a 1979 episode of MR & MRS with Derek Batey with LWT ITV continuity and trailers

Here's some of a 1979 Mr & Mrs episode with ITV trailers and adverts. It's 30 minutes of uninterrupted LWT, late 1970s style. If you remember all the programmes being trailed here, you're a better person that me. Or just an older one.
Oh and WTF is Campbell's Omelette Mate?

[@cliffcook3993]

Although this was a Border TV show based in Carlisle they did not have a big enough studio there to hold an audience so the show was actually recorded in the City Road Studios of Tyne Tees TV in Newcastle.

[@mpwheatley]

I can't think of any other Border TV shows except when it was their turn to produce 'Highway', which was another depressing Sunday afternoon/evening programme. As a kid this stuff was salt in the wound reminding us the weekend was over and a new week of school was rapidly approaching. If we were lucky we were allowed to watch The Professionals at 9pm but that was unlikely. 'Luckily' we were allowed to watch That's Life! though in all honestly that was peak Sunday evening depression. The thought of that brass band title music still sends shivers down my spine.

[@GarethColquhoun]

​@mpwheatley O Absolutely loved That's life, but like you it depressed the heck out of me because it was synonymous with getting ready for bed and school in the morning. Last of the Summer Wine also engenders that latant dread in me due to the time it was shown

[@chinnyvision]

The first colour series had to be done at Tyne Tees at the weekends by special arrangement because Border didn't have any colour cameras at that time and it was requirement of the new ITV daytime schedule that all shows must be colour. But it went back to Carlisle and its painfully obvious on any of these Border shows that the audience is tiny and they are doing it all on just 2 cameras.

[@gordonbeattie4864]

Brilliant! Have always wanted to see an edition of this with Derek, who by all accounts was a genuinely nice man.

[@paullynton-green6570]

Fantastic.do you have anymore.thank you so much anyway.

[@JJONNYREPP]

a 1979 episode of MR & MRS with Derek Batey with LWT ITV continuity and trailers 0532am 29.6.23 petrol price rises... not much has altered has it?

[@cliffcook3993]

He was indeed i met Mr Batey after a live version of the show at the old Central Pier theatre where he signed my program and had a chat, i also got the record of the theme tune.

[@newforestpixie5297]

My maternal grandparents were born in 1900 & 1901 . This is one of the 2 daytime tv shows which my gran was allowed to sit in front of & watch because its non corrupting content couldn’t have given granny ideas that may have threatened the order of his tea being upon the kitchen table at exactly 10 minutes past 5. For 55 years . 😁👍

[@JJONNYREPP]

a 1979 episode of MR & MRS with Derek Batey with LWT ITV continuity and trailers 0540am 29.6.23 indeed... though i cant think of any afternoon tv shows which would have been corrupting to your poor gran. maybe pebble mill was life affirming to such a degree that she'd be off over the fence if exposed to women who had been and made good... as opposed to drag queens who have been and made good? this show is ok by my reckoning and as you say non threatening pleasant televisual fodder... crown court would have aired earlier straight after the news as would Emmerdale farm which used to be shown in the early afternoon - the days of mr wilks, annie and grandfather satin his rocking chair where little happened as opposed to a very hectic and hysterical Emmerdale which has sod all to do with farming these days... i will go away and ponder what the heck could have been deemed "corrupting" about anything aired on tv back then.....

[@mpwheatley]

Blimey what a miserable existence. When women's lib happened she probably mentally punched the air.

[@PaulEcosse]

That takes me back. Good to see the old ads included.

[@lauracandykiss]

A Beautiful show. So lovely to see the traditional shows. A different country then.

[@JJONNYREPP]

a 1979 episode of MR & MRS with Derek Batey with LWT ITV continuity and trailers 0511am 29.6.23 nostalgia... bloomin heck, i have sought out this show... it was an afternoon tv show and interesting to watch as a young child. still no idea what the fascination was as i saw the revamp and it didnt intrigue me... as for Derek Batey - proper front man. good o!!

[@twinkle3026]

The very classy Mr Derek Batey! A true gentleman! Loved this show! .... I had a big crush on him, back in 1979, when i was 17 years old! xxxx

[@paullynton-green6570]

A real gentleman.

