At 73 she was known as Ethel, and she was much loved. Great fun. A regular spot she conducted was The Sandwich Quiz. I only watched it cos my kids did.
When the TVS/Meridian studios at Northam. Southampton were shut down and they were holding auctions to sell off old equipment, I noticed a huge skip in the carpark about 6ft tall. Inside it was FULL of tapes (mostly Betacam and the odd VHS tape). I dread to think what was chucked out without copies saved.
I think this video is referring to the other TVS studios in Maidstone, when broadcast master videotapes were being slung in the bin. VHS and Betacam would have just been redundant viewing copies, not the master tapes.
@@stickytapenrust6869 Yeah. If you look elsewhere on YT, there's a channel called "Made in Maidstone" which seems to be archiving a lot of old TVS stuff. I assume he is using their old tape(1 inch video - I believe).
No 73 was a iconic in 80s kids TV and look at the success of some of the people involved, Sandi obviously, Neil Buchanan, do we need to say more, Andrea Arnold, Oscar winning film director/producer and the shows producer Nigel Pickard went on to be the big boss of the whole of ITV.
The one thing I learned watching No. 73 was how to spell Ethel. Rent-a-Ghost also had a character by the same name, and I had never heard it before, from the pronunciation it sounded kind of like "Air Fall". But in one episode of 73 she had it on a T-shirt, and I though "Okay, I never would have guessed that spelling in a million years!"
Actually you're wrong Aidan. Footage gets chucked out all the time. Its thanks to John Peel that a lot of Peel Sessions are still around because he saved half of them going to the skip.
For everybody that loved No. 73 here's a link to the playlist 'Maid in Maidstone' on CZcams of No. 73 episodes that TVS produced all those years ago, this well bring back memories for many of you!! czcams.com/play/PLObE-oZMcn6iqIv_WOJ2KBTQi8T8fZMtg.html
Lol. I literally have dreams about her. Loved her since my early teens in the 90s. Think I'd turn into a nervous wreck if I met her, which I'm hopefully doing in June.
Hahahahhaha my dad was on number 73 and he was jules and his audition was very strange,he brought in his pet rat jaquez and did a bit he called "Jaquez climbs Mount Everest".So what he did was he put jaquez on the floor and said now jaquez will attempt to climb up mount Everest(my dad's leg),but jaquez just stayed still so he said jaquez will attempt it in a snow storm and he started rubbing his hair and a lot of dandruff started to fall out but jaquez still wouldn't move so he said jaquez will take the helicopter up instead, and lifted jaquez up and put him upside down and jaquez's tail started spinning around and jules started making helicopter noises and put jaquez on his head and said thank you very much this was jaquez doing "jaquez climbs Mount Everest"and the people judging the auditions started laughing and said we have to have you on our show😂
@AidanLunn Why keep? Because, some of these new formats have been found to be not-so indestructable later on. For instance, CDs and DVDs really should be 'copied' every 2 - 4 years, as they can degrade with time, and if you scratch them, can become useless. At least if you damage one part of a tape, the rest of it is ususable. I am not trying to start an argument. Just stating a few facts. I think that the Beeb (as usually) are being foolish; ALWAYS keep your originals in a safe place.
The Plaza was opened about the same time as the VP studio. The only studio they had in the South East until those both opened was Southern TV’s old studios in Dover.
@AidanLunn They were more often 'wiped' as video tape was damn expensive in the past, and live kid's programmes had no value, as far as TV channels were concerned.
I'd love to get hold of the going live shows from the late 80s and early 90s. But I hear the BBC don't have them anymore. But no doubt they keep all the eastenders tapes and such like.
I remember when TISWAS finished and No.73 replaced it on a Saturday morning. My Dad who worked nights, use'd to get up early to watch TISWAS because it was so funny & unpredictable. Saturday mornings were a ritual.The first morning No.73 was shown, myself & my younger brother sat there gobsmacked, almost in tears that they even had the audacity to replace classic kids Saturday morning TV with this sterile, childish crap. Sandy Toksvig was about as funny as cramp back then but these days she isn't as funny as she used to be.
It was far more welcoming and engaging to me than the threateningly anarchic chaos of TISWAS, which just felt like a load of teenagers had taken over the tv. (I was 8 and teenagers were pretty intimidating).
Agreed, I was just the right age for Number 73 and loved it, Tiswas just didn't click with me. It's only recently that I've discovered just how much work went into Number 73 - it was cleverly done and a seriously high quality show, much better than anything produced for kids now.
