27 Aug 72
The Perry and Sherry showLate Night Line-Up Clive James’s debut column
03 Sep 72
Wood Lane’s wonder boysOlympic Games, Munich, Week 1 Auntie goes to Munich VBM merges 03 Sep & 10 Sep content
10 Sep 72
Mood change at MunichOlympic Games, Munich, Week 2
17 Sep 72
Blockbuster in a mistIf Britain Had Fallen Storm over England
24 Sep 72
Compassion in transitThe Block
01 Oct 72
Confusing the issuesWorld in Action
08 Oct 72
Dodging the big oneWar and Peace Overture to War and Peace
15 Oct 72
Bananas with the DuchessThe Duchess of Malfi
22 Oct 72
Cuddling up with TolstoyWar and Peace Tolstoy makes TV History
29 Oct 72
Heroes and hardwareColditz
05 Nov 72
Eating your interviewerLate Night Line-up
12 Nov 72
Hitler turned hoodThe Gangster Show
19 Nov 72
The Great Weariness bogyFilm 72
26 Nov 72
Rattigan revisitedThe General’s Day
03 Dec 72
Lobbing match over a cat’s-cradleSomething to Say Knickers
10 Dec 72
[exists but orig. title unknown]Miss World Liberating Miss World Obs issue missing, VBM version temp subst
17 Dec 72
Observer issue missing
24 Dec 72
Observer issue missing
31 Dec 72
Observer issue missing
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07 Jan 73
Bad for bizAt Last the 1973 Show A Living Legend
14 Jan 73
The search for HitlerReal Time
21 Jan 73
Soap-operatic splendourTwo Old Dears
28 Jan 73
When life begins at fiftyKisses at Fifty
04 Feb 73
Redeeming appearancesZ-Cars
11 Feb 73
Authority and control(News programme policy) Several illegible lines
18 Feb 73
Potter’s wheels within wheelsOnly Make Believe
25 Feb 73
Jokers at workOmnibus
04 Mar 73
Exaltation on iceWorld Figure-Skating Championships
11 Mar 73
Keeping the weenies quietTop of the Pops Likely Lads
18 Mar 73
Pins and needlesThe Question of Ulster
25 Mar 73
Home fires dampenerThe Maltese Falcon
01 Apr 73
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
08 Apr 73
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
15 Apr 73
Caught on the hop by FrostShow of the Week
22 Apr 73
Call for the swordsmenPot Black
29 Apr 73
Olivier’s Great JourneyLong Day’s Journey Into Night
06 May 73
Nixon through the night skyRichard Nixon Nixon on the skids
13 May 73
It’s Carry On CommentatorThe U-Boat War Harry Commentator
20 May 73
Banging the door openOpen Door
27 May 73
Allsop in wild New York CityThe World About Us
03 Jun 73
Nut week’s flying startBBC News
10 Jun 73
It certainly can be bad, Sport!Reporter At Large
17 Jun 73
Caught by the throatZ-Cars Eddie Waring Communicates
24 Jun 73
Don’t miss the busSam
01 Jul 73
[exists but orig. title unknown]Miss TV Times 73 Kinds of freedom Observer issue missg, VBM temp subst
08 Jul 73
[exists but orig. title unknown]Panorama Blue-bloods on parade Obs issue missg, VBM 08 & 22 Jul temp subst
15 Jul 73
Observer issue missing
22 Jul 73
[exists but orig. title unknown]Panorama Blue-bloods on parade Obs issue missg, VBM 08 & 22 Jul temp subst
29 Jul 73
Observer issue missing
05 Aug 73
Observer issue missing
