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Retro: Yorkshire/North East England Sat, Oct 18, 1997

from TV Times-Yorkshire/North East edition

BBC1
7.05 Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers (bw)
7.25 BBC News/Weather
7.30 Romauld the Reindeer
7.40 Dennis the Menace
8.05 Conan the Adventurer
8.30 New Adventures of Superman (their title for Lois & Clark)
9.15 Live & Kicking
12.12 Weather
12.15 Grandstand (football preview)
1.00 BBC News
1.05 Grandstand (Commonwealth Festival of Road Running/BUPA Care Home Open indoor bowls/Grand Prix Snooker, football updates and results)
5.15 BBC News/Weather
5.25 Regional News/Weather
5.30 Are You Being Served?
6.00 Jim Davidson's Generation Game
7.00 Noel's House Party
7.50 National Lottery Live (guests Billy Joel and Stephen Fry)
8.10 Casualty
9.00 Movie "Fighting for My Daughter"
10.30 BBC News/Sport/Weather
10.50 Match of the Day: Premiership highlights, focusing on the Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool
mid. Clive Anderson's All Talk
12.35 Top of the Pops (repeat of the Friday edition)
1.05 Movie "Aria"
2.35 Weather
2.40 sign-off

BBC2
6.55 Movie "Fury" (bw)
8.25 Movie "Pat and Mike" (bw)
10.00 Q Asia (quiz show on Asian culture)
10.30 Network East (Asian arts)
11.20 50 Years On-Independence (pt 3 of a 10 part series on the Asian community)
11.50 Birds with Tony Soper
12.10 Phil Silvers (bw. Sgt. Bilko)
12.35 Film 97 with Barry Norman
1.05 Great Romances of the 20th Century (looks at Marilyn Monroe and Joe di Maggio)
1.30 Movie "The Misfits" (which stars Marilyn, interestingly enough)
3.35 The Saint
4.25 TOTP2
5.10 Indoor Bowls/Snooker (coverage as on Grandstand)
6.20 BBC News/Sport/Weather
6.35 Correspondent Special "Turkey: In the Interests of the State"
7.20 The Works
8.00 What the Papers Say
8.10 Decisive Moments: The Photographs That Made History "Are You Crazy?" (the stories behind famous WWII photos)
9.35 Agony
10.00 Grand Prix Snooker
10.50 Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror
11.30 Movie "The Masque of the Red Death"
1.00 Later with Jools Holland
followed by Weatherview and sign-off

Yorkshire/Tyne Tees (ITV-the channels were co-owned; Yorkshire broadcasts to Yorkshire, with Tyne Tees serving NE England)
6-9.25am programs on all ITV stations produced by franchise GMTV
5.30 ITN Morning News
6.00 GMTV News/Weather
6.10 Mole in the Hole
6.30 Bug Alert!
6.50 Bananas in Pajamas
7.15 Little Mermaid
7.40 Disney's Wake Up in the Wild Room
8.50 Power Rangers Zeo/Time Out
9.25 Tricky
11.35 Chart Show
1.05 ITN News/Weather
1.10 Regional News/Weather
1.10 UEFA Champions League Special
1.50 International Motor Racing: GT and F3000 racing from Mugello, Italy
2.50 Cartoon Time
3.00 Hollywood's Greatest Stunts
3.50 Baywatch Nights
4.45 ITN News/Results/Weather
5.05 Regional News/Weather
5.10 (Yorkshire) Scoreline
5.10 (Tyne Tees) Full Time
5.20 Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (celebrating Star Wars' 20th anniversary)
5.45 Wheel of Fortune (local)
6.15 Gladiators
7.15 Blind Date (National Lottery airs during show)
8.15 Family Fortunes (local version of Family Feud, Liverpool's Hargadon family takes on Nottingham's Wormald clan)
8.45 ITN News/Weather
9.00 Movie "Blown Away"
11.15 Movie "Rocky III"
1.05 Funny Business
1.35 News Headlines, followed by Movie "Whoops Apocalypse"
3.05 Planet Mirth
3.30 Collins & Maconie's Movie Club
3.55 Helter Skelter
4.45 Murder, She Wrote