They both ran against the other in the beginning.Watching the early episodes the difference is stark as us in Central land didn’t get it till later on when Tiswas ended and before The Saturday Show.
*At least she didn't become a bland, boring and tiresome person like the once-funny Margaret Cho. Cho was funny until all her act became was a long, dull preach about the sufferings of being a lesbian on earth (who's also ASIAN, to boot). Sandi's amusing without such 'political' neediness*
When Saturday morning tv was iconic. No cookery shows but worth waking up to
... okay
Omg, I LOVED that show as a kid!!!!
I loved no 73 when I was little
Me too, as it was 1 of the 1st Saturday morning tv shows I'd watch used to flick between this and Saturday Superstore. Great times
The sandwich game lol
At 73 she was known as Ethel, and she was much loved. Great fun. A regular spot she conducted was The Sandwich Quiz. I only watched it cos my kids did.
It was " number 73 " where I first fell in love with Sandi Toksvig.
same here, she was so funny
I used to love number 73 and always remember Sandi Toksvig from it.
I'm gonna guess that you are in the 35 - 45 bracket... like me ;)
I think Sandi is great, watching her now on QI, I've grown up with her, so pleased to have been able to watch her on TV throughout my life 💖
The TVS studios here in Gillingham, Kent were converted into a Lazer Quest and is now an Aldi.
When the TVS/Meridian studios at Northam. Southampton were shut down and they were holding auctions to sell off old equipment, I noticed a huge skip in the carpark about 6ft tall. Inside it was FULL of tapes (mostly Betacam and the odd VHS tape). I dread to think what was chucked out without copies saved.
I think this video is referring to the other TVS studios in Maidstone, when broadcast master videotapes were being slung in the bin. VHS and Betacam would have just been redundant viewing copies, not the master tapes.
@@stickytapenrust6869 Yeah. If you look elsewhere on YT, there's a channel called "Made in Maidstone" which seems to be archiving a lot of old TVS stuff. I assume he is using their old tape(1 inch video - I believe).
@@alphabetaxenonzzzcat I know about that channel. Looks more like a mix of VHS and Betacam SP to me.
No 73 was a iconic in 80s kids TV and look at the success of some of the people involved, Sandi obviously, Neil Buchanan, do we need to say more, Andrea Arnold, Oscar winning film director/producer and the shows producer Nigel Pickard went on to be the big boss of the whole of ITV.
I loved No.73! It was so cool! Sandi Toksvig was fab!
No:73 was great, The Toksvig is now a national treasure.
I used to introduce in vision 'Number 73' on TVS and elsewhere - SO THERE! Keith M
She was cute as a box full of buttons back then :D
Also - that vintage ski jacket though.
Fantastic tape save
The one thing I learned watching No. 73 was how to spell Ethel. Rent-a-Ghost also had a character by the same name, and I had never heard it before, from the pronunciation it sounded kind of like "Air Fall". But in one episode of 73 she had it on a T-shirt, and I though "Okay, I never would have guessed that spelling in a million years!"
I have fond memories of that show. Does anyone remember, save 73?
Last episode of series 4 😊
every Saturday i watched it good memories
Don't worry Sandi. There are plenty of episodes here on CZcams!
i worked on 73 in the 80's gillingham kent loved it.
Actually you're wrong Aidan. Footage gets chucked out all the time. Its thanks to John Peel that a lot of Peel Sessions are still around because he saved half of them going to the skip.
DeejvilleTV they burnt a lot of old dr who
Aww, bless.
Wish they'd found the introduction to the sandwich quiz on nunber 73
Excellent!! I was brought up with No 73
For everybody that loved No. 73 here's a link to the playlist 'Maid in Maidstone' on CZcams of No. 73 episodes that TVS produced all those years ago, this well bring back memories for many of you!!
czcams.com/play/PLObE-oZMcn6iqIv_WOJ2KBTQi8T8fZMtg.html
I remember that episode of No:73 : )
Yay for Sandi!
The infamous "No 73 tapes were found in a skip"
I absolutely loved 73 as a kid, brilliant and so well put together.
Loved that program
I love Sandi Toksvig! I'm only 20 but know she's the one for me!!
Lol. I literally have dreams about her. Loved her since my early teens in the 90s. Think I'd turn into a nervous wreck if I met her, which I'm hopefully doing in June.
