Christmas 1984 on BBCtv part one

An earlier start for the idents (23rd) Another BBC1 Christmas clock and multi-speed ident turntables - especially the BBC1 symbol

[@darrensmall5548]

40 years on and all our TV greats have passed.. Terry Wogan, Paul Daniels, Les Dawson. Bob Monkhouse, Keith Harris and the Two Ronnies all staples of British TV, We will never see the likes of them again sadly.

[@S7EVE_P]

In 1984 I was 10. I'll be 49 this year. Its gone too quickly and it feels like its getting faster. I cant go back but I would if I could. I'd like to climb trees again and ride around on my Grifter aimlessly. I'd like to hang out with friends without needing to synchronise diaries and allocate a time slot. Most of all I'd like to be young again and not be on this never ending treadmill I have unwittingly found myself on.

[@spartanx5806]

would give anything to back to the way things were in 84.....damn...it hurts...

[@pjgathergood6987]

I know it's a cliche, but our television particularly at Christmas seemed far more personal and very British then. Nowadays it feels very synthetic, fancy graphics over actual content and faux American.

[@dawnfinch8232]

Yes I agree

[@amfwelsh]

We all remember fondly but in reality it was shite

[@SuperTed19021]

*Sort of agree.* Especially with the 70s/80s Christmas TV schedules/presentation. Kind of ended in around 1991, when satellite TV and other alternatives *really* started taking off. Not to mention the 1990 Broadcasting Act.

[@JimJim-kh8rw]

Couldn't agree more. Really British. Love it.

[@robertwilliams9234]

And the woke rubbish we get these days

[@Some-bloke-m4z]

Omg how lovely ... I was 10 yrs old ... puts a lump in me throat

[@samanthacampbell5048]

Me Too

[@Clivef213]

god what happened back when TV was Brilliant now we have repeats of Britains got Talent and Big Brother miss the 80's so much

[@rickyj5547]

You can buy the DVDs

[@AlisonBryen]

Ahhh Pebble Mill...prime "off sick from school" TV!

[@michelleholme2777]

Oh my god! Take me back I was 14yrs old and had a fab childhood.. 2020 and my life ruined

[@angelacooper2661]

I was 14 then, so the same age as you. A good time to be an adolescent with no intrusive cyberspace or social media. Better quality of programmes with four TV channels than today's rubbish and multiple channels!

[@whitesolanum]

A simpler and happier time.

[@SuperTed19021]

Back when there were just 4 TV channels, radio and cinema/theatre *if* they happened to be open. Otherwise, play games, read a book, chat or end the day by going home or to bed. No such things as VCR, video games, multi-channels, social media etc. Sometimes, *less really is more!*

[@Acridblue999]

@@SuperTed19021 Yes most of it I agree but there was VCR in 1984, it was well established by then.

[@ggagg123]

Great tv, far better than today's. Noel Edmonds was a prat back then too.

[@borderlands6606]

Shakespeare and Ingmar Bergman on mainstream broadcasts. When the BBC took its charter seriously.

[@debragreiff1102]

Aww. I was just about to finish work to have my first baby. Such very happy memories.

[@benfisher1376]

I was 6 and remember this Christmas well. These xmas bbc trailers used to get me excited as a kid. I can remember watching One of our Dinosaurs is Missing on Christmas eve, and the TV premiere of Mary Poppins in Christmas Day.....and The Two Ronnies, if course. The idents of the turning models look like something from 1954 instead of 84 however 😂

[@ListerDavid]

I was a wee 9 month old babe Christmas 84, I wish we still had Christmas’s like this with movies and specials.

[@hanslesolo]

Watched none of this. Too busy playing on my new Commodore 64

[@izzym5879]

It's really sad to see that a good few of these line ups have now sadly passed away 😢

[@darrengrimmer8541]

I was 14 then!!!!. The best days of my life.. great memories of my Nan and Christmas was a nice time..now things seem so intense.. you can’t do this or that.. if you say this or fart on just breath you will upset someone or something.. I just hope one day we can all start to relax again

[@darrenc2721]

I was 13 and still remember this day, for some reason the christmas song resonates in my head. I miss it terribly. Both my parents passed away 18months ago.

[@darrengrimmer8541]

@@darrenc2721 Very sorry to hear of your loss Darren.. We lost our mum just before Christmas.. Nan went a few years ago now.. but you have your memories of those better times

[@dawnfinch8232]

Couldn't agree more Darren

[@dawnfinch8232]

@@darrenc2721 so sorry

[@FrankTownsend]

I was a tender 18..great memories, especially the jingles, but the sight of Noel Edmonds camping it up as a fairy cannot now be unseen! Not to mention that bloody awful duck thing Orville. And how many variety performances, i.e. random dance troupes in garish leotards throwing themselves around a BBC studio to a few Xmas standards, did we have to put up with 35 years ago? It all seems so innocent looking back!

[@fraserkatie]

Paul Coia getting hyper there at Pebble Mill!!!! Actually I remember this, I loved this year as my sister Louise was born!