12 Aug 73
Observer issue missing
19 Aug 73
[exists but orig. title unknown]Hadleigh Squire Hadleigh Observer issue missg, VBM temp subst
26 Aug 73
[Francis Matthews letter](Letter from Francis Matthews) Observer issue missing
02 Sep 73
Donny, Spike and all thatTop of the Pops
09 Sep 73
Two sides to the truthMastermind
16 Sep 73
Moonbase blast-offStar Trek Drained crystals
23 Sep 73
Solzhenitsyn’s ‘Love Girl’The Love Girl and the Innocent
30 Sep 73
Magnus Polo’s travelsChina
07 Oct 73
With Whicker in a gay worldShow of the Week
14 Oct 73
The phantom PhantomsMidweek
21 Oct 73
Fighting it out in a sandy seaThis Week
28 Oct 73
Bus-ride to ArmageddonNews Extra
04 Nov 73
The Borneo bomberEastward with Attenborough
11 Nov 73
The way the war was won?The Way the War was Won
18 Nov 73
Steeplechase to the altarThe Frost Show Anne and Mark get married
25 Nov 73
The jolly SwastikaTarget Tirpitz
02 Dec 73
The miracle of Sir HughCudlipp and be Damned Just call me ‘Captain’
09 Dec 73
The golden crumpetThe Golden Bowl
16 Dec 73
Happiness is Flynn-shapedScaramouche
23 Dec 73
A distinct shortage of juiceThe Two Ronnies
30 Dec 73
Anything for a laughCasino Royale
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06 Jan 74
Cleo in CuckoolandThe Languages of Animals
13 Jan 74
Through dune and wadiHoliday 74 Earthshrinker
20 Jan 74
Medicine man called GellerOthello The bending of the spoons
27 Jan 74
Rugby-watcher’s sob-storyFrost’s Weekly
03 Feb 74
It really is fantastic!All Good Men More like it
10 Feb 74
Facilitated to deathNationwide
17 Feb 74
The Merchant of MillerThe Merchant of Venice A pound of flash
24 Feb 74
Earnest and the ElectionThe Importance of being Earnest
03 Mar 74
[Election Special, part](General Election coverage) Page scan incomplete
10 Mar 74
Kahn goes Boom!Midweek Hermie
17 Mar 74
Children of the Holy WarWhatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Fortune is a woman
24 Mar 74
[No column submitted]
Clive James filming in Paris
31 Mar 74
Enter the ChancellorThe Brothers
07 Apr 74
Supercharged SuffragettesThe Pallisers
14 Apr 74
Facing our WaterlooEurovision Song Contest What Katie did
21 Apr 74
Real — but artificialThe Family
28 Apr 74
Barbarity to childrenBaa Baa, Black Sheep
05 May 74
Noddy and the lunch-breaksSuccess Story Noddy gets it on
12 May 74
Some Final thoughtsCup Final Knock-Out
19 May 74
O Lord, preserve usStars on Sunday Why Viola, thou art updated!
26 May 74
[No column submitted]
Clive James on assignment, USA
02 Jun 74
Consolations from America(Television Advertising)
09 Jun 74
Over-dumb about YogaThe Roots of Yoga Wisdom of the East
16 Jun 74
Kick-off at the World Cup sleep-in(World Cup coverage)
23 Jun 74
Black horror showIdi Amin — A Portrait
30 Jun 74
So much for StradivariusThe Tommy Cooper Hour
07 Jul 74
One minute of irrelevant silenceWorld Cup
14 Jul 74
That old sinking sensationLove from A to Z Hi! I’m Liza
21 Jul 74
Morecambe, Mercer and WiseAndré Previn Meets...
