17:59 – Sheepy’s opening music.
18:03 – Thames TV morning start-up music.
18:08 – Michael Bentine’s Potty Time S01E08 – Foreign Legion – a British children’s TV show, written by and starring Michael Bentine, and directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television. This week, Mr. Bentine and the Potties follow the Foreign Legion. First broadcast on Mon 31st Dec 1973 by ITV. Complete with slightly silly VT clock.
18:20 – Shadows S02E06 – The Eye – a British supernatural television anthology series produced by Thames Television for ITV between 1975 and 1978. This week, a teenage girl falls under the spell of a mysterious Greek urn. Strange things happen when she creates a larger version of a portrait on the urn. First broadcast on Wed 1st Sept 1976 by ITV.
18:45 – Clangers S01E08 – The Top Hat – the famous Oliver Postgate / Peter Firmin stop-motion children’s television series about a family of mouse-like creatures who live on, and inside, a small moon-like planet. This week, the Clangers find some Froglets in a top hat. First broadcast on Sun 18th Jan 1970 at 5.55pm by BBC1.
18:55 – Star Trek (The Original Series) – S01E22 – Space Seed – This week, while on patrol in deep space, Captain Kirk and his crew find and revive a genetically engineered world conqueror and his compatriots from Earth’s 20th century. First broadcast in the USA on Thu 16th Feb 1967 by NBC. Khaaaaannnnn!!!!!
19:45 – …And Mother Makes Three – S04E04 – The Eve of the Day – More gentle middle-class Thames sitcom, starring Wendy Craig as the newly-widowed Sally Harrison, doing her best to bring up her two boisterous sons, Simon and Peter. This week, the boys borrow a wedding present when they can’t afford to buy one, David insists that his friends won’t turn his stag night into an orgy, and Sally causes amusement when she pretends to have a party of her own. First broadcast on Wed 6th June 1973 by ITV.
20:10 – Special Branch – S01E10 – Short Change – Groundbreaking British police drama series following the exploits of the Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police: an elite group of officers tasked with protecting London from spies, terrorists, and subversives. This week, in the first of the colour episodes (although you’d be hard-pushed to tell from the opening), the fallout from the Troika affair continues. A girl being held for giving official secret documents to the Russians faces a long gaol term, but an exchange offer for a Briton arrested in Moscow is offered. The officers suspect she’s far more than she seems to be. First broadcast on Wed 19th Nov 1969 by ITV. Written by George Markstein and directed by none other than William G. Stewart!
21:00 – Eurotrash S01E01 – The legendary late-night magazine show starring Antoine de Caunes and Jean-Paul Gaultier, exploring unusual and bizarre topics from Europe and around the world. This week, we have Jay Alexander, Orlan, Weed Express, Disneyland/Smurf, Army of Lovers, Laetitia, and Rat Restaurant. First broadcast on Fri 24th Sept 1993 by Channel 4. Yes, this should be on at 11pm-ish, after SnubTV, but then hardly anybody would see it…
21:24 – A Very Peculiar Practice S02E02/07 – Art and Illusion – a surreal black-comedy drama set in the health centre of a British university, produced by the BBC. It was written by Andrew Davies and was inspired by his experiences as a lecturer at the University of Warwick, and it has been interpreted as a commentary on contemporary trends in education. This week, the Vice-Chancellor’s wife wants an art gallery. Stephen continues to have problems with his team and his friendship with Grete and he isn’t the only one… First broadcast on Wed 2nd Mar 1988 at 9.25pm by BBC2.
22:19 – The Beiderbecke Connection E01/04 – Oh Look, It’s Average-Sized Trevor Chaplin – A four-part serial written by Alan Plater, the third and last in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, starring James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. He teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz; she teaches English and wants to help save the planet. They live together and just want a quiet life. Since their last adventure, Jill and Trevor have a child – Firstborn. They need a babysitter. Big Al asks them to put up a friend of his and, of course, they agree. But when Ivan arrives, they find he speaks no English but thinks that “Bix is cool”. Head for the border. First broadcast on Sun 27th Nov 1988 by ITV. Directed by Alan J. W. Bell, heaven help us!
23:11 – Snub TV S03E07 – This week the alternative music show features:
• Ride: “Unfamiliar” (video)
• Stereo MC’s: interview, “Lost in Music” (SnubTV video)
• Cranes: interview, “Reach” (live)
• Ruthless Rap Assassins: “Justice (Just Us)” (video)
• Gallon Drunk: “Draggin’ Along” (live)
• Chapter and the Verse: Colin Thorpe & Aniff Cousins interview, “Black Whip” (live)
• Cranes “Sixth of May” (live)
From 1st generation off-air VHS > Panasonic HD recorder > DVD-R > MPEG Streamclip > MPEG4
Video compression: H.264, 352 x 288, deinterlaced
Audio compression: AAC, Stereo (L R), 48.000 kHz, 192 kbps
First broadcast on Mon 4th Mar 1991 at 7.00pm by BBC2.
23:39 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Original Radio Series) – The Quintessential Phase 1/4, Fit the Twenty-Third – In which Arthur gets a bite, Ford gets bruises and Zaphod gets his man. With guest stars Rula Lenksa and Jonathan Pryce. First broadcast on Tue 31st May 2005 at 6.30pm by BBC Radio 4.
00:06 – Closedown music.
00:11 – Closedown.