I remember the saturday show titles had big daddy's hat in it and other references, such as the 'just for you' part where the choosen child sat in a big chair and wore a cape like Big daddy
I seem to recall Bill Oddie on it, or was that Saturday Banana?, hay it was 20 odd years ago.
Thanks for the ITV lists for those who provided them. After Tiswas we (me and big brother) stuck to the BBC Saturday offerings
I've seen the TisWas DVD about in HMV & Virgin Megastores, unfortunately I'm too young to have ever seen it (being born in 1983).
Is the DVD a worthy purchase?
I think it is, the DVD is a rerelease of three VHS tapes that were released in the early 1990's and in total it's on for the best part of 3 hours and it's a good laugh. Two of them are taken from the master copies, but one of them is directly taken from the VHS, which I understand Network have done before due to the lack of archive available from Granada.
I've seen the TisWas DVD about in HMV & Virgin Megastores, unfortunately I'm too young to have ever seen it (being born in 1983).
Is the DVD a worthy purchase?
I think it is, the DVD is a rerelease of three VHS tapes that were released in the early 1990's and in total it's on for the best part of 3 hours and it's a good laugh. Two of them are taken from the master copies, but one of them is directly taken from the VHS, which I understand Network have done before due to the lack of archive available from Granada.
Thanks for the info, I'll try & source it out this week
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so Does anyone actully know when Each area braodcasted TISWAS?
so Does anyone actully know when Each area braodcasted TISWAS?
does somebody actually read the above posts before posting?
that's what we've spent the last 2 pages discussing and several posters have already answered that question
in the words of the previous poster
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marksi posted:
Right, here's a vague guide based on some of the listings in the Times Archive, though sometimes the search engine is a little dodgy, and I've just taken pot shots at dates... other times it's hard to find because some regions are listed "as ATV except..." and others "as London except..."
The first reference I find to TISWAS was on ATV on 20 March 1974.
Moving on to 30 April 1977 and I find that HTV has something called TISWAS but it's billed in a 30 minute slot and not at the same time as the ATV show, perhaps opting in for part of it? Border are showing TISWAS from ATV.
28 May 1977 and Granada is showing TISWAS from ATV.
By 24 September 1977 it is listed in the Anglia and Scottish regions.
By 29 October 1977 it is listed in the Southern region. Granada aren't showing it at this time.
Early 1978 and Granada are showing it again. Southern aren't.
October 1978 and it's ONLY on ATV but HTV is taking a bit of it.
November 1979 and it's on London Weekend. It's not on Granada, Scottish, Channel or Ulster. It IS ON in Grampian; Anglia's showing Saturday Banana.
Then we have a gap because The Times Archive only lists London region.
05 September 1981and a new series of TISWAS starts, it's on everywhere except Channel, where broadcasting doesn't start until 12.30 and World of Sport.
05 Dec 1981 and it's as you were except Granada are showing two films instead of TISWAS.
10 Jan 1982 - the new TSW isn't showing TISWAS, the new TVS has Number 73. Yorkshire has a movie.
03 Apr 1982 - Yorkshire's showing a movie, TSW The Saturday Show.
And that's the last time I find it. If you weren't confused before, you probably are now.
this list is nice But what I mean is there still some gaps missing ....
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also acrroding to tiswas online there stating that is was shown everywhere form 1979 onwards which is not the case..
It's going to be virtually impossible at this remove to give a complete list. It appears that some regions dipped in and out randomly, though it's fair to say that MOST regions were taking it by 1979 or thereabouts.
I remember on episode of Tiswas when the show started with the wrong ident. Chris popped up on screen and said: "Hang on, that's not right. Let's try that again!"
And then they went on to play all the stations idents until they got to the ATV Zoom.
I seem to recall Bill Oddie on it, or was that Saturday Banana?, hay it was 20 odd years ago.
Yes, that was Saturday Banana, a Southern programme I'd love to see an episode of. I got sent a video full of title sequences from the show once, it doesn't half look strange!
