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A
set of 10 documentaries
each focusing on a different
year of the 1970's, nostalgia
led these shows concentrated on
the popular culture aspects of
each year, tv, pop music, film
etc. Each one was presented by a
different celebrity. Each
edition of the series was
preceded by a TV show from the
year in question and was
followed by a film (often two)
also from the relevant year.
The
shows themselves consisted of
clips of the topics being talked
about along with talking heads
style interviews with
celebrities (most whom would
have been kids in the
seventies).
These included Jamie Theakston,
Rhona Cameron, Fiona Allen,
Ainsley Harriott, Simon Donald
of Viz Magazine, Stuart Marconie,
Johnny Vegas, Kathryn Flett,
Wayne Hemingway of Red or Dead,
writer Keith Topping, Miranda
Sawyer, Lucy Porter, Alan
Cumming, Amelia Bullmore,
Neville Staple, Shaun Ryder
etc.
The other contributors were
people actually involved in the
topics covered on the programme
such as Barry Sheene talking
about his career and his big
crash which almost ended it,
Tony Blackburn on the cult of
the CB radio, Mike Yarwood
discussing his career, Lindsay
Wagner remembering her bionic
days, Kevin Dobson talking about
Kojack etc. The shows took
a great delight in showcasing
some of those buygones such as
Space Dust, The Space Hopper,
Chopper Bikes and Snorkel
Parkers.
PRODUCTION
DETAILS
Producer:
Alan Brown / Titles:
Voom
UK
/ BBC2 / 10x60m-e 1x90m-e/ 2000
Saturdays 8.55pm
1.
1970 (Saturday 22 July 2000 -
8.55pm)
Host:
Jimmy Saville / TV Show: Up
Pompeii / Film: M*A*S*H
Topics
covered:- Scooby Doo, Mungo
Jerry, The Supremes, The
Clangers, Stylophones, Chopper
Bikes, The Goodies
2.
1971 (Saturday 29 July 2000 -
8.55pm)
Host:
Britt Ekland / TV Show: The
Liver Birds / Film: Silent
Running
Topics
Covered:- The Banana Splits,
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, Get
Carter, Space Hoppers,
3.
1972 (Saturday 5 August 2000 -
8.55pm)
Host:
David Cassidy / TV Show: The
Dick Emery Shows / Films:
Shaft's Big Score and Asylum
Topics
covered:- Magpie Vs Blue Peter
(with contributions from Susan
Stranks and Mick Robertson),
Love Thy Neighbour, Fruit Salad
sweets, Cosmopolitan Magazine,
The Joy of Sex book
4.
1973 (Saturday 12 August 2000 -
8.55pm)
Host:-
Noddy Holder / TV Show: Whatever
Happened to the Likely Lads /
Films: Enter the Dragon and Save
the Tiger
Topics
covered:- Kojack, Slade, Kung
Fu, Sweet, Snorkel Parkers
5.
1974 (Saturday 19 August 2000 -
8.55pm)
Animated
hosts: Bob Godfrey's Roobarb and
Custard / TV Show: Show of the
Week Mike Yarwood / Films:
Earthquake and The Night Porter
Topics
covered:- Roobarb and Custard,
The Wombles, The Six Million
Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman,
Pan's People, Ford Capri, Pong
the video game.
6.
1975 (Saturday 26 August 2000 -
8.55pm)
Host:
Dennis Waterman / TV Show: The
Good Life / Films: The Rocky
Horror
Picture Show and Shivers
Topics
covered:- The Sweeney, Rocky
Horror Picture Show, World of
Sport,
David Essex, The Fonz, Barry
Sheene,
7.
1976(Saturday 2 September 2000 -
8.55pm)
Host:
Kermit the Frog / TV Show: It
Ain't Half Hot Mum / Films:
Assault on
Precinct 13 and The Man Who Fell
to Earth
Topics
covered:- Bjorn Borg, Stunt
Kites, Disco, Abba and Dancing
Queen.
8.
1977 (Saturday 9 September 2000
- 9.00pm)
Host:
Carrie Fisher / No TV Show /
Films: Saturday Night Fever and
Looking For Mr Goodbar
Topics
covered:- Star Wars, Saturday
Night Fever, The Sex Pistols,
The Professionals, Skateboards,
Space Dust (the strange sweet
that popped in your mouth), Teen
magazines like Jackie
9.
1978 (Saturday 16 September 2000
- 9.05pm)
Host:
Lynda Carter / TV Show: The Les
Dawson Show / Film: Blue Collar
Topics:-
Wonder Woman, The Incredible
Hulk, Grease (the movie and the
songs from it), Simon the
computer game, Space Invaders,
Top Trumps(the card game),
Sodastream (the drink maker),
Hot Gossip (the 'sexy' dance
troupe), Kate Bush, Blake's 7,
The Boomtown Rats, The War of
the Worlds LP.
10.
1979 (Saturday 23 September 2000
- 9.05pm)
Host:
Lynda Carter / No TV Show /
Film: Wise Blood
Topics:-
The films 10 and Quadrophenia,
The Dukes of Hazzard, Gary Numan,
The Rubik's Cube, Holly Hobbie
the toy, Leif Garrett,
Vanderbilt Jeans, Monkey, Ska
Music, Madness
SPECIAL
I
LOVE A 1970'S CHRISTMAS (Sunday
24 December 2000 - 8.30pm)
Hosts:
John Noakes, Valerie Singleton,
Peter Purves
A
ninety minute festive special
looking at the music, the food,
the presents, the adverts, the
TV, the film and featuring all
the usual talking heads from the
series run, topics included,
Boney M, Scalextrix, The Railway
Children, Perfumes ands
Aftershaves, dodgy Top of the
Pops covers albums, Basil Brush,
etc.
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