#OnThisDay 9 March 1993 📺TV Listings
The Fowlers' world turns upside down in #EastEnders and the Sugdens need a home in #Emmerdale.
#CarlaLane's new comedy LUV begins, starring #SueJohnston.
The pilot of the British version of The Golden Girls, BRIGHTON BELLES.
#OnThisDay 9 March 1993
BRIGTON BELLES, the UK's answer to The Golden Girls, debuts at 8.30 on ITV. Starring #SheilaHancock, #WendyCraig, #JeanBoht and #SheilaGish, the full series that followed later performed poorly in the ratings and was pulled from the schedule six episodes into its run of ten.
#OnThisDay 9 March 1987
The first episode of FRENCH AND SAUNDERS is broadcast on BBC2. A sketch comedy starring #DawnFrench and #JenniferSaunders, 48 episodes were made up to 2005.
Here's a promotional slide, the opening to the first show, and a Dawn French interview.
#OnThisDay 9 March 1985
#SpikeMilligan joins #SandiToksvig to play "the daring, dazzling, death defyingly dull, devastatingly dangerous, delectable, delicatessen-able, divinely decadent Sandwich Quiz" as part of Saturday morning show No. 73.
#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 29 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 9 March 1997
1. #EastEnders 19.08m
2. #CoronationStreet 18.04
3. #Emmerdale 14.11
4. Jane Eyre 12.52
5. #TheBill 11.49
6. National Lottery Live 11.45
7. Champions League Live 11.07
7= Peak Practice 11.07
#OnThisDay 9 March 1994
POISON IVY
Poor old #LynnePerrie had the smile wiped of her fat-implanted lips when she was told that she was to be ousted from #CoronationStreet yesterday . . .
#OnThisDay 9 March 1988
CUT COSTS - OR ITV WILL GO BANKRUPT
ITV must cut its costs or face bankruptcy if it is to survive in the new world of multi-channel television, according to a report today . . . Local ITV programmes are more expensive than any other type of programme . . .
#OnThisDay 9 March 1980
SHAME OF A CORONATION STREET STAR - People Will Say I Should Be Shot For What I Have Done To My Two Children - Jennifer Moss has revealed the horrifying secret she hid when she left #CoronationStreet . . .
#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 34 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 8 March 1992
1. #EastEnders 21.95m
2. #CoronationStreet 19.49
3. #Neighbours 17.56
4. One Foot in the Grave 16.20
5. Wish You Were Here 15.17
6. You've Been Framed 15.11
7. Take Your Pick 14.40
8. So Haunt Me 14.17
#OnThisDay 8 March 2001 - MORE! magazine
#CatDeeley - The Secrets of her Sex Kitten Style.
"I was too naughty for Baby Spice!" says #JohnSimm.
"I don't fancy you!' - #DermotOLeary goes dating.
#OnThisDay 8 March 1997 - INSIDE SOAP
THE NEW GENERATION - #EastEnders' #NatalieCassidy and #CoronationStreet's #JosephGilgun give the lowdown on their mums.
MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE HE'S NOT A LONDONER - #Neighbours' #JesseSpencer visits the capital.
BEHIND THE SCENES AT #TheArchers.
#OnThisDay 8 March 1983
A young #AdamWoodyatt stars in THE BAKER STREET BOYS at 5.10 on BBC1. The series recounts the adventures of a gang of street urchins living in Victorian London who assist the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes in solving crimes.
#OnThisDay 8 March 1990
BBC News reports that:
"The Government has announced changes to its proposals for the future of independent television. The Broadcasting Bill is being amended so franchises will not automatically go to the highest bidder . . ."
#OnThisDay 8 March 1994
The newspapers reveal that #CoronationStreet star #LynnePerrie has been sacked from her role as Ivy Tilsley in the top ITV soap . . .
Here she is, in 1996, recalling that moment.
#OnThisDay 8 March 1994
TV IVY SACKED - Street Star Is Heartbroken
#CoronationStreet star #LynnePerrie was sensationally sacked last night after 20 years in the top ITV soap . . .
#OnThisDay 8 March 1984
Hurry yourself along to the Reopening Sale at MFI in Torquay. Meet #WilliamRoache, Ken Barlow of #CoronationStreet, who will be in the store from 10am, and win a trip to the Olympics in the great free draw! What are you waiting for?
