TV Times: October 29th 1994

[@gwaters8067]

"The day today" January 94. Sheer comedic genius that stands up to this day. Only lasted 6 episodes but every one was gold. "Its bigger than that Chris, it's large!"

[@BionicCheese]

Spartacus Mills

[@wearetomorrowspast.5617]

Chris Morris?

[@Saint_Dan132]

this was brilliant i was born in 89 i was raised by tv this was all spot on and very nostalgic so thank you try tell someone these days that sesame st and the clangers where on channel four morning kids section they'd think you had a stroke

[@MrChrisBarker]

Me and my mates saw Pink Floyd live at earl's court.. 16,10,94.. a great year..

[@Glamking1]

3:29 that Casualty episode looked like a movie trailer in which the Continuity thingy announcer said. It went out to 50 minutes.

[@Turnbull50]

Out of all the stuff you showed the only one I would have watch would have been the Film Running Man the rest I could happily live without.

[@Chris_34]

That Grandstand theme tune is *iconic😎*

[@TFOOS]

Keith Mansfield I think

[@hippybuddhist]

Your rundown of 1994 reminds me that it was the year I realised the mainstream wasn't for me.

[@TFOOS]

Yeah, I can fully appreciate that!

[@ModelsExInferis]

Haha, hadn't thought of it that way, but as a sci-fi, Tokusatsu, toy collecting geek, I think I'm with you!

[@wearetomorrowspast.5617]

Was that the Germaine Greer show that had a pissed up Tracy Emin with her broken finger on it. That was funny. Brookside. Great TV. The last scene was a gutter. Great vid. Brought a lot of memories back. Thanks for all the effort. Cheers.

[@Superbokka]

Love Danny Baker so I will have watched that (He's on Patreon now does 2 shows a week and is still brilliant).

[@FatNorthernBigot]

I remember Noel's Gotcha being a grim affair, in retrospect. Pranksters, like Noel and Beadle, seldom have a sense of humour about themselves. If they "prank" you, you are supposed to laugh, take it in good spirits and move on. Should there be any reciprocation, a power play of one-upmanship will begin, and you won't be the one who ends it.

[@Edward-ed1nu]

Absolutely, there's a strain of sadism running through 'practical jokes'. The only thing saving Beadle and Edmonds from a good slapping was the relief felt by the victims as they realised their car/ relative/ testicles hadn't really been mangled in the crusher. Cruelly duff stuff

[@ModelsExInferis]

I was lucky that I grew up in Milton Keynes where we had Sky (then Sky 1) donkey's before the rest of the country so I was able to watch all the new sci-fi shows, mainly Star Trek, so I didn't have to slum it with all the terrestrial channels! 😜 Seriously though, outside of sci-fi I have very little interest in TV, even now, so even without Sky there's not much here I would have watched. I may have caught the odd Rory Bremner, but the rest, no. I do actually have quite a few Lawrence Olivier films on DVD now though, as I do quite like a bit of Shakespeare, but I'd never have admitted that in 1994!

[@DavidCarrol-i2q]

Thank goodness you missed out that Wet Wet Wet song.

[@Prellium]

I remember the theatre thingy with Frank Skinner it was supposed to be like a comedy centred around a theatre but with acts thrown in, kind of like a really poor attempt at a Garry Shandling show. Also at this point Noel's House Party et al were reaching the end of the road, it was so 1980s.

[@frankbrodie5168]

The entire thing is here on KZbin. At least it was about a year ago when I found it and watched it all one night.

[@Prellium]

@@frankbrodie5168 Oh nice, thanks I'll have a look for it.

[@paultapner2769]

I love Herman's Head! I discovered it quite by chance when channel hopping while trying to stay awake for a game in the 1994 world cup. There were eight days at the start of that when there was a game that kicked off at 12.30am our time. Channel four had it on very late on saturday nights, and I watched every episode from then on. It's never been on physical media, but all episodes are on you tube. I've never watched an episode of Casualty ever. I did go through a phase of turning on in the middle of them for all the 'am using a chainsaw in his back garden on the morning of his adopted daughter's wedding' moments. Because I happened to see one or two and they were so badly done and unconvincing they were funny the wrong reasons. Never watched Have I got news for you either. I think I saw a trailer or two for it and thought those involved looked a bit too smug for my liking. What I was watching on saturday's at the time was channel four's gazetta football italia. Show about the week in Italian football that was on saturday mornings. Presented by the wonderfully funny James Richardson, it was always great fun. I think Baywatch season five would have been on saturdays around this time. Not something I watched back in the day though. Back in the 70's my whole family would sit together and watch tv because that was what you did. But by this time I was becoming more selective and only watching what interested me.

[@rossallan3585]

I’ll never forgive Channel 4 for selling out so hard as soon as it got Friends and Big Brother. From niche, interesting and horizon expanding fare (not always good. Some of it was utter Dreck), to non-stop imports and Making Stupid People Famous. Not to mention their 2000’s obsession with un-funny “comedians” and putting them on everything they possibly could. You know the ones I’m referring to.

[@paultapner2769]

I did like Friends, although I gave up on it at the start of the ninth season. But the constant repeats of it really got on my nerves. Didn't mind imports but about five years ago they seemed to lose interest in that as well. Never got more than the first season of Star Trek Discovery and they've never shown the third and fourth seasons of the Charmed reboot as well. And now it's endless repeats of the Big Bang Theory. Another show I liked, but you can have too much of a good thing.

[@PigstyShow1990]

hello retro tv round up can i ask you what happened to your pigsty video that you made about 2 years ago did it get removed due to copyright or did not like the idea please let me know

[@TFOOS]

I must have switched it to private at some stage, probably when I switched my style of vids. Are you wanting it for a particular reason?

[@PigstyShow1990]

@ yes indeed i upload any clips or anything related to pigsty i appreciate you replying back to me i would also like to ask could you upload it back please and do you have the original clip yourself i very much appreciate the response (-:

[@PigstyShow1990]

@@TFOOS Sorry if you couldnt see my reply but yes i need the video for my channel (obvs il give credit) also i liked your video so please could you reupload it and thanks for your response (check my previous reply idk if you got the notification)

[@JamBar1873]

5:47 Just after Frank Skinner, is that a very young Al Murray?? With hair??

[@TFOOS]

It is

[@MrDannyDetail]

And just before Frank is an also very young Jenny Eclair. P.S. Al shaves his hair for the pub landlord character he plays, and isn't naturally bald.

[@wresting9899]

Life back then was way better then today world

[@chloedevereaux1801]

mariella frostrup was gorgeous, as was the woman who hosted carnal knowledge.....

[@Totallyunderrated-1]

October 29th 1994 was totally underrated

[@Steve_P_B]

It wasn't "The Fast Forward Show", it was just Fast Forward, which was succeeded by Full Frontal. And there wasn't any stand-up, only sketches.

[@Turnbull50]

bit picky aren't you

[@Steve_P_B]

@Turnbull50 not really, if you're going to refer to something at least get the basics right.

[@bulletproofblouse]

Brenda Fricker! The Guv'nor! I loved Packing 'Em In, Henry Normal always looked a little out of place in it but then he formed Baby Cow with Steve Coogan so he did alright.