When Channel Four appeared on the scene in early winter of 1982, the event made near instant hits out of many of its shows.
Friday, five to five meant Crackerjack, Saturday was Tiswas day, and Sunday evenings even seemed reserved for Esther Rantzen introducing Cyril Fletcher’s amusing vegetables in That’s Life.
One of the problems of the world of on-demand television is that successful programmes are rarely seen any more as synonymous with particular moments in time in television history.
