Turned into a really good commentator.Radio Times from w/c 23rd June 1979.
“You cannot be serious !”
McEnroe went out in the 4th Round to Tim Gullikson in that years Championship.
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One of the best.Turned into a really good commentator.
He also has a sense of humour, which nobody could have guessed in the 70s.Turned into a really good commentator.
Putting it in context, it was not that long after the tragedy caused by the escalator fire at nearby Kings Cross in November 1987. The ramifications of which resulted in major safety improvements and updating throughout the tube network.I watched Heart of the Angel on iPlayer the other day having heard it mentioned on the wireless. It was part of the BBC’s 40 Minute series and covers 48 hours in the life of the Angel tube station in 1989, a few years before it was renovated.
In short, everything, including most of the people we meet, is broken to one extent or another. The station manager prefers to hide away in a dump of an office rather than deal with the endless problems such as the broken lifts, which was a particular problem as it’s a deep station and there were no escalators to use instead of a very long spiral staircase. At first, a couple of the characters, such as the chap in the ticket office and the ticket inspector, seem quite chirpy but you later realise that they really aren’t.
It’s interesting, if slightly grim.
Borg v McEnroe(2017) is a great film about that era.He also has a sense of humour, which nobody could have guessed in the 70s.
Hardy Boys & Nancy Drew...23rd June 1979.
World Cup Cricket Final,England v West Indies.
60 over competition in those days.
England were a bit short in the bowling department,Geoff Boycott turned his arm for a few overs iirc.
Juke Box Jury was back on the BBC after a 12 year hiatus.
This was the episode that included John Lydon(Presenter Noel Edmonds introduced him
by his Sex Pistols name of Johnny Rotten) along with Joan Collins & Alan ‘fluff’ Freeman.
It was as entertaining as it was surprising that Lydon had been invited onto it.
Juke Box Jury lasted the one season in this run.
It briefly made a reappearance in 1988/89.
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