That repeat of a 1987-vintage episode of Wogan the other night allowed us to enjoy an imperial slice of Tel-evision. And it...
When the BBC’s first television channel launched in 1936, the world had yet to cotton on to the value of photographing interesting...
How blissful. It’s Joanna Lumley, in a jumpsuit, on a boat. With summer days driftin’ away for all of us, we thought...
THE GREAT DIGITAL SWITCHOVER (that should have been its official name) is almost over.
More snapshots of party conferences we have known.
It’s a truly historic week for British TV. Blue Peter has broadcast its last ever episode from Television Centre. The show has...
From 1979, a big TV Cream no-prize for whoever is first in the comments to identify which TV show Harry H Corbett...
It's the new money, you know!
Move over Meryl, it's Maureen!
A few months back Lionel clocked up 60 - count 'em, Cliff - years in showbusiness.
…from everyone at TV Cream!
Back! Back! Back! Our occasional series of Lovely-pictures-without-a-remit. And here’s a TV tie-in! We present a lovely behind-the-scenes still from the 1975...
Atten-shun! It’s a PICTURE BOX special investigation, into the photographic habits of one Alistair Gordon Chunky Splink Lethbridge Hyphen-or-no-Hyphen Stewart of the...
Text from us almost wholly redundant in light of the visual joyfulness. So, let's give you this: It's 1968 (just Cream era,...
The second portrait in TV Cream's occasional series of lovely-pictures-without-a-remit. And look who it isn't? Good old Justin Bennett off of GRANGE...
Taking advantage of the acres of pixel space now opened on the front page of TV Cream, we start an occasional series...
It's been a momentous few days in British politics - and TV Cream is proud to be able to bring you an...
So long, prescient Kennedy...
By way of a hat-doff to the party conference season, here's Shirley Williams ("a dear gal, a lovely sweet gal") hoping to...
A bowl of custand and a copy of Tony Blackburn: The Living Legend by Tony Blackburn to whoever can work out what...
Meet Pudsey Bear mark 1. Save for this photo, he seems to have been airbrushed out of history – perhaps wisely. Presumably...
…and we’ve just got one thing to say about the current health of the economy and the public’s opinion of elected politicians. Take...
Science!
It’s 14th January 1976, and the country’s streets and fields are in a shocking state. The call goes out for a) a...
To celebrate reaching a half-century of graphical archivery, here’s that official new Countryfile presenting line-up in full:
Here are three folk clearly up to something agreeable…but what?
A chevron-sized salute to those in or around its soon-to-be-emptied environs… 1) It’s May 1978, and a waspishly-posed Ted unveils The Gentle...
It’s the 1990s, which means Danny Baker is arriving at or is leaving or has just resigned from another radio station. But...
Apropos nothing, a few snapshots of the erstwhile home of Nationwide, Tonight, 24 Hours, Breakfast Time and The Dimbleby Talk-In. 1) It’s...
One of the many many highlights of BBC4’s recent Nationwide documentary was the sight of Michael Barratt blithely doing a bit to...
Getting to see snow when it’s not Christmas is one thing; getting to see snow on TV when it’s not a Christmas...
It being precisely 20 years since Sky Television arrived in the UK, here’s a special photo clippage collection hailing from the station’s...
It’s July 1966, and ATV decides to throw a lunch for the England football team at its Borehamwood studios. Bill Ward is...
1) SATIRICAL FROST (1962-3) Rushton, Percival, Martin, Frost and Kernan bring down the establishment with a long-player and cardboard cut-out versions of...
It’s all over for the nation’s favourite bargain bin-cum-high street emporium. Well, unless the government decides to buy Woolworths on behalf of...
A pre pre-Christmas message from Rolf:
Sir Jim’ll points at the credit roller for an edition of Top Of The Pops which boasts, among others, The Shadows, Beatles Band...
It’s that man again. But for what wheeze is he trying to comandeer the resources of the nation?
What glittering occasion could possibly have brought these three stars together?
“Have you *seen* the latest viewing figures?!”
Now there’s a title that’s likely to get this blog’s search queries shooting up. 1) Harold Wilson and Dick Crossman cook up...
It’s 1972. Any suggestions as to the record Roy has just broken here?
Just what is going on here…and who’s the bloke on the floor?
He’s the man of a thousand faces, every one a different version of open-mouthed, wide-eyed exuber-ism. But what particular historical epihanies are...
1) A dapper David Coleman gives his chequered suit an outing in Mexico, 1968: 2) Olive off of On The Buses turns...
Now here’s a subject fit for blog treatment. Yes, it’s 10 years to the month since the press launch of OnDigital. Here’s...
Haven’t had one of these for a while. Any ideas as to what the occasion is here?
Election night approaches, and David indicates the number of viewers likely to tune into his brother on the other side.
It’s the 250th post on this blog, and what better way to mark the occasion than have a pregnant Cilla sit on...
It’s January 1979, and Barbara Edwards joins Bert and Mike to celebrate 25 years of the BBC’s weather forecasting…before promptly quitting, complaining...