Me and my mates did a 24hr snooker marathon for this in my 88 we did 12 hours on my 6ft by 3ft table at home then the next 12 hours on a full size table at our local club we added the travel time it took from travelling to snooker club from mine to the overall time so no cheating it was 4 of us so 2 played while 2 had rest be it sleep or a food break was so tired at the end of it all i slept for 18hrs straight but i look back fondly at that plus we raised 300 quid 😊😊😊😊
Fun fact may 30th 1988 is the day that ytv viewers will not switch off the tv set from now onwards (they will do it on that night through) but not on the next night because ytv is doing 24/7
Good upload. Would be good to see the song and dance opening from either this Telethon or the 2nd one, where they bastardize George Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm to insert various celeb names in ‘We got Aspel!’ etc. it was featured in some sort of TV’s Worst Moments compilation but can’t remember which
That theme music is so annoying! Sure it was great fun to participate in the events if you were there, or to spectate - woohoo, I’m on telly - but rather tedious to watch at home.
I loved the ITV Telethon. Jim Davidson (when he was still very much a clean comedian), Emma Freud, Michael Wilson, Josephine Buchan, Danny Baker, Chris Tarrant for Thames/LWT, Bob Warman & co. at Birmingham's NEC, Fred Dinenage, Fern Britton, Bobby Davro & Matthew Kelly in Brighton for TVS (including the live action remake of Jo & Petunia with Matthew & Fern as the couple, Bobby Davro as the sailor in the style of Frank Spencer).
This was awful. I remember one of my school colleagues watching all of this when I was in year six. He went "did you see Telethon?" and kept singing that theme tune all day!.
Me and my mates did a 24hr snooker marathon for this in my 88 we did 12 hours on my 6ft by 3ft table at home then the next 12 hours on a full size table at our local club we added the travel time it took from travelling to snooker club from mine to the overall time so no cheating it was 4 of us so 2 played while 2 had rest be it sleep or a food break was so tired at the end of it all i slept for 18hrs straight but i look back fondly at that plus we raised 300 quid 😊😊😊😊
I love ambitious live broadcast events.
I can't decide if this snapshot makes it more or less intriguing to know what the rest of the 27 hours was like.
Fun fact may 30th 1988 is the day that ytv viewers will not switch off the tv set from now onwards (they will do it on that night through) but not on the next night because ytv is doing 24/7
Good upload. Would be good to see the song and dance opening from either this Telethon or the 2nd one, where they bastardize George Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm to insert various celeb names in ‘We got Aspel!’ etc. it was featured in some sort of TV’s Worst Moments compilation but can’t remember which
That theme music is so annoying! Sure it was great fun to participate in the events if you were there, or to spectate - woohoo, I’m on telly - but rather tedious to watch at home.
The big problem was they never really said what charities would benefit from it. Telethon just for the sake of it.
Does anyone have the Treasure Hunt Telethon 88 with Anneka Rice and Treasure Hunt Telethon 85?
I was only 5 but i remember this quite well
I was only slightly older but that music sticks in my head
I didn't see any of this I was camping with my mates in the middle of nowhere🤣
I loved the ITV Telethon. Jim Davidson (when he was still very much a clean comedian), Emma Freud, Michael Wilson, Josephine Buchan, Danny Baker, Chris Tarrant for Thames/LWT, Bob Warman & co. at Birmingham's NEC, Fred Dinenage, Fern Britton, Bobby Davro & Matthew Kelly in Brighton for TVS (including the live action remake of Jo & Petunia with Matthew & Fern as the couple, Bobby Davro as the sailor in the style of Frank Spencer).
Hoped that the Tiswas reunion was on here as well....Great upload anyway!
It is on CZcams somewhere
I worked at Yorkshire TV in the canteen, we worked through the night keeping food rolling out for TV personalities, it was a bit boring tbh
This was awful. I remember one of my school colleagues watching all of this when I was in year six. He went "did you see Telethon?" and kept singing that theme tune all day!.
It was dreadful
Saponss!
I'm sure they'll all need a good night's sleep after having being on the job for 48 hours.