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Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, The (1979)
This 1979 animated made-for-television movie was a UK/US co-production based on the 1950 novel by C. S. Lewis.
Four English children - Lucy, Susan, Edmund...
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1 9 5 6 - 1 9 5 7 (USA)
26 x 30 minute episodes
Set in India in the colonial days of the late 19th century,...
Run from the Morning
1 9 7 8 (Australia)
6 x 30 minute episodes
This superior effort from the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) was reminiscent of high-quality British television dramas but...
Freda Lingstrom
1 8 9 3 - 1 9 8 9
The development of television for children in the United Kingdom owes much to the foresight of...
Doctor Dolittle
1 9 7 0 - 1 9 7 2 (USA)
17 x 30 minute episodes
Veterinarian Dr John Dolittle (voiced by Bob Holt) possessed the ability to...
Bond’s First XI (and what happened to them)
Ursula Andress walked from the sea in Dr No in 1962 and became the first of many beautiful women who found fame in James...
LATEST MUSIC POSTS
Long Ryders, The
Hailing from Los Angeles, The Long Ryders formed in November 1981 and based their sound on a blend of psychedelia, country and garage rock....
Big Three, The
In 1962 the most popular group on Merseyside with other musicians was possibly not The Beatles but The Big Three, and yet they couldn't transform their...
Morrissey
Stephen Patrick Morrissey was 13 when he fell in love for the first time - with The New York Dolls. He saw the band on...
Clout
Clout formed as an all-female group in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1977.
Their first and biggest hit, Substitute, was a new arrangement of a Righteous...
Trouser Press
The rock and roll magazine Trouser Press first appeared in 1974 in New York as a mimeographed fanzine by Ira Robbins, Karen Rose and...
Nuns, The
Formed in San Francisco in 1977, The Nuns were one of the city's leading punk/new wave groups. Their insubstantial progress was made even worse...
LATEST TELEVISION POSTS
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1 9 5 6 - 1 9 5 7 (USA)
26 x 30 minute episodes
Set in India in the colonial days of the late 19th century,...
Run from the Morning
1 9 7 8 (Australia)
6 x 30 minute episodes
This superior effort from the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) was reminiscent of high-quality British television dramas but...
Doctor Dolittle
1 9 7 0 - 1 9 7 2 (USA)
17 x 30 minute episodes
Veterinarian Dr John Dolittle (voiced by Bob Holt) possessed the ability to...
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1 9 7 4 - 1 9 7 6 (USA)
56 x 60 minute episodes
After a number of hit records, most notably Tie a Yellow Ribbon...
Here’s David Nixon
1 9 6 3 (UK)
13 x 5 minute episodes
In the autumn of 1963, magician David Nixon appeared in a series of short late-night segments, produced...
Life With Johnny
1 9 6 9 (UK)
6 x 25 minute episodes
Tyne Tees Television produced this short series starring Cliff Richard in the title role.
In each episode, Johnny...
LATEST POP CULTURE POSTS
Freda Lingstrom
1 8 9 3 - 1 9 8 9
The development of television for children in the United Kingdom owes much to the foresight of...
Outspan (Orange) Mini
The Outspan Orange car was shaped like an orange, had orange skin-textured fibreglass bodywork, and looked like an orange but was, in fact, a...
Trouser Press
The rock and roll magazine Trouser Press first appeared in 1974 in New York as a mimeographed fanzine by Ira Robbins, Karen Rose and...
Molesworth
Nigel Molesworth is a fictional character, the supposed author of a series of books about life in an English prep school named St Custard's....
CEEFAX
1 9 7 4 - 2 0 1 2 (UK)
Before the rise of 24-hour networks and readily accessible internet access, bored television viewers in...
John Cooper Clarke
Born on 25 January 1949 in Salford, Manchester, John Cooper Clarke enjoyed a brief vogue as a 'punk poet' with his 1965-style Bob Dylan...
LATEST MOVIES POSTS
Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, The (1979)
This 1979 animated made-for-television movie was a UK/US co-production based on the 1950 novel by C. S. Lewis.
Four English children - Lucy, Susan, Edmund...
