Our Show – Nostalgia Central

1 9 7 7 – 1 9 7 8 (UK)
42 x 150 minute/60 minute episodes

Replacing Saturday Scene from 10 September 1977, this 2½ hour Saturday morning kids show from ITV aired in the LWT, Anglia and Southern regions, and was hosted by a gaggle of Anna Scher stage school kids, including a nine-year-old Susan Tully who would go on to fame in Grange Hill (as Suzanne Ross) and EastEnders (as Michelle Fowler), and a young Nicholas Lyndhurst (future star of Only Fools and Horses and Goodnight Sweetheart).

The kids provided links to cartoons and shows such as Happy Days and Sesame Street, reported on items of interest to kids (pop music, new films, sports, skateboards etc), hosted competitions and introduced studio guests.

Shaw Taylor also presented a segment called JP5 (short for Junior Police 5).

Guests on the show included Lena Zavaroni, Bonnie Langford, Hughie Green, Michael Aspel, Kenny Everett, Henry Winkler, Phil Daniels, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Arthur Lowe, Gareth Hunt, Anna Ford, Robert Powell, Mike and Bernie Winters, Joanna Lumley, Billie Whitelaw, Sheila Hancock, Kenneth Connor, Lionel Bart, Yehudi Menuhin, Kate Bush, Suzi Quatro, Generation X, Elton John, Shakin’ Stevens, Demis Roussos, PJ Proby, Bonnie Tyler, Yes, Wishbone Ash, Darts, Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones of The Monkees and Bill Oddie.

The show was eventually trimmed back to an hour and, finally, cut in half (to bookend reruns of The Monkees), with the first segment now renamed Half Our Show.

The final show aired on Saturday 1 July 1978 after which it was replaced by The Saturday Banana with Bill Oddie.

Presenters
Elvis Payne
Graham Fletcher
Veronique Choolhun
Susan Tully
Nicholas “Nicky” Lyndhurst
Melissa Wilkes
Jamie Foreman

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