9 years ago today

Well, 9 years ago today was the day of Crossover 92.  What a lot has happened since then!

Thames 9 years ago today:

06.00 TV-am
Mike Morris and Lorraine Kelly present the final programme on the bright sofas.  Final guests include Clive James, Rory Bremner, Boy George and of course, Timmy Mallett.

09.25 The New Adventures of He-Man
I have the power! - Sorry couldn't resist!

09.50 Thames News

09.55 Cartoon Time

10.15 Film: The Sons of Katie Elder
(1965) Lively Western starring John Wayne

12.30 ITN News

12.50 Thames News

13.00 Home and Away
Australian soap set in Summer Bay

13.30 Film: Cheetah
(1989) Disney Adventure

15.00 ITN News

15.06 Thames News

15.10 Take the High Road

15.35 Cartoon

15.45 B & B
Family drama starring Kevin Whately who sets up a family bed and breakfast but runs into all kinds of trouble.

17.40 Early Evening News

17.55 Thames News

18.00 Home and Away
18.30 Emmerdale

19.00 Murder at the Farm: Who killed Carl Bridgewater
Documentary about the murder of a newspaper boy in 1978.

20.00 The Bill
WPC Auckland comes into a danger with a violent thug

20.30 John Le Carre's A Murder of Quality

22.30 News

22.45 The End of the Year Show:  The Best... from Thames
A compilation of clips from Thames' finest.

23.55 News followed by Big Ben


COMPARE TO TODAY:

06:00 GMTV (Magazine Programme)

09:25 Digimon (Animation)

09:50 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (Sitcom)

10:15 The Angry Beavers (Animation)

10:30 Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (Film)

12:20 ITV News; Weather (News)

12:35 Murray and Martin's F1 Special (Motoring)

13:35 Gone With The Wind (Film)

15:45 Goodnight Mister Tom (Drama)

17:45 ITV Evening News; Weather (News)

18:00 Surprising Stars (Entertainment)

19:00 Emmerdale (Soap)

19:30 Coronation Street (Soap)

20:00 Shampoo (Entertainment)

20:30 The Des O'Connor Tonight New Year Special (Talk Show)

21:30 ITV News; Weather (News)

21:40 Midsomer Murders (Drama)

23:30 2DTV (Entertainment)

23:55 ITV News Headlines including New Year from Big Ben (News)


(Edited by Whataday at 4:35 pm on Dec. 31, 2001)

One thing I noticed is the lack of regional news on todays line up. So much for local community television.

Wishing you all a Happy New Year

Dave - Jersey

Hmm.....

Today In 1992

3.45 Kevin Whatley

Today in 2001

3.45 John Thaw

INSPECTOR MORSE and the idea of pitting on the drama at 3.45?

Kinda weird.

I noticed Whatadays copied the listings from Real Verdicthttp://web.ukonline.co.uk/tv.home/forum/emoticons/biggrin.gif

What, you mean THIS Real Verdict? http://web.ukonline.co.uk/tv.home/forum/emoticons/biggrin.gif

If you haven't yet discovered 'Off the Telly', then there history of New Year's Eve TV will give you a good feel for the site.

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ott/newyearseve.htm

Excerpt: 'A further problem for the third channel was that the ITV franchises ran up until New Year's Eve, meaning that on more than one occasion regional companies were going off the air that night. Thus in 1981, viewers in the South of England were offered up an excellent New Year's entertainment, seeing the chairman of Southern Television make a nasty, bitter speech about how awful the IBA had been and Richard Stilgoe performing a song slagging off TVS, the new franchise holder (whom he dubbed 'Portakabin TV'). Happy new year to you, too. Similarly, but with rather more dignity, Richard Dunn said goodbye from all the staff at Thames on New Year's Eve 1992.'