[@KevinM913]

I would like to see some of those programmes all the way through.

[@JohnnyPaton]

John Craven. Not a paedo. Thank God!

[@stevenpeck7635]

When xmas tv was still magic.

[@bullet2daheadx]

8 years old and I loved it princes progress as well

[@jackiemuir3117]

Omg 12mins in the national anthem comes in. Flash back to a night probably the same year and hearing the anthem played. There was a family debate as to whether the Queen stayed up every night to check they played it. 😁😁

[@bdavebaldwin]

Hope you jumped up and drank a toast to her majesty and her thicko son who would give an interview to a broadcaster guaranteed to be drilling on about it for the next forty years

[@the_best_of_times]

'The Hot Shoe Show' and Bonnie Langford. Was there ever anything worse....

[@Chris.]

the lack of diversity is perfect 👍🏻

[@CJ8GAMECHANNEL]

7.10.....Prince HENRY. Mandela effect

[@dbrooks76]

How? Its his name.

[@RG7621]

My first Christmas

[@cherylkealey4831]

Thought i had a mandela effect when i heard about prince henry? Then i googled it.

[@GraemeMartin]

Loved Xmas TV As a Nipper, Now I Cannot remember what programs If any I Watch on Terrestrial TV. Maybe put all the great xmas programs from the 70's and 80's on a Channel on Sky, I'd certainly watch it lol

[@blueboy680]

How many people, these days, would take offence at Noel Edmonds camping it up and dressing as a fairy ?. It might not have been particularly funny but we could laugh at ourselves back then !.

[@bryanpartington3260]

Absolutely , it would be classed as homophobic or transphobic .Ironically it would be the BBC that would be banning it .

[@scottandrewbrass]

@@bryanpartington3260 It's political correctness gone mad. We can still take offence at Noel Edmonds so that's okay.

[@gazzab3224]

There is now a Dental hospital where the BBC pebble Mill studio's use to be.

[@SpeccyHorace]

Thats ironic because watching it was like having your teeth pulled.........WAYHEY

[@applemask]

So when did we give up and start calling him Harry?

[@bdavebaldwin]

Poor BBC do try to be correct. Nick Witchell keeps trying with Catherine. Unfortunately Harry prefers his nick-name whereas Catherine prefers her full name.....can't win.

[@jackiemuir3117]

Wow. I didn't even know he's officially Henry lol

[@IainLucey1972]

Best time to comment on Christmas stuff like this is December 20th, but anytime of year now will bring back memories of long forgotten times.... all those Christmas memories just locked up in youtube or in the back of our memories..... this stuff will be regarded as great social history, we hope.... in 50 years time....

[@bdavebaldwin]

Sadly, thanks to Google that won’t be the case. Two years of inactivity gets you deleted. So after I expire some time afterwards so will the account.

[@carolyn8200]

I was born in the December in 1984. Interesting to see what was on the telly when I was a baby.

[@joannegray5138]

Hark the Herald Angels sing. I am drowning, I can't swim! :)

[@izzym5879]

Hands up if you only watched pebble mill if you were off from school poorly😂

[@bdavebaldwin]

I had to watch it. My lunch hour was 1 - 2 it was either that or Crown Court, and there wasn’t a lot between the two

[@andrewhills9746]

Oh how i miss pebble mill at one

[@matthewpayton]

I WAS 7 MONTHS OLD WHEN THIS WAS BROADCAST.

[@bdavebaldwin]

Many happy christmases

[@matthewpayton]

+David Baldwin I can't wait.

[@bdavebaldwin]

I might do one more year of idents then i'm retiring

[@matthewpayton]

David Baldwin I can't wait for part 2.

[@k.avilla8061]

Yes ....and ???

[@Strawberry_pjs]

What's f'd is that that year ITV had the big film fir Christmas Day, Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Think they gave up after that.

[@Kaytee48]

My main memory of xmas TV back then was always star wars on xmas day and James bond new years eve.

[@stevenoneill7166]

Unfortunately that was the year of the disastrous "Live Into '85" Hogmanay show that was only surpassed (in terms of mediocrity) by The 1989 Brit Awards hosted by Sam Fox & Mick Fleetwood

[@xboxgamer7453]

I'd forgot how grim it was back then on telly.

[@xboxgamer7453]

@Christy Moreland How so? We have so much more choice today...If you prefer going back to 3 or 4 channels then you're crazy...

[@Kaytee48]

@@xboxgamer7453 The main difference is back then we had 3 or 4 channels of rubbish, now it's dozens of channels of even worse rubbish.

[@xboxgamer7453]

@@Kaytee48But if you'd rather not watch the additional crap now, you can still return to the rubbish from 30 plus years ago.

[@Kaytee48]

@@xboxgamer7453 we are spoilt for choice.

[@Embracing01]

That bumper Chrismas Radio Times will be listed for around 30 quid now on ebay lol. Who are the idiots selling these old magazines for at those ridiculous prices? no normal person is going to pay that.

[@UncleFeedle]

My mum was at that Barry Manilow concert. It was a Christmas show that had actually been held in the middle of Summer!

