Thames/ITV Handover, 28th December 1979, 4 January 1981 · 5:43pm Oct 26th, 2016
"A 7pm Thames/LWT handover from 28th December 1979" opens with a promo for LWT's line-up, which includes mentions of the films "The Man In The Iron Mask" and "Murder By Natural Causes", from Columbo writers Richard Levinson and William Link. This also has excerpts from an episode of The Muppet Show that features Liza Minnelli.
This is followed by a recording from 4 January 1981 of an episode of the same show that features Gene Kelly.
No, you do not get the full episodes; apparently there were very, VERY specific things from them that somebody wanted to record.
Includes the following adverts:
- a PSA from the Man of Steel himself, Superman, who would "never say yes to a cigarette".
- Allied Carpets
- Hopscotch, with Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson and Sam Waterston
- Persil, with a certain amount of damage to "Do Doo Ron Ron" (don't you hate it when companies turn pop songs into plugs for their own products?)
- England's Northcountry
Ends with a promo for LWT's airings of "Hart to Hart" and "Dangerous Davies".
