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Tiswas

Tiswas

1974

Tiswas

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7.8 | en | Comedy

Tiswas was a Saturday morning children's British television series which ran from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982 and was produced for the ITV network by ATV Network Limited. It was created by ATV continuity announcer Peter Tomlinson following a test period in 1973 when he tried out a few competitions and daft stuff between the programmes.

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EP31 Series 8, Show 31

Apr. 03,1982

Series 8, Show 31

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EP30 Series 8, Show 30

Mar. 27,1982

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EP29 Series 8, Show 29

Mar. 20,1982

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EP28 Series 8, Show 28

Mar. 13,1982

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EP27 Series 8, Show 27

Mar. 06,1982

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EP26 Series 8, Show 26

Feb. 27,1982

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EP25 Series 8, Show 25

Feb. 20,1982

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EP24 Series 8, Show 24

Feb. 13,1982

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EP23 Series 8, Show 23

Feb. 06,1982

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EP22 Series 8, Show 22

Jan. 30,1982

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EP21 Series 8, Show 21

Jan. 23,1982

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EP20 Series 8, Show 20

Jan. 16,1982

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EP19 Series 8, Show 19

Jan. 09,1982

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EP18 Series 8, Show 18

Jan. 02,1982

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EP17 Series 8, Show 17

Dec. 26,1981

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EP16 Series 8, Show 16

Dec. 19,1981

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EP15 Series 8, Show 15

Dec. 12,1981

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EP14 Series 8, Show 14

Dec. 05,1981

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EP13 Series 8, Show 13

Nov. 28,1981

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EP12 Series 8, Show 12

Nov. 21,1981

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EP11 Series 8, Show 11

Nov. 14,1981

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EP10 Series 8, Show 10

Nov. 07,1981

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EP9 Series 8, Show 9

Oct. 31,1981

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EP8 Series 8, Show 8

Oct. 24,1981

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EP7 Series 8, Show 7

Oct. 17,1981

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EP6 Series 8, Show 6

Oct. 10,1981

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EP5 Series 8, Show 5

Oct. 03,1981

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EP4 Series 8, Show 4

Sep. 26,1981

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EP3 Series 8, Show 3

Sep. 19,1981

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EP2 Series 8, Show 2

Sep. 12,1981

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Sep. 05,1981

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Released: 1974-01-05 | Released Producted By: , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Tiswas was a Saturday morning children's British television series which ran from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982 and was produced for the ITV network by ATV Network Limited. It was created by ATV continuity announcer Peter Tomlinson following a test period in 1973 when he tried out a few competitions and daft stuff between the programmes.

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glenn-aylett Tiswas was a slapstick show with kid friendly features like cartoons, pop music and a little bit of public information for kids to satisfy IBA regulations( most people yawned through these bits), but what it is mostly remembered for is its custard pie throwing, mad sketches, The Cage and The Dying Fly Dance.More than competently hosted by Chris Tarrant, who later went on to much greater things, and " The Lovely " Sally James, Tiswas was responsible for giving big breaks to Brummie comedians Jasper Carrott, who invented The Dying Fly Dance, and to Lenny Henry, whose send ups of Trevor Macdonald( Trevor Macdoughnut) and David Bellamy ( " gwapple me grapefwuits, Kwis") were hilarious. Rather like The Stig, no one knew who The Phantom Flan Flinger was, a caped figure who shoved custard pies in people's faces, until it was revealed after the show finished it was a taxi driver from Solihull.In deadly competition to Tiswas was Swap Shop on BBC 1. While not a bad show, with Noel Edmonds in charge, like most BBC kids shows, it had the need to fill the show up with slow, boring phone ins involving people like Margaret Thatcher and educational features hosted by John Craven. ( Custard pies and dying fly dances were notable by their absence). When my local ITV region decided to show Tiswas, most kids defected from Swap Shop as it was seen as stuffy and middle class and lacking in laughs. Indeed in the late seventies you were either a Tiswas or a Swap Shop kid, and by 1980, when Tiswas was at its peak, most kids were Tiswas, leading Chris Tarrant to comment that Noel Edmonds would soon be out of work.It couldn't last, sadly. In the spring of 1981 Chris Tarrant, Lenny Henry and John Gorman, who provided most of the musical pieces, announced they were leaving to create an adult version of Tiswas. This left Sally James to battle on with a well below par final series and when ATV became Central, the budget was slashed, most of the mayhem was taken out, ratings slumped and the show was cancelled in April 1982.Which brings me to the much maligned adult version of Tiswas, OTT, which was shown in early 1982. Yes the balloon dance was embarrassing, some of the sketches were crass, and Chris Tarrant swore too much, but in other respects it was quite amusing and sketches such as violent tennis, the Jehovahs Witnesses and a send up of That's Life were as good as anything on Not The Nine O CLock News. Also 7 million viewers seemed to like OTT, but rather like Tiswas itself, the IBA and Central couldn't wait to cancel it and got their wish around the same time the real thing was cancelled.However, for those of us of a certain age, the words Today is Saturday, Wear A Smile, always mean a certain two hours of mayhem every Saturday morning.

