I think there must’ve been an electrician strike at ITV over that weekend, as ITN and Thames News had to broadcast newscasts with the studio house lights rather than the more powerful studio lights on the following Monday. Fun fact: Night Thoughts was a Thames TV production, and the only programme which aired on LWT every weekend on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
@@jamier5717 Yes it was too-it ran from August 1987 to March 1989. LWT then replaced it in the April with The James Whale Radio Show-which had already been running on most of the other ITV regions by then so too.
Haha! You as well eh! I spent many a time dozing off in the chair, and waking up at 2am to a snowy picture with white noise. Wish I could fall asleep that easily now...
I remember playing games on my Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K in a dark bedroom, when suddenly I looked up and saw a bright orange glow, rising up the wall from my black and white 19" TV. It did not set on fire and thankfully only fizzed out and died, but it was a little alarming for a moment!
The story about the missing dog is saddening. I wonder if he found Sascha?
I think there must’ve been an electrician strike at ITV over that weekend, as ITN and Thames News had to broadcast newscasts with the studio house lights rather than the more powerful studio lights on the following Monday.
Fun fact: Night Thoughts was a Thames TV production, and the only programme which aired on LWT every weekend on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
Was it just me, or was the Queen's tiara on at a slight angle? Made her look like she'd been at the cooking sherry before having that photo taken.
When we used to have closedown on itv
My earliest memories of overnight broadcasts on LWT was a show called 'Night Network.'
Jamie R that was a great show.
@@jamier5717 Yes it was too-it ran from August 1987 to March 1989. LWT then replaced it in the April with The James Whale Radio Show-which had already been running on most of the other ITV regions by then so too.
4:03: Now our final programme, Night Thoughts with Viscount Tonypandy.
need night thoughts
8:57
OH NO, OH NO, DON'T STARING AT ME!
I always forgot to turn off my television set. Still do.
Haha! You as well eh! I spent many a time dozing off in the chair, and waking up at 2am to a snowy picture with white noise. Wish I could fall asleep that easily now...
And has there ever been a electrical fire from your TV?
No, not at all. When I think back to the massive wooden sided TV I had in my bedroom when I was young, I'm surprised I didn't burn the house down.
I remember playing games on my Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K in a dark bedroom, when suddenly I looked up and saw a bright orange glow, rising up the wall from my black and white 19" TV. It did not set on fire and thankfully only fizzed out and died, but it was a little alarming for a moment!