An article on TISWAS by by Pete Lock in Sounds 3rd, May 1980. @tiswasonline.com

Saturday mornings are respected in New York. #ifyouknowyouknow

#OnThisDay 1974 : The first edition of TISWAS was broadcast in the ATV region. It would slowly take off through the various ITV regions as years went by although some until the final series and Channel TV not at all. Source pics : www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGU... #70s

'You're all covered in custard. How'd that happen?' 'Must've been the birds above.'

The exact moment that Britain went to shit was when they stopped showing children's TV shows on Saturday morning terrestrial telly & replaced them with middle class wanky cooking programmes.

Here's Chris Tarrant with a ZX Spectrum in 1984. Why? He's fronting a VHS-only show called The World's Greatest Computer Games. (Aside from Manic Miner, not many of these are any cop!) Watch now: youtu.be/ooj8LiMFTiw?...

What were other ITV regions showing during the first-ever Tiswas show? Outside the midlands, you'd have Shirley Temple films; Sesame Street; Sally James with pop stars; Flipper and a show conjured up by Grampian with a scary-looking clown... www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

New on the site: The accidental creation of Tiswas! A television announcer's experiment goes 'viral' in 1973... www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

We admire an optimist, even if they're sadly wrong.

Some of you know me as the co-producer/co-writer of From ATVLand In Colour, a documentary about ATV/Central Television's Birmingham studios, which came out in 2011 and took years to put together. Anyway, I have some news...

Tiswas wasn't the first Saturday morning TV show for kids on UK television, but was still early and it was the best. We took a look at a lot of the predecessors from ITV regions and the BBC. Many of them are distinctly odd! www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

What did the first Tiswas show look like? Well... www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new... #Tiswas50

There aren't any recordings of the first series of Tiswas, so to get an idea of what it was like, we spoke to presenters and a few viewers. www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

Who remembers ATV Simulator for the ZX Spectrum?

In late 1974, Tiswas hit the airwaves for a second series, with a presenting team twice the size of previous shows and more of an ambition. It'd be their longest ever series, so what went on? Find out here! www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

@tiswasonline.bsky.social This was the stuff of legend and great to find again 🤣👍 youtu.be/yqaXnpwT0I8?...

Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday is Tiswas day! Yes, this actually happened, solely for ATV viewers in 1974. While your family were thinking how to prepare turkey, Chris Tarrant, John Asher, Peter Tomlinson and Trevor East served up flans. www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

Done another starter pack. This time for old tele people. These are curated lists of people I have followed for yonks. go.bsky.app/F6ytHmX

Anatomy of a show! Here are video clips and images from one of only two surviving Tiswas recordings from 1975, in our write-up of Tiswas #60. We also show you how you can watch the recording! www.tiswasonline.com/shows/series...

We admire an optimist, even if they're sadly wrong.

Right then, Sparks on Tiswas. This gets silly. Very very silly. youtu.be/U_5pB09eEAI

Right then, Sparks on Tiswas. This gets silly. Very very silly. youtu.be/U_5pB09eEAI

Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday is Tiswas day! Yes, this actually happened, solely for ATV viewers in 1974. While your family were thinking how to prepare turkey, Chris Tarrant, John Asher, Peter Tomlinson and Trevor East served up flans. www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

Saturday mornings in 1974 across the fourteen ITV regions! It wasn't all fun and games, most stations churned out old films and dull educational material, but there was a smattering of kids' entertainment. www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

Saturday mornings in 1974 across the fourteen ITV regions! It wasn't all fun and games, most stations churned out old films and dull educational material, but there was a smattering of kids' entertainment. www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

Rem ering orm ollier who ied on his ay. ip.

Oh my god they’ve uploaded a full episode of largely lost Saturday kids show the Saturday banana m.youtube.com/watch?v=hf-q...

Anatomy of a show! Here are video clips and images from one of only two surviving Tiswas recordings from 1975, in our write-up of Tiswas #60. We also show you how you can watch the recording! www.tiswasonline.com/shows/series...

Hi there, some interesting Tiswas news - including new discoveries of recordings - has come to light! Firstly, we've not had new blogs for the past two weeks. That's because we've been working on an intensive look at a series 2 show, it's nearly ready to publish, that should be done this weekend.

We of course send 50th birthday wishes to Bagpuss.

Saturday… isn’t that right @tiswasonline.bsky.social ?

In late 1974, Tiswas hit the airwaves for a second series, with a presenting team twice the size of previous shows and more of an ambition. It'd be their longest ever series, so what went on? Find out here! www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

Our main writer is off to Birmingham on Saturday and London on Sunday on something of a deep dive into Tiswas history. The blogging will continue, with some fresh insights! #Tiswas50

There aren't any recordings of the first series of Tiswas, so to get an idea of what it was like, we spoke to presenters and a few viewers. www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

Tiswas wasn't the first Saturday morning TV show for kids on UK television, but was still early and it was the best. We took a look at a lot of the predecessors from ITV regions and the BBC. Many of them are distinctly odd! www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

New on the site: The accidental creation of Tiswas! A television announcer's experiment goes 'viral' in 1973... www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

Here's Chris Tarrant with a ZX Spectrum in 1984. Why? He's fronting a VHS-only show called The World's Greatest Computer Games. (Aside from Manic Miner, not many of these are any cop!) Watch now: youtu.be/ooj8LiMFTiw?...

Since posting this yesterday, we've had some corrections come in from television historians, so we've updated the article! www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

From newspaper listings your guesses for Anglia, Play with a Purpose & Fit to Last appear to be right. Their film though is given as Clarence the Cross-eyed Lion, maybe a late change. Westward had Faith for Life @ 9:15, Skillful Rugby @ 9:20 & Artists at Work @ 9:45. Film: Sword of Sherwood Forest.

The Grampian / Scarfolk comparison is spot on and made me laugh a lot.

What were other ITV regions showing during the first-ever Tiswas show? Outside the midlands, you'd have Shirley Temple films; Sesame Street; Sally James with pop stars; Flipper and a show conjured up by Grampian with a scary-looking clown... www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new...

Bring back the Phantom Flan Flinger. His meeting with Lewis Collins was TV gold.

I remember that one of the early postal competitions asked for the name of all the "royal houses" since the Norman Conquest. Of course they expected Plantagenet, Tudor and the such like but they also got sent long lists of palaces. Tarrant apologised describing it as a "right pig's ear".

What did the first Tiswas show look like? Well... www.tiswasonline.com/blog-and-new... #Tiswas50

Sounds like an excuse to play a few tracks from the Four Bucketeers album... noiseboxradio.com

50 YEARS AGO TODAY: TISWAS begins on ATV as a method of John Asher and ATV Today And Finally reporter Chris Tarrant linking cartoons at a single desk with a single camera in the continuity area. This is how it would have started. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGU...

It is now exactly 50 years since Tiswas hit the ATV airwaves! #Tiswas50

I suspect 8 year old me watched it on the 14 inch black and white telly in the dining room. This how old I is.