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Hands up who remembers the Really Wild show that used to be on BBC TV during (I think) the early 90s and possibly the late 80s too.
This show features Michaela Strachan, who was the first woman most young boys fancied, and Terry Nutkins, who certainly was  not her male counterpart in the fanciability respect, but [...]

Kevin & Perry were two teenagers depicted by Harry Enfield and Cathy Burke respectively. The whole thing began on the midnight of Kevin’s 13th birthday where he transformed, werewolf-like, into a sullen, lazy and badly-dressed teenager who frequently reminded his parents that he hated them. Middle England went wild for this sketch and all its [...]

Emma Forbes and Andi Peters started off the sequel to “Going Live” -replacing Phillip Schofield and Gordon the Gopher. Later, Zoe Ball and Jamie Theakston were to take on the mantle booting out Trev and Simon along the way. L&K had an amazing array of guests from Muse to Take That. Although ostensibly for adults, [...]

Remember watching a program where an owl asked a green monster questions and rewarded correct answers with a cool plant? Sound a bit like Pete Doherty’s dreams?
Greenclaws was an 80’s and 90’s hit in childrens’ programming. I particularly liked the plants that he grew -always wishing that I too could have a pizza plant. The [...]

Following the death of King George VI on 6 February 1952, Princess Elizabeth immediately became Head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith. She was the first monarch in over 200 years to succeed to the throne whilst abroad. However, the desire for a sunny day and a big party to accompany the coronation [...]