The last moments of Tiswas, 3rd April 1982

At the time, this was to be Sally James' last ever Tiswas, with the prospect of a ninth series later in 1982 hanging in the balace. But after being approached by Tiswas producer Glyn Edwards to make a live Wednesday afternoon show featuring Big Daddy, Central TV management said "Great! That'll be what replaces Tiswas!".

So this is the last ever Tiswas. Until the reunion on ITV Telethon 1988 in the LWT studios. And, um, the recent reunion for Tiswas, on Tiswas Reunited (broadcast on ITV1, available on DVD now). See www.tiswasonline.com for more of this kinda stuff.

In this clip are Sally James; Den Hegarty; Fogwell Flax; Gordon Astley; Clive Webb; Frank Carson; Trevor James; Oliver Spencer; Chas N Dave and Tippi Hedren

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[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.

[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.

[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]

:,(

[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.

[MartinRV1975]

Is it bad that I prefered Swapshop ?

[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