#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 36 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 29 July 1990 1. #CoronationStreet 16.28m 2. #Neighbours 14.99 3. #EastEnders 14.47 4. #HomeAndAway 11.38 5. #TheBill 11.04 6. I Know My First Name is Steven 9.84 7. #Emmerdale 9.03 8. The Upper Hand 8.91

#OnThisDay 29 July 1992 - BIG! #TakeThat ANSWER BACK and reveal all to their fans. BEHIND THE SCENES AT #HomeAndAway. "I'M NOT A FLIRT" says #Eldorado's Kai Maurer. Chloe Newsome, Vicky from #CoronationStreet, reveals: "I WOULDN'T DATE STEVE!"

#OnThisDay 29 July 1983 AFTER DR WHO . . . DR HER? Actor #PeterDavison is quitting as TV's #DrWho . . . and his successor could be a woman . . . PETER SAYS TA-TA TO TARDIS! Peter - the sexiest Doctor to date - denied his decision was the result of a backstage bust-up . . .

#OnThisDay 29 July 1979 Stroryline writer Esther Rose reveals The Secrets of #CoronationStreet - DESIRED! BY A MILLION MEN A writer once summed up Elsie Tanner as "the woman every brush salesman dreams will open her back door to him one wet Wednesday in Wigan." . . .

#OnThisDay 29 July 1981 GIVE THEM A CLUE is special royal themed episode of Give Us A Clue to celebrate the wedding between Prince Charles and Lady Di. Here's #DerekGriffiths with a 17-word mime to perform.

#OnThisDay 29 July 1974 #HelenWorth makes the first of more than 4,600 appearances, spanning 50 years, as Gail Potter (Tilsley/Platt/Hillman/McIntyre/Rodwell/Chadwick) in #CoronationStreet.

#OnThisDay 28 July 1999 - MORE! magazine Full Frontal - #TayeDiggs is 27 and very, very phwoar! Could you go out with #JamesVanDerBeek? Whatever Happened to Amanda de Cadanet? Have you pulled yet? #VernonKaye reveals his tactic at Glastonbury "is to get the girl drunk..."

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 41 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 28 July 1985 1. #CoronationStreet 16.85m 2. #EastEnders 12.30 3. #Crossroads 12.20 4. Duty Free 12.15 5. #Emmerdale Farm 11.90 6. Screaming Woman 11.34 7. Miami Vice 11.20 7. The Krypton Factor 11.20

#OnThisDay 28 July 1979 The first episode of CANNON AND BALL was broadcast on ITV. Starring #TommyCannon and #BobbyBall in a mix of comedy, sketches and songs, nine series were produced, with the last episode airing on Christmas Eve 1988.

#OnThisDay 28 July 1984 The second series of BBC1 entertainment show THE MAIN ATTRACTION kicks off with #NuncanNorvelle performing his take on the Match of the Day theme tune.

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 46 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 27 July 1980 1. Last of the Summer Wine 11.50m 2. Parkinson Meets Peter Sellers 11.45 3. Nine O'Clock News 11.15 4. Starsky and Hutch 10.90 5. #CoronationStreet 10.00 5. Friendly Persuasion 10.00 7. Fawlty Towers 9.55

#OnThisDay 27 July 1991 - NUMBER ONE The #TOTP chart shows Bryan Adams still at nº 1. More Than Words by Extreme is the highest new entry at nº 8, and Cathy Dennis' Just Another Dream has climbed 15 places to nº 13. Michael Bolton and T'Pau fail to crack the Top 40.

#OnThisDay 27 July 1991 - NUMBER ONE Joey #NKOTB: "I'm not the trouble type!" Sizzling Summer Styles Ahoy! Chesney Hawkes' sister Keely dresses new band #TakeThat in the latest high street fashions. Bee-Hive Yourselves! - Melissa & Tracey from Voice of The Beehive tell all.

#OnThisDay 27 July 1991 - NUMBER ONE "I used to dress like Boy George" claims #DanniiMinogue. Corey's on a roll! - In Prayer of the Rollerboys, #CoreyHaim goes undercover to crack a rollerskating drugs gang. Sophie Lawrence: "I'm no Albert Square! In fact I'm a bit of a popstar"

#OnThisDay 27 July 1996 - INSIDE SOAP #Neighbours' Annalise, Kimberley Davies: "I hated my final scenes." In #CoronationStreet "Sally wants it all!" #EastEnders' Martine McCutcheon thinks "Tiffany would probably be a terrible mother." #TheBill - Ray of Sunshine

#OnThisDay 27 July 1987 NIGHT THE QUEEN WAS NOT AMUSED Down in #CoronationStreet they still talk of the day Hilda Ogden made the Duke of Edinburgh laugh so much that he almost fell off his seat. But the Queen was not amused. It was all because of Jean Alexander . . .

