K-tel UK Vinyl Years 1972-90
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I shall be posting about TV and music from the first 18 years of my life, which coincides with the era in which K-tel released their budget LPs in the UK: 1972 to 1990.
Hot Metal (1986-88) is a British sitcom by David Renwick & Andrew Marshall, produced by LWT.
Robert Hardy is media magnate Terence "Twiggy" Rathbone and Geoffrey Palmer played editor Harry Stringer. In series 2, Stringer was replaced by former daytime chat show host Richard Lipton (Richard Wilson).
Robert Hardy is media magnate Terence "Twiggy" Rathbone and Geoffrey Palmer played editor Harry Stringer. In series 2, Stringer was replaced by former daytime chat show host Richard Lipton (Richard Wilson).
February 16, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Hot Metal (1986-88) is a British sitcom by David Renwick & Andrew Marshall, produced by LWT.
Robert Hardy is media magnate Terence "Twiggy" Rathbone and Geoffrey Palmer played editor Harry Stringer. In series 2, Stringer was replaced by former daytime chat show host Richard Lipton (Richard Wilson).
Robert Hardy is media magnate Terence "Twiggy" Rathbone and Geoffrey Palmer played editor Harry Stringer. In series 2, Stringer was replaced by former daytime chat show host Richard Lipton (Richard Wilson).
@freesat.bsky.social why isn't TLC working? Get it sorted before Mock the Week starts.
January 18, 2026 at 12:24 AM
@freesat.bsky.social why isn't TLC working? Get it sorted before Mock the Week starts.
Happy 70th birthday to Paul Young.
January 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Happy 70th birthday to Paul Young.
Remembering Richard Franklin who played Captain Mike Yates in Doctor Who, born January 15, 1936.
January 15, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Remembering Richard Franklin who played Captain Mike Yates in Doctor Who, born January 15, 1936.
Happy 89th birthday to Brian Blessed.
October 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Happy 89th birthday to Brian Blessed.
Happy birthday, Avery Brooks, retired actor, director, and singer, born October 2, 1948. He is best known for his roles on TV as Benjamin Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Hawk in Spenser: For Hire. He also played Dr Bob Sweeney in American History X (1998).
October 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Happy birthday, Avery Brooks, retired actor, director, and singer, born October 2, 1948. He is best known for his roles on TV as Benjamin Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Hawk in Spenser: For Hire. He also played Dr Bob Sweeney in American History X (1998).
Happy birthday to Walter Koenig who was born September 14, 1936
September 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Happy birthday to Walter Koenig who was born September 14, 1936
Happy Breakaway Day
September 13, 1999.
"Breakaway" debuted Sep 4, 1975 (Yorkshire, Grampian, Ulster, Scottish, Border, ATV, Channel, Westward, Tyne Tees), Sep 6 (LWT, Anglia), Sep 26 (Granada), October 17 (HTV), and Aug 21, 1976 (Southern).
September 13, 1999.
"Breakaway" debuted Sep 4, 1975 (Yorkshire, Grampian, Ulster, Scottish, Border, ATV, Channel, Westward, Tyne Tees), Sep 6 (LWT, Anglia), Sep 26 (Granada), October 17 (HTV), and Aug 21, 1976 (Southern).
September 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Happy Breakaway Day
September 13, 1999.
"Breakaway" debuted Sep 4, 1975 (Yorkshire, Grampian, Ulster, Scottish, Border, ATV, Channel, Westward, Tyne Tees), Sep 6 (LWT, Anglia), Sep 26 (Granada), October 17 (HTV), and Aug 21, 1976 (Southern).
September 13, 1999.
"Breakaway" debuted Sep 4, 1975 (Yorkshire, Grampian, Ulster, Scottish, Border, ATV, Channel, Westward, Tyne Tees), Sep 6 (LWT, Anglia), Sep 26 (Granada), October 17 (HTV), and Aug 21, 1976 (Southern).
Barbara Bain (born Mildred Fogel, September 13, 1931) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Cinnamon Carter Crawford on the action television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1969), and Dr Helena Russell on the sci-fi television series Space: 1999 (1975–1977).
September 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Barbara Bain (born Mildred Fogel, September 13, 1931) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Cinnamon Carter Crawford on the action television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1969), and Dr Helena Russell on the sci-fi television series Space: 1999 (1975–1977).
Chaim Topol (Sep 1935 – Mar 8, 2023) was an Israeli actor and singer best known for his portrayal of Tevye, the lead role in the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof and the 1971 film adaptation.
Here he is depicted as Dr Hans Zarkov in Flash Gordon (1980).
Here he is depicted as Dr Hans Zarkov in Flash Gordon (1980).
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Chaim Topol (Sep 1935 – Mar 8, 2023) was an Israeli actor and singer best known for his portrayal of Tevye, the lead role in the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof and the 1971 film adaptation.
Here he is depicted as Dr Hans Zarkov in Flash Gordon (1980).
Here he is depicted as Dr Hans Zarkov in Flash Gordon (1980).