28 Jul 74
Checked and double checkedNews at Ten
04 Aug 74
Sir Lew and the serpent of old NileAntony and Cleopatra
11 Aug 74
Plugged out of the action(Nixon) Exit Tricky Dick
18 Aug 74
From Ulster to the OsmondsOmnibus at the Proms Hot lolly
25 Aug 74
Fuzz on the screenJustice Rough justice
01 Sep 74
Cops and sopranosKojak
08 Sep 74
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
15 Sep 74
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
22 Sep 74
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
29 Sep 74
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
06 Oct 74
I’d just like to say...Panorama The Hawk walks
13 Oct 74
The Night of the MachinesElection 74 Bob’s wonderful machines
20 Oct 74
Bees with PhDsSurvival
27 Oct 74
For the rest of their livesStill in a Class of Their Own
03 Nov 74
Taking it below the chinWorld Heavyweight Boxing Championship
10 Nov 74
Fighting over foodHorizon Several illegible lines
17 Nov 74
In praise of the lordMonty Python‘s Flying Circus Lord Longford rides again
24 Nov 74
The wind machineThe Weather Machine
01 Dec 74
The way Miss World endsMiss World
08 Dec 74
Blood, toil, tears — and BurtonWalk with Destiny
15 Dec 74
Knocked out by AliParkinson Pink predominates
22 Dec 74
Pole-axedNotorious Woman Chopin snuffs it
29 Dec 74
Christmas treatsFor This Christmas Only
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05 Jan 75
Drama of JFK’s finest hourOpportunity Knocks
12 Jan 75
This is impossibleMission: Impossible Mission Unspeakable
19 Jan 75
Taking the week’s pulseRussell Harty
26 Jan 75
A lesson in great actingSix Million Dollar Man
02 Feb 75
In case you haven’t heardAkenfield The Turkey in Winter
09 Feb 75
Getting Mrs T into focusMidweek Thatcher takes command
16 Feb 75
Gloriana to the rescueMidweek
23 Feb 75
Children in the melting-potPanorama Many illegible lines
02 Mar 75
It’s all over, IngmarSix Scenes From A Marriage The higher trash
09 Mar 75
Savaged by dog-loversSecond House
16 Mar 75
Fired into operatic orbitWhatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
23 Mar 75
Hungry worldThe Face of Famine
30 Mar 75
Wishing you welcomeLate Call
06 Apr 75
The agony of VietnamPope Paul’s Easter Mass
13 Apr 75
Royal bubble-bathEdward the Seventh
20 Apr 75
Suffering the Budget’s birth-pangs(Budget coverage)
27 Apr 75
The main thing about MainThe Main Chance
04 May 75
Fleeing and survivingThe Brothers
11 May 75
Playing up the plump sideThe Naked Jungle Killer ants
18 May 75
The need to be everybodyDon’t Quote Me What is a television critic?
25 May 75
The Great Re-tread ShowNews Review Some lines illegible
01 Jun 75
Formula for soap operaPrivate Affairs
08 Jun 75
In the land of TimbuctooThe Tribal Eye
15 Jun 75
A burning passionCarol’s Story Problem Children
22 Jun 75
Bombing the bombshell imageDon’t Quote Me Biggest bitch in Fleet Street
29 Jun 75
Here is the tennis situationWimbledon
06 Jul 75
Beware of the dogsThe Case Against Dogs Rancid coils
13 Jul 75
Mankind’s perfect petThe Passing of Leviathan
20 Jul 75
Bognor, here we come!(Apollo-Soyuz Test Project) Several lines illegible
27 Jul 75
Plugging the new patronageInternational Horse of the Year Show
03 Aug 75
Banging on about booksRead All About It
10 Aug 75
[No edition this week]
Observer not published
17 Aug 75
Reality and the BombTo Die — To Live
24 Aug 75
12 years of griefThe Final Solution: Auschwitz The hard taskmasters
31 Aug 75
Cosmological hokumNews at Ten
07 Sep 75
Ski-ing down EverestThe Man Who Skied Down Everest
14 Sep 75
The perfect butlerTwo’s Company
21 Sep 75
[No column submitted]
Clive James in Italy
28 Sep 75
Margot My WayBlue Peter
05 Oct 75
Playing the language gameMaking Faces Language games
12 Oct 75
The sandwich-manAquarius Very Peter Hall
19 Oct 75
Deep in a married messPlaintiffs and Defendants
26 Oct 75
[No column submitted]
Clive James on tour
02 Nov 75
[No column submitted]
Clive James on tour
09 Nov 75
[No column submitted]
Clive James on tour
16 Nov 75
[No column submitted]
Clive James on tour
