The Strangest Regional Programmes

what about Granny banana?

that was a strange STV programme! and there was two smaller things...

they don't quite count as 'strange', but toyah wilcox's canals, biking butler and sue beardsmore's balloon were personal favourites of mine from bbc two midlands.

An early slot in Central News from around 1982 called 'Newshound', featuring Oscar the dog, ably assisted by Bob Warman & some bloke whos dropped off the radar, due to him doing time for something very naughty with people he shouldn't done it with, ISTR, John Caine.

I went on the Oscar walk with a 'borrowed' Chiwowah(sp!) at Walsall Arboretum about 25 years ago too!

Granny BANNANIE actually, don't know the programme title but this was on GMTV, not STV. You might be forgiven for thinking otherwise though, since it was Kate Copstick in the suit.

I find it strange that Hancocks Half-Time is a programme made by Central TV about Midlands footballs teams only, yet it considered a perfectly reasonable regional programme for London . Aeeeee...

it was made by STV and it was REdud in to galice

Although not bad in that way, I remember back in 2003 (if not no later than 2004) on BBC One North West they did a couple of extra programmes a trial, one was a gameshow hosted by Stuart Marconie and Dave Spikey on a panel with some comedians, the other being a one off Drama especially for BBC NW.

Both of these programmes were only ever seen after 10.35pm, but would be nice to see the BBC do more of this, other than the News, Inside Out and the Politics Show, the Regions tend to do very little.

they do a separate version, with the same pundits, for tx in the carlton/lwt region ... apparently

I remember that one.

It got a network showing too, as I remember seeing it down here, before the glories of out-of-area on satellite.

indeed - as did sues balloon!

Ah, managed to miss Sue on network.

I must have picked up on Tony, particularly, for reasons discussed in another thread.

Excellent offering from HTV - "The Road That Changed Wales" - 6 x 30 minute programmes all about....er...the M4...