When Chris Tarrant looks back on a broadcasting career that now spans six decades and includes the quizzing juggernaut that is Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, he doesn’t need to phone a friend to ...

But the antics on Tiswas, which stood for Today Is Saturday, Watch And Smile, would not wash today – as they ­discovered at a 2007 reunion show. She said: “When you think of all the health and safety ...

Where are Bob Carolgees and Spit the dog now and where’s Bob’s candle shop? Comedy entertainer Bob Carolgees, 69, is best known for appearing with his canine puppet, Spit The Dog. Tiswas ran until ...

If you can’t help getting nostalgic about Saturday morning kids’ TV and other random shows of your childhood, then prepare to get excited – as you might have the chance to watch some of them all over ...

TISWAS was yesterday ranked alongside the Apollo moon landing and Live Aid as one of the greatest landmarks in TV history. TISWAS was yesterday ranked alongside the Apollo moon landing and Live Aid as ...

FOR all his affable Saturday evening respectability, there's still the slightest sniff of something silly about TV millionaire-maker Chris Tarrant. But then, older readers will recall that Tarrant was ...

In 1980, I won the TV equivalent of a golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Yes, I made it onto the set of Tiswas, the anarchic Saturday morning TV show that posh parents refused to let ...

Chris Tarrant believes there is no way that Tiswas would be made in this day and age. Before he started hosting Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Chris rose to fame while co-presenting the popular ...

FORMER Tiswas star Chris Tarrant is to host a new children’s show this autumn – minus the custard pies. FORMER Tiswas star Chris Tarrant is to host a new children’s show this autumn – minus the ...

A sofa used by the original stars of the classic Tiswas era has been rediscovered – and put back on air in Birmingham. It is now being used by a broadcaster to cushion the realisation he’s celebrating ...

The Saturday morning children’s television show Tiswas was made in Birmingham. On air from 1974 to 1982, Tiswas started as a Midlands regional programme and was broadcast from Studio 3 at the ATV ...