Loved No 73 and Sandi!
Hahahahhaha my dad was on number 73 and he was jules and his audition was very strange,he brought in his pet rat jaquez and did a bit he called "Jaquez climbs Mount Everest".So what he did was he put jaquez on the floor and said now jaquez will attempt to climb up mount Everest(my dad's leg),but jaquez just stayed still so he said jaquez will attempt it in a snow storm and he started rubbing his hair and a lot of dandruff started to fall out but jaquez still wouldn't move so he said jaquez will take the helicopter up instead, and lifted jaquez up and put him upside down and jaquez's tail started spinning around and jules started making helicopter noises and put jaquez on his head and said thank you very much this was jaquez doing "jaquez climbs Mount Everest"and the people judging the auditions started laughing and said we have to have you on our show😂
“They were chucking out the TVS tapes”
The fact that Disney owns the rights to Number 73 is wild.
Dame Sandi Toksvig.
Made by my local town of Maidstone by TVS...... TVS ended in 1992 because ambition got the better of them.
@AidanLunn
Why keep? Because, some of these new formats have been found to be not-so indestructable later on. For instance, CDs and DVDs really should be 'copied' every 2 - 4 years, as they can degrade with time, and if you scratch them, can become useless. At least if you damage one part of a tape, the rest of it is ususable.
I am not trying to start an argument. Just stating a few facts.
I think that the Beeb (as usually) are being foolish; ALWAYS keep your originals in a safe place.
the old plaza was tvs's studio in the SE until vinters park in maidstone.great days.
The Plaza was opened about the same time as the VP studio.
The only studio they had in the South East until those both opened was Southern TV’s old studios in Dover.
@AidanLunn
They were more often 'wiped' as video tape was damn expensive in the past, and live kid's programmes had no value, as far as TV channels were concerned.
CRIMINAL if they were chucking away no 73's
Eddie, have you been talking about Sandi Toksvig again?
sandi's a regular on QI with the great steve fry may that show continue till z.
Please, who is the woman on the sofa with Sandi? I know I've seen her in stuff before, I always loved her smile but I have no idea who it is.
Pauline Collins, most famous for playing Shirley Valentine.
BBC wipped tapes regularly. It was only by luck that monty python was saved for example
Fcutdlady Your first sentence could be Python itself 🤣
I'd love to get hold of the going live shows from the late 80s and early 90s. But I hear the BBC don't have them anymore.
But no doubt they keep all the eastenders tapes and such like.
UTTER disgrace tv shows ending up in skips!!
I bet she brought the clip in herself
Rip PoG
I use to love No 73, when Saturday morning TV use to be good, but I never did like Sandi Trotsky, always found her a bit creepy to be honest.
Ethel.
She actually ruined that show... Unfunny and talentless, but hey, she went to cambridge...
Never know how or why she stayed on TV she was pretty terrible on Number 73..... Even as a kid I thought who is this ???
Number 73 was dreadful.
I remember when TISWAS finished and No.73 replaced it on a Saturday morning.
My Dad who worked nights, use'd to get up early to watch TISWAS because it was so funny & unpredictable.
Saturday mornings were a ritual.The first morning No.73 was shown, myself & my younger brother sat there gobsmacked, almost in tears that they even had the audacity to replace classic kids Saturday morning TV with this sterile, childish crap.
Sandy Toksvig was about as funny as cramp back then but these days she isn't as funny as she used to be.
It was far more welcoming and engaging to me than the threateningly anarchic chaos of TISWAS, which just felt like a load of teenagers had taken over the tv. (I was 8 and teenagers were pretty intimidating).
Oh look, another TISWAS snob. Oh, joy.
Agreed, I was just the right age for Number 73 and loved it, Tiswas just didn't click with me. It's only recently that I've discovered just how much work went into Number 73 - it was cleverly done and a seriously high quality show, much better than anything produced for kids now.
No 73 wasn't a bad show, I just feel it appealed to teenagers more than it did children. The Saturday Show was better, but yes, TISWAS reigned.
They both ran against the other in the beginning.Watching the early episodes the difference is stark as us in Central land didn’t get it till later on when Tiswas ended and before The Saturday Show.
*At least she didn't become a bland, boring and tiresome person like the once-funny Margaret Cho. Cho was funny until all her act became was a long, dull preach about the sufferings of being a lesbian on earth (who's also ASIAN, to boot). Sandi's amusing without such 'political' neediness*