23 Nov 75
O for a glimpse of my friends!(‘Together At Last’ tour with Pete Atkin)
30 Nov 75
The prisoners on our conscienceOrders from Above Many lines illegible
07 Dec 75
Pounded by psychic energyInto the Unknown
14 Dec 75
Week of the RatsRoyal Appointment
21 Dec 75
Gymnastic kitschInternational Gymnastics
28 Dec 75
A touch of menaceThe Queen
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04 Jan 76
The Burke and Burr Laugh-inThe Inventing of America
11 Jan 76
Coward’s tinsel classicBrief Encounter
18 Jan 76
Lenny the lecturerNine O'Clock News
25 Jan 76
A Cambridge generationThe Glittering Prizes Schmlittering prizes
01 Feb 76
The comic truthFawlty Towers A Muggeridge fragment
08 Feb 76
Set and match to Miss MacLaine(Shirley MacLaine)
15 Feb 76
UnintelligibühlityEarl Wild Unintelligibühl
22 Feb 76
Feeling disconnectedBBC News Standing at the window
29 Feb 76
Silly songs and fine folliesA Song for Europe
07 Mar 76
This awkward problem of freedomPanorama: Solzhenitsyn Solzhenitsyn warns the West
14 Mar 76
The man from SpandauNewsday Hitler’s Faults
21 Mar 76
Prize performanceThe British Screen Awards
28 Mar 76
[No column submitted]
Clive James in Australia
04 Apr 76
[No column submitted]
Clive James in Australia
11 Apr 76
[No column submitted]
Clive James in Australia
18 Apr 76
[No column submitted]
Clive James in Australia
25 Apr 76
BronsonisedThe Brothers
02 May 76
Writing by numbersQB VII The QB VII travesty
09 May 76
Wotting notSign of the Pagan
16 May 76
Stationary kicksCome Dancing
23 May 76
Klonged on the headDiscovery Cant-struck
30 May 76
The ReaperHorizon
06 Jun 76
Blowing a BloomsburySecond House Hoggart on class
13 Jun 76
Windy PhenomenonThe Roussos Phenomenon Larger than life
20 Jun 76
Hardware heroesThe Six Million Dollar Man March of the androids
27 Jun 76
Matter of black and whiteTonight
04 Jul 76
Serving at 140 mphWimbledon
11 Jul 76
Flash to Dr WhoFlash Gordon Mutiny in the Furnace Room
18 Jul 76
Horsiness and homageThe Queen’s Garden
25 Jul 76
Frank & David & Alan & RonOlympic Games
01 Aug 76
Olympic absolutesOlympic Games Onward to Montreal
08 Aug 76
Paean to the military qualitiesOrde Wingate
15 Aug 76
Thoughts of Idi and AdolfLate Night Extra
22 Aug 76
A load of burst balloonsLook Stranger
29 Aug 76
Blood, Bron and black-outsThe World in a Box
05 Sep 76
The rebellion that can’t be stopped This Week
12 Sep 76
Back to ‘The Brothers’The Brothers
19 Sep 76
Wet lipsThe Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
26 Sep 76
Speaking personallyPilger
03 Oct 76
The Britting of RodRod the Mod Has Come of Age
10 Oct 76
[No column submitted]
Clive James on tour
17 Oct 76
[No column submitted]
Clive James on tour
24 Oct 76
[No column submitted]
Clive James on tour
31 Oct 76
[No column submitted]
Clive James on tour
07 Nov 76
Wisdom of the EastThe Water Margin
14 Nov 76
David and the machinesPanorama The Weld this Week
21 Nov 76
Sir Oswald’s WhoppersTonight The Truly Strong Man
28 Nov 76
Patrick and the luteFace the Music Patrick’s invisible lute
05 Dec 76
A load of punkToday
12 Dec 76
Last of the RomansI Claudius
19 Dec 76
Dish of Southern fried turkeyCat on a Hot Tin Roof Over the Tarp
26 Dec 76
[No edition this week]
Observer not published
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02 Jan 77
And now ... Supermind!Mastermind Supermind, Superbody
09 Jan 77
Hero of Our TimeThis Week
16 Jan 77
Charlie’s brainless angelsNationwide
23 Jan 77
Holy MosesMoses
30 Jan 77
Matter of rapeDo As I Say
06 Feb 77
Hailsham’s royal hooraysPanorama Rings a bell
13 Feb 77
Cloth-cap heroesChronicle
20 Feb 77
[exists but orig. title unknown]Winifred Wagner Wini und Wolf Obs review section missg, TCB temp subst
27 Feb 77
Moses hits the dirtMoses — The Lawgiver Moses hits the dirt
06 Mar 77
Bumpy landingsThe World Figure Skating Chmpionships
13 Mar 77
Beyond a jokeThree Piece Suite
20 Mar 77
Odour situationNationwide Odour situation
27 Mar 77
The fallible PopePanorama
03 Apr 77
The fallible criticThe Best Years?
