My 70's TV Childhood
By Oliver Colling
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Description
My 70s TV Childhood is a British nostalgia podcast about growing up with classic television in 1970s Britain.
Hosted by Oliver Colling, each episode revisits the TV shows, theme tunes, adverts, presenters and memories that shaped a generation.
From Rainbow and Grange Hill to Doctor Who and The Good Life , if it was on television in 1970s Britain, we've probably covered it. Now in its 7th season with over 200 episodes, the podcast has built a dedicated community of classic British TV fans who share a love of 70s nostalgia and the golden age of childhood.
Share your memories, join the conversation and play along with our fortnightly quizzes at my70stvchildhood.com
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Farewell Richard O'Sullivan
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Quiz #77: It's the Muppet Show!
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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She Spun Around and Saved the World!
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Quiz # 76 - Can You Pass the Blue Peter Quiz?
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Don't Mention the War!
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Quiz #75: Watch With Mother
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Ooh, You Are Awful... But I Like You! Dick Emery and Saturday Night Television
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Quiz #74: Seaside Special
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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The Flashing Blade: A Summer Holiday Classic
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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The Quiz #73: Commercial Break
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Ronnie Le Drew: The Man Behind Zippy, Sweep and the Goblins
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Quiz #72: Summer Holiday ☀️
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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The Family: The BBC Documentary That Changed Television Forever
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Quiz #71: Remember These Royal TV Moments
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Argentina 78: My First Proper World Cup
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Quiz #70: Yabba Dabba Doo!
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Wish You Were Here: Judith Chalmers
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May 26, 2026 |
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Quiz #69: Britain Had Talent!
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May 19, 2026 |
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Life on Earth: Sir David Attenborough at 100
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May 12, 2026 |
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Quiz #68: Wish You Were Here? 70s TV Goes Abroad
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May 05, 2026 |
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Basil Brush: Boom, Boom!
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Quiz #67: UFO, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet & More!
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Space, The Final Frontier
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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The Quiz #66: April Fools
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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The Wobbly World of Bob Godfrey
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Quiz #65: Name the Franchise!
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Our 200th Episode 🎉🎉
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Quiz #64: “And Now the News…”
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Monty Python: The Comedy That Changed Everything
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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The Quiz #63: Catchphrase
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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George & Mildred A 70’s Love Story for the Ages?
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Quiz #62: Dangerous Drivers | Wacky Races Quiz
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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This Made Me Cry With Laughter: Ripping Yarns and Why It Still Holds Up
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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The Quiz # 61
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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The Quiz # 60
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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We Are the Champions!
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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A Very Annual Christmas with Lee 📖
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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The Christmas Quiz 🎅🏻
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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The Best 1970s Christmas Toys Ever!
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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The Quiz #58
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Big John, Little John
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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The Quiz # 57
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Michael Bentine's Potty Time
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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The Quiz #56
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Rod Hull and That Bloody Bird
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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The Quiz # 55
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Back to October 1979| Shoestring, Quatermass & Go with Noakes
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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The Quiz # 54
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Top 10 TV Detectives | US Style
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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The Quiz # 53
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Magpie🪶 The Rebel Kids’ TV Show
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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The Quiz # 52
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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All Creatures Great and Small🐾
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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The Quiz # 51
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Nina Saville - Are You Being Served?
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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The Quiz #50 🎉
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Quiz # 49
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Summer in the 70's - Spinoffs, Swing Ball & Spain ☀️
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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The Quiz # 48
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Kung Fu 🤺
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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The Quiz # 47
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Time for Your.... Points of View??
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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The Quiz # 46
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Superstars- When Our Sporting Heroes Became Gladiators
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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The Quiz #45
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Opportunity Knocks!
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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The Quiz # 44
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May 27, 2025 |
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Time Travel to Saturday, May 19, 1973
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May 20, 2025 |
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The Quiz # 43
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May 13, 2025 |
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UFO and Space 1999
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May 06, 2025 |
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The Quiz #42
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Ziggy Stardust & Shang-a-Lang ! Pop Legends from Kids' TV
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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The Quiz #41
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Commercial Break 4
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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The Quiz #40
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Bagpuss Yawned and Settled Down to Sleep..
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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The Quiz #39
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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The Quiz #38
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Old School Memories!
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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The Quiz # 37
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Farewell George Roper!
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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The Quiz #36
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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The Quiz #35
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Life is The Name of the Game
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Happy New Year 🎉The Quiz #34
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Fan Favourite: It Ain't Half Hot Mum🔥🔥
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Christmas Special: Bring Me Sunshine☀️
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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🎄Christmas Quiz
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Christmas List
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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The Quiz #32
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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FAB Virgil – Thunderbirds Are Go!
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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November 1975
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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The Quiz # 31
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Teatime Treats!
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Quiz # 30
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Timeslip
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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The Quiz #29
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Let's go to the Gallery: Remembering Tony Hart
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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The Quiz # 28
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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The Good Life
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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The Quiz # 27
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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🌈 Rainbow
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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The Quiz #26
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Little Big Time
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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The Quiz #25
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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It's Basil Brush.... Boom Boom!
