What was on TV back in 1982 ?

mikedublin

I've been trying to remember what was on tv during 1982 - would anyone be able to help me ?

I remember some of the week and weekend shows - but can't be quite sure if they were on these particular days I remember or actually on in 1982 (may have got mixed up with the years)

Dynasty / Falcon Crest / The Colbys were on RTe 2 on weeknights about 10 p.m.
Today Tonight on RTE1 on weeknights after 9 news
Quincey MD was on RTE 2 a few nights a week
Coronation Street was on Mondays & wednesdays on UTV
Duty Free - a commedy about 2 couples on holiday in spain on UTV
Hart to Hart
To The Manor Born BBC
Minder UTV (?)
Murder She Wrote
Fame
Taxi (?) not sure if this was '82

Thursdays - Top Of The Pops on BBC
Tomorrow's World BBC
Friday The Live Mike RTE1
Saturday The Late Late show RTE1
Grandstand BBC1
Swop Shop BBC 1
3-2-1 (game show - not sure if that was on in 1982 or later)
Dallas RTE1 & BBC
Sunday Thats Life BBC 1
Glenroe RTE1
Bergerac BBC
Harry's game : mini series was on sometime in the autumn of 82 *(with the Clannad song that got to number 1 in the charts).

Would be pleased if anyone can remember any other 1982 shows I've forgotten

L1011

http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/570a01ac7cf343a1abee5975ed84340c (and other weeks) will give you BBC and 2.

There's no equivalent for the TV Times at the time - for ITV and from this week in 1982, C4 - and back then you had to buy both. RTE have no equivalent online either, however someone on here probably has a copy or two.

jayobray

Glenroe started in 1983. Bracken would have been on in 1982

darkdubh

Im sure Bergerac would have been a bit later too,83 or 84.

The Princess Bride

Flamingo Road with Morgan Fairchild- Family Ties and Different Strokes.
Hill Street Blues?

Then Saturday evenings The Generation Game or some of the other game shows.
We only had 2 channels.

Ted Plain

The Two Ronnies.

Weekend World. Anyone remember that? Great theme tune.

John Craven's Newsround

The Sullivans

3-2-1 was on in 1982. I'd say it was on UTV as it was produced by Yorkshire TV. Pretty much all episodes are up on YouTube. I watched a few of them recently.

Persiancowboy

RTE was broadcasting Coronation Street 5 nights a week back then......they acquired the rights the previous year and were showing back episodes on a 5 night a week basis until around October/November 1982 when they finally "caught-up" with the current story-line that was being broadcast by UTV. They held onto this until TV3 acquired the rights and they then switched to showing Eastenders.

Channel 4 launched in late '82 so that was our first exposure to Countdown and Carol Vorderman......

A country practice

socstudent

Magnum, Remington Steel, Chips? or were these all after 1982.

I think Yes minister was on and Tales of the unexpected
Sapphire and Steel?

jaykay74

The Incredible Hulk, used to give me nightmares

George White

Jordy Verrill wrote: »

The Two Ronnies.

Weekend World. Anyone remember that? Great theme tune.

John Craven's Newsround

The Sullivans

3-2-1 was on in 1982. I'd say it was on UTV as it was produced by Yorkshire TV. Pretty much all episodes are up on YouTube. I watched a few of them recently.

Watched a few as I recently met 3-2-1 hostess/Bond girl/B-movie legend Caroline Munro at the IFI Horrorthon.
Some really odd guests like dwarf cabaret double act the Minitones alias Jack "Ewok" Purvis and Kenny "R2-D2" Baker, both Time Bandits, on stage doing impressions of Laurel and Hardy.
And you'll often have some has-been/never-were promoting a panto or a touring musical or some stage revue in some provincial town...

ButtersSuki

Quicksilver (if memory serves correctly the questions started at a half-penny each!)
Murphy's Micro Quiz-M

They may be later, but I think they were circa 1982. I was born in 1972 and remember having at first 1, then 2 channels....yes, it was that bad.

Every summer we went to the Aran Islands where my uncle had brought back from the US and self-installed some sort of early satellite system on a family holiday home we had there and we could get various US and some weird Euro channels. People don't believe me on this but it's true! A couple of summers later I remember watching some of the '84 Olympics and the NBA Finals on whatever US channel was broadcasting them at the time. it's mad Ted, two channels for most of the country (outside Dublin) and then satellite TV in the Aran Islands.......kerazy.

L1011

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Quicksilver (if memory serves correctly the questions started at a half-penny each!)
Murphy's Micro Quiz-M

They may be later, but I think they were circa 1982. I was born in 1972 and remember having at first 1, then 2 channels....yes, it was that bad.

Every summer we went to the Aran Islands where my uncle had brought back from the US and self-installed some sort of early satellite system on a family holiday home we had there and we could get various US and some weird Euro channels. People don't believe me on this but it's true! A couple of summers later I remember watching some of the '84 Olympics and the NBA Finals on whatever US channel was broadcasting them at the time. it's mad Ted, two channels for most of the country (outside Dublin) and then satellite TV in the Aran Islands.......kerazy.

