A couple of years back, I launched a Substack account for Curious British Telly, a sort of digital attic where I could squirrel away peculiar odds and ends of vintage British television - those charming little curios which didn’t quite fit in with the deeper dives of the main site. Think of it as a scrapbook, with all manner of fascinating cuttings pasted in.
Now, I’ll admit, it fell into a bit of a slump last year, like a forgotten Betamax tape gathering dust up on a shelf. But recently, I’ve started filling it again with gleaming little gems and nuggets of interest for you to digest and ponder over. I've even covered a fascinating blouse work by a Central Television continuity announcer, and if that doesn't tickle your fancy, I don't know what will.
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I've enjoyed reading the articles on your site over the past year and have discovered a lot of shows from the 1980's that either passed me by or I had just forgotten about them. This has lead me on to scouring through various channels on YouTube looking for old forgotten shows and one that I found around a year ago that you don't seem to have covered on your site is this BBC 1982 drama called Schoolgirl Chums. It is a charming story set in a girls boarding school in the 1930's and stars a very young Patsy Kensit. The lead star however is an actress named Charlotte Long who tragically lost her life in a road accident before she even turned 20. Maybe this is one for you to cover at some point?
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