test please delete

[covbob]

And when one programme ended, the next one began, with just a few seconds of the station ident and an announcement. None of these incessant trailers for stuff you don't want to know about in the first place

1983 is slightly before what I remember, but I well recall

[mudskipper]

I read about him just a few days ago when I found myself on List of entertainers who died during a performance

What a co-incidence :spooky:

The guy apologised for boring us all with his story - I thought it was fascinating! The wiki tells a lot more - I'd assumed by "pretended to be Chinese" that it was some sort of un-PC (by today's standards) dress-up, but it does sound like he successfully passed himself off as Chinese. But his grandson really is the spit of the picture in that article (replace hat with cycling helmet).

[covbob]

Apparently they did, quite a lot

The other lot didn't, annoyingly close for them. They left it the last 10 minutes as usual.

[zeitghost]

Apparently they did, quite a lot

4 - 0.

That'll make the Jacks happy.

Not.

[zeitghost]

Further to the RT of September 1983, there's a programme called "The Great Egg Race" presented by Professor Heinz Wolf.

It apparently included a visit to a submarine.

We don't seem to get programmes like that any more.

[NickFitz]

The other lot didn't, annoyingly close for them. They left it the last 10 minutes as usual.

Last time all of them won something (cricket included) we finished up with an idiotic statue cluttering up the corner of Gallowtree Gate, so it's probably for the best if only one lot succeeds at a time

[NickFitz]

Further to the RT of September 1983, there's a programme called "The Great Egg Race" presented by Professor Heinz Wolf.

It apparently included a visit to a submarine.

We don't seem to get programmes like that any more.

That was quite entertaining, as I remember

[zeitghost]

Here's one that's presented by Hilary Henson, with Heinz Wolf as the "resident judge".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pvf6Xl9hQE


According to IMDB that's from 1980.

IMDB reckons it ran for 2 seasons, whereas I think it ran for at least 5.

[mudskipper]

Further to the RT of September 1983, there's a programme called "The Great Egg Race" presented by Professor Heinz Wolf.

It apparently included a visit to a submarine.

We don't seem to get programmes like that any more.

Oooh, interesting. There's a nearby puzzle geocache called 'The Great Egg Race' - I've not yet solved it...

[NickFitz]

Here's one that's presented by Hilary Henson, with Heinz Wolf as the "resident judge".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pvf6Xl9hQE


According to IMDB that's from 1980.

IMDB reckons it ran for 2 seasons, whereas I think it ran for at least 5.

Wikipedia reckons 1979 to 1986: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Egg_Race