Russty Russ
@russtyruss.bsky.social
Fancy a trip to celebrate the past filled with #UK based nostalgia. Its mainly Television on here but I chuck other #retro bits in too.
#OnThisDay 1981 : 45 years ago today, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was first broadcast on BBC2.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
#OnThisDay 1981 : 45 years ago today, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was first broadcast on BBC2.
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(TV listing : @woodg31.bsky.social)
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#OnThisDay 1993 - Wizadora was first broadcast on CITV. Wizadora was a trainee wizard trying to solve problems with magic. It ran for 8 series.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
#OnThisDay 1993 - Wizadora was first broadcast on CITV. Wizadora was a trainee wizard trying to solve problems with magic. It ran for 8 series.
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#OnThisDay 1981 : 45 years ago today, the first episode of Triangle is broadcast on BBC1. It ran for 78 episodes over 3 series.
(TV Listing courtesy of @woodg31.bsky.social)
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(TV Listing courtesy of @woodg31.bsky.social)
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January 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
#OnThisDay 1981 : 45 years ago today, the first episode of Triangle is broadcast on BBC1. It ran for 78 episodes over 3 series.
(TV Listing courtesy of @woodg31.bsky.social)
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(TV Listing courtesy of @woodg31.bsky.social)
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#OnThisDay 1989 : The Channel 4 sitcom Desmonds was broadcast for the first time. It was set in a barbers shop with the dealings of life with the Ambrose family and community of Peckham. It ran for 6 series.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
#OnThisDay 1989 : The Channel 4 sitcom Desmonds was broadcast for the first time. It was set in a barbers shop with the dealings of life with the Ambrose family and community of Peckham. It ran for 6 series.
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#OnThisDay 1974 : The first edition of TISWAS was broadcast in the ATV region. It would slowly take off through the various ITV regions as years went by although some until the final series and Channel TV not at all.
Source pic : www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGU...
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Source pic : www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGU...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
#OnThisDay 1974 : The first edition of TISWAS was broadcast in the ATV region. It would slowly take off through the various ITV regions as years went by although some until the final series and Channel TV not at all.
Source pic : www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGU...
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Source pic : www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGU...
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#OnThisDay 1990 : The first episode of Alfonso Bonzo was broadcast on BBC1.
It featured a character called Bill Webb who likes to swap things with his school mates and meets Alfono Bonzo who has a talent for swapping things.
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It featured a character called Bill Webb who likes to swap things with his school mates and meets Alfono Bonzo who has a talent for swapping things.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
#OnThisDay 1990 : The first episode of Alfonso Bonzo was broadcast on BBC1.
It featured a character called Bill Webb who likes to swap things with his school mates and meets Alfono Bonzo who has a talent for swapping things.
#90s
It featured a character called Bill Webb who likes to swap things with his school mates and meets Alfono Bonzo who has a talent for swapping things.
#90s
#OnThisDay 1993 : The first episode of Tots TV was broadcast during the ITV pre school lunchtime slot.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:27 PM
#OnThisDay 1993 : The first episode of Tots TV was broadcast during the ITV pre school lunchtime slot.
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#OnThisDay 1990 : The first episode of One Foot In The Grave was broadcast on BBC1. Richard Wilson as Victor Meldrew and Annette Crosbie playing the wife took the lead roles which saw six series between 1990 to 2000.
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January 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
#OnThisDay 1990 : The first episode of One Foot In The Grave was broadcast on BBC1. Richard Wilson as Victor Meldrew and Annette Crosbie playing the wife took the lead roles which saw six series between 1990 to 2000.
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#OnThisDay 1988 : BBC One moved the mid morning repeat of #Neighbours to 5.35 in the evening and the rest was history.
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January 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
#OnThisDay 1988 : BBC One moved the mid morning repeat of #Neighbours to 5.35 in the evening and the rest was history.
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Which was shown prime time Saturday night at 810pm after the Paul Daniels Magic Show which is some promotion!
#OnThisDay 4 January 1988
#Neighbours airs in its new early evening slot of 5:35 on BBC1 for the first time. Episode 302 ends on a Shane Ramsay cliffhanger. Proceeding this, however, Anne Charleston appears as Madge to introduce new viewers to the goings on in Ramsay Street.
#Neighbours airs in its new early evening slot of 5:35 on BBC1 for the first time. Episode 302 ends on a Shane Ramsay cliffhanger. Proceeding this, however, Anne Charleston appears as Madge to introduce new viewers to the goings on in Ramsay Street.
January 4, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Which was shown prime time Saturday night at 810pm after the Paul Daniels Magic Show which is some promotion!
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Back at #teletext50 I spoke with #teletext legends Mort Smith and Ian irving about the Ceefax office in TV Centre – there were tantalising glimpses of it in the documentary 'This is Ceefax.' Here's a 'sunset at Ceefax' with some details from the gents.
January 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Back at #teletext50 I spoke with #teletext legends Mort Smith and Ian irving about the Ceefax office in TV Centre – there were tantalising glimpses of it in the documentary 'This is Ceefax.' Here's a 'sunset at Ceefax' with some details from the gents.
January 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
#OnThisDay 1991 : 35 years ago today, the first episode of The Brittas Empire was broadcast on BBC1.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:11 PM
#OnThisDay 1991 : 35 years ago today, the first episode of The Brittas Empire was broadcast on BBC1.
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#OnThisDay 1998 : Ceefax reported on Noel's House Party being pulled from the BBC One schedule for the first week of 1998.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM
#OnThisDay 1998 : Ceefax reported on Noel's House Party being pulled from the BBC One schedule for the first week of 1998.
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#OnThisDay 1991 : 35 years ago today, following a successful TV pilot in 1990, the first full series of The Mary Whitehouse Experience was broadcast on BBC Two.
It came off the back of a successful radio run.
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(TV listing coutesy of @woodg31.bsky.social)
It came off the back of a successful radio run.
#90s
(TV listing coutesy of @woodg31.bsky.social)
January 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
#OnThisDay 1991 : 35 years ago today, following a successful TV pilot in 1990, the first full series of The Mary Whitehouse Experience was broadcast on BBC Two.
It came off the back of a successful radio run.
#90s
(TV listing coutesy of @woodg31.bsky.social)
It came off the back of a successful radio run.
#90s
(TV listing coutesy of @woodg31.bsky.social)
Now I know where Harry Hill got the idea for the collar.
January 2, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Now I know where Harry Hill got the idea for the collar.
January 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
