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VideotapeFTW

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Mad bloke with a VCR and a YouTube channel; accidental gatekeeper of the Pink Windmill.

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you so much - I'm glad you're enjoying them!

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 21h

Now *that's* a scandal I hadn't considered! The official line is that he's Katy's nephew, but there's absolutely no explanation or backstory around his sudden appearance.

VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 21h

An original 1984 broadcast of the short-lived Granada sitcom Poor Little Rich Girls, which followed two cousins - one a divorcée and the other a widow - getting to grips with having lost not just their husbands but all their money too. Complete with vintage ad break. youtu.be/r3xpCmkKPYY

Poor Little Rich Girls Ep6 (1984) - FULL EPISODE

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 21h

An episode of Mike and Angelo from 2000 called Angelophobia in which our alien hero is determined to become a stuntman - until he finds out that snakes are involved. Suddenly he's not so keen. youtu.be/cdE-OSF2_p4

Mike and Angelo S12E7 (2000) - FULL EPISODE

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 21h

Half an hour of GMTV ad breaks across multiple days in January 2002. Doing their bit for the new year are any number of adverts for detoxes, cough medicines, cold remedies, vitamins, and even Barbara Currie and Rosemary Conley with their fitness videos. youtu.be/sXqSk1AOh9k

GMTV ad breaks and promos (Jan 2002) [1]

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 21h

Two extremely short clips of CITV continuity from 2000, presented by Danielle, Tom, and Stephen, coming out of Pokemon and Digimon. Nothing to get too excited about, but I can't resist even the briefest glimpse of CITV so couldn't let them go to waste. youtu.be/GputoEOFbKA

CITV brief clips (2000)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 21h

Final episode of BBC Schools GCSE French programme Vingt Minutes, in which Michael gives gifts and says his goodbyes on the last day of his foreign exchange trip. Also the last of the French educational shows that I have, which I get the impression will come as a relief to some. youtu.be/Ma1bV_Iyb38

BBC Schools | Vingt Minutes Ep6: Au Revoir, Michael! (1999) - FULL EPISODE

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 21h

Weekly YouTube upload time, and I start with these continuity clips and promos from Channel 4 back in May 1991. Check out Neil Mullarkey around the one-minute mark essentially playing Austin Powers several years before his former double-act partner did. youtu.be/zc7gNAS9gEs

Channel 4 continuity (14/5/1991)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Thanks for that - I had no idea it was so rare, so I'm glad you spotted it. I've updated the video's description with that link. It probably took a week to render the original back in 1983!

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

From the final series of Mike and Angelo, the time machine gets knocked over and out falls Blackbeard. Meanwhile, Katy's getting into feng shui, and doesn't her diagram of the house bear a passing resemblance to a treasure map? I hope no-one confuses one for the other. youtu.be/KcZuxeIHHTs

Mike and Angelo S12E5 (2000) - FULL EPISODE

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Some fantastic LWT clips from February 1984, including some great promos, full ad breaks, continuity links, and a complete local news bulletin. CAUTION: SAVILE ALERT (the Intercity ad about a minute in). youtu.be/TFzPsU5VgeM

ITV LWT ads, promos, news and continuity (4/2/1984)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yeah, I was wondering that as well. Apparently it's been suspended for "inauthentic behaviour" - whatever that means. Baffling. I'll see if I can get it overturned.

VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A whole heap of Cartoon Network clips from November 2000 (apparently on Cow and Chicken's Fourth Lay of Eggsmas), with promos and idents featuring Dexter's Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Batman of the Future, Hong Kong Phooey (over on Boomerang), and loads more. youtu.be/ekyDh7VpWMU

Cartoon Network UK continuity, promos and ads (c.23/11/2000) | The Fourth Lay of Eggsmas

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ads and promos recorded from ITV2 (around the Champions League) and UK Style (around Change That and Style Challenge), plus some other clips of unknown origin, all from the same tape and the bulk of which seem to be from Monday, 16th October, 2000. youtu.be/TVhMY3ru1xs

ITV2, UK Style, and other ads and promos (16/10/2000)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A BBC1 continuity link from 7th April 1982, featuring a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang slide (the big Easter film), a very nice promo for Sportsnight on the day of the European semi-finals which saw Aston Villa victorious but Spurs not, and then into Jesus Christ Superstar. youtu.be/4tT8FLfGflY

BBC1 junction (7/4/1982)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Weekly YouTube upload time, and today's first is a collection of Channel 4 ads, promos and clips from July 2001 around the programme The Real Prince Charles, which marked the 20th anniversary of his and Diana's wedding despite them being (a) divorced and (b) 50% dead. youtu.be/nmfD4Oit73Y

Channel 4 ad breaks and promos (9/7/2001)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Some fantastic pre-Broom Cupboard proto-CBBC clips from March 1984 around Wildtrack, Grange Hill, and The Wombles, featuring a very nice promo for tomorrow's Saturday Superstore and some glorious Ceefax-style graphics. youtu.be/qJgp390D1BI

CBBC continuity and promos (2/3/1984)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

An episode of Mike and Angelo from 2000 in which Katy's pretentious hoity-toity interior-design-conscious cousin is coming to visit, leaving them just enough time to do up the living room with the help of a TV home-makeover specialist. youtu.be/jedVUzxwebc

Mike and Angelo S12E4 (2000) - FULL EPISODE

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A couple of partial ad breaks from Granada Plus around an episode of Duty Free broadcast in October 2000. Promos are for Kojak, London's Burning, and Man About the House, while the ads are mostly financial and debt-related, though the anti-smoking and Sky Open ones are more fun. youtu.be/yBPyBnbS5gQ

Granada Plus ads and promos (16/10/2000)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

More French lessons from 1999 BBC Schools programme Vingt Minutes, guest starring none other than David Ginola. Story-wise (for those keeping up), Michael's off on a camping trip with Isabelle and - unfortunately for him - her family. youtu.be/KD-tOkijymA

BBC Schools | Vingt Minutes Ep5: Un Camping sur la Côte (1999) - FULL EPISODE

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Some very brief GMTV and/or Diggit Extra clips around episodes of Pokemon, I think during the summer holidays of 2000 (coming up to the August Bank Holiday). Also a small number of ads from said broadcast. youtu.be/jtZzrivklLU

GMTV/Diggit brief clips and ads (c.Aug 2000)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Another week, another batch of YouTube uploads from me. This one's a single Channel 4 ad break from July 1993, notable for appearances from Bill Beaumont, Arthur Daley (a.k.a. George Cole), and Papa and Nicole. youtu.be/8PEasTOgqE4

Channel 4 ad break (9/7/1993)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

An episode from the final series of Mike and Angelo in which Katy's preparing to interview famous movie star Brad Barclay, while Angelo's attempting to break the world record for breaking the most unbroken world records. Dean Cook and Michael Fenton Stevens guest star. youtu.be/fOnFA3hzjck

Mike and Angelo S12E2 (2000) - FULL EPISODE

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A short clip of BBC1 continuity between Tom and Jerry and The Adventures of Robin Hood on Easter Sunday, 11th April, 1982. Note how the menu includes the Swap Shop Star Awards, despite its parent Saturday morning programme having finished for good a couple of weeks earlier. youtu.be/4x_2WMTdYEE

BBC1 Easter Sunday junction (11/4/1982)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

CITV continuity clips, promos, and ads from three separate days in (I think) February 2002. Leigh Morrison, David Leon, Leah Charles and Stephen Mulhern are on duty as we come from Kipper and enjoy mentions of Cardcaptors, Digimon, Sir Gadabout, My Parents Are Aliens and more. youtu.be/gakoncIap4A

CITV clips and ads (c.Feb 2002)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A collection of continuity clips, promos, ads, and more from Sky One during the wrestling. Promos include those for Enterprise, Angel, Dark Angel, The Simpsons, Dream Team, Temptation Island 2, Mutant X, Stingray, Alias, Fear Factor, Time Gentleman Please, and more. youtu.be/TejJwOM5k9I

Sky One clips and ads (17/2/2002)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Short clips from Central out of Highway, around You've Been Framed and into Ruth Rendell Mysteries from September 1992. Promos include those for This Is Your Life and Men Behaving Badly, plus somehow The Bill coming across as grittier than Taggart. youtu.be/HeWvetWxnMs

ITV Central continuity (27/9/1992)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My weekly(ish) batch of YouTube uploads, and the first is a single ITV ad break from October 1996, back when Stuart Pearce was the footballer you'd hire to advertise bikes, and Oil of Olay was still Oil of Ulay. youtu.be/lXhe0EnthCw

ITV ad break (c.Oct 1996)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I always loved Tony Hart, and here are a couple of broken recordings of his early 80s shows, exactly as they were on the tape. Includes a full episode of The Amazing Adventures of Morph, a rare little bit of proto-CBBC continuity, and then a partial recording of Take Hart. youtu.be/NRLijzPmBM0

Tony Hart: Morph and Take Hart partial recordings (c.1983)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Promos for Kirsty's Home Videos, Gamezville, and Lord of the Rings on Sky One around The Simpsons and Futurama, plus part of an ad break on the channel Animal Planet, all from the same tape recorded in 2003. youtu.be/l7fcU6qpzIg

Sky One and Animal Planet clips and ads (2003)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Nearly half an hour of nostalgic Fox Kids promos, idents, ads, and other clips - including The Adventures of Brush Lee and Jackie Chain, in which they meet Duck Norris and Splint Eastwood - around episodes of Power Rangers in one unbroken recording from October 2002. youtu.be/GQb4jAhVvf0

Fox Kids UK clips and ads (Oct 2002) [1]

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

BBC2 continuity from 2nd March 1982 out of The Maltese Falcon, featuring a slide for Across the Pacific - all part of BBC2's 'Huston Directs Bogart in...' strand they were running at the time - and then into Russell Harty, who's also trying to get into the spirit of the theme. youtu.be/XKqxpfAzn60

BBC2 junction, Russell Harty intro (2/3/1982)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

BBC Schools GCSE French programme Vingt Minutes, and in this episode Michael and Isabelle wander around the market and buy themselves a few local delicacies before hopping on a bus and heading off to Toulon for the day. youtu.be/xDOHuilkdxI

Vingt Minutes Ep4: Une Sortie (1999) - FULL EPISODE

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Time for my weekly YouTube uploads, and this is part of an ad break during Channel 4's broadcast of Model Behaviour. Mention of the Manic Street Preachers album likely puts it in late October or November 2002, but I can't pinpoint it the exact date. youtu.be/-FhA2CBfP2w

Channel 4 ads (c.2002)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The new canteen at Krankies Television HQ is celebrating its grand opening, and who better to perform the ceremony than the Queen? We'd better hope the food's in tip-top condition and not at all poisonous or anything. Full episode from 1991. youtu.be/B97UX1wtAkk

Krankies Television [2] (1991) - FULL EPISODE

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Cartoon Network clips from 2000, including promos for The Powerpuff Girls, Tom and Jerry, Dragon Ball Z, Ed, Edd n Eddy, and more, plus idents and interstitials such as Survivor parody Staylongers, and Johnny Bravo and his short but intense love affair with Velma. youtu.be/IGxIy662ceE

Cartoon Network UK continuity, promos and ads (c.22/11/2000) | The Third Lay of Eggsmas [2]

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

16 minutes of late night Channel 4 clips from May 1990, featuring plenty of ads and promos, plus an unusually high number of Public Information Films, including for cracking down on crime, lead paint, rubella, ladders, and not letting little children outside on their own. youtu.be/WORGAmLSVKw

Channel 4 ads and continuity (30-31/5/1990)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A partial ad break and some promos for MTV around Hitlist UK back in October 2000. Includes a bit of a puff piece boasting about how many exclusive videos the channel's managed to secure, possibly as a dig at The Box, who had the reputation of being first back then. youtu.be/0xqqCBXBdk4

MTV ads and promos (Oct 2000)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A single ad break from during the Formula One on Sunday, 22nd February, 1998. BMW seemed to be going big on this one, though I think my favourite has to be the McDonald's shopping channel parodies. youtu.be/jozhdp573EA

ITV LWT ad break (22/2/1998)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Time for my weekly YouTube uploads, and it's mostly ad breaks, continuity, and promos today. Fist up is this BBC2 junction from January 2000 before The Simpsons, featuring a nice animated nudge towards the Key Stage 3 Bitesize revision series. youtu.be/1B96XwFAYPI

BBC2 junction (31/1/2000)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Geoff Capes shows Sooty, Sweep, Soo, and Matthew a thing or two about strength as they're all in training for the Strongest Person in Town competition back in 1983. A certain canine superhero also makes an appearance, but I've said too much already. Absolutely fantastic. youtu.be/QBfiCjkJ5UE

The Sooty Show S8E5 (1983) - FULL EPISODE

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

All the way back to June 1982 for some LWT continuity with Peter Lewis, a news update with Martyn Lewis, some ads, and - best of all - an extended 'Special Season' promo which looks forward to the upcoming World Cup, amongst other things. youtu.be/wV5qMRx5WEc

ITV LWT ads, promos, news and continuity (4/6/1982)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Lots of clips of Diggit, GMTV, and CITV, all from the same tape but from two different days in (I think) early January 2000. Fearne and Des present out-of-vision links, while Andrea and Danielle are very much in-vision. Plenty of great promos and ads, too. youtu.be/L3WqMyiuJH0

Diggit and CITV clips and ads (2000)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Brief clips and ads from Sky One, including a promo for the UK launch of Star Trek: Enterprise, around showings of Blackadder Back and Forth, Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show, and The Simpsons. After Christmas 2001, possibly into January 2002. youtu.be/nogVAW-nQlU

Sky One clips and ads (Dec 2001/Jan 2002)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

How's your French coming along? This is a BBC Schools language programme from 1999 called Vingt Minutes, and this episode sees foreign exchange student Michael meet up with Isabelle's friends to have a game of tennis and go for a picnic. youtu.be/0GVFB66J-FQ

Vingt Minutes Ep3: Les Copains (1999) - FULL EPISODE

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Time for my weekly YouTube uploads, and the first is a short junction between Lovejoy and the news on BBC1 back on Sunday, 28th March, 1993. Features promos for Westbeach and You Me and It, plus a slide for the Brazilian Grand Prix. youtu.be/3hcSUbda-r0

BBC1 junction (28/3/1993)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Episode of Mike and Angelo from 19th December 1990 in which Mike's cousin comes to visit, hates everything about the UK, and especially has it in for Angelo. Some great Christmas CITV continuity in the recording, too, featuring Jeanne Downs, Scally, and Gaby Roslin. youtu.be/stys47xUNLM

Mike and Angelo S3E6 (1990) - FULL EPISODE

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The BBC2 junction from Friday, 2nd April, 1993 between Perpetual Motion and Gardeners' World. Promos are for some sort of sideways take on alcohol called The Nineties and an art restoration documentary called Every Picture Tells a Story. youtu.be/BbzMRGjmIcY

BBC2 junction (2/4/1993)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Fox Kids idents, promos, and ads around Totally Spies, Jackie Chan Adventures, Cybergirl, Digimon, and Shin Chan from back in the summer of 2003. Promos include those for Ship to Shore, Black Hole High, and Power Rangers, plus plenty more besides. youtu.be/0MlLq80l-Js

Fox Kids UK clips and ads (summer 2003)

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VideotapeFTW @videotapeftw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Lots of clips of both the local and national weather (with Sian Lloyd doing both), the London traffic and travel update with Louise Perry, and a heap of promos and other clips from ITV Carlton back in November 2000. youtu.be/tfYEf7-CUJE

ITV Weather forecasts, TravelTalk, promos and clips (Nov 2000)

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