TV AM 1983-1984

Yes, Edwina Lawrie. The kids shows on Saturdays originally ran from 8.30, as was the case initially with the Wide Awake Club, it was only a few years in when they abandoned the Saturday edition of Good Morning Britain and ran kids shows for most of the morning. The Wide Awake Club was the first live kids show on TVam.

I am sure that Datarun's theme was sung by Alison Moyet - if not credited to Yazoo.

1, 2 - 3, 4, 5 - 6, 7 - 8. 9, 10

One two early morning, gotta get up early warning.....

Think it is on YouTube somewhere.

And a slight correction in time - when it first started it was on between 8.40 and 9.15

From my memory the Data Run theme song went like this:

1, 2 - 3, 4, 5 - 6, 7 - 8. 9, 10
One two early morning, gotta get up early warning.....
We know why, we know when
Countdown's starting one to ten
Who's that knocking on the door?
Altogether, 1 2 3 4
Keep in mind, just for fun
Electronic Data Run

Here's some of Summer Run:

For me TV-AM will be remembered for this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0BzBFWt8V8

YouTube is your friend:


Not a bad little ditty, though. Clearly screams "1980s" from the off.

It took one year, When series two come back in September 1985, Wide awake club become two hours long, 07.30 - 09.25.

Wide awake club come alone due to cost cutting, how can something that went out live save money? Or was it because tvam crew was already there?

Because Date Run and the others had loads of outdoor filming and features, whereas the Wide Awake Club was all filmed on one set - and not even a big one, I think it was just the other side of the sofa - and could be filmed in one go. And a lot of the appeal of the Wide Awake Club was that it had a tiny budget anyway, with its daft cheap props. All they needed for an episode of Wacaday was two sticking plasters and some bird feed for Magic.

I never knew that 'Through the Keyhole' started as a segment on TV-am!

Yes, hence why David Frost came wioth it when it became a fully fledged programme. As Morning Glory points out, in the pilot they had Loyd looking round the editor's house, and Angela Rippon found Loyd's lampooning of his taste so offensive, and thought Loyd was such a git, she didn't want anything to do with it and demanded never to have to introduce the item.

Of course we all know what happened to Rippon....