Episode list

Tiswas

Episode #6.1

Fri, Nov 02, 1979
The sixth series sees Tiswas nearing a national broadcast as the ITV London region take up the show. Featuring the debut of Spit the Dog's song, this edition also features a rare serious moment as Chris warns about the danger of fireworks.
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Episode #6.2

Fri, Nov 09, 1979
Cliff Richard is one of the guests on this edition, and 16mm film inserts of Cliff in concert at the Odeon are the only part of this episode still existing in the ITV Archives.
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Episode #6.6

Fri, Dec 07, 1979
Lenny Henry appears as the newsreader of "(No) Shoos at Ten", but with his impression of Trevor McDonald going under a different name to how it would later appear. Guests include Annie Lennox with her band the Tourists.
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Episode #6.10

Fri, Jan 04, 1980
The sixth year anniversary edition of Tiswas, featuring the opening of the Tiswas January Sale, and special guests including Frank Carson.
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Episode #6.11

Fri, Jan 11, 1980
The Westward and Channel regions receive Tiswas for the first time, in an edition that includes Elvis Costello and Aimi Stewart as guests. There's also more from Bob Blackman, the singer who hits himself over the head with a metal tray.
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Episode #6.13

Fri, Jan 25, 1980
Bob Carolgees and Charlie the Monkey try skiing, Sally James profiles The Police, the Masked Poet delivers more terrible verse, and will the audience really cut Chris's hair with gardening shears?
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Episode #6.14

Fri, Feb 01, 1980
The usual mix of cartoons and music, including an interview with Flying Lizards, plus impressions from 13-year-old Jacqueline Fisher, Spit the Dog and the Bucket of Water Song.
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Episode #6.18

Fri, Feb 29, 1980
Richard O'Sullivan joins the show as a guest, while Sally has some Pop News, and Lenny Kinte is looking to find his roots. Yet there's problems in the studio with an epidemic outbreak of Cooperitis.
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Episode #6.22

Fri, Mar 28, 1980
With guests including Sad Café and The Jam. This edition is missing from the ITV Archives.
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Episode #6.23

Fri, Apr 04, 1980
Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford of the rock band Genesis come into the studio to promote their new album, Duke, and receive the customary Tiswas treatment.
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Episode #6.25

Fri, Apr 18, 1980
Tiswas gets replaced for the morning by a series about the knights of Camelot - or does it? There's also interviews with members of Sky and Madness, in an edition that only exists as a domestic video recording, with some sequences missing.
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Episode #6.26

Fri, Apr 25, 1980
Guests include Bernard Manning, Tony Brutus and Dave Prowse. This edition is missing from the ITV Archives.
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Episode #6.27

Fri, May 02, 1980
With guests including the real Trevor McDonald and Dexys Midnight Runners, this edition is missing from the ITV Archives.
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