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Taking a look at the curious side of British television. Extra bits: curiousbritishtelly.substack.com books: tinyurl.com/cbtbooks

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I'm vaguely starting to run out of Betamax tapes, so if you've got any old ones stashed away in cupboards/lofts, please let me know. VHS more than welcome too. Only looking for 80s recordings. Thanks.

I'm vaguely starting to run out of Betamax tapes, so if you've got any old ones stashed away in cupboards/lofts, please let me know. VHS more than welcome too. Only looking for 80s recordings. Thanks.
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Don't forget to take a peek at the Curious British Telly Substack substack.com/@curiousbritis… chockablock with vintage telly goodness and nutrition - subject to regional variations.

Don't forget to take a peek at the Curious British Telly Substack substack.com/@curiousbritis… chockablock with vintage telly goodness and nutrition - subject to regional variations.
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New article on Substack is curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/through-the-… a quick look at the letters page from a 1982 issue of Buttons. Subscribe (for free) for regular vintage goodness in your inbox.

New article on Substack is curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/through-the-… a quick look at the letters page from a 1982 issue of Buttons. Subscribe (for free) for regular vintage goodness in your inbox.
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Stumbled across some Puddle Lane merch in a charity shop today curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/puddle-lane-… so, of course, I had to buy it and take a look at it.

Stumbled across some Puddle Lane merch in a charity shop today curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/puddle-lane-… so, of course, I had to buy it and take a look at it.
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The school from Hardwicke House curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2013/03/hardwi… is up for sale. Just £1.2 million - who wants to club together and put in a bid?

The school from Hardwicke House curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2013/03/hardwi… is up for sale. Just £1.2 million - who wants to club together and put in a bid?
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It's time to look back at Teetime and Claudia curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2025/04/teetim… an animated Children's ITV show from the early 1980s which only a handful of people remember. And probably with good reason.

It's time to look back at Teetime and Claudia curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2025/04/teetim… an animated Children's ITV show from the early 1980s which only a handful of people remember. And probably with good reason.
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New article is Betamax Find: 02/07/1982 News at Ten curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/betamax-find… which takes a look at this fleeting time capsule of 1982.

New article is Betamax Find: 02/07/1982 News at Ten curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/betamax-find… which takes a look at this fleeting time capsule of 1982.
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It’s time for another Betamax find curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/betamax-find… which features quintessential 1984 news and a warning from the BBC that viewers should not be taking wild kestrels home. God bless the past.

It’s time for another Betamax find curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/betamax-find… which features quintessential 1984 news and a warning from the BBC that viewers should not be taking wild kestrels home. God bless the past.
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New article is Bursts of Gaelic Madness: Mag is Mog and Bzzz curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2025/04/bursts… which looks at two Scottish Gaelic children's programmes from the early 1980s which rank among the strangest things I've ever watched.

New article is Bursts of Gaelic Madness: Mag is Mog and Bzzz curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2025/04/bursts… which looks at two Scottish Gaelic children's programmes from the early 1980s which rank among the strangest things I've ever watched.
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New article is Betamax Find: Hollywood or Bust curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/betamax-find… a long forgotten ITV vehicle for Bruce Forsyth from 1984.

New article is Betamax Find: Hollywood or Bust curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/betamax-find… a long forgotten ITV vehicle for Bruce Forsyth from 1984.
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Several episodes of Mog - a long, forgotten mid-1980s ITV sitcom starring Enn Reitel - have emerged online. Read more at: curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/mog-episodes…

Several episodes of Mog - a long, forgotten mid-1980s ITV sitcom starring Enn Reitel - have emerged online. Read more at: curiousbritishtelly.substack.com/p/mog-episodes…
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I've started a new site ephemeral80s.co.uk all about forgotten bits and pieces of British life from the 1980s, expect the mundane and the ephemeral. Feed for the site is ephemeral80s

I've started a new site ephemeral80s.co.uk all about forgotten bits and pieces of British life from the 1980s, expect the mundane and the ephemeral. Feed for the site is <a href="/ephemeral80s/">ephemeral80s</a>