September 1, 1985: BBC’s In Sickness and in Health (1985–92) - sequel to Till Death Us Do Part - follows bigoted East Ender Alf Garnett, now widowed and grumbling through life in a West Ham flat. It blended sharp social satire with sitcom grit across six series. #OnThisDay
September 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
September 1, 1985: BBC’s In Sickness and in Health (1985–92) - sequel to Till Death Us Do Part - follows bigoted East Ender Alf Garnett, now widowed and grumbling through life in a West Ham flat. It blended sharp social satire with sitcom grit across six series. #OnThisDay
September 1, 1985: BBC's Howard’s Way (1985–1990) was “Dallas-on-Sea”: a glossy drama blending yacht racing, fashion, and fraught relationships. It followed Tom Howard’s risky leap from aircraft design to boatyard dreams and marital storms. #OnThisDay
September 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
September 1, 1985: BBC's Howard’s Way (1985–1990) was “Dallas-on-Sea”: a glossy drama blending yacht racing, fashion, and fraught relationships. It followed Tom Howard’s risky leap from aircraft design to boatyard dreams and marital storms. #OnThisDay
September 1, 1975: debut of the #BBC gritty medical drama Angels (1975–83) which followed the lives of student nurses, tackling NHS realities with documentary-style realism. It featured early roles for Fiona Fullerton, Pauline Quirke and Lesley Dunlop. #onthisday
September 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
September 1, 1975: debut of the #BBC gritty medical drama Angels (1975–83) which followed the lives of student nurses, tackling NHS realities with documentary-style realism. It featured early roles for Fiona Fullerton, Pauline Quirke and Lesley Dunlop. #onthisday
Windsor Davies (August 28, 1930 – January 17, 2019) is best remembered for playing Sgt Maj Williams in the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981). Davies and his co-star Don Estelle had a UK number-one hit with a version of "Whispering Grass" in 1975.
August 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Windsor Davies (August 28, 1930 – January 17, 2019) is best remembered for playing Sgt Maj Williams in the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981). Davies and his co-star Don Estelle had a UK number-one hit with a version of "Whispering Grass" in 1975.
Today in 1981, the last episode of what was series 3 of Sapphire and Steel. Unofficially called Assignment/Adventure V, or - even more unofficially - "Doctor McDee Must Die", the serial was about the supposed late Dr McDee turning up at a dinner party. One by one the guests are murdered...
August 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Today in 1981, the last episode of what was series 3 of Sapphire and Steel. Unofficially called Assignment/Adventure V, or - even more unofficially - "Doctor McDee Must Die", the serial was about the supposed late Dr McDee turning up at a dinner party. One by one the guests are murdered...
Remembering Stephen Richard Wright MBE (August 26, 1954 – February 12, 2024) on what should have been his 71st birthday.
August 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Remembering Stephen Richard Wright MBE (August 26, 1954 – February 12, 2024) on what should have been his 71st birthday.
Rocking good birthdays to Rob Halford (74), Gene Simmons (76), Vivian Campbell (63) and Geoff Downes (73).
August 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Rocking good birthdays to Rob Halford (74), Gene Simmons (76), Vivian Campbell (63) and Geoff Downes (73).
Happy 82nd birthday @4sylvestermccoy.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Happy 82nd birthday @4sylvestermccoy.bsky.social
Terence Stamp RIP
August 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Terence Stamp RIP
It's the 8th of May, 8th of May, 8th of May! Happy @motorhead-official.bsky.social Day!
On 8 May 1980, while the band were on tour in Europe, Bronze released The Golden Years, which sold better than any of their previous releases, reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart.
On 8 May 1980, while the band were on tour in Europe, Bronze released The Golden Years, which sold better than any of their previous releases, reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart.
May 8, 2025 at 6:14 AM
It's the 8th of May, 8th of May, 8th of May! Happy @motorhead-official.bsky.social Day!
On 8 May 1980, while the band were on tour in Europe, Bronze released The Golden Years, which sold better than any of their previous releases, reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart.
On 8 May 1980, while the band were on tour in Europe, Bronze released The Golden Years, which sold better than any of their previous releases, reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart.
When we complain about Dick Van Dyke's "English" accent we forget Michael Crawford's "American" accent. #HelloDolly
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April 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
When we complain about Dick Van Dyke's "English" accent we forget Michael Crawford's "American" accent. #HelloDolly
Launched on March 30, 1997 and, after weeks of whipping us up into a frenzy, all #channel5 could do is remove the word "My". Wow. "The power of 5".
March 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Launched on March 30, 1997 and, after weeks of whipping us up into a frenzy, all #channel5 could do is remove the word "My". Wow. "The power of 5".
40 years ago today Street Hawk debuted on British TV, with the 90-minute TV movie pilot.
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March 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
40 years ago today Street Hawk debuted on British TV, with the 90-minute TV movie pilot.
@channel5bluesky.bsky.social #My5 really hating the side camera angles of @alexisconran.bsky.social on #DoorstepScammers
Not that I think you're not showing his "best side", just I think presenters should speak to ME through the camera, not a person to the side of it. Awful programme making. IMHO.
Not that I think you're not showing his "best side", just I think presenters should speak to ME through the camera, not a person to the side of it. Awful programme making. IMHO.
March 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
@channel5bluesky.bsky.social #My5 really hating the side camera angles of @alexisconran.bsky.social on #DoorstepScammers
Not that I think you're not showing his "best side", just I think presenters should speak to ME through the camera, not a person to the side of it. Awful programme making. IMHO.
Not that I think you're not showing his "best side", just I think presenters should speak to ME through the camera, not a person to the side of it. Awful programme making. IMHO.
Join with @RSPCA_official and take a stand against dog breeding cruelty. Boycott @Crufts @TheKennelClubUK @Channel4
rspca.org.uk/getinvolved/ca…
rspca.org.uk/getinvolved/ca…
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February 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Join with @RSPCA_official and take a stand against dog breeding cruelty. Boycott @Crufts @TheKennelClubUK @Channel4
rspca.org.uk/getinvolved/ca…
rspca.org.uk/getinvolved/ca…