#OnThisDay 27 July 1985 KIND HEART WINS HILDA A CORONET Hilda Ogden is Queen of the Street, a national institution. Now actress #JeanAlexander, celebrating 21 years as #CoronationStreet's chattering char, has picked up TV's top acting honour . . .

#OnThisDay 27 July 1983 Peter Dudley makes his final appearance as Bert Tilsley in #CoronationStreet, with his last line being: "Yeah I will in a bit love, I think I'll just have a little doze." The actor died from a stroke in Oct '83 and his character was killed off in Jan '84.

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 28 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 26 July 1998 1. #CoronationStreet 16.08m 2. #EastEnders 15.34 3. #Emmerdale 11.52 4. Changing Rooms 9.95 5. #TheBill 9.39 6. Lakesiders 9.32 7. Heartburn Hotel 9.10 8. #Neighbours 8.66

#OnThisDay 26 July 1989 - SMASH HITS #Bros - The Pain, The Tragedy, The Joy ... It's #GloriaEstefan - "No wonder they call you the Conga Queen!" "I was the chubbiest kid" reveals #JasonDonovan.

#OnThisDay 26 July 1979 DEATH ON THE STREET ITV broadcasts what's billed as "the first ever documentary about #CoronationStreet" in which Stephen Hancock examines viewers' reactions to the death of soap characters. It features #LynneCarol, #NoelDyson, Tony McHale and Bill Podmore.

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 33 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 25 July 1993 1. #EastEnders 16.42m 2. #CoronationStreet 15.80 3. #Neighbours 13.45 4. #HomeAndAway 12.10 5. Stars In Their Eyes 11.29 6. #TheBill 11.15 7. Wheel of Fortune 10.92 8. Through The Keyhole 10.31 9. #Emmerdale

#OnThisDay 25 July 1990 - FAST FORWARD "You hooligans don't seem to realise - sabotaging a hunt is a criminal offence!" in #GrangeHill. In #EastEnders the cartoon, Frank doesn't feel well. He doesn't look too good either 😉 #CherylBaker is literally breaking records in TV Centre.

#OnThisDay 25 July 1990 - FAST FORWARD CHEERIO! #JasonDonovan quits #Neighbours to find #Kylie! SKOOL REPORT - What was crooner #GlenMedeiros like at school? WISH YOU WERE HERE!!! Who would the stars take away on their summer holidays with them?

#OnThisDay 25 July 1974 The Hull Daily Mail recalls #HelenWorth's first acting roles and explains: "Helen's newest part is in #CoronationStreet, first appearance, Monday. She plays Gail Potter, a friend of Tricia Hopkins."

#OnThisDay 25 July 1973 in #CoronationStreet. Elsie Howard takes in the sights of London - Baker Street, Oxford Street, red double deckers, Pentonville Prison, and then gets knocked down by a black cab! 5 minutes of the episode is genuinely taken up with her silently walking!

#OnThisDay 25 July 1973 Somebody is knocked down and injured in #CoronationStreet tonight. Who is the victim?

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 38 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 24 July 1988 1. #EastEnders 19.00m 2. #Neighbours 14.35 3. #CoronationStreet 12.65 4. Bread 12.00 5. #TheBill 11.60 6. Colombo 10.25 7. News 10.10 8. Michael Barrymore 9.75 9. C.A.T.S. Eyes 9.50

#OnThisDay 24 July 1991 - FAST FORWARD All the fun of the fair in #GrangeHill. Will Mike survive the Haunted House? Phil Mitchell becomes "Walford's answer to Anneka Rice!" in #EastEnders. It's welcome back to #BykerGrove. Plus, The Proggy Pages.

#OnThisDay 24 July 1991 - FAST FORWARD WIN! A TRIP TO #GrangeHill! WHO'S THAT? A new pop group called #TakeThat have been strutting their stuff all over the place! BART'S GUIDE TO RECORD BREAKERS! Who's the softest? Yappiest? Snappiest? Streetest? Kyliest?