10 Apr 77
The Grade GospelJesus of Nazareth The Lew Testament
17 Apr 77
Roots of our timeA Child Of Our Time Roots of our time
24 Apr 77
[No column submitted]
Clive James on assignment in USSR
01 May 77
Princely posturesThe Queen’s Silver Jubilee Appeal
08 May 77
A lot of slop-overThe Nixon Interviews My daughter Tricia
15 May 77
The Son-in-LawThe Question of Broadcasting
22 May 77
The terrifying truthEveryman
29 May 77
Mass of offencesThe Nixon Interviews The Red Sandwich
05 Jun 77
Hail to the HallIt’s A Knockout
12 Jun 77
This Great DaceFires of Friendship
19 Jun 77
My fall from graisPanorama
26 Jun 77
Release Bukovsky!Bukovsky
03 Jul 77
Harry’s WmbldnWimbledon
10 Jul 77
Taking a shuftiKossoff and Company
17 Jul 77
Thalassa pottahsA Small City Garden
24 Jul 77
Ransom and the owlThe Royal International Horse Show
31 Jul 77
Digesting JapanWorld in Action A load of chunk
07 Aug 77
Bamber’s GospelThe Christians
14 Aug 77
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
21 Aug 77
Lament for ElvisThe Christians
28 Aug 77
Woman’s LabMarie Curie Woman’s Lab
04 Sep 77
Bonjour twistesseRough Justice Bonjour twistesse
11 Sep 77
The mind-grindThe Krypton Factor
18 Sep 77
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
25 Sep 77
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
02 Oct 77
Nicola KareninaAnna Karenina
09 Oct 77
Heaven help weParkinson Heaven help we
16 Oct 77
Water on the brainHorizon Nershment
23 Oct 77
Champagne and subtletyThe Norman Conquests
30 Oct 77
The smell of seaweedThe Question of Faith
06 Nov 77
Pulling the plugsMastermind A boy forever
13 Nov 77
Hammer and kissesRussian Week
20 Nov 77
Waffen waffleNews at Ten
27 Nov 77
The amazing Mark(Mark Phillips)
04 Dec 77
[No edition this week]
Observer not published due to strike
11 Dec 77
Chastity pantsRock Follies of 77 Chastity pants
18 Dec 77
High-born ladiesOnce Upon A Time ... Is Now
25 Dec 77
[No edition this week]
Observer not published
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01 Jan 78
Tellie’s olde rubbisheBing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas Olde rubbishe
08 Jan 78
Soap opera parableWashington: Behind Closed Doors Doors
15 Jan 78
Rose Bowl battleGrandstand
22 Jan 78
The Arts! The Best!Arena Melly’s golden stream
29 Jan 78
Stand by for gungeGrandstand Good hang TCB merges some 29 Jan with 26 Feb content
05 Feb 78
Top of the popsIn the Looking Glass
12 Feb 78
Mao and Miao-yuUnity Dam
19 Feb 78
Bad jokes, blind eyesWas it ‘Before Hindsight’?
