The last moments of Tiswas, 3rd April 1982

[sharknose425]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm Sally James.......

[woodster1965]

I bet kids nowadays would love to have been kids back then.

[geekgirltv2011]

before the magic on october 30 1982 (in UK) and january 3 1983 (in USA)

[pratt68]

A sad seven days in the history of children's television. Swap Shop ended the Saturday before - March 27, 1982.

[Z0MB0Y]

:,(

[MartinRV1975]

Is it bad that I prefered Swapshop ?

[DalstonKingsland]

@MartinRV1975 Not at all. Swap Shop was a more refined and civilised programme than Tiswas which I only watched in 1980 and 81 when Swap Shop was off the air for the summer and the BBC replacements were unwatchable. The only thing I liked about Tiswas was Sally James.

[swh1967]

Is that Ted Moult at 0:37 between Chas and Dave ?

[swh1967]

Is that Ted Moult at 0:37 between Chas and Dave ?

[implecations]

@LeisureCentury dont say that we still have wossy

[Weeble68]

0:23 Someone was soo depressed by the ending of the show that they hanged themselves. lol.

[womblediehard]

Tiswas defined childrens tv, where adults could watch too, makes me so angry that all kids get these days is pc bullshit.

[nealtracy]

....0.48 secs!.....F##k##g hell!!!.....Even Michael Jackson makes an appearance!

[KevL75]

It makes me sad that shows like this are gone.

Kids today would rather watch some American shit like Hannah Fucking Montana or whatever her name is.

[rarebutgreat]

Always worth watching just for sally james

[kenfig]

Sally James in a tight denim low cut top with her MASSIVE Tits almost bursting out of it YUM !

[JAYROX1969]

Best thing about tiswas!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NorwichTeenwolf]

Tiswas may have ended in 1982, but it died in 1981.

Childhood ended not only here, but in August 1980, when the Doctor Who theme changed for the worst.

[JAYROX1969]

My god, i felt the same way!!!!!!!!!

[wpinklady]

I didnt know Tiswas ended in 1982. I remember watching it . I was 8 in 1982

[HeathenPapistFilth]

I was 14 and forever playing with myself.

[wpinklady]

haha dont worry about it!!

[HeathenPapistFilth]

I don't. I still do!

[wpinklady]

haha OK!!

[afcfan75]

On the Tiswas Reunited Programme from 2007 I remember Ant n Dec being interviewed about how a big a part it played in their childhoods, which seems at odds with the reality of TTTV only boradcasting the final series without Chris, Lenny etc and when the prog ran out of steam and was on the way out - hmmm........

[AidanLunn]

Unless they watched it on another ITV region. There are big overlap areas between Border/Tyne Tees and Yorkshire/Tyne Tees.

[moveitbetts]

For arthurvasey: I live in TTT region too and only ever saw the Tarrant/Henry/Carolgees/Gorman era of TISWAS on my occasional visits to relatives in South Yorkshire. Saturday Shake-Up with Lyn Spencer and Alistair Pirrie had one redeeming feature, the Elvis Costello theme tune and that was it!

[supergav67]

Just gotta ask, why none of the new lot were on Tiswas Reunited,not even in the crowd.They werent ThaT bad!

[Hawkextra]

I can't believe that tiswas was still live and kicking in the 80's. Was sure it was a 70's phenomenom, still you live and learn. :o)

[MondoBeno]

I don't like this, but I'm impressed. It seems to work despite the lack of a good script, and it looks like it was filmed inside a warehouse.

[Pauluk33]

the of the most famous saturday moring shows in history

[gottagothatsme]

With his legs dangling down, that man looks like he's been hanged!

[bluesbrother37]

Shame but it went down hill after Chris and co left.

[supergav67]

The new lot never seamed right for the show apart from mad Den Hegarty.The bottom line is Central took over ATV with their own ideas.For saturday mornings,it meant a show ,as it turned out, with Isla St Clair & Tommy Boyd AnD meant to-but never did -hosted by wrestler Big Daddy,,,f-me!

[kraalomega]

God Bless them one and all !!!

[arthurvasey]

We in Tyne-Tees land never saw it in the Tarrant years - we got the trailer for the show - Saturday Morning at 10:30 - 15 minutes before, we'd get an old movie instead. We finally got it at the end of '81 - "a new experience in Saturday morning viewing", said announcer Colin Weston. When the programme came on, some kids held up placards saying "We're back". In order to be back, you need to have been away - as the programme had never been on telly before, how can they say "We're back?"

[bluesbrother37]

You really missed out on something great!

[mistofoles]

Colin Weston! Blimey! There's a blast from the past!

[Rumpio]

The last series was so bad, it was like Rick Parfitt was the special guest every week. We were beginning to wonder if there was something going on between him and Sally James.

[pipoo1]

The writing was on the wall on January 2nd 82 when TVS the richest of the new ITV companies pulled Tiswas in favour of its own show - No. 73.

[AidanLunn]

The REAL writing on the wall when TSW, who replaced Westward, started screening their own Saturday Show ion the same day, along with channel who had just begun saturday morning transmissions. TVS returned to TISWAS about 6 weeks after they'd dropped it. Those in the south-west never got to see TISWAS under Central's control.

[numberstation]

I reckon my childhood ended right there.

[loverob]

What on earth was Melanie Griffith's mum doing on Tiswas?

[DonaldKiddick]

Isn't that Buster Bloodvessel in between Sally James & Frank Carson. Steve Davis, Tony Meo & Barry Hearn also in it standing behind Chas N Dave.

[neunie74]

50 secs in, the guy with the stripey tie is producer Glyn Edwards.

[0AndyC0]

Anyone recognise the music in the last two seconds of this clip? It sounds like an extract from one of the earlier Tiswas theme tunes, from around the time that Sally James joined the programme. Can't be sure though because its a very short clip...

[rdg2274]

It's from an artist called Spike Jones who was a quirky comedian from circa 19070's its from a comedy LP he did which is a bit Monty Python ish which Tiswas was influenced by ( a lot in the Tarrant days)

[PerisphereRec]

It is indeed from a Spike Jones record, 'None but the lonely heart'. The voices are Helen Grayco and Spike himself.