Just going to put that. My memory's going but was there any Telly even on in a morning midweek in the 70's??
Can't remember that, we had a cupboard as big as sideboard for playing records and listening to the police, i mean the radio. Called a stereogram? It was a radiogram
Everyone's parents used to watch that and say "I bet it looks wonderful in colour". A major cause of friction in my house there was a clash, I think it was with Danger Man. But in those days There was only one TV in a house and dads were in charging of the complicated procedure of getting up and turning over.
There was barely anything on during the day, other than kids telly on a Saturday and I think there was some religious stuff on a Sunday. Mainly it was just this...
"This is a Rediffusion Announcement. Due to severely high tides the River Hull may overflow it's banks causing flooding in the old town and surrounding low lying areas". Or words to that effect. I always thought we were going to drown when it came on.
They relaxed broadcasting hours in the early 1970s. There were kids programmes during the day, then others. I was out of work for a while mid 1970s and there were programmes on during the day during the week. Mainly ones of little interest, admittedly. I think Emmerdale Farm was broadcast after the lunch time news and various cookery programmes and the like. Multi Coloured Swap Shop on a Saturday was quite a revelation at the time.
Wasn't there kids programmes till about 9am then nothing till 1pm ish. Watch with mother was on then I think. Always remember getting home about 3:30 ish and The Saint wason with Rog or Dangerman. On Anglia!!
Always liked Danger Man. Patrick McGoohan turned down the chance to play Bond. Television was in many ways better when there wasn't stuff which is just padding to fill out 24 hours.
A rough summary... When ITV was allowed to open up daytime TV from October 1972 it devoted half an hour around noon to programmes for pre-school children. Inventive shows included Rainbow (ITV, 1972-95) and Pipkins (ITV, 1973-81). Saturday mornings were a wasteland of adult education programmes and blank screens until in 1972 LWT experimented with linking buy-ins and repeats with pretty host Sally James presenting birthday requests, film clips and occasional pop guests. Branded Saturday Scene (ITV, 1972-77), the package, only ever shown in London, was the UK's first Saturday morning children's show. ATV soon trialled the similar TISWAS (ITV, 1974-82) in the Midlands. The BBC had attempted occasional Saturday lunchtime half-hour shows such as Edandzed!(BBC, 1970) and Outa-Space (BBC, 1973), but finally invested heavily in a networked rival to ITV's morning shows: Multi-Coloured Swap Shop(BBC, 1976-82) arrived in October 1976, created by Blue Peter producer Rosemary Gill. Although the BBC perhaps produced the longer-running children's shows of the decade, ITV's commitment to innovation is evident above, with the governing IBA's guiding hand of strong regulation at the tiller. In 1972 the IBA began a two-year research study into children's viewing, then in February 1973 held a Consultation in Children's Television, at which the regional franchises discussed how best to serve young viewers. ITV schedules were arranged by a Children's Sub-Committee of the ITV Network Planning Committee, meaning regions could plan in advance the best possible complimentary output. The 1970s saw strategies finally adopted to produce homegrown animation programming. The BBC decided against expanding the in-house graphics unit and instead helped set up outside facilities such as Q3 London to produce Crystal Tipps and Alistair (BBC, 1971-74) and Fingerbobs (BBC, 1972), while also encouraging independent filmmakers such as Smallfilms to work with them. Thames TV funded Manchester-based subsidiary company Cosgrove Hall to create animated series including Chorlton and the Wheelies (ITV, 1976-79) and Jamie and the Magic Torch (ITV, 1977-80). The BBC overhauled its dated Watch With Motheroutput throughout the decade with colourful animated series like Mr Benn (BBC, 1971-72) and Bagpuss (BBC, 1974) and indeed dropped the archaic umbrella title by 1973. Another home to animation was the five minutes prior to the BBC1 Evening News. The Magic Roundabout(BBC, 1965-77) had opened up this slot to both child and adult audiences, itself moving into colour in the 70s, but also residing here were Roobarb (BBC, 1974-75) and colour remakes of Captain Pugwash (BBC, 1974-75) and Ivor the Engine (BBC, 1976-77). Live action comedy and entertainment also expanded beyond dependable old warhorse Crackerjack (BBC, 1955-84). The esoteric Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree (ITV, 1971) featured nonsense songs, poems and sketches fronted by Richard Beckinsale among others and drew on works by John Lennon, Spike Milliganand Ivor Cutler. The only vaguely similar offering was the BBC's jokier Play School offshoot Play Away (BBC, 1971-84). More typical broad panto fare included fantasy-based slapstick series written by Bob Block; Pardon My Genie (ITV, 1972-73), Roberts Robots (ITV, 1973-74) and Rentaghost (BBC, 1976-84).
As a kid (growing up in Hull), I don't remember seeing Yorkshire until I was a bit older. We had Tyne Tees and Anglia. I remember staring at that knight spinning on the horse, pre prog, as if that was the main event.
Crystal tips!! Any bird you saw with frizzy hair in the 80's and beyond was always called a crystal tits!!