[@spumemonk11]

@@paullynton-green6570 So did I and I'm a man!

[@TheAdArchive]

Did he kick your back door in too?

[@iainor]

Throughout the years the theme tune to this will come into mind rather regularly and I'll sing it merrily, I was 4 when this was broadcast and remember watching Mr & Mrs when it was on, if I remember correctly I would be off school, which I completely forgot until hearing it now :)

[@JJONNYREPP]

a 1979 episode of MR & MRS with Derek Batey with LWT ITV continuity and trailers 0525am 29.6.23 indeed most afternoon tv skits were seen by kids on school holiday or when off sick from school. i was slightly older than you... i thinki still may be older than you... but, yeah, proper show. pity we dont get any decent quiz shows as opposed to hysterical and enforced laughter type skits. i was watching an old episode of winner takes all and those questions were akin to the type set for university challenge contestants. the grand tradition of brit quiz shows offering up very little in the way of winnings is to the fore here... can't say i have seen who wants to be a millionaire and it probably shows...

[@algiles881]

Poor old Tropic. In London, after two weeks, it was dropped from the evening schedule and spent the rest of it's life languishing in the 2.30 Monday afternoon slot after Good Afternoon ( a magazine programme mainly for women). I know ITV was upset because it was an expensive production. MInd you, that was miles better than a week of Emmerdale today. Nice to hear the late William Franklyn do the voice over for the first advert after Mr & Mrs, and I think it was Johnny Morris doing the cat food advert. Yes I am old enough to remember it. A typical Sunday, but Crossroads would be back on Monday with Noele Gordon.

[@ricko3k]

Breeding Ponies and dogs, is that ethical!

[@JJONNYREPP]

a 1979 episode of MR & MRS with Derek Batey with LWT ITV continuity and trailers 0534am 29.6.23 surprised vic and bob didnt parody this... well, rick, you aint got much to do with yer life. did you seek this out specifically???

[@thebohemian.]

Shows like this should be brought back. Not celebrity versions though

[@lazyeejay]

The first question was a tad unfair because when he asked her he said "whats important these days?". I think if he hadnt said that, she might have said fun but she went for the answer that seemed to be more sensible.

[@sallyann16]

Susan Cuff was Miss Great Britain 1975 and then married David Davies of The Football Association.

[@susanleatherbarrow2495]

And Amanda ( Sky sports presenter) Davis's mum!!!

[@sallyann16]

@@susanleatherbarrow2495 Yes!! 💖

[@newforestpixie5297]

PS Thankyou for your work in bringing this to us all c/w with the adverts which put the show in context to the age . 😁

[@markeastwood74]

Thanks for uploading this little treat. It's TV at its most relaxing. 🙂 I forgotten how insane adverts for The Sun used to be. If I'd seen it out of context, I'd swear it was parody.

[@grahamnancledra7036]

Good Old Border, and a NETWORK production too. I wonder how much profit they made from the Mr & Mrs Quiz Book? Maybe enough to keep the lights on for half an hour?

[@johnwpolsce9401]

God Bless, Be Nice to each other, Mr and Mrs...Great Times. Now it's Mr and Mr, or Ms and Ms, No gender and trans..

[@stevegordon5689]

Its hard to believe the world was so nice back then

[@agfagaevart]

It wasn't...

[@stevegordon5689]

@@agfagaevart sorry i meant to say compared to today!

[@MarkPMus]

It wasn’t. It was as “nice” as it is now.

[@markeastwood74]

We just did a better job of hiding the not so nice. We didn't put it on the telly for all to see.

[@PeterRapley-gv5vt]

Just one more comment. I would say to Donna Mayers, "Och aye the noo, ye bonny lass!"

[@rajnirvan3336]

Proper Mr & Mrs. Derek Batey would have a bit of laughter and ask about you briefly and get on with show

[@papatango2453]

This program was amazing... total and utterly brilliant. I loved it... while having a 5hit.

[@craighardie4]

the sound proof booth is severely under utilised in modern game shows.

[@JJONNYREPP]

a 1979 episode of MR & MRS with Derek Batey with LWT ITV continuity and trailers 0529am 29.6.23 these contestants look scared to death. it shows they are genuine, i suppose, or maybe the floor manager threatens them prior to the show being recorded?

