Lots of documentaries, plus music, fun and film. I’ll be absent for the first hour or so, so remember to use a coaster.
16:00 – Spycops Like Us (audio)
\ A bonus item relating to the Show #15 – Alexei Sayle talks to a lawyer and Helen from the McLibel film about the details of UK spycops operations.
17:20 – Library music mix
\ Accompanied by a reassuring wall of vintage Ceefax.
17:45 – Henry’s Cat
\ Bob Godfrey’s cartoon that is much funnier than I ever recognised at the time.
18:00 – Crosswits
\ It’s a Crosswits crossover as two other gameshow hosts help Joe and Petunia Public win a very small amount of money.
18:25 – Bob Godfrey’s Do-It-Yourself Animation Show
\ Terry Gilliam, probably around the time that Flying Circus was still being made, humourously demonstrates cut-out animation for the benefit of young viewers.
18:40 – 20 Years Ago Today
\ 1984 documentary programme about the troubled 1964 launch of BBC2 and the channel’s early days.
19:20 – The Big Shilling
\ Ten minute documentary about a wrecking ball operator.…