@doctorsbeardpod.bsky.socialMarch 17, 2004 - The Independent - Everything old is new again as Doctor Who and Bruce Forsyth will return to Saturday nights in 2005.
#DoctorWho #BruceForsyth #SaturdayNight #BBC #Independent #TVNews #BritishTelevision #ReturnToTV #ClassicTV #EntertainmentNews #WhoReturns #ForsythReturns
@tvdidyousee.bsky.social#OnThisDay 29 September 1987
#BruceForsyth is the special guest on this edition of The #RonnieCorbett Show from 1987 on BBC2.
"I didn't come on 'ere to wave my crutch about."
"Language, Brucie!"
@whatwewerewatching.bsky.social#WhatWeWereWatching #UKTVRatings for week ending 26/09/82 (All Channels) #Ivanhoe #FunWithDickAndJane #BennyHill #BruceForsyth #CoronationStreet #Crossroads #Fame #NeverTheTwain #TomDickAndHarriet
@tvdidyousee.bsky.social#OnThisDay 24 September 1984
In TRIPPER'S DAY on ITV, #LeonardRossiter stars as Norman Tripper, a northern manager assigned to a London supermarket with problematic staff. Rossiter died between the broadcast of the second and third episodes and was later replaced by #BruceForsyth
@tvdidyousee.bsky.social#OnThisDay 23 September 1978
#LarryGrayson took over from #BruceForsyth as host of THE GENERATION GAME on BBC1. Alongside #IslaStClair, he would go on to present the show until 1982.
@whatwewerewatching.bsky.social#WhatWeWereWatching #UKTVRatings for week ending 23/09/84 (ITV) #BruceForsyth #CoronationStreet #Crossroads #DutyFree #FreshFields #Minder #BennyHill #PrincessDaisy #ReturnToEden
@tvdidyousee.bsky.social#OnThisDay 7 September 1990
After thirteen years away, #BruceForsyth returns to THE GENERATION GAME on BBC1. Forsyth originally hosted the show from 1971-1977 before #LarryGrayson took over from 1978-1982. The baton was then passed to Jim Davidson in 1995.
@tvdidyousee.bsky.social#OnThisDay 40 years ago - 3 September 1986
Following the death of #LeonardRossiter, the Supafare Supermarket has a new manager in the form on #BruceForsyth, making his sitcom acting debut, in SLINGER'S DAY. 12 episodes were made across two series.