April 17, 1999 BBC News

BBC News 1999 Opens

📺 'Larry Grayson's Generation Game' Saturday 04 November 1978 - BBC1: 18:45 When Bruce Forsyth chose to step away from The Generation Game, it seemed unthinkable that an and achieve the same level of success. But in Larry Grayson they found the ideal host to keep the show at its peak. When Bruce Forsyth chose to step away from The Generation Game, it was hard to imagine anyone filling his shoes and achieving the same success. However, Larry Grayson proved to be the ideal host, keeping the show

📺 'Top of the Pops' Thursday 14 September 1978 - BBC1: 19:20 Jilted John ~ Jilted John (#6) Oh how I chuckled….heard it on TOTP, memorised it and then yelled it across the windswept playing fields of yore for those few weeks it was in the charts. This sad tale of Jilted John, blown out by his bird Julie for Gordon the Moron was learned verbatim by not just me but every kid in the country it seemed. Another thing I like about this is that Jilted John came along, swept all before him and then pro