They did have their own show: 'Trev and Simon's Transmission Impossible'. There were two series, broadcast 30 October - 4 December 1996 and the second 8 January - 16 April 1997, at 6.45pm on BBC2. They have appeared in various other things, including an Amnesty International show and in '!Viva Cabaret!', a standup show broadcast on Channel 4 in 1993 and 1994.
Don't know what they've done recently though!
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ian posted:
They did have their own show: 'Trev and Simon's Transmission Impossible'. There were two series, broadcast 30 October - 4 December 1996 and the second 8 January - 16 April 1997, at 6.45pm on BBC2
Although that was only a repeat of a segment originally broadcast in the previous week's Live and Kicking (in the same way Electric Circus and later Hit Miss or Maybe had midweek repeats on BBC2).
Trev & Simon appeared on Jonathan Ross's show on Radio 2 a few weeks ago, and they said they doing something on Channel 5 - which might explain why we haven't seen them recently!
Ah I remember the Hit, Miss or Maybe.
And the original jingle for the CiTV phone number (09011 10 50 10) was just as catchy as the Live and Kicking 0818 118181 one!
(Later, CiTV kept the number but edited the jingle, then changed number and jingle completely).
Why were the summer alternatives to Live and Kicking and Going Live all invariably crap? 8:15 From Manchester, Fully Booked, Parallel 9, FBi, they were all useless!
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Katherine posted:
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Why were the summer alternatives to Live and Kicking and Going Live all invariably crap? 8:15 From Manchester, Fully Booked, Parallel 9, FBi, they were all useless!
Because when Swap Shop began in 1976 (very good year) they came up with a winning formula which they stuck with for 24 years.
BBC Manchester, and later BBC Scotland, had to come up with something completely different for the summer months - which was rarely any good, hence they kept changing it every year.
I never watched FBi, Parallel 9 was appalling, but my vote for the worst all-time Saturday morning show has to be the dreadful It's Wicked! (One series, summer 1987). The best summer Saturday show was probably On the Waterfront (1988-89) which had more of a comedy slant (and was pre-recorded).
Anyone remember those two?
I remember On The Waterfront, it was presented by Andrew O'Connor, Kate Copstick, Terry Randall and Bernie Nolan wasn't it? i will admit, that one was slightly less crap than the others. I remember they had a cartoon called 'Lantern Jaw' on it and also The 'Flashing Blade'.
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Ah yes, The Flashing Blade! I had forgotten about that bit! That was actually quite funny, probably the best bit of the show!
I love it, anyone got it?