[James2001]

Will be the case where the Eastern versions show programmes 3 hours ahead of the Western ones, I think.

[JamesWorldNews]

Stumbled across this. Had forgotten all about “Comment”, the segment that aired after Channel 4 News and which often featured “ordinary folk”. 

Nice to see Trevor too. 

youtu.be 

[W. Knight]

Just learnt it through Jonkasonic: The launch show of BSB's The Computer Channel, then time-shared with The Sports Channel.
youtu.be 

[lookoutwales]

A rare classic moment in Local TV history - courtesy of the mercurial Channel M, the even more mercurial Frank Sidebottom and the late David Soul.

x.com 

I interviewed the producer some time afterwards at a music festival in Wrexham (he joined Made TV for a while, IIRC) and apparently, the tapes (and one imagines a lot of Channel M’s output) had gone missing since the station’s demise.

[Stooky Bill]

(cross posted from the other social media thread as its probably better here)

Amazing clip of the end of Number 73. Barrington Levy is the act in the basement whle the credits rolled, singing a song about using ganja. Meanwhile Nicolas Parsons dances with Sandi Toksvig and a man sits on an elephant.
..... The golden age of kids TV.

Note what appears in the credits either side of Barrington!

twitter.com 

[lookoutwales]

From the file marked - "At Last! (almost)"

The infamous 'Live Into 85' from Gleneagles Hotel - or at least the first half that was shown UK-wide until Network opted out (Scotland got another half hour) - has been uploaded.

Whether it deserved its notorious reputation is up to you to decide. The rest of the recording is part of one of STV's more traditional studio-bound Hogmanay shows.

www.youtube.com 

[VMPhil]

Not technically gold but thought it was worth sharing. Ant & Dec have revealed they auditioned for the Radio 1 breakfast show when they were trying out replacements for Zoe Ball (must have been 1999 or 2000?)

radiotoday.co.uk 

Ant and Dec reveal they auditioned for BBC Radio 1 Breakfast – RadioToday
Television presenters Ant and Dec have revealed how they almost hosted the break…
  Source: radiotoday.co.uk

[ACTV]

Not technically gold but thought it was worth sharing. Ant & Dec have revealed they auditioned for the Radio 1 breakfast show when they were trying out replacements for Zoe Ball (must have been 1999 or 2000?)

radiotoday.co.uk 

Would've been quite a good bag for Radio 1 at the time, but no doubt it probably would have been a big ask for the boys whilst they were still doing SM:TV, although it seems they did have those worries initially before changing their minds.

Surprising that the BBC didn't go for them in the end in favour of Sara Cox, considering that they both seemed enthusiastic about starting, and at the time Cox started on breakfast she'd had only been on Radio 1 for a few months, and (back then) had a relatively smaller profile than Ant & Dec, only really being known for The Girlie Show.

I imagine it probably would have ended around roughly the same time that Cox ended on breakfast, particularly as by 2004 whilst SM:TV had ended they were getting more primetime shows over at ITV.

[James2001]

Would've been quite a good bag for Radio 1 at the time, but no doubt it probably would have been a big ask for the boys whilst they were still doing SM:TV

Didn't stop Zoe doing it and Live & Kicking at the same time for a while.

[ACTV]

Didn't stop Zoe doing it and Live & Kicking at the same time for a while.

Was going to mention. Might have been harder however once the likes of Pop Idol and (particularly) I'm A Celebrity came along.