SFC Radio

LISTEN HERE   Welcome to the fifth show from the SFC, full of memorabilia and nostalgia from British TV. Featuring long forgotten and well remembered theme tunes, clips, songs and releases by the stars that appeared on TV over the last Century. There’s full versions of themes, usually only heard in the first few moments of a programme, rare singles by famous and obscure artists, cover versions and original tracks by famous singers and songwriters, all with a connection to Television. Our introduction this time begins with the ident that was used for the ABC Weekend Television station that existed between 1956 and 1968. The ATV Weekend area was one of the ‘Big Four’ TV companies of the period and covered the Midlands and Northern England area.  One of it’s most popular programmes, launched in 1961 was ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’ which featured a popular segment reviewing New Releases, called ‘Spin A Disc’. Hosted by a guest DJ and three teenagers, one of the youngst...

  LISTEN HERE   Welcome to the fourth show from the SFC, full of memorabilia and nostalgia from British TV. This episode features links to the great British institution that is known as 'Channel Four'. Featuring long forgotten and well remembered theme tunes, clips, adverts and releases by the stars that appeared on the channel since it's launch in 1982. With it's public service remit to show programmes for 'minority viewers', they nontheless presented programmes that had mass appeal, and were very successful. There’s full versions of themes, usually only heard in the first few moments of a programme, rare singles by famous and obscure artists, cover versions and original tracks by famous actors, singers and comedians, all with a connection to the station.  The station launched on the 2nd November 1982 to a fanfare known as 'Four Score' composed by David Dundas and presented by Paul Coia . The channel's first programme was the game sho...

LISTEN HERE Welcome to the third show from the SFC, full of memorabilia and nostalgia from British TV. Featuring long forgotten and well remembered theme tunes, clips, adverts and releases by the stars that appeared on TV over the last Century. There’s full versions of themes, usually only heard in the first few moments of a programme, rare singles by famous and obscure artists, cover versions and original tracks by famous singers and songwriters, all with a connection to Television. Our introduction this time begins with the theme that was used for the ITV Harlech Television station that existed between 1967 and 2006. The HTV area basically covered Wales, and therefore featured much Welsh language programming, but many English programmes were also produced including the long-running daytime game show ‘Three Little Words’ which ran from 1967 to 1985. Originally hosted by John Edmunds, then by Don Moss, and Alan Taylor and finally, ventriloquist, Ray Allan . Ray had appeared ...