I was a Puffin Club member… and while I wasn’t banned from watching ITV, I do very much remember that the view in our house was definitely that all the good stuff to be watched was on BBC! ITV was not really “our thing”… and I can recall going to my aunt & uncle’s house in Clapham where, every Sunday, the Golden Shot would be on, followed by On The Buses, which contrasted to Sunday viewing in our house of The Forsyte Saga! I know which I would have preferred at the time…
Heh. Exactly. I remember people at school going on about Tiswas and having the vague feeling that Tiswas had a sort of obscene sexual energy that I was being protected from
I’m showing my age here, but in my childhood days, it was “Saturday Scene with Sally James” on ITV and while she went on to TISWAS later, there was nothing remotely dangerous about Saturday Scene!
Thanks for the relevant memories! Why were Kaye Webb and Biddy Baxter never in the House of Lords? OK, that was a rhetorical question, but still... As for the TV comedy shift, the old stuff wasn't all Jim Davidson, and some of the "alternative" stuff is a bit cringe-making now (I give you Ben Elton's homilies! Actually, they were a bit cringe-making then) .Eric Morecambe was my comedy god, and I loved the Carry Ons, which count as TV because that's how we saw them. I am unrepentant. 😀
Mention of Baxter partly prompted by your marvellous piece on Blue Peter, Annette ⛵️ (Can’t find the link now but if you have it please stick it in?)
And oh yes, a lot of 80s comedy was terrible, even the Alternative stuff. Him indoors was watching a bit of The New Statesman last night (Rik Mayall, Alan b’Stard) and I absolutely cannot bear it, I think it’s so flat and effortful.
I was a Puffin Club member… and while I wasn’t banned from watching ITV, I do very much remember that the view in our house was definitely that all the good stuff to be watched was on BBC! ITV was not really “our thing”… and I can recall going to my aunt & uncle’s house in Clapham where, every Sunday, the Golden Shot would be on, followed by On The Buses, which contrasted to Sunday viewing in our house of The Forsyte Saga! I know which I would have preferred at the time…
Heh. Exactly. I remember people at school going on about Tiswas and having the vague feeling that Tiswas had a sort of obscene sexual energy that I was being protected from
I’m showing my age here, but in my childhood days, it was “Saturday Scene with Sally James” on ITV and while she went on to TISWAS later, there was nothing remotely dangerous about Saturday Scene!
Thanks for the relevant memories! Why were Kaye Webb and Biddy Baxter never in the House of Lords? OK, that was a rhetorical question, but still... As for the TV comedy shift, the old stuff wasn't all Jim Davidson, and some of the "alternative" stuff is a bit cringe-making now (I give you Ben Elton's homilies! Actually, they were a bit cringe-making then) .Eric Morecambe was my comedy god, and I loved the Carry Ons, which count as TV because that's how we saw them. I am unrepentant. 😀
Mention of Baxter partly prompted by your marvellous piece on Blue Peter, Annette ⛵️ (Can’t find the link now but if you have it please stick it in?)
And oh yes, a lot of 80s comedy was terrible, even the Alternative stuff. Him indoors was watching a bit of The New Statesman last night (Rik Mayall, Alan b’Stard) and I absolutely cannot bear it, I think it’s so flat and effortful.
Ooh, I love being an influencer! 😂 Thank you, Rowan! Honestly, I think the 80s are best forgotten all round... Here's me Blue Peter post:
https://annettelaing.substack.com/p/flying-the-blue-peter-flag?r=jkfdo&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct