If you weren't in the midlands to see the first edition of Tiswas, what did your ITV region give you? We looked at listings archives to find out what hit the airwaves.

What happened on the first edition of Tiswas? Known as 'Today Is Saturday', this was fronted by local actor John Asher, with assistance from Chris Tarrant.

What was the first Saturday morning children's show on UK television? It's not Swap Shop, it's not even Tiswas. We dig through old BBC and ITV schedules.

A look at part one of Slapstick Festival's Tiswas Reunion 2022, featuring Chris Tarrant, Sally James, Bob Carolgees, John Gorman and loads of video clips.

Nothing survives from the first series of Tiswas in the ATV achives, but we learnt what went on, from the presenters and a few viewers who saw the early shows.

After an experimental first series, Tiswas returned to the airwaves in late 1974 as a proper show with bigger ambitions, albeit still confined to the midlands.

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Surely Saturday is Tiswas Day? Well, there was one show that happened on a Tuesday, way back in 1974, a total one-off. Let's take a look at what was on offer.

30th August 1975 with John Asher, Peter Tomlinson, Richard Barnes and Joan Palmer. The second-earliest surviving recording of Tiswas. There's some monkeying around here.

I wanna give a huge thank you to Pete Prodge of Tiswas Online for linking me up with the footage and making this possible! Happy 45th to Number One in Heaven...

I wanna give a huge thank you to Pete Prodge of Tiswas Online for linking me up with the footage and making this possible! Happy 45th to Number One in Heaven...

Surely Saturday is Tiswas Day? Well, there was one show that happened on a Tuesday, way back in 1974, a total one-off. Let's take a look at what was on offer.

Saturday morning schedules of all the ITV regions in 1974! Naturally, you'll get Tiswas, Saturday Scene, plus obscurities like Ron And Friends and Orbit. What else?

Saturday morning schedules of all the ITV regions in 1974! Naturally, you'll get Tiswas, Saturday Scene, plus obscurities like Ron And Friends and Orbit. What else?

Live from Southern Television, SouthamptonThe Saturday Banana was presented by: Bill OddieWith: Bill Gamon, Susanna Martelli, Susan Tulley, Metal MickeyThan...

30th August 1975 with John Asher, Peter Tomlinson, Richard Barnes and Joan Palmer. The second-earliest surviving recording of Tiswas. There's some monkeying around here.

After an experimental first series, Tiswas returned to the airwaves in late 1974 as a proper show with bigger ambitions, albeit still confined to the midlands.

Nothing survives from the first series of Tiswas in the ATV achives, but we learnt what went on, from the presenters and a few viewers who saw the early shows.

What was the first Saturday morning children's show on UK television? It's not Swap Shop, it's not even Tiswas. We dig through old BBC and ITV schedules.

What happened on the first edition of Tiswas? Known as 'Today Is Saturday', this was fronted by local actor John Asher, with assistance from Chris Tarrant.

If you weren't in the midlands to see the first edition of Tiswas, what did your ITV region give you? We looked at listings archives to find out what hit the airwaves.

If you weren't in the midlands to see the first edition of Tiswas, what did your ITV region give you? We looked at listings archives to find out what hit the airwaves.

A look at part one of Slapstick Festival's Tiswas Reunion 2022, featuring Chris Tarrant, Sally James, Bob Carolgees, John Gorman and loads of video clips.

Before TISWAS became a national TV phenomenon in the late 70s, the show had been a low-budget regional kids programme broadcast initially only in the Midland...