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Episode from the first series of Mike and Angelo in which a gift of a tiger lily suddenly grows out of all proportion. Edited due to an extended impression of a certain disgraced celeb, but there's a link to the uncut version in the YouTube description if you prefer. youtu.be/zvR5C3pD8QU

Mike and Angelo S1E4 (1989) - edited version

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Half an hour of ad breaks, promos, very nice icy winter idents, and more around The Simpsons on Sky One right at the end of 2000 and possibly into January 2001. Includes bits of DI Burnside presenting Springfield's Most Wanted. youtu.be/SQrbGjfCIFU

Sky One clips, promos, ads, and Christmas idents (2000)

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I do enjoy my BBC Schools programmes, and here's a new one for my channel: Vingt Minutes, featuring young Marty Rea on his foreign exchange trip to France. I think this is aimed at GCSE and A-level students, getting them used to the idea of travelling abroad. youtu.be/Tavg4Dhwl8g

Vingt Minutes Ep1: Une Famille Française (1999) - FULL EPISODE

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Some brief Channel 4 clips from around The Simpsons in July 2008. I think these are now the most recent recordings on my channel, though they're still old enough to walk into a pub and buy a pint. youtu.be/Nc04EeKtKj0

Channel 4 brief clips (July 2008)

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Young viewer Andre challenges Ant to a battle of general knowledge chaired by Dec on SM:tv Live in December 1999. Join in and see how much you know about All Saints, Man United, Tomb Raider, Coronation Street, Another Level, Buffy, and other pop culture of the day. youtu.be/aTnYmt2cJ30

SM:tv Live: Challenge Ant (c.Dec 1999) | Andre

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Time for my weekly YouTube uploads, and first up are these ITV1 ad breaks from December 2002 from before and during The Premiership (back when they'd pinched the football rights from Match of the Day). youtu.be/Uxy4kCI3OXU

ITV1 ads and promos (1/12/2002)

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A heap of nostalgic Fox Kids promos, idents, ads, and more, all taken from a single recording of mostly Power Rangers episodes, I believe from the Power Lunch block on Thursday, 10th October, 2002. Expect memories of Jackie Chan Adventures, Medabots, Shin Chan, and others. youtu.be/o1n7uYpozYc

Fox Kids UK clips and ads (10/10/2002)

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The third ever episode of Mike and Angelo from 1989, entitled The Meal, in which Rita's struggling to finish her article before her boss comes to dinner, so the boys offer to prepare all the food for the visit. youtu.be/pIkaR_AJ32s

Mike and Angelo S1E3 (1989) - FULL EPISODE

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A couple of brief Diggit promos - one for their Easter 2000 line-up, and the other for Recess, coming from either side of an episode of Pokemon on GMTV. youtu.be/gD_O39uq7tA

GMTV Diggit Easter promos (2000)

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A collection of full ad breaks from during Channel 4's broadcast of Nostradamus on Tuesday, 7th May, 2002. Features a few with nice animation, some great old tech, and plenty of ironic anti-sexism sexism. youtu.be/Tksc_8lJYaY

Channel 4 ad breaks (7/5/2002)

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A full bulletin of the BBC's Look North local lunchtime news from Friday, 22nd August, 2003. Read by Wendy Gibson, and the major story is triple jump World Record holder Jonathan Edwards announcing his retirement from the sport. youtu.be/TohMCcZVt7A

Look North (22/8/2003)

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Weekly-ish YouTube upload time, and here's a single short ad break from Tuesday, 12th May, 1992 to start us off. One of them is quite problematic on multiple fronts. youtu.be/nzD2xyMBwWo

ITV Thames ad break (12/5/1992)

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The second ever episode of Mike and Angelo from 1989 - how long can Mike keep the secret from Rita, and how does Angelo get his name? Also with continuity of Mark Granger's last day at CITV, which suggests the Stonewall era started a week earlier than everyone seems to think. youtu.be/yBoJJC8YaPM

Mike and Angelo S1E2 (1989) - FULL EPISODE

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Continuity, promos, and idents from Nickelodeon during showings of Rugrats, Cardcaptors, and more, mostly focusing on the SLAM! strand, likely from January 2002. With a promo for Invader Zim, plus an unbelievably rare full edition of The All New Undersea Monkeys. youtu.be/DGhUNvtkdsI

Nickelodeon UK clips (2002)

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Can't beat a good technical fault - here a BBC1 junction from summer 2003 suffers an audio breakdown with the promos showing up just fine and the narration coming through loud and clear, but no sound from the My Hero, Eyes Down, or Trevor's World of Sport clips. youtu.be/QLTIZKCinUU