26 Feb 78
Visions for NellyNationwide Good hang TCB merges some 29 Jan with 26 Feb content
05 Mar 78
[No column submitted]
Clive James on assignment in Japan
12 Mar 78
[No column submitted]
Clive James on assignment in Japan
19 Mar 78
Swamped by the samurai(Samurai)
26 Mar 78
Better than nothingGoing Straight
02 Apr 78
That sinking feelingGrandstand Tragic finish
09 Apr 78
Case of TorynitskynConservative Party Political Broadcast Personal freedom
16 Apr 78
Rumpled RumpoleRumpole of the Bailey
23 Apr 78
Talking horse senseThe Badminton Horse Trials
30 Apr 78
The Bad Old SoundsThe Eurovision Song Contest Not by any means full
07 May 78
Mere mortal MansWorld Snooker
14 May 78
[No edition this week]
Observer not published due to strike
21 May 78
Plantagenet PlaceThe Devil’s Crown
28 May 78
Mr Most fires his RevolverRevolver
04 Jun 78
Ballroom baloneyBallroom Dancing Championships
11 Jun 78
Chewing the sporran(The World Cup coverage) Chewing the sporran
18 Jun 78
Lad from StratfordWill Shakespeare
25 Jun 78
They’re Going MAD!News at Ten Something of themselves
02 Jul 78
Wonderful WmlnWimbledon
09 Jul 78
Desperate about DanWimbledon 78
16 Jul 78
Liberated SistersGolden Gala Unbearable suffrage
23 Jul 78
Carry on CreatingBest Sellers: A Testimony of Two Men Carry on creating
30 Jul 78
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
06 Aug 78
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
13 Aug 78
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
20 Aug 78
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
27 Aug 78
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
03 Sep 78
[exists but orig. title unknown]The Incredible Hulk Green beef Obs review section missg, TCB temp subst
10 Sep 78
Road to AuschwitzHolocaust Holocaust
17 Sep 78
Boredom enigmaHorizon Manganese nodules
24 Sep 78
The Pinter sistersLangrishe, Go Down
01 Oct 78
Horowitz in his heavenHorowitz
08 Oct 78
Wuthering DepthsWuthering Heights Wuthering depths
15 Oct 78
Our bionic heroThe Six Million Dollar Man
22 Oct 78
Achtung! OTRAG!Panorama
29 Oct 78
Wilde and Whistler ShowLillie Wilde and Whistler
05 Nov 78
A case of the jittersThe Voyage of Charles Darwin Voyage of the Beagle
12 Nov 78
Blood and gutsThe Body in Question Blood and guts
19 Nov 78
Tearful occasionMiss World Howareowebees
26 Nov 78
Getting away with murderHorizon Dr Beckman’s apparatus
03 Dec 78
Existentialist actorKean Jean-Paul Kean
10 Dec 78
The fantastic voyageThe Voyage of Charles Darwin Island of the stud tortoises
17 Dec 78
Disco dementiaThe World Disco Dancing Championships The flying feet of Frankie Foo
24 Dec 78
Alpine idiociesChristmas Showtime Soecial
31 Dec 78
Sound of JulieThe Sound of Music Underneath her wimple
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07 Jan 79
[No column submitted]
Clive James on assignment in Rome
14 Jan 79
Banker BarkworthTelford’s Change
21 Jan 79
Freezing situation(Michael Fish) Freezing fog situation
28 Jan 79
Gorgeous varietyLife on Earth Life on earth
04 Feb 79
Crumbling CrowdThe Old Crowd Exploring the Medium
11 Feb 79
Enoch’s answerThe Parliamentarians
18 Feb 79
The true artistsOmnibus
25 Feb 79
For good measureWorld of Sport No credit for Puccini
04 Mar 79
Squirrel NuttgensWhere We Live Now
11 Mar 79
Belfast dreamerI’m a Dreamer, Montreal Kodswallop
18 Mar 79
The sorry SerpentThe Serpent Son
25 Mar 79
[No column submitted]
Clive James on assignment in USA
01 Apr 79
You gonna know!(American TV) You gonna know!
