A very happy and peaceful Christmas to you all. Here is my final Revisiting Blogmas post which looks at the history of Christmas music – very quickly! Whatever music you play during this festive season you will find it here. Enjoy your music, enjoy your day if you can and if you can’t may you enjoy some peace. See you the other side of the big day and thank you for reading my blog this year.
This was a classic half hour of TV comedy that is still repeated every year because of its timeless brilliance. The Good Life was never better than in this amazing Christmas special. Join me below as I unpick what is so incredible about this episode.
Yes, it is that show. Angela Rippon left the news desk and danced and there was Nothing Like a Dame as far as a whole host of BBC presenters were concerned. It was one of two shows from 1977 that have stayed in the public consciousness over the next four, nearly five, decades, along with The Good Life. What about the rest? What, indeed! Click the link below and find out.
So, we all know that Christmas TV was way better in the 1970s when across the three days from December 24 to December 26 all we had was classic after classic. Was that really the case? Well, there were of course programmes that have stood the test of time, but as with music, we often remember the best and forget the rest. Come with me as I revisit 1975 on BBC1 and see what it was actually like!
As a kid I always loved getting an annual and in the early 70s I got the usual selection of The Beano, Victor Book for Boys and Blue Peter. Well, it was only Blue Peter that became a yearly staple of my childhood. This was because I loved the range of stories, articles and even Paddington! I was absolutely fascinated by the tale of the Tolpuddle Martyrs and it definitely gave me an early sense of injustice. Anyone who is interested in what a 70s childhood was like, this is a marvellous window into it.
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