#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 41 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 3 March 1985
1. #CoronationStreet 18.05m
2. Last of the Summer Wine 16.75
3. Miss Marple 15.35
4. The Laughter Show 15.15
5. #OnlyFoolsAndHorses 14.90
6. #Crossroads 14.80
7. One by One 14.25
8. #EastEnders 14.20
#OnThisDay 3 March 1987
BBC2 makes the unusual move of celebrating an ITV programme when it tells THE STORY OF THIS IS YOUR LIFE. Eamonn Andrews takes us behind the scenes of the episode surprising Coronation Street's Bill Waddington, aka Percy Sugden.
From March 1999
BOX FRESH - the cream of the small screen's newest and tastiest talent - including James Redmond from #Hollyoaks, 18-year-old #PhilipOlivier from #Brookside, and 24-year-old presenter #BenShephard.
From March 1989 - THE STREET magazine remembers when #CoronationStreet's Fred Gee took Bet Lynch and Betty Turpin on an Easter picnic. What could possibly go wrong?
#OnThisDay 3 March 1994
I'M HAPPY WITH LIFE AT SUN HILL NICK
Stresses of working long, unsociable hours have not dampened Andy Paul's love of his job. Over the last five years as policeman Dave Quinnan in #TheBill, the actor has become the caring face of Sun Hill station . . .
#OnThisDay 3 March 1990
MAKING OUT IN HER OWN SWEET WAY
Former #CoronationStreet regular #TracieBennett is on a different kind of production line as the new factory supervisor in TV's gritty comedy-drama Making Out. She proved to the Daily Post that she has enough resilience ...
#OnThisDay 3 March 1985
EASTENDERS STAR SAYS 'I'M NO ELSIE TANNER!'
Actress #WendyRichard, overnight star of #EastEnders warned last week: "I'm not going to become the new Elsie Tanner. I'm not going to be stuck with the part for the rest of my life . . ."
#OnThisDay 3 March 1982
Hurry yourself along to the Warrington Ideal Home Exhibition - with celebrities from #CoronationStreet, including guest appearances by #JohnnyBriggs and #HelenWorth. Plus a fully licensed bar and snack facilities. What are you waiting for?
#OnThisDay 3 March 1962
Hurry yourself along to SUPER JET DRY CLEANERS in Queen Street, where Elsie and Dennis Tanner of #CoronationStreet fame, #PatPhoenix & #PhilipLowrie, will officially perform the opening ceremony. Plus the first 500 customer will receive discount vouchers!
#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 40 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 2 March 1986
1. #EastEnders 24.35m
2. #CoronationStreet 19.25
3. Surprise Surprise 15.00
4. Wish You Were Here 14.60
5. TV Times Awards 13.90
6. This Is Your Life 13.80
7. #Emmerdale Farm 13.75
8. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
#OnThisDay from March 1992 - TV HITS
#VicReeves and #BobMortimer are your centrefolds!
"I'm not the next Craig McLachlan!" says #Neighbours' Richard Huggett.
A guide to Cops On TV.
Plus a sneak preview of #ChristianSlater in Mobsters.
#OnThisDay from March 1992 - TV HITS
The results of the TV Hits readers poll are in -
Best TV Show: Beverly Hills 90210
Best Soap: #HomeAndAway
Worst TV Show: #Brookside
Best Singer: #JasonDonovan
Uncoolest Person: #ChesneyHawkes
Best New Star: #MarkyMark
Best Group: #NKOTB
#OnThisDay from March 1994 - INSIDE SOAP
#HomeAndAway's Nicolle Dickson reveals WHY BOBBY HAD TO DIE!
"I'M A BIT OF A BORE!" says #EastEnders' #MichaelFrench.
STREET STYLE - The #CoronationStreet wardrobe department is a hive of activity.
In #Emmerdale there's WEDDING BELLS . . .
#OnThisDay 2 March 1991
Proving himself to be the Miley Cyrus of his day, #PaulDaniels ends up astride a wrecking ball, watched over by #JonPertwee, after a truck attempts to crush him to death with eight concrete slabs.
