At first I didn't recognise the Topic advert at all.Not until the end when he fell through the trap door and the lady prompted his lines did the cobweb begin to clear BUT THEN...OH THEN....the NOSTALGIA flod hit me with the ZANUSSI ADVERT. MY god...memories came FLODING BACK!. Wonderful..but WHERE did the years go?.
After the end of a showing of Jason and the Argonauts. Always remembered watching it back on Christmas Eve 1981. Probably the first time I had seen it. Great film.
got that, clash of the titans and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger on DVD a few years back. just for a bit of Christmas nostalgia. All superb films. Will be watching them this Christmas too
Xmas 81 I recall 2001 a space odyssey, Close encounters of the third kind and Capricorn one movies all getting their tv premieres that holiday period...also loved watching making of the empire strikes back I still have 'em on VHS
I remember watching Quincey’s quest on tv this year. The silhouette of the witch really freaked me out though! 😂 Also remember continually asking my mum “if it was time to go to bed yet?” From when it got dark at 4pm😂 She must have been glad when it was final,y my bed time 😂😂Great days when Christmas felt so special ❤
Never noticed back then AND have had to see Zanuzzi ad TWICE even now to notice that Monseiur Allo Allo is playing the "father figure" to that VERY second world war "spiv" boy who was all over the screen back then but whose name I never knew.
What was the point in making it changing its name from ATV? Central and its reorganisation never came close to ATV. And now look at it, everything comes out of Birmingham again.
I did NOT know Brazil Brush started as an 80s show! I am a 90s kid & grew up with Brazil Brush on CBBC. Didn't know he immigrated from pre-Citv (Watch It!)
@@ADCTVCollection Cool! That is nice to know that he has been the childhood of so many children before me. I also know Sooty has been around before TV got its colour & is still going to this day, on LittleBe (ItvBe). Also, thanks for uploading this; footage of Watch It! is rare.
I watched Basil Brush all the time in the 70's & 80's, same with Sooty. Thanks, not often Watch It! clips turn up, but I love it when they do. I'm sure I have another Watch It! clip somewhere, I need to find it and get that uploaded.
What was that Ad Lib show about? I can't find anything online about it due to its title being such a common phrase and I never watched it back in the day because I was still a toddler when it was on TV.
@@philmasters5277 i wish I knew been trying to find it but .. No hope as of yet but still searching.great little jingle loved watch it! Great memories of autumn/summer 1981..
Who's that I see in Give Us A Clue? Could it be Mr "I'm turning out the light, you might up a fight..." But nothing - not even 4.54 - could be more flesh-crawling than the Buttercup advert. if that's your attitude, just advertise paediatric enemas and get it over with.
I remember watching Scrooge that evening with my Great Uncle. Really happy memories of a simpler time.
OK, I’ll do it... “What’s got a hazelnut in every bite?”....Squirrel sh!t
I’ll get me coat.....
Love the Watch It! Christmas animation
At first I didn't recognise the Topic advert at all.Not until the end when he fell through the trap door and the lady prompted his lines did the cobweb begin to clear BUT THEN...OH THEN....the NOSTALGIA flod hit me with the ZANUSSI ADVERT. MY god...memories came FLODING BACK!. Wonderful..but WHERE did the years go?.
After the end of a showing of Jason and the Argonauts. Always remembered watching it back on Christmas Eve 1981. Probably the first time I had seen it. Great film.
chrishoy77 Haha I found that in a charity shop few weeks ago for a ponud and watched it again after all these years haha good stuff
Oh no it weren't it was Clash of the Titans hahaha
Ray Harryhausen Movie Masterpiece #HubermanProject #RayHarryhausen
Clash of the Titans was at the flicks in 81. Didn't come on television until early 1984. And it was on BBC1
got that, clash of the titans and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger on DVD a few years back. just for a bit of Christmas nostalgia. All superb films. Will be watching them this Christmas too
Xmas 81 I recall 2001 a space odyssey, Close encounters of the third kind and Capricorn one movies all getting their tv premieres that holiday period...also loved watching making of the empire strikes back I still have 'em on VHS
Spot on, quite a Sci-Fi Christmas!