There was home receive satellite TV from 1980 or so (see Broadcasting History forum: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056949624) and being further west did actually help

I've always massively doubted the cited age for the lead singer from The Script as he talks about only getting MTV at night which was a common thing on these satellite setups way, way before he was apparently old enough.

Sam Kade

Greatest American hero
Chips

C.K Dexter Haven

This is what Network 2 looked like back in the day:

Closedown

Testcard

Adds

Back to closedown

Ryan's Hope

News

Closedown

The Pink Panther Show

Closedown

padd b1975

The Ballroom of Romance.

The Year of The French.

I think Fortycoats first aired that year as well.

huey1975

Grange Hill
Crackerjack

SlowBlowin

Staring William Conrad as "Frank Cannon", best PI out there.

SB

C.K Dexter Haven

SlowBlowin wrote: »

Staring William Conrad as "Frank Cannon", best PI out there.

SB

It was a re-run though from the 70's- but yer right, great series.

Anyone mention Salvage 1? While again a 1970's series, it showed on RTE 2 in the early 80s?

PippaChic

Swap Shop ended that Summer - I was heartbroken!

Thursday evenings were Fame followed by Top of the Pops.

C.K Dexter Haven

PippaChic wrote: »

Swap Shop ended that Summer - I was heartbroken!

Thursday evenings were Fame followed by Top of the Pops.

018118055;)

PippaChic

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

018118055;)

That must have been the most memorised phone number ever!

SlowBlowin

I used to like "Out of Town" with Jack Hargreaves.

SB

George White

SlowBlowin wrote: »

I used to like "Out of Town" with Jack Hargreaves.

SB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSG2pD-2O2g

SlowBlowin

Perfect ! Almost better than the original.

You would not think him to be massively wealthy by looking at him.

SB

Leilak

channel 4 started sept 82 you had brookside, the tube, right to reply, countdown

also remember

youngline
anything goes
old grey whistle test
take the high road
sorry
metal mickey
mind your language
dr who
how
73
tiswas
magpie
record breakers
harold Lloyd
why don't you
grange hill
only fools...
celebrity squares
petrocelli
newsround
garda patrol
the sullivans
other side of the tracks
play for today
deputy dawg
jackanory
playschool
rainbow
bod
pebble mill
Heidi

Silvera

What was the saturday morning (i.e. young persons) show on RTE 1?

Anybody here recall a U.S tv programme / series called 'The Bearcats'?
It was about two guys who drove around in a white classic car (called a 'bear cat'?) and got into trouble / solved problems for people...I think it was on c.1982.

Also on in '82?

- 'The Irish RM'
- 'Simon & Simon'
- 'Fraggle Rock'
- 'The Muppet Show'
- 'Tom & Jerry'
- 'Road Runner'
- 'Wanderly Wagon'
- 'The Fall Guy'

Always liked 'Hart to Hart' and 'CHiPs' ('California Highway Patrol' for the uninitiated) !

FatherTed

Silvera wrote: »

What was the saturday morning (i.e. young persons) show on RTE 1?

Anybody here recall a U.S tv programme / series called 'The Bearcats'?
It was about two guys who drove around in a white classic car (called a 'bear cat'?) and got into trouble / solved problems for people...I think it was on c.1982.

Also on in '82?

- 'The Irish RM'
- 'Simon & Simon'
- 'Fraggle Rock'
- 'The Muppet Show'
- 'Tom & Jerry'
- 'Road Runner'
- 'Wanderly Wagon'
- 'The Fall Guy'

Always liked 'Hart to Hart' and 'CHiPs' ('California Highway Patrol' for the uninitiated) !

Anything Goes?

SlowBlowin

Leilak wrote: »

channel 4 started sept 82 you had brookside, the tube, right to reply, countdown

also remember

youngline
anything goes
old grey whistle test
take the high road
sorry
metal mickey
mind your language
dr who
how
73
tiswas
magpie
record breakers
harold Lloyd
why don't you
grange hill
only fools...
celebrity squares
petrocelli
newsround
garda patrol
the sullivans
other side of the tracks
play for today
deputy dawg
jackanory
playschool
rainbow
bod
pebble mill
Heidi

I remember Petrocelli !

Do you think he's finished that house yet, it never seemed to get above 2 ft ?

SB

C.K Dexter Haven

SlowBlowin wrote: »

I remember Petrocelli !

Do you think he's finished that house yet, it never seemed to get above 2 ft ?

SB

Wish they continued that series

Cortina_MK_IV

Not sure if anybody said Fame; my sister was mad about that. 'Allo 'Allo, my da loved that, TJ Hooker, he was bloody awful but I remember fancying the cacks off of Heather Locklear.

A bit of Heather.

darkdubh

Heres a VHS recording from 1982.Not great quality and whoever recorded it keeps switching channels,I'd forgotten about Benson before I saw this,I remember that being very popular back in the day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvzccLRLj-M

PippaChic

Thanks for posting Darkdubh, that was great to watch - I remember most of the adverts!