[@smithpm81]

day off sick from school....... fab stuff

[@dennyhaynes3]

I met Derek Batey at Butlins, nice chap.

[@TheAdArchive]

Did he kick your back door in?

[@GirGir183]

The absolute and utter lies told in the ads remain with us to this day.

[@muhammadalieesaa3379]

When the third contestants came on the show I thought Les Thompson was Bob Holness 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rogerthompson6036]

Very relaxing host.

[@TheWillsy]

Is this before or after Border sold their other camera?

[@annoldham3018]

🤣🤣🤣

[@PeterRapley-gv5vt]

Yes indeed. Goodnight Sir. God bless and see you one day.

[@sweepingnation]

28th July. Reading Idi Amin's Wiki has only confused me further as to that Sunday Mirror advert - he was married to three women at once but the longest (and I'd guess this is Malyamu, the first of his six wives, as she fled the country in 1975) is recorded at eight years, not eleven.

[@waziotter]

“Should there be petrol rationing?”. The most 70s question ever.

[@flashtheoriginal]

Wasnt this originally an HTV West production, with Alan Taylor as host?

[@GirGir183]

29:40 Well good luck with that, cardinal.

[@mikeblade3095]

Simple enjoyable tv. No greed.

[@clivestuarteardley6049]

He was a brilliant host

[@cfntl2629]

Last piece before 1979 strike

[@DAVID-bv2gv]

£90:00 💷😳 🇬🇧 and a £1,000:00 Jack pot

[@stuartarundale6219]

I think this might have been Border's only network contribution!

[@cerinolancerinolan7148]

Susan Cuff in that frock The jolly green giant.

[@JJONNYREPP]

a 1979 episode of MR & MRS with Derek Batey with LWT ITV continuity and trailers 0545am 29.6.23 she looks grand in that frock. p.s do you think those two guys did find god? and where would he have been.....???

[@rumeunner3245]

Nowadays it would be called Mr and Mrs or Mrs snd Mrs.

[@GarethColquhoun]

The "modern" version was unwatchable box ticking tripe

[@DanielGolden-n4g]

Where can i find old episodes of this show? my parents were on it and i want to find the episode

[@janinefarnell8570]

Mrs.Thomson is a bit eager😂

[@mpwheatley]

Urgh, Sunday afternoon tele in the late seventies. All crap shows like this and programmes about God produced by the minor franchisees. And some of those 1979 adverts were weird! For instance a grinning petrol pump attendant reaches into a lady's car and leeringly squeezes her toilet rolls. I don't remember any of these unlike the great ads from five years later.

[@spumemonk11]

Great find. Whoever wrote the questions should have been arrested. Hilarious.

[@darren2514fv]

29th July 1979 hence this being a Sunday

[@KevinM913]

I wonder why some ads have the ‘break bumper’ and some don’t. Is there a technical reason or did somebody forget to put it on?

[@mbvideoselection]

Technical reason. The break bumpers were edited on to the start of each film where the commercial was on film. But it wasn't done on the commercials that came on videotape.

[@KevinM913]

mb video selection Now I understand. Really interesting. Thanks for taking time to explain.

[@nord1486]

God bless

[@michaelwilliamson9892]

Roy Walker stealing jokes from Carry On films at 26:03

[@ftumschk]

24:28 "This girl nips all round the world..." - I know, I can see them ;)

[@clivestuarteardley6049]

Nice innocent television

[@TheRasteri]

WAIT PATIENTLY

[@TheAdArchive]

Who’s the totty in the green dress?

[@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat]

😂 I use to watch this as a child. Nearly put me off marriage. Watching old clips in 2022 and see how terribly dated and sexist it is. Sign of the times.

[@chriscoughlan5221]

dodgy subtitles, the scottish couple were from turkey in scotland, lol

[@scottptolomey3498]

I’m sure the audience amounted to about 20 people !!!!!

[@roberthorwat6747]

We only had three channels, you'd be surprised how tolerable this dirge was when you had Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan on BBC2 and Songs of Praise on BBC1🤣

[@michaelmcdonald2348]

was shown lunchtime in my region after rainbow and the like, so probably a lot of kids home for school dinners (like myself), cant remember what was on the other side at the time but ITV was the place to be lunchtimes