Central TV Christmas Tape 1984

[radiodarkhorse]

I miss Central ITV

[SlimeTron5000]

John Lennon! 1:45

[MuppetPro]

3:01 LOL Spitting Image bloopers :)

[MuppetPro]

2:16 LOL That was probably Anthony Asbury performing Ed the Vice President for Spitting Image LOL

[PETERALEXANDERSCOTT]

And vocally aswell.

[btcav]

What is the programme at 2:04? I think it may be a kids show called cish and fhips or fish and chips cant remember which.

[97channel]

btcav - Close, it's 'Chish N Fips'. Can't remember a single thing about it though.

[quizmaster85]

"Nobody told me there'd be days like these..."

Amen to that!

[antjeisback]

8-bit Central Ident @ 0:00 ;-)

[RobTheBuilder]

Amazing. These trinkets that were made just for amusement are now such an interesting piece of history.

[MaxeyBoy]

It sounds and sort of looks like Chris Morris at about 2:45.

[sacremento1]

I'm sure the guy singing at 6:40mins is Nigel Lythgoe?

[ruggerio]

it is lol what a tit he looks

[lavverlylad]

Spot on.

[Rumpio]

it most definately is. As a choreographer I assume it's some sort of run-through. But when the camera pulls back to show the bare-chested guy - bit gay innit? :)

[crazyclive]

Who's that tasty-looking brunette newsreader towards the end? Bet she's not quite so pert now, though...

[jonbob100]

brings back memories

[ifinklikethis]

Chish and Fips @02:01..cool.

[djoutlaws]

Cool but where was the adult version of Bullseye as promised in the tags?

Lovin the Commodore 64 animation at the start!

[davidmcn]

Oops, sorry, Bullseye is on the 1983 Central Christmas tape (which you can find elsewhere).

[Porthlevener]

If there's something strange

On Your Tv Screens

And Guess What Its Called

GHOSTBUSTERS!

But A Great New Man

Were In Diffrent Suits

But The Programme Called...

GHOSTBUSTERS!

[dunebasher1971]

Actually it's "A grey-haired man/Wearing different suits"...

[VideyoJunkei]

Might be Atari 800, the sound voices sound just like it!!!

[bodnotbod]

The legendary xmas tapes have always had a lot of mystique surrounding them, so it's good to see them but, blimey, that was... that was pretty bad.

[wisteela]

Superb. Love that Ampex ad. :-D

[stopmessinabout]

Oh ...Gordon Astley at 3:40!

[agfagaevart]

better than the 1985 one.

[quizmaster85]

~ 6:45 - who is that miming to the song? (And who's singing the actual song?)

[klisher]

its nasty nigel lithgow of pop idol fame , do not know who his boyfreind is though

[klisher]

actualy the other guy is johnnie logan (whats another year eurovison)

[quizmaster85]

I know that; just interesting how they do all those ads appropriately for Xmas tapes

[quizmaster85]

Wait a second; just noticed I responded to the wrong post! Still, like andrempo said, any TV station can do it.

[mubd]

Break the ice at parties!

LOL. I never LOL videos.

[AidanLunn]

yeah, but it's so brilliant and I think was the first ident on the ITV network to be computer generated. I would be glad if they took the piss out of the Thames one as that is so cheesy!

[quizmaster85]

"Yes, she is using AMPEX". Very interesting ;-)

[davehess]

Fantastic stuff - any ideas what the final xmas song is?

[davidmcn]

Some Googling of the lyrics reveals that it's "Hey Mr Christmas" by Showaddywaddy.

[AidanLunn]

why take the piss out of the Central ident?

[thesloaneranger1]

fabulous! thanks for sharing this gem with us! :D

[1Tardis]

This is entertaining and funny!

[bolsh123]

These videos are Copyright Nightmares on acid !!

[bolsh123]

You should add a Tag for "Nasty Nigel" Lythgoe who is singing with Johnny Logan in Pt 2. This might get it quite a few more views !

[videonut33]

the Inter-City train crashing into a wall at 3:17 that was funny!!!

[Halfbrick]

haha thats great, thanks for sharing!

[lawe73109]

Many many thanks for showing this!