Friday 11 December 2009

Introduction - A comprehensive guide to classic 50's/60's/70's/80's/90's UK TV on Youtube

Hello there, it's time to get all misty-eyed and melancholic about the TV of yesteryear. I'm aiming for this site to be an in-depth glossary of all your classic shows on youtube, that otherwise, ones you may've forgotten about, ones you may not remember the name of, and therefore never take that trip down memory lane.

There are a few helpful sites that do this, such as Youtube itself. If you have an user account, youtube can suggest similar videos to what you are watching, but it's not exactly fool-proof. There is also the TV Cream forums, which are quite new, and they have a forum for youtube links, but the frequency of posts and links isn't great.

Here is the link for the TV Cream Forums:
http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?page_id=81/

In this blog, will a large variety of genres from the last 5 decades. However, expect the odd link from the odd wealth of nostlgia-type shows that invaded up in the early-mid-2000's, primarily, the BBC's "I Love" series.

Genres will include the mainstream to the obscure. Drama, Children's (i.e CITV/CBBC), Comedy, Soaps, Documentary, Adverts, Gameshows, Saturday Morning TV, Light Entertainment, Schools TV, Music shows, Continuity, Sport, Public Information Films + more!

Videos will be embedded for you all to enjoy.

About me: I'm always enthused by the TV i grew up with and before, but even though there were less channels, the budgets were bigger, they seemed to make more of an effort, and there's just something more innocent about those times, while sometimes today's TV can be quite stale. As much as i like reality TV, too much of is spent on this and wages for over-paid celebrities.

The main era of TV i'm interested in is probably the the whole of the 80's + the first half of the 90's. I think it makes me sound older than i am, because i was born in the mid-80's. I can't remember the mid-80's, but i pride myself that i can remember as far back as 1987. In those times, TV and music felt better and more original. British culture felt stronger back then, the world was less commercialised back then, however, it was the 80's that started comericalisation, but i can bear that era.

Also, may i reccommend the website TV Ark, for extra nostalgia viewing. Now in-built with it's video player, now more easily accessible without the previous hassle of downloading onto realplayer. This contains mainly titles, as well as adverts, classic British programmes, as well as international channels. Choose among the many genres availiable, and the site is updated regularly.

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/

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