Simon Hoggart

Forgotten laughter

The Radio Times now lists 72 channels, and that’s not all of them.

issue 08 January 2011

The Radio Times now lists 72 channels, and that’s not all of them.

The Radio Times now lists 72 channels, and that’s not all of them. No wonder television has to feed on itself, like a hungry tigress scoffing her cubs. In particular, it devours the past, so this week we had a Morecambe and Wise evening on BBC2, starting with the Christmas show from 1976, a third of a century ago.

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