17:59 – Thames TV morning start-up music.

18:04 – Sheepy’s opening music.

18:07 – Michael Bentine’s Potty Time S01E09 – The Amazon – 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 Professor Challenger’s expedition up the Amazon to try to discover prehistoric monsters.  First broadcast on Mon 7th Jan 1974 by ITV.

18:17 – Shadows S03E01 – Eleven O’Clock – a British supernatural television anthology series produced by Thames Television for ITV between 1975 and 1978. This week, a British family visits a cottage in rural France, which is near a famous World War I battlefield. They encounter a supernatural love story involving a German soldier killed in the war. First broadcast on Wed 20th Sept 1978 by ITV.

18:41 – Clangers S01E09 – The Dragon Egg – 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 Soup Dragon gets broody, and gains a son. Even a dragon has feelings and must be cared for. First broadcast on Sun 25th Jan 1970 at 5.55pm by BBC1.

18:50 – Star Trek (The Original Series) – S01E23 – A Taste of Armageddon – This week, Kirk and Spock must save their ship’s crew when they are declared all killed in action in a bizarre computer-simulated war where the actual deaths must nevertheless occur.  First broadcast in the USA on Thu 23rd Feb 1967 by NBC.

19:40 – …And Mother Makes Three – S04E05 – And Father Makes Five – 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, Sally’s mother asks whether she’s certain that she wants to get married, David finds that the food and drink have been taken to the wrong house, and things get worse when the chauffeur manages to get the bride lost. First broadcast on Wed 13th June 1973 by ITV.

20:05 – Special Branch – S01E11 – Exit a Diplomat – 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, when a member of a foreign embassy is caught shoplifting in London, but tries to hide her status by willingly accepting arrest, Superintendent Inman takes an interest in her employers.  First broadcast on Wed 26th Nov 1969 by ITV.

20:54 – Eurotrash S01E02 – 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 Holidays from Hell, Vollepuch, Björn Borg, Emmanuelle, Leningrad Cowboys and Tom of Finland. First broadcast on Fri 1st Oct 1993 by Channel 4.

21:17 – A Very Peculiar Practice S02E03/07 – May the Force Be with You – 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, Bob tries to turn the clinic into a massage parlour, Grete’s boyfriend wants to kill her, Rose Marie starts a male sexuality group and the campus is invaded by animal rights activists. Stephen and Rose remain blissfully unaware of a night of mayhem which could ruin Bob’s dream of recognition and success. First broadcast on Wed 9th Mar 1988 at 9.25pm by BBC2.

22:08 – The Beiderbecke Connection E02/04 – Hello Sir, Hello Miss – 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. The refugee is back from the border. Life goes on. Big Al and Little Norm make other plans. Trevor makes a stand. First broadcast on Sun 4th Dec 1988 by ITV.

23:00 – Snub TV S03E08 – This week the alternative music show features:
• Ocean Colour Scene: “Yesterday Today” (live)
• Butthole Surfers: “Hurdy Gurdy Man” (video)
• Boys Own Records feature: Bocca Juniors “Raise” (video extract), Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley, Pete Heller interview, Less Stress “Don’t Dream it’s Over” (video), Bocca Juniors “Substance” (studio recording)
• Moose: interviewed by Emma from Lush, “Jack” (live)
• World of Twist: interview, “Sons of the Stage” (video)
• Ocean Colour Scene: interview, “Sway” (live)
Inaccurate Radio Times: “Tonight’s look at the music scene features Ocean Colour Scene, the unsigned Krispy Three, Moose and Gallun Drunk live, and the television debut of Welfare Heroine.”
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 11th Mar 1991 at 7.00pm by BBC2.

23:29 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Original Radio Series) – The Quintessential Phase 2/4, Fit the Twenty-Fourth – In which Ford returns to the Guide’s headquarters and uncovers the new editor’s dastardly secret, clears his expenses but exceeds his credit limit. With guest stars Rula Lenksa and Jonathan Pryce.  First broadcast on Tue 7th June 2005 at 6.30pm by BBC Radio 4.

23:56 – Closedown music.

00:01 – Closedown.