Lets Join Ross Kemp in the soaps on Eeeee ... Emmerdale, wait yes Emmerdale farm in 1986, and he has hair.

I'm still finishing off my pancakes!

They told me it would run Netflix and You Tube on it...

Just reading the 1996 Christmas Radio Times (as you do!) and it's from a time when they had a Pipex email address.

Rerunning the 80s and 90s - Clowning Around... #retrogaming

From w/c 17 February 2001 : Michael Parkinson appeared on the front of the Radio Times as "Parky was 30 years on top"

From w/c 17 February 1990 : The Radio Times had an Eastenders special as the soap reached 5 years of age. #90s

From w/c 17 February 1979 : There's nothing Fawlty with this Radio Times covers as the cast of Fawlty Towers appeared on the cover promoting a new series. #70s

A Happy Birthday to Julia McKenzie. 85 today!

Remembering the life of actress Patricia Routledge who was born #OnThisDate in 1929. Patricia passed away last year.

#OnThisDay 1983 : The first episode of Gran was broadcast on BBC1. There was 13 episodes made in total. #80s (TV Listing : @woodg31.bsky.social)

#OnThisDay 1993 : The Brits Awards was broadcast on ITV for the first time on the channel. Previous ceremonies were broadcast by the BBC. The award ceremony has stayed with ITV ever since. #90s

Indepedent Television enters the Midlands #OnThisDay 1956 as the audience will be doubled overnight.

#OnThisDay 1956 : 70 years ago today, ATV in the Midlands began broadcasting for the first time.

#OnThisDay 1985 : Michael Fish presented the final regular BBC Weather forecast using magnetic weather symbols. #80s

#OnThisDay 1997 : Mark and Lard started their first regular Radio 1 breakfast show. It would run for just 8 months. #90s

#OnThisDay 2013 : Derek Batey passed away. He was best remembered for his work at Border Television including Mr and Mrs.

Evening!...

That's us told then...

A fun ribbon cutting for the 1991 BBC 'virtual globe' ident on the Saturday morning, 16th February

#OnThisDay 1991 : 35 years ago today, BBC1 launched their new globe. Designed by Martin Lambie-Nairn and Daniel Barber, it would spin until October 1997. #90s

Rerunning the 80s and 90s - Pinball style... #retrogaming

Rerunning the 80s and 90s - Motorcycling to the front... #retrogaming

From 16 February 1985 : The Eastenders are here... as the Radio Times found out who's who in Albert Square. #80s #Eastenders

A Happy Birthday to Christopher Eccleston. 62 today!

Remembering the life of actress June Brown who was born #OnThisDate in 1927. June passed away in 2022.

#OnThisDay 2005 : The first edition of The Apprentice was broadcast on BBC Two. It moved to BBC One from 2007 onwards. It might have been the only time an Amstrad Emailer was seen out in the wild. 😀

#OnThisDay 1982 : The first edition of On Safari was broadcast on ITV and featured Christopher Biggins and Gillian Taylforth. It ran from 1982 to 1984. It would feature games being tackled in a jungle setting. (TV listing : @woodg31.bsky.social #80s

#OnThisDay 2016 : 10 years ago today in the early hours of that particular morning, BBC Three made its move to an online presence only with one or two exceptions made for programmes to be seen on BBC One. This would last until 2022 when BBC Three made its return to television again.

#OnThisDay 1991 : 35 years ago today, a family of 2's mark the start of new branding for BBC2. The new idents were designed by Lambie-Nairn. #90s

Evening!... Monday innit!

Rerunning the 80s and 90s - On the fairway... #retrogaming

Rerunning the 80s and 90s - Formula 1 racing... #retrogaming

From w/c 15 February 1986 : The TV Times saw the return of the super seven as Auf Wiedersehen, Pet made a return. #80s

#OnThisDay 1999 : Britney Spears' Baby One More Time single was released in the UK. #90s

#OnThisDay 1990 : Dizzy Heights was broadcast on BBC1. It featured Mr Heap and Mr Wall running a seaside hotel and featured a family called the Gristles who lived and caused chaos in the hotel. #90s

#OnThisDay 1993 : Children's ITV (CITV) moved away from in vision continuity links to out of vision with the voice talents of Steve Ryde. This format would run until 1998 when Stephen Mulhern and Danielle Nicholls would bring CITV back in vision. #90s

#OnThisDay 1990 : The first edition of Ben Elton - The Man From Auntie was broadcast on BBC1. Two series was produced which saw stand up from Ben as well as soundbites from chinface "potato heads" #90s

#OnThisDay 1977 : The first edition of Take Hart was broadcast on BBC1. Featuring the skills of Tony Hart, 10 series were produced between 1977 until 1983 when it was replaced by Hartbeat. #70s (TV listing: @woodg31.bsky.social)

#OnThisDay 1970 : The first episode of Catweazle was broadcast on ITV. It ran for two series and featured Geoffrey Bayldon in the lead role. #70s (TV listing : @woodg31.bsky.social

#OnThisDay 1973 : The first episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was broadcast on BBC1 starring Michael Crawford as Frank Spencer. (TV listing courtesy of @woodg31.bsky.social #70s

#OnThisDay 1991 : 35 years ago today, this particular BBC Two ident was seen for the last time in regular daily use. #90s

#OnThisDay 1991 : 35 years ago today, this particular BBC1 ident was seen for the last time in regular daily use. #90s

#OnThisDay 1988 : The first episode of Red Dwarf broadcast on BBC2. Where would the world be without the likes of Dave Lister, Arnold Rimmer, the Cat, Holly and Kryten (who appeared from S2 onwards) (TV listing courtesy of @woodg31.bsky.social #80s #RedDwarf

#OnThisDay 1990 : The first edition of The Crystal Maze was broadcast on Channel 4. Richard O'Brien was the first Maze Master guiding the teams through the various zones until they got to the Crystal dome. #90s

Evening all. Hope you had a good weekend. Time now for my usual Sunday evening posts... well once George has finished his Rainbow comic. 😀

As #pickofthepops plays music from this week in 1984 this hour, don't forget to tick off any songs you hear on the Now 2 bingo card. #potp

Valentine’s Day / Day of Friends Exhibition on Yle Teletext (14th-28th February 2026) teletextart.co.uk/valentines-d... #pixelart #textmode #1bit #8bit #retrogaming #valentinesday #ceefax #tekstitv #love #ascii #teletext #videotext #teletexto #teletekst #tvtext #teledata #ystävänpäivää

From w/c 14 February 1987 : The TV Times takes a look at Boon, the urban cowboy. #80s

From w/c 14 February 1976 : Me and my dogs as Cilla Black returns to BBC1 via this Radio Times cover. #70s