08 Apr 79
Sense of justiceKing
15 Apr 79
O’er col and cwmThe Fifty-First Hollywood Academy Awards That’s right, yeah
22 Apr 79
Of Bach and BergJesus of Nazareth
29 Apr 79
Super-snookersWorld Championship Snooker
06 May 79
Swingomania(Election coverage) Busy old night
13 May 79
Lashings of styleDesign for Living Zorba the Hun
20 May 79
Football funniesThe FA Cup Final
27 May 79
The great LenyaNews at Ten
03 Jun 79
Undying HopeNationwide While there’s Hope
10 Jun 79
The Great HwanEurogala
17 Jun 79
Votes for BabsDecision for Europe
24 Jun 79
The work of SatanPanorama Not the chief
01 Jul 79
Days of Dan(Wimbledon coverage) Carpenter the Rain King
08 Jul 79
Last British HopeWimbledon Immaculate length of Borg
15 Jul 79
Baebius lives!News at Ten Baebius lives!
22 Jul 79
Nucular GoldBBC News
29 Jul 79
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
05 Aug 79
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
12 Aug 79
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
19 Aug 79
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
26 Aug 79
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
02 Sep 79
Great stone!Hitler — A Film From Germany I’m a star!
09 Sep 79
Hail and farewellMiss United Kingdom
16 Sep 79
Plonking purgatoryThe Italian Grand Prix Plonking
23 Sep 79
The genuine jogger(President Carter) Joggers
30 Sep 79
West wins throughChurchill and the Generals Black dog
07 Oct 79
Marginally betterGrand Prix
14 Oct 79
Carry on Trekkies!Star Trek Negative, Captain
21 Oct 79
Harold and HarryFriday Night ... Saturday Morning Really terrible
28 Oct 79
Monster’s returnQuatermass
04 Nov 79
Sorry, Quaterfans!Quatermass Maging a moggery
11 Nov 79
Lord, deliver usNationwide Mother of Shirley Williams
18 Nov 79
Beauty and the BeebMiss World 1979 Miss World and Mrs Mao
25 Nov 79
Getting in a panicThe Dimbleby Lecture
02 Dec 79
All the AnthonysSuez 1956 All the Anthonys
09 Dec 79
In deepest DallasNationwide Out to lernch
16 Dec 79
Dashing downhillSki Sunday Quite slim indeed
23 Dec 79
St Vitus’s gospelA Famous Journey St Vitus’s gospel
30 Dec 79
Santa and the SeedThe Tamarind Seed Santa and the Seed
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06 Jan 80
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
13 Jan 80
School for scandalTop of the Pops
20 Jan 80
Cultural divisions(Pink Floyd)
27 Jan 80
In the doghouseTraining Dogs the Woodhouse Way Scoop it!
03 Feb 80
Question of qualityNewsnight
10 Feb 80
Blake’s balderdashBlake’s Seven Face your dog
17 Feb 80
Power-house FrankLiberace’s Valentine Night Special Ultimately and forever
24 Feb 80
The British Miracle(Winter Olympic Games coverage) Cold gold
02 Mar 80
The washed-up catNationwide Washed-up cat
09 Mar 80
Woodhouse walkiesTraining Dogs the Woodhouse Way Woodhouse walkies
16 Mar 80
Beautiful bear-hugRussian — Language and People Tanya talks Russian
23 Mar 80
Shadows in UlsterShadows on our Skin Three famous, three high
30 Mar 80
God help EuropeThe Real Thing Your brain’s got it wrong
06 Apr 80
Flashing frost-biteNews at Ten Nude bathing in Britain
13 Apr 80
Master of the worldMastermind International
20 Apr 80
So long, Jeanne-PaulThe Executioner Moral imagination
27 Apr 80
Armless in ChinaTV Eye All fingers and toes
04 May 80
Blitzed by the ATSThe World Professional Snooker Championship Oodnadatta Fats
11 May 80
Going with a bangNewsnight How do you feel?
