After a long day chasing villains across London...

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So jojosimco posted a list of her favourite tv shows of 1977, and after flicking through to see what I'd been watching too, I inevitably started to think about how useful it was to know what the lads might have found on tv when they staggered onto the couch of a night, or were stuck at home with various broken ankles, or sprained wrists, or... you know, measles or whatever. *g* And then I started wondering...

Of the shows on offer, what would they watch, and why did I think that... Would Bodie watch Warship or would he secretly love Chorlton and the Wheelies? Would they laugh and mock The Sweeney, or argue about who was who in Starsky and Hutch? Did either of them fancy Felicity Kendall? What did they think of Angela Rippon? Legs and Co? Bergerac?

So I went to see what I could find, and came up with just a few sites to spend a Friday afternoon at work on that could be used by people resarching the Pros-era for stories etc:

BBC Telly Bits - examples of a days viewing and/or listening in different months and years.

BFI's television pages - searchable by decade, and with vid clips

TV Cream - Deadly site, do not attempt to enter while at work/without several hours to spare. Takes nothing seriously. Offers to dalek-up your computer. Yes, Pros is listed *g*

ITV.com - including the "Best of the 70s"

London Weekend Television website - programmes, clips... *g*

So - Silly Friday Question the first - what shows would the lad watch, and why do you think so? And do feel free to expand into whatever realms of follow-up slash-y fantasy you might care to... *g*

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Erm... I always wanted one... *g*