René and Micky Pearce! 😄
I remember watching Quincey’s quest on tv this year. The silhouette of the witch really freaked me out though! 😂 Also remember continually asking my mum “if it was time to go to bed yet?” From when it got dark at 4pm😂 She must have been glad when it was final,y my bed time 😂😂Great days when Christmas felt so special ❤
Never noticed back then AND have had to see Zanuzzi ad TWICE even now to notice that Monseiur Allo Allo is playing the "father figure" to that VERY second world war "spiv" boy who was all over the screen back then but whose name I never knew.
Patrick Murray, aka Mickey Pearce from Only fools and horses.
@@budte Who is sadly not well at the moment from what I have read alas of course so then too.
Great picture quality!
These ads I remember them well.
I know what I will ask Santa for this Christmas........A Time Machine
Thanks for upload
That's ok.
I know ytv did not do invision continuity but did they not do it for watch it?
This was 7 days before the channel was renamed to Central Tv
What was the point in making it changing its name from ATV? Central and its reorganisation never came close to ATV. And now look at it, everything comes out of Birmingham again.
Im most impressed at how far the dog owner threw that stick? It looked as though it crossed the border into the next county
Adlib looks like a spoof.. But I remember it.... And it wasn't.
Any suspicions that the toggling exclamation mark in the Watch It! ident held any subliminal message seems to be confirmed at 5:35!
Its very clever - reads Watch it and Watch ITV.
Watch it! Was ace love to go back to 1981♥️
I did NOT know Brazil Brush started as an 80s show! I am a 90s kid & grew up with Brazil Brush on CBBC. Didn't know he immigrated from pre-Citv (Watch It!)
Basil Brush start back in 1962. Lots of info about him on Wikipedia. See link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Brush
@@ADCTVCollection Cool! That is nice to know that he has been the childhood of so many children before me. I also know Sooty has been around before TV got its colour & is still going to this day, on LittleBe (ItvBe).
Also, thanks for uploading this; footage of Watch It! is rare.
I watched Basil Brush all the time in the 70's & 80's, same with Sooty. Thanks, not often Watch It! clips turn up, but I love it when they do. I'm sure I have another Watch It! clip somewhere, I need to find it and get that uploaded.
This was 3 days before my sister was born.
On her majesty secret service theme
Start of the final week* of ATV.
*Technically they didn't lose their franchise but were forced to reincorporate into Central by the IBA.
A Pre-Central
Gorden Kaye and Mickey out of off of Only Fools in the Zanussi ad.
Nicolas Lyndhurst aka Rodney Trotter on Give us a clue
What was that Ad Lib show about? I can't find anything online about it due to its title being such a common phrase and I never watched it back in the day because I was still a toddler when it was on TV.
4:47 According to CheapShow Podcast, "a very brown snack".
Rene and Mickey Pearce!
Watch It! (1981)
Children's ITV (1983-1998)
CITV (1998-present)
Watch it ! Was the best out of those three👍
Anyone know what the theme tune to Watch It was called. Been trying to find the music, I think it's great.
@@philmasters5277 i wish I knew been trying to find it but ..
No hope as of yet but still searching.great little jingle loved watch it! Great memories of autumn/summer 1981..
Presumably "FROLIC" is being voiced by JON Pertwee as opposed to his son who would have ben very young back then?. Both have remarkable similarities.
Scrooge 1970……at 9pm?? Isn’t that late for Charles Dickens?
Blimey! I'd forgotten about that show Adlib. It was terrible! Ha ha!
Steve Smith Yeah that was dreadful
I could never work out who it was aimed at.
@@carlesq. Well it was made by Yorkshite so whst would you expect.
Why do they say noogaaat instead of Nougat !!!!!
@ Scott Ptolomey: Because that is the correct French pronunciation, Scott.
my "O" key is VERY WOONKY @the m*ment!.
Stave it off, 1-2-3
No memory of 'Adlib' at all...........
Who's that I see in Give Us A Clue? Could it be Mr "I'm turning out the light, you might up a fight..."
But nothing - not even 4.54 - could be more flesh-crawling than the Buttercup advert. if that's your attitude, just advertise paediatric enemas and get it over with.
Ad Lib ..what a bloody awful show that was .