I would have been four months shy of fourteen at the time of this footage. Remember Roland Rat and can imitate his voice. YEAH!

By February 1984 TV am was a shadow of its former self. Launched on 1st February 1983 with all the pomposity and arrogance of David Frost and gang, but after ratings disaster and financial meltdown we got the breakfast show we wanted, light, fluffy and happy in the mornings. By autumn 1984 TV am ratings were turning around, and shock of all, started to beat the BBC at last.

5 months before I was born in the UK on July 23, 1984 and 20 years before Christopher Reeve passed away in 2004 :(

I was born about two weeks after this. LOL the gerbil mentions the Isle of Wight. I grew up there.

@leethomson5733

3 жыл бұрын

So fuckin wot ?

@eddiebrice1161

3 жыл бұрын

Oi you leave the Isle of Wight alone 😡

This aired under 3 months before I was born XD I remember TV-am in the late 80’s and the early 90’s when it disappeared from our screens forever :’( but this is one of the best quality TV-am uploads I’ve ever seen so far! Thank you for uploading! :)

@mrpickles6968

3 жыл бұрын

This aired 8 months before I was born. Don’t remember seeing Roland rat on television yet I remember tv-am but my brother might do who is nearly 4 years older than me and he had rat on the road video and some soft toys

@caroline-janehall1984

3 жыл бұрын

I was 4 days old when this was first aired

@angelacooper2661

Жыл бұрын

​@@caroline-janehall1984 I was 13 at the time of this footage and remember Roland Rat well. Chris Biggins of Rentaghost fame (Adam Painting). YEAH!

It's so odd because I born in 82 but feel like I remember this. 😂

Very rare seeing Christopher Reeve with a moustache

@leethomson5733

3 жыл бұрын

What were you expecting lol ? a cape 😂😂🦸

@rajnirvan3336

3 жыл бұрын

@@leethomson5733 red boots to

@leethomson5733

3 жыл бұрын

@@rajnirvan3336 I bet you like them with a moustache and big red high heels 👠😂

@rajnirvan3336

3 жыл бұрын

@@leethomson5733 oh yeah man red heels are solid 🤣🤣🤣

@sie4431

5 ай бұрын

Just 31 in this interview

Weird how adverts can stimulate old neural paths that have not been stimulated for nearly 40 years

That morning clock............the eyes are upon it

I was 4 days old when this was on

Particularly love the ad breaks. I had Learning Box for my ZX Spectrum!

Anne Diamond 💖💖💖💖

Kevin the Gerbil sounds like Pauline Campbell-Jones: 'Okey Cokey Pig in a Pokey! Good Morning Job Seekers!'

@seanadamson280

2 ай бұрын

Yep

Kevin sang a song about he's pink bucket, the Ratmobile was pink and yet he is flying a yellow plane? One good thing about the late great Chris Reeve, he never minded having a laugh, especially at himself. Most so called celebs nowadays are so hungry for air time they try and take over everyone else's shows, he was a genuine star and a decent guy.

@leethomson5733

3 жыл бұрын

He got plenty air time when he donned his Cape lad ! 🦸

He means the Glenis puppet hasn’t been made yet lol!

@mattelectro78

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember us saying that back in the day! I think there were a few characters in the Roland universe that would be frequently referenced months before they appeared on screen.

Could Anne have sat any closer to him!? Yeahhhhhhh rat fansss

Great vid - thanks for sharing! I've just this week uploaded a chunk of Roland myself from later in 1984. Do you mind if I ask what you use to deinterlace and resize your captures? I use VirtualDub, but it doesn't always play ball, and I'm looking for an alternative...

@CuriousBritishTelly

6 жыл бұрын

I use Handbrake to rip straight from a DVD that I've copied the VHS to. I had a go with VirtualDub avout a year or so ago and it was a bit too advanced for me!

@VideotapeFTW

6 жыл бұрын

Hmmm... I've tried Handbrake, and couldn't get it to both deinterlace _and_ resize to 720p in one go, but if you've managed it, I'll have to give it another try. Interesting. Thanks very much, and keep up the great work!

Has the facebook page gone? Was going to post about 4-mation. There was also a run of 2 or 3 minute shorts on channel 4 in the 90s that i vividly remember. Some were short films, animations, vox pop style videos but cannot remember what they were called!

That lad’s impersonation was crap lol. All those wasted cassettes!

Why aren't there any marmots and Guinea pigs ? Where is the diversity!?