1980: PANTOMIME HORSE of the Year Show | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

Chris Harris reports from Basingstoke, where the world's first ever Pantomime Horse of the Year Show is taking place.
This clip is from Hey Look... That's Me! originally broadcast 29 August, 1980.
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[@hilaryepstein6013]

A wonderful slice of British sillyness and the narration was perfect. Lovely!

[@eemoogee160]

Those kids are real troopers. 😳

[@carmelhughesparolya899]

So funny 😂 looks like everyone had a brilliant time 😍

[@swaneknoctic9555]

Can't believe this was the year I was born, everything looks so old fashioned.

[@mattsan70]

The good old days. Oh Lord, How did we end up in this mess

[@atomictraveller]

i could explain, but as a society you need to stop laughing when anybody says freemasons

[@timothyahern9476]

First take one incredibly suspicious looking horse and then add kids. It's either a recipe for fun or for some kind of 'oribble soup.

[@pixelcrunch300]

“Yeah I’m totally a horse! Now where’s that Ketamine?”

[@TruculentSheep]

At that point in history, everything was both dingy and drab, and a post-apocalyptic bad acid trip.

[@Ridersonthestorm8899]

I remember this and the theme tune Hey Look thats me doing what i want to do acting out my fantasy etc.That summer of 1980 the beeb screened Salems Lot and it scared the plop out of me lol.

[@silvertongue3003]

It almost seem weird to see people without a smartphone stuck to their faces.. when Nobody knew what Google meant

[@melissarainchild]

When we were still fully human...

[@GorilieVR]

delightful 😊

[@cazharris5581]

I remember this programme - didn’t he have a bike with a trailer?

[@user-vx6gs1ci1h]

This is better than those furrys who have very realistic horse costumes and think they are horses

[@atomictraveller]

teh fast larf is at 1:00 🤣🤣🤣

[@geigertec5921]

Nobody probably goes now because they can stay inside playing video games instead.

[@RakoonCD]

OG fursuiters.

[@spango1]

Always need to be shot twice when putting to sleep ive always found

[@BenCol]

But were any of them Secret Agents?

[@silvertongue3003]

You’re not supposed to speak about it if it is TopSecret.. 😉

[@lorrainemackey4851]

“We interrupt this program to annoy you and make things generally irritating.”