Product Description

Reminisce about the shows you loved with this hilarious guide to the nation's best-loved telly programmes. Saturday night is the happiest night of the week. Most of us have fond memories of sitting on the floor in front of the telly with our family crowding out the sofa behind us. Dad is making half-hearted derisory remarks at the presenter on the screen, and brothers and sisters are becoming excited at the prospect of a famous person getting gunged. Meanwhile, Mum's just enjoying some honest-to-goodness, clean entertainment. As for you, there's no school tomorrow, you're allowed to stay up late, and a whole feast of treats is about to unfold on the box -what could be better?In this witty and nostalgic romp through the highlights and lowlights of Saturday night telly, Jack Kibble-White and Steve Williams remind us of the great, the iconic, the hilarious and the just plain embarrassing moments that have made Saturday night television so entertaining. With a foreword from Jeremy Beadle and a comprehensive list of classic comedy, drama, entertainment, game shows and people shows, this is a must-read for true TV buffs and the perfect gift for nostalgia fans.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42126 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 251 pages

Review
'The authors are an untapped national treasure' JEREMY BEADLE

Customer Reviews

Great fun
Though this is called an encyclopaedia, the way the authors write about the subject of Saturday night tv is far from dry and dull. They are brimming over with enthusiasm recalling some of the shows that are deservedly remembered or forgotten. There's just enough detail and background information while also covering an impressive list of shows - with some little gems of information along the way. Recommended.

Hugely enjoyable
If you fondly remember the likes of the "Generation Game" (Bruce Forsyth and Larry Grayson eras, rather than Jim Davidson), "3-2-1" and so on, and were born in the mid-late 1960s or early 1970s you'll love this book. Perfect for dipping into for a quick burst of nostalgia, the book entertainingly describes pretty much every Saturday night TV show from the 1960s to the present day and is a hugely enjoyable read. Buy it in conjunction with the "TV Cream Toys" and "TV Cream" books and you'll be in flashback heaven. Massively enjoyable.