01-09-2023, 07:36 AM
The Tots TV breakdown I feel is a local opt out/cover rather than one done by Central (IIRC Tots TV came from Central so they'd have a better idea of what's gone wrong and how to get it back which is probably why they didn't chuck their own up) and the Sooty one, almost certainly either a playout issue from Granada or a timing issue. Sooty lived at Thames the previous year (and had done since the 1960s) and because they lost their license Sooty went north with the new Sooty & Co.
With regards to Rupert, well not sure who was feeding that but the comments suggest its from 1993 and that's not the regular CITV announcer so I suspect that's a local cover as well.
With regards to Rupert, well not sure who was feeding that but the comments suggest its from 1993 and that's not the regular CITV announcer so I suspect that's a local cover as well.