Anglia (ITV-East of England)
5.30 ITN Morning News
6.00 GMTV News/Weather
6.10 Mole in the Hole
6.30 Bug Alert!
6.50 Bananas in Pajamas
7.15 Little Mermaid
7.40 Disney's Wake Up in the Wild Room
8.50 Power Rangers Zeo/Time Out
9.25 Tricky
11.35 Chart Show
12.35 cyber.cafe
1.05 ITN News/Weather
1.10 Anglia News/Weather
1.15 UEFA Champions League Special
1.50 International Motor Racing
2.50 Cartoon Time
2.55 Airwolf
3.50 Baywatch Nights
4.45 ITN News/Results/Weather
5.05 Anglia News/Sport/Weather
5.20 Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
5.45 Wheel of Fortune
6.15 Gladiators
7.15 Blind Date
8.15 Family Fortunes
8.45 ITN News/Weather
9.00 Movie "Blown Away"
11.15 Movie "Rocky III"
1.05 Movie "Life at the Top" (bw)
3.10 Rockmania
4.10 Funny Business
4.35 Comedy Central

Border (ITV-Cumbria/portions of Northumberland/Isle of Man/S Scotland)
5.30 ITN Morning News
6.00 GMTV News/Weather
6.10 Mole in the Hole
6.30 Bug Alert!
6.50 Bananas in Pajamas
7.15 Little Mermaid
7.40 Disney's Wake Up in the Wild Room
8.50 Power Rangers Zeo/Time Out
9.25 Tricky
11.35 Chart Show
12.35 Movies, Games & Videos
1.05 ITN News/Weather
1.10 Border News/Weather
1.15 UEFA Champions League Special
1.50 International Motor Racing
2.50 ITV Sports Classics
2.55 Thunder in Paradise
3.50 Baywatch Nights
4.45 ITN News/Results/Weather
5.05 Border News/Weather
5.10 Border Birthdays
5.15 Border Sports Results
5.20 Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
5.45 Wheel of Fortune
6.15 Gladiators
7.15 Blind Date
8.15 Family Fortunes
8.45 ITN News/Weather
9.00 Movie "Blown Away"
11.15 Movie "Rocky III"
1.05 Movie "High Desert Kill"
2.45 Carnal Knowledge
3.40 Rockmania
4.35 Chart Show

Central (ITV-Midlands)
5.30 ITN Morning News
6.00 GMTV News/Weather
6.10 Mole in the Hole
6.30 Bug Alert!
6.50 Bananas in Pajamas
7.15 Little Mermaid
7.40 Disney's Wake Up in the Wild Room
8.50 Power Rangers Zeo/Time Out
9.25 Tricky
11.35 Chart Show
12.35 Movies, Games & Videos
1.05 ITN News/Weather
1.10 Central News/Weather
1.15 UEFA Champions League Special
1.50 International Motor Racing
2.50 Eastern Mix (Asian program)
3.20 Premiere
3.50 Baywatch Nights
4.45 ITN News/Results/Weather
5.05 Central News/Weather
5.10 The Central Match-Goals Extra
5.20 Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
5.45 Wheel of Fortune
6.15 Gladiators
7.15 Blind Date
8.15 Family Fortunes
8.45 ITN News/Weather
9.00 Movie "Blown Away"
11.15 Movie "Rocky III"
1.05 Movie "High Desert Kill"
2.45 Carnal Knowledge
3.40 Rockmania
4.35 Central Jobfinder
5.20 Asian Eye

