case of "Plus ça change, mais plus c'est la même chose" (The more things change, the more they stay the same)?
Did you date this from the Queen Mother reference?
This was near the end of Richard Whitmore's BBC News career, when he was reading the short hourly bulletins and doing occasional weekend shifts, because he was seen by the nascent Birtists as an old-school actor-newsreader rather than a journalist. As it says on Wikipedia, Peter O'Hanrahahanrahan in The Day Today, as portrayed by Patrick Marber, looks oddly like him.
As I thought. The thing is that I'd never noticed the O'Hanrahahanrahan/Whitmore resemblance until it was pointed out on Wikipedia, but it's certainly there.
The BBC billed "Top Cat" ad "Boss Cat" for YEARS. When the BBC originally screened Top Cat in the early 60s, there was a cat food for sale in Britian also called "Top Cat", so the BBC decided to bill it as "Boss Cat" to avoid any advertising connotations. Unfortunately, the name "Boss Cat" stuck with the BBC for many more years to come.
Words cannot describe how much my heart sank when i used to come home from school,put the tv on and find this pink panther crap on....
bedfordcrusader 1 year ago
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pink panther classic! another classic is top cat :)
admiralgustil 2 years ago
pink pather classic!! another classic is top cat
admiralgustil 2 years ago
Happy memories, when TV was worth watching! I used to like the weather bulletins told from the window-side. And Bernard Davey. BRING IT BACK!!
paulboy76 3 years ago
Sometimes I swear Bernard Davey was the only weatherman the BBC had in the late 80s! lol. He's the only weatherman who keeps appearing on my VHS tapes.
putthetellyon 4 years ago 6
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The Pink Panther was one of the worst cartoons ever. Absolutely dire.
capricious71 4 years ago
What a fantastic clip - Rob Curling has to be one of the best newsreaders ever, and made the old South East news what it was.
JubileePerson 4 years ago 2
@JubileePerson he should try and persuade a revival of turnabout.
RapierMedia 1 year ago
The national news update contains nothing unfamiliar. Depressing.
Apparently, though, Buxted Park (local news item about a union buying it) is now owned by a company called 'Handpicked Hotels' - and has been 'lovingly restored'. Oh good.
ludocrat 4 years ago
The news headlines here might reflect a case of "Plus ça change, mais plus c'est la même chose" (The more things change, the more they stay the same)?
AntarcticaTelevision 4 years ago
was the lyrics change then like turtles or did persy say b-c instead of t-c
hammerman360 4 years ago
No - in fact, the lyrics and dialogues were NOT changed!
AntarcticaTelevision 4 years ago
Did you date this from the Queen Mother reference?
This was near the end of Richard Whitmore's BBC News career, when he was reading the short hourly bulletins and doing occasional weekend shifts, because he was seen by the nascent Birtists as an old-school actor-newsreader rather than a journalist. As it says on Wikipedia, Peter O'Hanrahahanrahan in The Day Today, as portrayed by Patrick Marber, looks oddly like him.
RobinCarmody 4 years ago
Yes, I dated this from the QM reference.
AntarcticaTelevision 4 years ago
As I thought. The thing is that I'd never noticed the O'Hanrahahanrahan/Whitmore resemblance until it was pointed out on Wikipedia, but it's certainly there.
RobinCarmody 4 years ago
Poor kids that died in that house fire. Not much older than me
KevCityboy 4 years ago
me too. and its my town.
wendythegoat 4 years ago
:'(
KevCityboy 4 years ago
boss cat??? i thought it was top cat
hammerman360 4 years ago 2
The BBC billed "Top Cat" ad "Boss Cat" for YEARS. When the BBC originally screened Top Cat in the early 60s, there was a cat food for sale in Britian also called "Top Cat", so the BBC decided to bill it as "Boss Cat" to avoid any advertising connotations. Unfortunately, the name "Boss Cat" stuck with the BBC for many more years to come.
AntarcticaTelevision 4 years ago
That's right AT
KevCityboy 4 years ago
well, you'd think that itf it affected them that much, then they'd tell Hanna-barbera to slightly re-do the titles to read "boss cat"!
AidanLunn 4 years ago
I think you misunderestimate :) precisely how one-sided the "special relationship" actually is, Aidan ...
RobinCarmody 4 years ago