Softly Softly: Task Force - Safe in the Streets? (30th September 1970). Barlow tangles with two teenage tearaways - Henry (Léon Vitali) and Reen (Vicki Michelle).
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JICTAR Top 20 for the w/e 30th September 1973. Van Der Valk was top with 17.16 million viewers (homes viewing total multiplied by 2.2)
OTD in 1965. TOTP, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and The World of Wooster are on BBC1. Danger Man features in most ITV regions.
The Howerd Confessions. (30th September 1976). "Can you see what I think I can see? I was right, wasn't I? She is wearing earrings". Linda Thorson joins Francis for some good, clean family fun.
On this day in 1978, part one of The Pirate Planet was broadcast.
Shoestring and To The Manor Born were just two BBC series to benefit from the ITV strike. Shoestring's debut episode pulled in 19.50 million viewers, although that wasn't quite good enough to get it into the week's top ten.
"Sparing us the violence". The debut episode of Shoestring was warmly received by The Stage and Television Today (4th October 1979)
'Private Ear', the first episode of Shoestring, was originally broadcast on this day in 1979.
To The Manor Born reviewed by Hazel Holt in The Stage and Television Today (4th October 1979)
The first episode of To The Manor Born was originally broadcast on this day in 1979.
'Trapped in the Sky', the first episode of Thunderbirds, was originally broadcast in selected ITV regions on this day in 1965.
William Hartnell in Ghost Squad - High Wire (30th September 1961)
Coronation Street - written by Julian Roach (30th September 1970). Minnie celebrates her birthday.
Keith Chegwin profiled in Buddy (29th September 1981)
'The weird world of Dr Tom ..' Tom Baker interviewed in the Daily Mirror (29th September 1979)
OTD in 1988. BBC1 has the Olympics as well as TOTP and a Comedy Classic (i.e. a repeat) screening of The Good Life. Over on ITV there's The Bill and The Equalizer.
On this day in 1979, part one of City of Death was broadcast.
Target - Queen's Pardon - written and directed by David Wickes (29th September 1978). Max Wall guests as Geoffrey Wyatt, a man desperate to obtain a pardon for his son, Paul, wrongfully hanged for a crime he didn't commit.
The Sweeney - Hit and Run by Roger Marshall (29th September 1975). A shell-shocked George Carter attempts to come to terms with the news that his wife has been killed by a hit and run driver.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Final Problem (29th September 1985). Holmes comes face to face with Professor Moriarty (Eric Porter) in John Hawksworth's adaptation of a story first published in 1893.
'The Most Special Agent', the first episode of Joe 90, was originally broadcast on this day in 1968.
'Suspense evaporates, with nothing to take its place'. Ann Purser, writing in the Stage and Television Today, was distinctly underwhelmed by the debut episode of The Prisoner (5th October 1967)
'Arrival', the first episode of The Prisoner, debuted in the UK on this day in 1967 in selected ITV regions.
The early lowdown on Captain Scarlet from TV Century 21 (30th September 2067)
'The Mysterons', the first episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, was originally broadcast on this day in 1967. "Captain Scarlet is indestructible. You are not. Remember this. Do not try to imitate him."
Just Good Friends (29th September 1983). After a gap of five years, Vince meets Mrs Warrander (Sylvia Kay) again. Has absence made the heart grow fonder?
Coronation Street - written by John Stevenson (29th September 1976). Thanks to the combination of a wayward greyhound and Mrs Walker's wayward driving, Stan's cart has been dealt a fatal blow. Hilda is adamant that compensation will be paid.
Blakes 7 newspaper clippage (28th September 1981)
Des O'Connor interviewed. Daily Express (28th September 1981)
