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[Spoonz Red E]

Still a huge ratings winner though but it was a programme of its time and TBH it was best it finished as attitudes were changing.

Quite starkly as I recall.
1978 had both the Black & White Minstrels and the album Dread, Beat & Blood released by Linton Kwesi Johnson.

 

[DB9]

Quite starkly as I recall.
1978 had both the Black & White Minstrels and the album Dread, Beat & Blood released by Linton Kwesi Johnson.

It does say one of the guess was Keith Harris, Wonder if they "Blacked Up" Orville?

 

[Spoonz Red E]

It does say one of the guess was Keith Harris, Wonder if they "Blacked Up" Orville?

In that regard, Orville has an interesting origin story.

From Harris' wikipedia:
"Harris' best known creation, Orville the duck, came about after he saw some green fur lying around backstage at a performance of The Black and White Minstrel Show in Bristol. "

 

[Mr Jinx]

Still a huge ratings winner though but it was a programme of its time and TBH it was best it finished as attitudes were changing.

Why would you want to stop something like this?...

I can't find a clip of the 'Stop your Tickling Jock' sketch, which not only offended blacks, but the Scottish too.

 

[iscalad]

Why would you want to stop something like this?...

I can't find a clip of the 'Stop your Tickling Jock' sketch, which not only offended blacks, but the Scottish too.

Wholesome family entertainment from a different era

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

A feature in this weeks Radio Times on TPTV.

 

[Alistair20000]

Amongst those children’s programmes good memories of Captain Pugwash and dithering dogfish etc.

Also Roobarb for it’s zany theme tune.

 

[Alistair20000]

I can't find a clip of the 'Stop your Tickling Jock' sketch, which not only offended blacks, but the Scottish too.

A pity. Something that upsets the kilted ones is worth preserving.

 

[Mr Jinx]

C4 tries to expand its True Crime offering with last night's "In the Footsteps of Killers".

I watched it last night and learnt nothing new on the Suzy Lamplugh case as it was all old ground, but I watched it just for an hour's ogling of Emilia Fox.

 

[DB9]

C4 tries to expand its True Crime offering with last night's "In the Footsteps of Killers".

I watched it last night and learnt nothing new on the Suzy Lamplugh case as it was all old ground, but I watched it just for an hour's ogling of Emilia Fox.

Seems a fair reason to watch it