1981

JIM'LL FIX IT

BBC1 Transmission (GB): Saturday 3rd January 1981, 6.40-7.15pm
Programme Number: LLVC202W

Notes:

Programme presented by Top of the Pops presenter Jimmy Savile, in which he 'fixed it' for children of all ages to have their dreams come true. This edition featured, among other things, Jim fixing it for Sister Elizabeth Calvin to be presented with props used on It's A Knockout.

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MULTI-COLOURED SWAP SHOP

BBC1 Transmission (GB): Saturday 17th January 1981, 9.30am-12.12pm
Programme Number: LCHC110E

Notes:

Live Saturday morning children's show presented by Noel Edmonds, Maggie Philbin and future It's A Knockout presenter, Keith Chegwin. This edition included a clip from Look Back and Laugh: Best of Knockout (originally transmitted 13th November 1979).

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READ ON!: PROGRAMME 9 - A MATTER OF OPINION

BBC1 Transmission (GB): Friday 23rd March 1981, 9.52-10.15am
Programme Number: ESBC159E

Notes:

Read On! was a BBC Schools series designed to encourage interest in reading amongst ten to twelve year old children. A 2 minute 20 second clip of a Jeux Sans Frontières programme was included in this edition.

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TERRY AND JUNE: "It's A Knockout" (Series 3, Episode 3)

BBC1 Transmission (GB): Friday 27th November 1981, 7.30-8.00pm
Programme Number: LLCD205R

Notes:

Situation comedy starring Terry Scott and June Whitfield as a married couple. Terry is tricked into trying on old It's A Knockout costumes on the evening the company chairman Sir Dennis (Reginald Marsh) comes to dinner.

Made in Colour • This programme exists in the BBC Archives