It's Saturday, October 20:
Thing is, it's exactly 50 years ago - and Brucie's still on the box. Turns out 1962 is the same as 2012, October 20 being a Saturday in both these years. So - what else was on this commercial channel, in the North East of England, that evening? There was - later - the imported:
With the delightful Poncie Ponce - a Spanish name if ever there was. Many will remember the series from ABC in the US; a decade or so before Hawaii-5-0.
Another chap still around is the (now) 90 year old Patrick MacNee who, 50 years ago, was teamed up - pre Mrs Peel - with Honor Blackman, also still with us.
Remember when TV went to bed with the rest of us? Before midnight:
It would appear, however, that the Reverend Henry Bentley died in 1983 at the age of 75 or thereabouts.
And this is what's on the TV, this very evening, exactly 50 years ago to the day: |
Thing is, it's exactly 50 years ago - and Brucie's still on the box. Turns out 1962 is the same as 2012, October 20 being a Saturday in both these years. So - what else was on this commercial channel, in the North East of England, that evening? There was - later - the imported:
With the delightful Poncie Ponce - a Spanish name if ever there was. Many will remember the series from ABC in the US; a decade or so before Hawaii-5-0.
Another chap still around is the (now) 90 year old Patrick MacNee who, 50 years ago, was teamed up - pre Mrs Peel - with Honor Blackman, also still with us.
Remember when TV went to bed with the rest of us? Before midnight:
It would appear, however, that the Reverend Henry Bentley died in 1983 at the age of 75 or thereabouts.