BBC1 junction technical fault (c.Aug 2003)

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More than half an hour of mostly ad breaks from GMTV, regular ITV, and CITV, all from the same tape recorded in the summer of 2000. There's also some continuity - including a tiny bit of Diggit Extra - in there to enjoy. youtu.be/y4cgoysYZWw

GMTV and ITV ad breaks, Diggit brief clips (c.July 2000)

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The final episode of the BBC Schools GCSE French programme Clementine from 1996, in which our friends suffer the effects of pollution so try to become environmentally-friendly. It turns out to be harder than expected. youtu.be/UvnjpkH7Ny8

Clementine Ep10: S.O.S. la Terre (1996) - FULL EPISODE

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Time for my weekly YouTube uploads, and first is a BBC continuity junction from October 1992. Those not coping with the lack of World Cup action may be helped by the opening of the night's Match of the Day. Only a short clip, but it contains some Goal of the Month contenders. youtu.be/0RdV1nH0Yvo

BBC1 junction and MOTD start (31/10/1992)

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Matthew has a new video camera and is determined to record Sooty, Sweep, and Soo's best and worst behaviour in this near-full episode of The Sooty Show from November 1983. Special guests are alternative comedy pioneers Jim Sweeney and Steve Steen. youtu.be/DrBYTsOogmQ

The Sooty Show S8E4 (1983) - near-full episode

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Remember that time DI Burnside (a.k.a. Christopher Ellison) went on Sky One to introduce episodes of The Simpsons via segments called Springfield's Most Wanted back around New Year 2001? youtu.be/xnQfcADHDBk

Springfield's Most Wanted (c.2001) | Sky One Simpsons intros with Christopher Ellison

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Some nice in-between bits from The Movie Channel back in October 1992, with not just a Hallowe'en theme, but quite a strong Dracula one, too. Nice promos for Sky Sports and Sky News to look out for as well. youtu.be/Tt_zlRDHT_g

The Movie Channel junction (27-28/10/1992)

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Challenge Ant, in which young viewer Cameron sets the quiz questions in an attempt to win the week's top ten albums and maybe a Technics mini hi-fi system. From the morning of 1st January 2000, so probably not as live as the name "SM:tv Live" would have you believe. youtu.be/5KMvIKi7C98

SM:tv Live: Challenge Ant (1/1/2000) | Cameron

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The last ever ITV Nightly News - a.k.a. News at When? - from January 2001, just before Trevor McDonald and News at Ten were brought back. Top stories include Bill Clinton leaving office, Paul Burrell's arrest, and the Kilshaws losing custody of the twins they 'bought' online. youtu.be/oGfHoOd_GoE

Last ever ITV Nightly News, plus London Tonight (19/1/2001)

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Time for my weekly YouTube uploads, and let's start with these Channel 4 ad breaks from 2004. Who in the world ever thought that Sunday Times fake pregnancy one was anything other than catastrophically unfunny? youtu.be/B4yGoVjBjX0

Channel 4 ad breaks (20/11/2004)

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A full episode of Krankies Television (or Krankies TV, or K.T.V., or some variation thereof) in which Ian and Jimmy are mostly trying to put together some sports programming. Unlikely special guests are Ian St John, Nick Owen, and Little and Large. youtu.be/_dS94WmzA5I

Krankies Television (1991) - FULL EPISODE

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From New Year's Day 2002, here are some clips of Jamie Rickers on GMTV's Up on the Roof, and then the opening of CITV with Leah, David, and the band allSTARS* (with an asterisk), plus some ads and promos in between. youtu.be/IBW7Jy4pcLA

GMTV Up on the Roof and CITV clips (1/1/2002)

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Remember Harry Enfield's ill-fated transfer to Sky One and his Brand Spanking New Show? Well, right at the end of 2001 they put together a 'best of', featuring the most memorable sketches of the series, and this is it. youtu.be/8JuSnTjVX08

The Very Best of Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show (2001) - FULL EPISODE

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Short Fox Kids interstitial programme The Adventures of Brush Lee and Jackie Chain, a loose parody of the Jackie Chan animated series that was being shown on the channel back then in 2002. Features Duck Norris and Splint Eastwood. Very silly. youtu.be/IXmnayGX4BA

The Adventures of Brush Lee and Jackie Chain (2002) | Duck Norris and Splint Eastwood

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The penultimate episode of the BBC Schools 1996 French-language programme Clementine, in which our 16-year-old main character plans to hitchhike her way to Italy for a holiday with her boyfriend. The parents are less keen. youtu.be/BCC_iyWLiWI

Clementine Ep9: Les Vacances (1996) - FULL EPISODE

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