The Afternoon on Thames Part 1

Off air recording of Thames TV from 1988. Continuity into What's My Line, Crimestoppers and A Country Practice

Continuity announcer - Peter Marshall

Trails for:
Wednesday at 8 with Jim Davidson
Headliners with Derek Jameson
TV Times
Busmans Holiday
Paul Nicolas and friends

Adverts:
Disprol
Macleans toothpaste
Findus Dinner Supreme
Maclaren Dreamer Deluxe
Tetley Gold Tea
Chambourcy Real Chocolate Mousse
Bella Magazine

If you like this, watch part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIeXzMs-k6E

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• Thames Television
• ITV
• Country Practice
• What's My Line
• Crimestoppers
• adverts
• 1988
• trails
• promos

[disremembrance]

Interesting to see that Thames continued (for a while) to show its ident locally before its own programmes - I didn't know that. I wonder if it was played in 'live' or burned into the transmission tape? Presumably they stopped doing it when the famous 'skyline' ident with the trumpet fanfare was finally retired in the summer of 1989?

[LuthansaTerminal]

I doubt that they'd have put the ident on the programme master after they stopped being shown nationally. The ident into the programme was often used for out of vision announcements and this would have needed to be of variable length (as can be seen at the end of the second video). After In-vision finished all programmes were intro'd like this

[keefybaby2007]

jim dickhead davidson!.....Thames had it's flaws eh! lol

[Visonu]

Garth Crooks was a player of Charlton Athletic that time

[tomservo56954]

@RobinCarmody I speak as a Yank who only knows Penelope Keith from her sitcom (or "Britcom", as we say) roles..I admire her having the capacity to be a presenter. Mark Goodson himself said most actors couldn't make that transition, to be in a situation that involves ad-libbing as opposed to working with a script. And the athlete on the panel...before the credits I thought he was named Garth BROOKS (the same as the American country music star). I feel sorry for him being named "Crooks".

[chrissy17169]

jill gascoine such a sexy lady.wonder what she's doing now

[tonyregan021177]

Why cant I go back in time and fix the past!!

[mikey2509]

A Country Practice Episode 218, first screened on Channel 7 Sydney 19.30 04/05/1984

[1ATV]

Great clip. Loved the opening titles to What's My Line , interesting to note that

they didn't change even though the programme moved from a prime time

7.00pm show to an afternoon slot, probably due to the death of Eamonn Andrews. Classic stuff , and great to see

it again. l have put it in my favourites.

[fraserkatie]

I loved Thames and Whats my Line!

[fraserkatie]

It was the best station! You're right! Gentle announcers , BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!

[disremembrance]

Just remembered: I've seen early episodes of 'Count Duckula' with the ident before the titles. That series started in 1988, after frontal idents had been dropped nationally, which suggests that Thames continued putting them on the actual programme tapes for some time afterwards - I assume for the benefit of overseas broadcasters. 'Count Duckula' for one was shown in the USA (before it was even shown here)!