Yeah it was great, Rolf Harris, Stewart Hall, Gary Glitter, Jimmy Saville , Thatcher.. yeah it was good times... The 80s were a depressing time. High unemployment, high inflation.. not a good time to be around.. I didnt notice it as a kid.. but now I understand what my parents went through..
An Christmas 1980.....I got my first bike....a Raleigh Chopper,...I loved that bike, I excitedly rode it for the first to my grans for Christmas day tea,....great memories
I got a tape recorder thing. A little portable with a retractable handle. I was over the moon. Super Trouper by ABBA was the first album I got with it, so hearing Lay All Your Love On Me during Christmas 1980 idents brings it all back.
thanks for these great uploads. I was born in 74 and remember the late 70,s and early 80,s as a great time to be a kid. I whouldent want to be a young kid these days with all these stabbings going on.
@@susandoig4192 its got out of order susan and nothings being done about it. These kids just have no consequences for their actions from anyone, not their parents, or any sort of authority. When i was a kid if we got into trouble we got a walloping from our dads but you cant do that these days. They need to bring back borstals for the little shits. Try and watch a film called "juevenille liason" to see what i mean, its sometimes put on youtube in full but it gets taken off quickly, but there are snippets of it on youtube.
Christmas TV was looked forward to with great relish by us simple folk. The schedules were eagerly scanned for Christmas movie Premieres! For Morecambe and Wise... Yarwood... FFS! All this and Thatcher to.
Nice effort by BBC1 with the Ice Skaters Ident. What's weird is that almost no one seems to talk about the Christmas Idents they made. I really do like this ident. The skaters seem to skate around that snowman, day and night.
@The Yesterday Machine I find there is little worth watching too. Long gone are the days when entertainment was entertaining, now it's all dribble and agenda driven lecturing.
@The Yesterday Machine It's the same here. I only find anything worth watching on Talking Pictures, Forces TV and That's TV Christmas. The rest are mostly bilge.
Hello David, I can’t thank you enough for uploading this. Used to have an old Betamax cassette with recordings of BBC’s 1980 Christmas fair and was thinking that it only exists now in my memory. How lovely then to hear those trailers again which are so etched in my mind. Christmas has indeed started early thanks to you :) You wouldn’t happen to have the Complete Val Doonican’s Christmas show for 1980 would you? (Titled “Val’s Special Years of Christmas”) would love to see it again...and perhaps Mike Yarwoods Christmas specials of the same vintage? A million thanks to you Sir!
Entertainment programmes are almost certain to be blocked. Now, with BritBox on its way broadcasters are clamping down on whole programmes being shown which they may use on their subscription service. I've just had to cut out 2 small clips from Morecambe & Wise and Steptoe even though they were part of another programme
There is a couple stills for sale on eBay from the tv production “to be transmitted Xmas 1980”. But I did check Radio Times and it was shown on Saturday 27th December 1980 at 21:35.
@@bdavebaldwin ah, well that source of accurate information, Wikipedia, must be incorrect, not only with its article for the play On Approval (the BBC production doesn't have a page of its own): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Approval_%28play%29?wprov=sfla1 But also for the articles on Penelope Keith and Lindsay Duncan, all of whom mention that the production was from 1982. Strange that. At least you have the documentary evidence, both in terms of video and the Radio Times, so I stand corrected.
@@nottmjas I also checked the IMDb database and that’s wrong as well. The internet isn’t being corrected so one error spreads rapidly as people re-write articles rather than start afresh.
@@bdavebaldwin there's a number of clips of the production on here, some stating 1982 as the date. Annoyingly, I can't seem to found any clips showing the end credits. Amazing how an inaccuracy can be spread on the internet until it becomes the "acknowledged truth".
@@nottmjas Before I looked at BBC Genome - with the Radio Times billings Dick Emery helped me out (they ran the trails for that programme endlessly in 1980)
I wouldn't have wanted to live in any other time ... neither before ... nor the hell that's coming. The 50s through to the 80s were the apogee of Western life.
@@sergioroman2920 To be honest coming back from football matches I found his summaries tedious, but the driver ruled the radio. Then the irritating laughing on It’s a knockout - but millions ‘found’ it amusing. Fortunately I was spared his regional appearances. As with Saville he was over-smug and the people that helped build their arrogance went curiously quiet.
Hi david, love your videos... Just watching this and you had a short clip of 'so you think you know Christmas ' with Cliff Mitchelmore and Magnus Magnusson - for some reason these quizzes have stuck in my head from my childhood - do you have the whole programme and if so would you or could you upload? It's a bit cheeky to ask, I know, but would do love to see this again. Thanks for all the warm and welcome memories .
