Reviews and memories of some television programmes that no longer grace our screens, plus classic television symbols and the Eurovision Song Contest.
Eighties Zone
Memories of the best shows from the best decade
Eurovision Song Contest
Reviews of the world's greatest song contest
Telly Years
What we used to watch in the old days
Top of the Pops
Looking over the history of the long-running pop show
Wogan
From Blankety Blank to Wogan's Web - some Top Terry telly
Noel's House Party
Gunge, Gotchas and Mr Blobby - a B-Z of NHP
Dick and Dom
Free-form weekend morning television from da bungalow
Friendly TV
Could this be the most shambolic channel ever?
Top Gear
Noel Edmonds, Angela Rippon... oh, and some other people
Breakfast
Telly with your toast - the ups and downs of BBC breakfast TV
Nationwide
Britain's most popular current affairs show and its successors
BBC News
News presentation through the ages, plus BBC News 24
BBC Weather
From crayons to computers - the changing face of the forecast
BBC South East
A history of news programmes in the region
BBC Digital
Looking at the early days of BBC digital television and radio
BBC Choice
Including a look back at Liquid News and The RDA
Top 40
Radio 1's chart, from Pick of the Pops to The Official Chart
Power Cuts
How power failures at the Beeb disrupted the schedules
YouTube
More TV and radio clips at our YouTube channel
Site Map
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Des and Mick
Des and Mick stories themed around the subject of television
DMTV
More fun and nonsense with Des and Mick's own TV channel
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