Category: Continuity
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Forgotten Panel Shows: That’s Showbusiness
I’m amazed that this one had fallen out of my brain. That’s Showbusiness was created by Jeremy Pascall and Phil Swern. It ran for 132 episodes over eight series on BBC One from 1989 to 1996. It was hosted by Mike Smith, and initially had two teams of three, with Gloria Hunniford and Kenny Everett…
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Noel Interrupts The Continuity Announcer
Here’s a silly bit of fun from November of 1977.
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Streets Apart From A BBC One Closedown
Here’s how BBC One closed down in the middle of November in 1988. Nice looking menu, with some intriguing items on it. We’ve already had a look at Wyatt’s Watchdogs during my Last Of The Summer Wine marathon, what with it being the show Foggy left to do. So let’s have a quick look at…
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The Young Ones Australian Promo
The raw footage of a promo recording in Australia for The Young Ones. I love how easily Rik slips in and out of character, and how freely he improvises it.
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Monty Python’s Viewer Discretion
Here’s how MTV introduced that night’s episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. And here’s a specially filmed intro with Chapman and Jones for WTTW Channel 11 in Chicago.
