Friday, 29 September 2023

Too much News...


I was thinking the other day how great the News was in the 80s before Birt merged it with current affairs.  It was just what happened. No explanation and all done in half an hour to make airtime for more intellectual property like Tom & Jerry.  Mrs Thatcher just declared war on Argentina, the Miners are still on strike and finally a cat got stuck in a tree.  That's all folks!

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