[@cormacdoheny470]

Give that BBC1 festive ident that year a break!

[@the_best_of_times]

CEEFAX Page 270

[@nickpink25]

When england was england

[@harleyhartley3168]

Wtf does that even mean weirdo

[@scottandrewbrass]

@@harleyhartley3168 It means racist alert.

[@harleyhartley3168]

@@scottandrewbrass yep defo

[@bobshrubb3067]

@@harleyhartley3168 it means traditional British entertainment for the indigenous population,

[@bobshrubb3067]

@@scottandrewbrass nothing racist about remembering our country before it was prostituted out to every culture in the world.

[@evonne_]

A ultra rare Breakfast Time credits!!!

[@vincentneale2620]

I expect this year we will have films 70 years ol sit coms 40 years old and of course Morecome & WIse AGAIN the rest of the programmes wil be looking around other peoples houses. paint a wall, or planning a garden withthat boring Swift guy, Me I`ll buy a couple of bottles of wine and pass out until Christmas day is over

[@bdavebaldwin]

Unfortunately BBC & Itv seem to start Christmas around 1st December so the repeats get older and the list of b & w films longer

[@SweetStevieAaron]

What the hell was going on with the Pebble Mill intro?! I’m truly baffled.

[@bdavebaldwin]

SweetStevieAaron why baffled ... that was the Christmas party edition intro

[@jackiemuir3117]

The programs are mostly terrible, but I'm loving the different Christmas style BBC one and two icons.

[@Strawberry_pjs]

I'm sure I watched that Keith Harris show. Ah, when there was actual things on. Makes you wonder I'd there were still only 4 channels now and nothing else, what would you watch? It really isn't all that good.

[@bdavebaldwin]

Probably worked better as it was compressed into three (occasionally four) days. Now it’s a little spread over a long time - after the second week you’ve had enough

[@evonne_]

BBC2 even more art focused than it is these days 😁😁😁😁😁

[@dlamiss]

+Evonne Okafor The ONLY thing BBC2 does these days is cookery shows

[@evonne_]

+dlamiss And also a BBC1 lite 😉😉😉😉😉😉

[@dlamiss]

+Evonne Okafor Agreed Evonne

[@Georgieastra]

When I hear the word art I reach for my revolver...

[@mikerochburns4104]

The boy with the clarinet was told to what!?? 2:41

[@bdavebaldwin]

Fortunately Jim fixed it for him to have a clarinet

[@Strawberry_pjs]

Let's face it, the best stuff this year is on Britbox.

[@ME-ke7qc]

1984 i was 11 now a proud grandad

[@excelents]

07:28 Prince William and Prince Henry, was the other one replaced ?

[@bdavebaldwin]

That’s Harry’s correct name

[@sorryrocco]

good god i was 14 then

[@angelacooper2661]

I was also 14 then! Takes me right back!

[@hermanpant3716]

Can I have 40 years of licence fees refunded? No wonder there was so much excessive drinking in those days. Is there room in the gas oven for both the turkey and my head?

[@tonychandler1378]

😂

[@chrismorris5608]

I was 15! Omg

[@bdavebaldwin]

Go back to 1980 you were probably doing a paper round:)

[@chrismorris5608]

@@bdavebaldwin no never did that, in 1977 I was doing technical lego lol

[@igolfjtweetler4097]

I miss having a white christmas

[@bdavebaldwin]

50/50 chance you may be getting one this year (if you’re in the UK)

[@maltronics]

Lol William and Harry , not Henry 7:04

[@80sandretrogubbins25]

His birth name is Henry.

[@ritchie93]

What was the voiceover mans name?

[@duffymoony]

When did Henry become Harry ffs? Reverse Mandella effect.

[@debragreiff1102]

It's only like calling a person named Debra Debbie. Just a diminutive. Easily happens.

[@duffymoony]

@@debragreiff1102 You mean, such as calling Duffy Donny Debra? I don't think so.

[@debragreiff1102]

@@duffymoony what on earth are you talking about? Genuine question! Of course Harry is a diminutive of Henry. It's like Jack is John. It is just what it is, it's not speculation. Please look this up, maybe on Google or something and you will see this is true.

[@duffymoony]

@@debragreiff1102 Supply me with the empirical evidence Debs, a,link to the research experience that supports your thesis please. Luv n hugs to you!

[@user-fp5vl6ex2d]

Keith Harris and Orville with the Roly-Polies. Garbage.

[@truthseeker9636]

All these clips from 1983 to 84 only reminds me how dull TV was back then. And how many convicted paedophiles are in these clips? Jimmy Saville, Stuart Hall of it's a knock out and Rolf Harris. Shame on the BBC.

[@bobshrubb3067]

How old are you?

[@petercrowther8480]

Prince William and Prince Henry?????????

[@80sandretrogubbins25]

Yes, his birth name is Henry.

[@peefernie]

I remember watching santa claus the movie when it was on in 1988.

[@bobshrubb3067]

Who is the voice-over guy?