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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The Quiz #24
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Charley Says….
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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The Quiz # 23
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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It's Friday, It's Five to Five and It's .....Crackerjack!
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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The Quiz # 22
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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… and it’s Good Night From Him
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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The Quiz # 21
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Here Comes Bod!
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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The Quiz #20
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Laughing at Life with '70s British Sitcoms
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Cup Final Day 🏆
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May 28, 2024 |
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The Quiz #19
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May 21, 2024 |
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Get Your Trousers On - You're Nicked!
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May 14, 2024 |
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The Quiz #18
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May 07, 2024 |
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The Tomorrow People
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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The Quiz #17
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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100th Episode: Norris, Is It A Record?
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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The Quiz #16
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Commercial Break 3: Food and Drink
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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The Quiz #15
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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The Adventures of Rupert Bear
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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The Quiz #14
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Wacky Races
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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The Quiz #13
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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The Mr. Men and the Long Hot Summer of 1976
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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The Quiz #12
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Don’t give Up on Us Baby: David Soul RIP
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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The Quiz #11
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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The Goodies
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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The Quiz #10
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Survivors: Would You Survive?
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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The Likely Lads: A Fan Favourite for 2024 🎉
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Will it get a laugh? Remembering Bob Monkhouse with Colin Edmonds.
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Christmas Special- What did I miss in 1976?
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Our Christmas Quiz🎄
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Lazy Sunday Afternoons: Fantasy Island and The Love Boat
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Quiz Special
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Celebrating 60 Years of Doctor Who: Pertwee vs Baker?
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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The My 70’s TV Childhood Quiz #7 – Test Your Knowledge!
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Pies, Pints and Punchlines: The Comedians
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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The Quiz #6
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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The Quiz # 5
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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The Life of Brian.....Cant
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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The Quiz #4
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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That'll Never Catch On: Tomorrow's World
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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The Quiz #3
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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It Ain't Half Hot Mum
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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The Quiz #2
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Parky R.I.P.
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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The Quiz #1
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Battle of the Butlers! Upstairs Downstairs vs. Downton Abbey
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Coming Soon: The My 70's TV Childhood Quiz!
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Summer Holidays: The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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The New Avengers: Cool, Classy, and Quintessentially British
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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HOW! Cowboys and Indians: And What We Learned Along the Way
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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We Are The Champions!
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Goodnight John Boy! - The Waltons and Happy Days
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May 17, 2023 |
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Seedy Sitcoms: Steptoe and Rising Damp
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Achtung! Colditz and Secret Army
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Out of Africa: Tarzan and Daktari
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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The Six Million Dollar Man
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Christmas Specials
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Norman Stanley Fletcher - Porridge and Going Straight
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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It's The Muppet Show!
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Whatever Happened to The Likely Lads?
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Watching the Detectives - US Style
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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50th Episode: What Was On in 1972?
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley
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May 18, 2022 |
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A 70's View of Australia: Skippy, Rolf and The Young Doctors
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May 08, 2022 |
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Soap Suds: Coronation Street and Crossroads
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Hong Kong Phooey: Number One Super Guy!
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Magic! Sooty, Catweazle and Bewitched
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Christmas 1978 Style
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Cosgrove Hall: The Early Years
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Fingerbobs: RIP Yoffy
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Oct 23, 2021 |
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5 Minute Marvels: From Hector's House to Ludwig via The Magic Roundabout
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Going for a Song
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe!
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Grange Hill
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Smarter Than the Average Cartoon Studio!
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Ghosts: Rentaghost and The Ghosts of Motley Hall
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Summer in the 70's
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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1970's Sitcoms
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Bank Holiday Blues
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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UFO and Space 1999
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May 26, 2021 |
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FAB Virgil - Thunderbirds are Go!
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May 12, 2021 |
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Watching the Detectives
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May 05, 2021 |
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God Save the Queen!
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Commercial Break 2: More 1970's TV Ads
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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And Now, From Norwich, It's The Quiz Of The Week!
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Words & Pictures
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Animal Magic!
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Here is the News
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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I Do Have a Wooden Heart
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Happy Birthday Mr Benn!
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Knockin' on Doors, Opening Windows: It's The Sunday Gang
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Swap Shop or Tiswas?
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Remember You're A Womble!
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Commercial Break: TV Ads of the 1970's
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Coming Soon - Season Two!
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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A 1970's Christmas
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Festive Selection Box
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Get Down Shep!
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Ground Floor: Perfumery, Stationery and Leather Goods
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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All the Right Notes
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Grow, Grow the Lightning Tree
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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And Still There at Number One
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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That Was a Public Information Film
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Sporting Life
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Saturday Night's All Right
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Comics, Death and Pipkins
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Size of an Elephant
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Watching with Mother
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Earliest TV Memories
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Growing Up with TV in the 1970's
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Sep 09, 2020 |