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The most controversial programme Thames broadcast was the documentary "Death on the Rock", part of the current affairs This Week series. [19] The programme questioned the authority of British troops who had shot dead suspected IRA members allegedly planning a terrorist attack on a British military ceremony in Gibraltar.
The Inter City Firm (ICF) is an English football hooligan firm associated with West Ham United, which was mainly active in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. The name came from the use of InterCity trains to travel to away games. [1] They were the subject of a 1985 Thames Television documentary, Hooligan. [2] [3]
3 November – The strike finally ends, after 62 film editors agreed to the new conditions, while the ACTT agreed as well to start negotiations about the introductions of new technology. Additional episodes of network productions were screened to help clear the backlog. [11] The Thames ident is computerised. [12] 1985
6 April – The network television premiere of the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy western film Blazing Saddles on BBC1. 8 April – BBC1 show the 1981 action comedy film The Cannonball Run, starring Burt reynolds and Roger Moore. 10 April – The network television premiere of the 1981 horror movie sequel Omen III: The Final Conflict on ITV.
By January 1979, four of the six cowboys interviewed in the film had died; [1] [3] only one was still alive in 1982. [2] James Bowling died of pancreatic cancer in 1997. [4] Despite Thames' having agreed to destroy all copies of the film, both the film and photocopies of the confidential agreement leaked out. [2]
Keith Marsh (1926 – 28 January 2013) was an English actor who appeared in numerous television productions over a 50-year period. Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, he is perhaps best known for playing Jacko in the Thames Television sitcom Love Thy Neighbour (1972–76), who had the catchphrase "I'll have half!"
The film received rather mixed reviews, but was a ratings success. The telecast ranked 9th out of 68 programs airing that week, and brought in a 23.3 rating and a 33 share. [24] The success of the film led Ball to make one last attempt to return to her comedy roots with Life with Lucy the next year. November 6
David Hargreaves (born 2 February 1940) is an English actor, active on stage and screen, as well as radio drama, he is best known for his television drama roles in the 1970s and 1980s set in the north of England, and as a presenter on BBC children's television of the same period.