BBC1 junction Christmas Day 1984 (25.12.84)

[gottagotothecity]

It makes me feel quite sad. It seemed so innocent and twee, a gentler time - were we really like that?What happened in 1984 that made Les Dawson say 'lets hope next year is a bit better'.......was it the miner's strike? Perhaps not such a gentle time.

[lizzykiss441]

this reminds me of when me dad used 2 pick me up at weekends and i remember this from that stage of my life.. strange how things can trigger feelings and memories from a long time ago.

[hankeyj84]

lol i was only 3 months old back then

[Raggamuffin1973]

Wow Xmas like it used to be - Fantastic! Is it me or was TV better when we only had 3/4 channels... now we have 200+ they seem to broadcast any old kak! Hi-de-hi campers!

[bismuthcadmium]

Les Dawson, Russell Harty and Derek Nimmo all dead now.

[ollie705]

Great xmas line-up. I was 14 and probably watched most of these. wonder what inferior rubbish the BBC will serve up this year?

[mistofoles]

What a brilliant Christmas pudding costume!!

[mistofoles]

Blimey, Russel Harty! Didn't he die soon after this?

[allen1jeremy]

@mistofoles Russell Harty died in 1988.

[adzyb]

I was only 19 days old when this was shown on TV!

[jojomckinlay]

that is my dad in this clip from Blankety Blank!! I was 7 at the time and was so excited to see him on tv and couldn't believe he's won a vidoe player. Do you have the full version of this episode...would love to show it to him, what a laugh.

[Halfbricktv]

This full episode was shown again on BBC2 Christmas Eve 2007.

[DebraFromHull]

Did you not tape it using your new video recorder?!

[alimccarley]

This is up there with Bullseye.

[devongasman]

i like the blankety blank tune

[AntarcticaTelevision]

Yes, another Ronnie Hazlehurst (RIP) classic!

[AntarcticaTelevision]

Who is this Britkiller guy anyway? I've looked at his profile and it is contradicting with some of his comments on certain videos.

[olliedann]

Great clip! (Britkiller is such a waste of space)

[KevCityboy]

Britkiller's obsessed

[AntarcticaTelevision]

I've blocked him.

[KevCityboy]

Thank you!

[fraserkatie]

Great trails here! Love the programmes!

[prestolovesvarla]

Love the Two Ronnies !!! especially at Christmas :)

[KevCityboy]

Both titles, Blankety Blank and Hi De Hi are soooooo eighties!

[col2006ie]

I like the way the production staff are credited on Blankety Blank. Also thought the BBC trails for Christmas 1984 looked great, not so much the ident.

[KevCityboy]

I agree that was really good (the BB thing)

[KevCityboy]

You can call me what you want you obsessed little boy. I don't care! Isn't it time to take your mental tablets now?

[KevCityboy]

What the hell has it got to do with you what I watch on here? NOTHING. So keep your big fat nose out!

[RobinCarmody]

That was comfortably the worst ever BBC1 Christmas ident (there was one last mechanical ident for Christmas 1985, even though BBC1's regular ident had been computerised 10 months earlier).

The announcer here, as often on Christmas Day (I think he introduced the Queen's speech about five times in only 12 years with BBC TV), is David Miles.