Dick Emery was a one trick pony *ooh you are awful... * etc. The rest was tripe! 1980: I was still a virgin! Frankly I haven't done much better since 🙄
Just wish I could stop time and go back, it was an amazing decade
Yeah it was great, Rolf Harris, Stewart Hall, Gary Glitter, Jimmy Saville , Thatcher.. yeah it was good times... The 80s were a depressing time. High unemployment, high inflation.. not a good time to be around.. I didnt notice it as a kid.. but now I understand what my parents went through..
Only 3 channels then but to get the Christmas radio and tv times before Christmas was a highlight of the year to find out what was on the box.
and used to sit for hours deciding what everyone else was going to watch
An Christmas 1980.....I got my first bike....a Raleigh Chopper,...I loved that bike, I excitedly rode it for the first to my grans for Christmas day tea,....great memories
I got a tape recorder thing. A little portable with a retractable handle. I was over the moon. Super Trouper by ABBA was the first album I got with it, so hearing Lay All Your Love On Me during Christmas 1980 idents brings it all back.
Wow.....that's the equivalent of the people of 1980 looking back to 1940. I feel old!
I was 6... I miss the old Christmas programmes from my childhood.
God..I loved Dallas! I know it's been said many times over, but..you can't beat the 80s. The vibe of the 80s was the best!
It certainly was
Christmas Eve. The big 3. Doonican, Craven and O' Sullivan.
I really miss those old weather maps where they had to stick the little clouds on themselves.
Really you actually miss them... Why
thanks for these great uploads. I was born in 74 and remember the late 70,s and early 80,s as a great time to be a kid. I whouldent want to be a young kid these days with all these stabbings going on.
Me too born in 74! This is so great seeing this again!!!!
All this stupid gang mentality
@@susandoig4192 its got out of order susan and nothings being done about it. These kids just have no consequences for their actions from anyone, not their parents, or any sort of authority. When i was a kid if we got into trouble we got a walloping from our dads but you cant do that these days. They need to bring back borstals for the little shits. Try and watch a film called "juevenille liason" to see what i mean, its sometimes put on youtube in full but it gets taken off quickly, but there are snippets of it on youtube.
Christmas TV was looked forward to with great relish by us simple folk.
The schedules were eagerly scanned for Christmas movie Premieres! For Morecambe and Wise... Yarwood...
FFS! All this and Thatcher to.
I miss those days
this takes me right back to my childhood in co. meath
Nice effort by BBC1 with the Ice Skaters Ident. What's weird is that almost no one seems to talk about the Christmas Idents they made. I really do like this ident. The skaters seem to skate around that snowman, day and night.
Actually for some reason 1984s BBC ident for christmas sticks in my head and I have never forgotten it. I wish I knew why though.
@@darrenc2721 It kinda does, doesnt it?
Aww nostalgic memories thank you 💖
Great days!
back when life was more simple.
People had better attitudes and not so ego driven...
@@ianexcalibur7096 had someone posted a horrible comment? X😔
@The Yesterday Machine I find there is little worth watching too. Long gone are the days when entertainment was entertaining, now it's all dribble and agenda driven lecturing.
@The Yesterday Machine It's the same here. I only find anything worth watching on Talking Pictures, Forces TV and That's TV Christmas. The rest are mostly bilge.
@The Yesterday Machine I guess you haven't forget the mention of minefield.
wish i could go back....
The two Ronnies was also a integral part of Christmas the two ronnies Christmas specials and other comedy show specials oh happy 😃 days
A very Operation Yewtree themed kids line up there at the end
thanks for sharing,i was 10 that Christmas and turn 48 in 2 days
Ironic that they were already calling fawlty towers a christmas classic in 1980 already, 42 years later its still a classic!
BBC1 Star Trek, BBC2 A discussion on renaissance painting, I know which one I'd choose!
ITV. 😂
Great uploads! The weather in 1980 is the same as 2013!
Jason D'Arcy And 2019 ! Just shows you that climate change is a load of bollocks.🤓
When the news started and they went through headlines of whats ahead in news i thought the hostage at first was Ian Dury
The on screen captions are very prominent in the era of television.
Roy Kinnear! Love him and Rory.
Hello David, I can’t thank you enough for uploading this. Used to have an old Betamax cassette with recordings of BBC’s 1980 Christmas fair and was thinking that it only exists now in my memory.
