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I've heard of star vehicles before but never in this context! :D

Getting Sam Home

Cheering Up Ludovic

And a Dewhirst Up A Fir Tree

Mending Stuart's Leg

That would have been great, Abbot could have done that. He was offered the part of Barry's neighbour Boothroyd in 'Enter The Finger' (who could have become a recurring character) - but he declined. Basically he wasn't interested unless...

Well, I don't miss the fact that faces were always green.

Springing Smiler

OK ... The First Human Being to Ride a Hill

I recall the TV top antenna that would you stand there adjusting to picture perfect, but by the time you sat down the screen had turned to mush again

As technology improved I remember buying a Casio mini colour TV with something like a two inch screen used it when I was at work during quiet periods on nightshift just showed how far things had progressed.

Until the mid 1980s my family rented a set from Granada, which was replaced by a Philips set my Dad bought on credit.

'once' is a number now, is it? OK... Errol Flynn Used to Have a Pair Like That

I realised Brilliant post. Yes, yes and yes to the fires caused by valve tvs, chip pans and electric blankets. Veritable monkeys with machine guns. " what if we do this...BOOOOM" "Ahhhhh, that's a no then". :fp: :fp:

Like most folk around us members born in the 50's I do recall the same sets as mentioned as technology progressed, I believe most of the sets were rented, I do recall passing a shop in Bedford where they displayed some of the first...