ShadeGrenade Well, which did you prefer? 'Multi-Coloured Swap Shop' or 'Tiswas'? To tell the truth, I never watched a complete edition of either, preferring to channel surf, but of the two, 'Tiswas' was clearly the best. Its also the only programme I've ever liked with Chris Tarrant in. The Hee-Heeing Blonde One led a team of comics which included Lenny ( 'This Is Trevor McDoughnut' ) Henry, John Gorman ( of 'The Scaffold' ) and Bob ( Spit The Dog ) Carolgees. Sally James ( she of the 'almost legendary pop interviews' ) was devastatingly sexy, even to us kids.'Tiswas' was like a children's tea party had been invaded by fifth-form students weened on Spike Milligan. Its anarchic sense of humour was refreshing. Everyone involved seemed to be having a good time. Must have been something in those condensed milk sandwiches...One of the funniest moments was when Chris and co. made Lenny the subject of a 'This Is Your Life' spoof. They even managed to get his mother into the studio! Tarrant and the gang eventually quit 'Tiswas' to do an 'adult' version - 'O.T.T.'. Only Sally James stayed behind. She was wise to do so because 'O.T.T.' was the P.I.T.T.S. Naked men dancing with balloons and Bob Carolgees saying 's--t'. It managed to be childish in a way 'Tiswas' simply was not.Many shows have tried to copy 'Tiswas' over the years, but none have come close. Now, if you'll excuse me, there's a postcard I simply must walk through...

richardclarke13 And it was too! With classic features such as flan your folks, compost corner, the dying fly "there's people lying on their backs kicking their arms and feet in the air!", Matthew butlers legendary rendition of bright eyes, the bucket of water song and a fabulous theme tune Saturday certainly was tiswas day.Presented in a very loose style by Chris Tarrant, Sally James, Lenny Henry, Bob Carolgees (with spit the dog and the largely hated cough the cat), John Gorman and many more the show largely consisted of utter chaos and stupidity (which was the shows strength) bought to you in a well organised chaos sort of way. Characters such as Trevor McDoughnut, Clive 'the wizard' Webb and many others were present to give the show its mad edge. The shows main strength is that nobody seemed to know what was happening and nobody seemed to care as long as they were having fun.A classic moment came in about 1980 when Sally James doing one of her tricks decided to do the walk through a postcard trick. Chris Tarrant who was sat next to her went into a hilarious tirade starting with "A POSTCARD! Its a postcard everybody! Its a trick with a postcard in YEAAAHHH!" and ending with him having run an entire lap of the studio (even the broadcasting galleries) Before exclaiming "no wonder Noel Edmonds is out of work!" before sally completed her trick. This and many other things are what makes tiswas my no1 programme of all time and its probably made me the person I am today (Oh god!).According to a recent t.v programme there were 372 tiswas episodes made but only 12! still exist in the Atv/Central archive. Criminal!THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT! Tiswas the best of is now available on network video!Weblink: www.tiswasonline.com is actually partly run by Matthew lewis (a.k.a butler) and is very good.

psyduck-psyduck I enjoyed watching Tiswas, but felt that O.T.T. was unfairly treated. Tiswas was a great programme and I don't care what people say about Dick and Dom, you cannot compare it to Tiswas. The thing about Tiswas is it had few if any rules, which is what made it so great. I cannot in a million years imagine Dick and Dom grabbing kids and pulling them from behind the desk by their ears, within five minutes it would be taken off the air. Tiswas is a classic children's show and will never be repeated or bettered by Dick and Dom or anyone. I can say this because, the world has become so stupid, what with political correctness and various other things. Half the things done on Tiswas were just great fun, now they would be close to child abuse. Tiswas was a reflection of how the world of Saturday morning kids TV should have stayed, if it hadn't been for political correctness idiots and people who watch programmes so they can write in and complain about them hence (O.T.T.) It was Tiswas, with semi naked ladies, if you knock O.T.T. your knocking Tiswas