How lovely then to hear those trailers again which are so etched in my mind. Christmas has indeed started early thanks to you :)
You wouldn’t happen to have the Complete Val Doonican’s Christmas show for 1980 would you? (Titled “Val’s Special Years of Christmas”) would love to see it again...and perhaps Mike Yarwoods Christmas specials of the same vintage?
A million thanks to you Sir!
Entertainment programmes are almost certain to be blocked. Now, with BritBox on its way broadcasters are clamping down on whole programmes being shown which they may use on their subscription service. I've just had to cut out 2 small clips from Morecambe & Wise and Steptoe even though they were part of another programme
Check out - th-cam.com/channels/hYd600Av590JI2rZf4fBlg.htmlsearch?query=Mike+Yarwood
Great ! thanks for sharing...can't believe some bell end voted this down!
The great Dick Emery wrote out of bbc history.
Fancy putting a disaster film on Christmas day or boxing day
Jack Scott says "Santa" , he's from County Durham. There are places in the UK where it's been Santa rather than Father Christmas for a long time
BBC then vs BBC now = Entertainment Vs Agenda
The Hurricane just itv without adverts now. They’ve even lost the plot on news.
9:34... Lay All Your Love On Me by ABBA - not a hit for 6 months! Probably lifted from Super Trouper.
I think that you might have mixed the years up: the news was from 1980 but On Approval was filmed in 1982.
There is a couple stills for sale on eBay from the tv production “to be transmitted Xmas 1980”. But I did check Radio Times and it was shown on Saturday 27th December 1980 at 21:35.
@@bdavebaldwin ah, well that source of accurate information, Wikipedia, must be incorrect, not only with its article for the play On Approval (the BBC production doesn't have a page of its own): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Approval_%28play%29?wprov=sfla1
But also for the articles on Penelope Keith and Lindsay Duncan, all of whom mention that the production was from 1982.
Strange that.
At least you have the documentary evidence, both in terms of video and the Radio Times, so I stand corrected.
@@nottmjas I also checked the IMDb database and that’s wrong as well. The internet isn’t being corrected so one error spreads rapidly as people re-write articles rather than start afresh.
@@bdavebaldwin there's a number of clips of the production on here, some stating 1982 as the date. Annoyingly, I can't seem to found any clips showing the end credits. Amazing how an inaccuracy can be spread on the internet until it becomes the "acknowledged truth".
@@nottmjas Before I looked at BBC Genome - with the Radio Times billings Dick Emery helped me out (they ran the trails for that programme endlessly in 1980)
I wouldn't have wanted to live in any other time ... neither before ... nor the hell that's coming. The 50s through to the 80s were the apogee of Western life.
“Twenty thousand feet under the sea”?
Must have been a budget version of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
The announcer crashing the News at 11.13. Is it David Wheel?
Sounds like Robin Whitting.
Val Doonican's giant hands with his thin microphone. Always time to go and play, i hated it. My gran and grandad always watch him.
13:40 Argh! Sideshow "Rotten" Rolf "Horrendous" Harris!
14:13 Argh! Sideshow "Jinxed" Jimmy "Sadic" Saville!
Add in Stuart Hall and great swathes of the BBC archive will stay buried
@@bdavebaldwin You mean Sideshow "Scary" Stuart "Horrific" Hall?
@@sergioroman2920 To be honest coming back from football matches I found his summaries tedious, but the driver ruled the radio. Then the irritating laughing on It’s a knockout - but millions ‘found’ it amusing. Fortunately I was spared his regional appearances. As with Saville he was over-smug and the people that helped build their arrogance went curiously quiet.
Hi david, love your videos... Just watching this and you had a short clip of 'so you think you know Christmas ' with Cliff Mitchelmore and Magnus Magnusson - for some reason these quizzes have stuck in my head from my childhood - do you have the whole programme and if so would you or could you upload? It's a bit cheeky to ask, I know, but would do love to see this again. Thanks for all the warm and welcome memories .
Will have a look
@@bdavebaldwin Thanks, David - you're a gent.
ju vin there it is
Had to reload it the sync on the first one was aweful
As I've said before david, you're a gent ... Just watching!
Good grief rolf's Christmas time and Jim will fix it. Dangerous very dangerous!
Not to mention it's a christmas knockout with Stuart Hall
Gilbert and Val!!!!!!
Janine Farnell ..and the red shoes!!
Dick Emery was a one trick pony *ooh you are awful... * etc. The rest was tripe!
1980: I was still a virgin! Frankly I haven't done much better since 🙄
Never seen Dick Emery repeated for years, shame.
Towering inferno...class
So You Think You Know About Entertainment?
God, I used to hate Val Doonican. All songs, no laughs.
not quite in date order? what the fuck use is that?