Mission Stardust (1967)
This Italian sci-fi film - originally released as ...4...3...2...1...Morte - was based on a popular series of German science fiction novellas featuring the character...
I, a Woman (1965)
Young Swedish nurse Siv (Essy Persson in her film debut) lives unhappily in her drab family home with her strict mother (Tove Maës), a...
Cry of the Banshee (1970)
Vincent Price returns here to Witchfinder General territory as the sadistic magistrate Lord Edward Whitman who is obsessed with tracking down and punishing those...
Doppelgänger (Journey To The Far Side of the Sun) (1969)
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson wrote and produced this tale of a heretofore-hidden parallel world on the far side of the sun - a planet...
Magic (1978)
Failing magician Charles "Corky" Withers (Anthony Hopkins) suddenly hits the big time as a ventriloquist with a vulgar but outrageously funny dummy called Fats....
LATEST EVENTS POSTS
The Troubles (1969 – 1998)
'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland, one of the most turbulent episodes in modern British history, had political and religious roots that were centuries old...
Mandela Day Concert (1988)
The Mandela Day Concert staged on 11 June 1988 at London's Wembley Stadium was organised by Special AKA main man Jerry Dammers and Britain's...
Expo 67
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition - or Expo 67, as it was commonly known - was a World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 27...
Hands Across America (1986)
On Sunday 25 May 1986, Americans were asked to simultaneously hold hands across a 4,137-mile route stretching from California's Santa Monica Pier to New...
LATEST BLOG POSTS
Bond’s First XI (and what happened to them)
Ursula Andress walked from the sea in Dr No in 1962 and became the first of many beautiful women who found fame in James...
Tribute to Mary Wilson of The Supremes
8 February 2021
Mary Wilson was born in Greenville, Mississippi, on 6 March 1944. Her parents separated when she was young and she was raised...
Cloris Leachman dies aged 94
27 January 2021
Cloris Leachman, best known for her comedic work as the self-absorbed Phyllis Lindstrom on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970 - 1977),...
Phil Spector dies at 81 after contracting COVID-19
17 January 2021
Revolutionary and controversial music producer Phil Spector has died from COVID-19 related complications at the age of 81.
Spector was diagnosed with COVID...
Gerry Marsden dead at 78 after short illness
3 January 2021
Gerry and the Pacemakers star Gerry Marsden has died aged 78 after a short illness involving a heart infection.
The band had hits...
Why we all turned to nostalgia to get through 2020
31 December 2020
In a year of such jarring change, it is perhaps no surprise that many of us have longed to turn the clocks...
Gilligan’s Island actress Dawn Wells dies
30 December 2020
American actress Dawn Wells has died of causes related to COVID-19 at the age of 82.
Wells, who portrayed Mary Ann Summers in...
LATEST AUSTRALIA POSTS
Run from the Morning
1 9 7 8 (Australia)
6 x 30 minute episodes
This superior effort from the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) was reminiscent of high-quality British television dramas but...
Dolphin Cove
1 9 8 9 (Australia)
8 x 60 minute episodes
Michael Larson (Frank Converse) is a research scientist based in Los Angeles.
When an opportunity arises for him...
Ride on Stranger
1 9 7 9 (Australia)
4 x 50 minute episodes
Location shots of the Blue Mountains outside Sydney, Australia, provided a magnificent backdrop for this superior four-part...
Madder Lake
Melbourne (Australia) band Madder Lake are best remembered for their infectious single 12lb Toothbrush.
Formed in 1970, their brand of prog rock/psychedelic blues quickly became extremely...
Chain Reaction, The (1980)
Produced in the wake of the worldwide success of Mad Max, this film reunited many of that film's cast and crew (Mel Gibson even...
Lucky Starr
Australian entertainer Lucky Starr was born Leslie William Morrison on 29 December 1940. His father was a motor mechanic and his mother was a housewife,...
Castle, The (1997)
"Tell 'em they're dreamin'"
The Castle was the first feature-length offering from the creative team behind the hit Aussie comedy TV series, Frontline. They succeeded in producing...