Granada (ITV-NW England)
5.30 ITN Morning News
6.00 GMTV News/Weather
6.10 Mole in the Hole
6.30 Bug Alert!
6.50 Bananas in Pajamas
7.15 Little Mermaid
7.40 Disney's Wake Up in the Wild Room
8.50 Power Rangers Zeo/Time Out
9.25 Tricky
11.35 Chart Show
12.35 The Making of Hercules (behind the scenes of the Disney animated film)
1.05 ITN News/Weather
1.10 Granada News/Weather
1.15 UEFA Champions League Special
1.50 International Motor Racing
2.50 Cartoon Time
2.55 Airwolf
3.50 Baywatch Nights
4.45 ITN News/Results/Weather
5.05 Granada News/Results/Weather
5.20 Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
5.45 Wheel of Fortune
6.15 Gladiators
7.15 Blind Date
8.15 Family Fortunes
8.45 ITN News/Weather
9.00 Movie "Blown Away"
11.15 Movie "Rocky III"
1.05 Movie "High Desert Kill"
2.45 Carnal Knowledge
3.40 Rockmania
4.35 Chart Show

Channel 4
5.40 Sesame Street
6.40 The Great Bong
6.50 Katie & Orbie
7.25 Super Mario Brothers
7.40 First Edition
8.00 Transworld Sport
9.00 The Morning Line
10.00 Gazzetta Football Italia (Italian soccer highlights)
11.00 Blitz! (NFL highlights)
noon Sign On (program for deaf youth)
12.35 Movie "Here Come the Girls"
2.00 Channel 4 Racing: action from Newmarket and Redcar
5.05 Brookside omnibus (followed by Channel 4 News Summary and Weather)
6.30 Right to Reply
7.00 The Liners "Ships of War"
8.00 Bombay Blue
9.00 Post Mortem: The Journey Out
9.30 Drop the Dead Donkey
10.00 ER
11.00 Picture Palace "The T*t and the Moon" (didn't think I'd get away with posting the whole word :D...this was a Spanish erotic comedy about a Spanish boy who can't stand a baby at his mom's breast, so he asks the Moon for one of his own)
12.40 The Client
1.35 St. Elsewhere
2.35 Best of the Tube
3.05 Pearl
3.35 Naked Truth
4.00 Planet Showbiz
4.30 TV Pizza (finale)
5.15 Partners

Channel 5
6.00 Dappledown Farm
6.30 Havakazoo
7.00 5 News Early
7.30 Wimzie's House (followed by 5 News Update)
8.00 Alvin & the Chipmunks
8.30 George of the Jungle (followed by 5 News Update)
9.00 Knight Rider (x2)
11.00 Turnstyle (soccer preview)
12.50 5 News
1.00 The Mag
2.30 Daria
3.00 The Mag (followed by 5 News Update)
3.15 Sunset Beach omnibus
5.55 5 News & Sport
6.00 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (in this episode, Herc invents the Olympics)
6.50 Night Fever
7.45 5 News & Sport
8.05 Xena: Warrior Princess (followed by 5 News Update)
9.00 A Mind to Kill "Deathwatch" (a feature-length episode)
10.55 Movie "Body of Evidence"
12.45 Live & Dangerous (World Series-Game 1, live from Miami...the Marlins won 7-4, going the distance with Cleveland with an Edgar Renteria single in the bottom of the 11th in Game 7 clinching the Series for the Marlins)
4.35 Streets of San Francisco
5.30 Whittle (followed by 5 News Update)
 
Channel Five had launched earlier that year, the UK's first new OTA service since 1982. At the time the launch of a new channel was still a massive deal in the UK, even though not all areas of the country could get it. Things were changing, though. The following year would see the launch of Sky Digital, replacing the analogue satellite service, and the first experiments with digital terrestrial broadcasting were also taking place.

Programming wise, that looks like another era. Jim Davidson is barely seen on our screens now, after accusations of racism. General sports show Grandstand has gone, replaced by specfic sports shows. Top of the Pops, The Tube and the Chart Show are no more, now that every home has at least some music TV OTA. The British version of Wheel of Fortune is long gone. But Casualty (weekly soap opera set in a hospital)survives, and so does the National Lottery. And I still can't bloomin' win it!
 
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