20 October 2017 Puppets used for some of the best-loved children’s TV characters of the 1970s and ’80s are to get urgent repairs to stop them…
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One of the best things about Glam fashion was that it was always available, and never overpriced. It had the effect of making its superstars…
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will play classic Countdown episodes in the show’s original timeslot from 17 September. Classic Countdown will air on Sunday nights…
20 August 2017 American comedian Jerry Lewis – famous for his double-act with Dean Martin and his starring role in slapstick comedy films during the…
18 August 2017 Sir Bruce Forsyth, the veteran entertainer and presenter of many successful TV shows, has died aged 89. The former Strictly Come Dancing…
Many TV shows are lubricated by alcohol, and the big American soaps would dry up and stop without it. The Rovers Return, The Queen Victoria…
Once upon a time in a country where children were served warm milk for free in the middle of the morning, the TV overlords surveyed…
On 12 October 1969, out of the blue, a Detroit radio station began announcing that Paul McCartney was dead. The shock claim was picked up…
15 July 2017 Martin Landau has died. He was 89, and his death was confirmed by his publicist “following a short hospitalisation”. Arguably Landau’s career…
6 July 2017 Children’s TV star Carol Lee Scott, best known as Grotbags the witch, has died aged 74. The entertainer appeared in several children’s…
Things were simple in the 70s – even politicians (Exhibit 1: Gerald Ford). This wonderful synthetic decade brought us Glam Rock, Pet Rocks and Punk…
It’s no coincidence that Britain embraced Glam at precisely the moment that colour TV sets became affordable. Out went any series which looked great in…
To outsiders, it seemed that Pete Duel had everything to live for – a loving girlfriend, a nice home, money and a hit TV series.…
We are sticklers for a spot of nostalgia, whether that’s the return of former Saturday night fave Stars in their Eyes or the constant rumours…
10 June 2017 Adam West, the US actor best known as the star of the hit 1960s TV series Batman, has died aged 88. West died…
She has what must be Britain’s best-known silhouette – yet for 40 years she has been anonymous herself. Since 1964, the sign displaying a little…
In 2014, executives from 100 British toy companies were invited to cast their votes on the games which they thought had most shaped the industry and childhoods over…
There were always more differences between albums and singles than just the price and size. Singles, by tradition, carried the vital new ideas of music,…
In the movies, few brand names are as instantly recognised or as redolent of a certain genre of filmmaking as that of Hammer. What Disney…
1969: Neil Armstrong walks on the moon, America bombs Vietnam, and dozens of Minis bring Turin to a standstill. Nostalgia Central takes you behind the scenes of The Italian…