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Phibes was an X in the year after the change to 18, and was cut to achieve that. The current 15 version is uncut. Psycho was also cut originally.

Abominable Dr. Phibes is a 15 - since 1988 when first certified for video. The film was originally an X - as was Psycho, which was last recertified as 15 as recently as 2000.

This is what the BBFC says in a FAQ: What is the legal position if a class teacher shows children a film rated rated higher than their age without first obtaining parental permission? As far as we are aware, it is not illegal for schools to show BBFC age restricted films to pupils. Merely showing an...

Looking at the tax table again, it also includes national insurance - which was not that graduated at the time. The basic rate of income tax was 8/3 in the pound (roughly 41%), but there were a number of steps below and above that, as well as allowances. Income from savings & investments was taxed a...

As a guide, a married couple jointly earning exactly £10,000 in 1965 would have paid £4196/7/0 in income taxes. A joint salary of £15,000 would have a tax bill of £8116/17/0. These are taken from tax tables published after the 1965 Budget.

The White City stadium was demolished in 1985. By the end in 1984 it was used for dog racing only. Doubt it would still be in use now if the BBC had not acquired it - but the site may have been used for a modern stadium by the likes of QPR etc.

I was told a planned Christmas repeat for Tales on BBC2 was dropped as there were nerves about the jolly stories about sex on the premises in the wake of Savile. Wasn't there a 'No sex or drugs please we're before the watershed' version which should still be considered OK to show? Or did that still...

As I have said before, I can't get passed the completely wrong accents. Sue Townsend regrets she permitted a TV adaptation in recent interviews about it.

Retitle it 'I love Harold Wilson'?

Denis Forman in 'Persons Granada' states that Granada was the first company to buy Ampex machines after he visited their manufacturing plant in 1957. The first two were installed in Chelsea with four following for Manchester. They were used in general initially to time shift live programmes with no ...

Steve Williams wrote:

JezR wrote:I presume we are talking about ITV HD as there can't be anyone left watching SD these days ...

I'm pretty sure most people are still watching in SD, actually.

I have of course been writing in this thread with a grin fixed to my face - but it is true I haven't watched ITV(1) SD for over a year.

I was amused by Cliff Mitchelmore's introduction: "...when we talk of temperatures they will be in the old Fahrenheit scale". The Met Office had started using Celsius as the primary temperature in public weather forecasts the previous October, although they had been working internally in Celsius fr...

It is at least considerably smaller and dimmer than the last one. I presume we are talking about ITV HD as there can't be anyone left watching SD these days ... No it's the main SD channel (ITV1 as was). The HD one (and presumably all the other ITV channels) already had DOGs. Er, yes. But I haven't...

It is at least considerably smaller and dimmer than the last one. I presume we are talking about ITV HD as there can't be anyone left watching SD these days ...

A couple of years later in 1891 the first public police telephone points were opened in Glasgow. This programme is set though before it was possible to telephone nationally; trunk lines from London to Birmingham were brought into service the following year.

BBC started showing newsreaders in vision in early Sept 1955, a little more than 2 weeks before the start of ITN.

Angel Delight went about 10 years without any promotion, before an advertising push in the late 1990s.

John West is a brand that used to promote its various canned fish products regularly but although it is still in the shops I struggle to think of its last advert.

I'd hope The Sky at Night continued without him. They won't be able to do it from his home any more. I'm sure Chris Lintott will take over very effectively, but I imagine the format may change. In particular I can't see it continuing as a 20-minute programme (which must be pretty much unique in the...

Will the quaint quarterly newsletters available via sending a stamped self-addressed envelope survive? They are actually online these days but the programme rarely if ever referenced that way of getting them.