We celebrate an antiques roadshow milestone

10 AUGUST

Material from the BBC’s ‘golden age’ tends to be recalled through a heavily rose-tinted lens. Apart from Fawlty Towers, certain Monty Python skits and a few documentaries, I’m not sure it was all that

9—15 AUGUST 2025

Talking Pictures TV talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 82 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 A Hitch in Time (1978) (Saturday 2 August, 10.30am) Family. Director: Jan Darnley-Smith. Starring: Patrick Tr

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