18 May 80
The girls — and LenMiss Great Britain 1980
25 May 80
Cutting a fine caperMurphy’s Stroke Master stroke
01 Jun 80
JR bites the dustThe Nine O’Clock News Someone shart JR
08 Jun 80
Chaos situationsNancy Mitford Idi in exile
15 Jun 80
Football fanaticismNewsnight
22 Jun 80
This sporting lifeThe European Football Championship
29 Jun 80
Bouncing raindropsWimbledon Hrry Crpntr
06 Jul 80
That little bit extraWimbledon Borg’s little bit extra
13 Jul 80
What a gentleman!Wimbledon
20 Jul 80
Rampant DallasitisDallas Big-time Sue
27 Jul 80
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
03 Aug 80
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
10 Aug 80
Back to RamesesI Have Seen Yesterday There is no death
17 Aug 80
Donging the gongJeux Sans Frontières You tested the gyroscope?
24 Aug 80
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
31 Aug 80
Cash of the DayShowjumping from Hickstead A horse called Sanyo Music Centre
07 Sep 80
[No column submitted]
Clive James on assignment in USA
14 Sep 80
Lethal frivolitiesLou Grant This false peace
21 Sep 80
Deep-sea spaghettiThe World About Us Bottom of the sea
28 Sep 80
The master builderMackenzie Bouquet of barbed haggis
05 Oct 80
Torture by TelethonTelethon Thank you, wow
12 Oct 80
High-speed maggotsHorizon Fast maggots
19 Oct 80
Heart of the matterPanorama Donor kebab
26 Oct 80
[No column submitted]
Clive James on holiday
02 Nov 80
Mary and the factsBritain’s Strongest Man Very lovely salver
09 Nov 80
Night of the bluesNewsnight Good lug
16 Nov 80
The talking ducksThe Shock of the New I am a tropical fish
23 Nov 80
Taming Rod’s tigerRussell Harty Not psychic myself
30 Nov 80
Heroes on wheelsDallas Back in showbiz
07 Dec 80
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Clive James on holiday
14 Dec 80
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Clive James on holiday
21 Dec 80
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Clive James on holiday
28 Dec 80
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Clive James on holiday
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04 Jan 81
Pumping out pulp(Australian Television)
11 Jan 81
Womb with a viewAn Everyday Miracle Yes sir, that’s my foetus
18 Jan 81
Auschwitz nightmarePlaying for Time While the music lasts
25 Jan 81
Heavy with SnowThe Night Visitor Snow job
01 Feb 81
Mass in the crevasseNationwide Mass in the crevasse
08 Feb 81
Robin and the bulletsQuestion Time Ferry funny
15 Feb 81
Turning bright yellowNationwide Paint it yellow
22 Feb 81
Bomb-happy ColonelsThe World About Us The Colonels are nuts
01 Mar 81
On the Charles trailNationwide Wedding announcement
08 Mar 81
An admirable AdrianaThe Glazebrook Touch Bovis and Basil
15 Mar 81
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Clive James on assignment in New York
22 Mar 81
The Whacky World(American TV) Whacky world of weather
29 Mar 81
Exporting our secretsNews at Ten Beastly to everybody
05 Apr 81
Fingers on the triggerPebble Mill at One
12 Apr 81
English as she is sungNews at Ten Actual flow
19 Apr 81
Fun ride in spaceTomorrow’s World Hail Columbia!
26 Apr 81
The Grand InquisitorsOmnibus Steve doesn’t smoke
03 May 81
The Chinese connectionThe South Bank Show Ho ho!
10 May 81
From Levin to LeakeyThe Levin Interviews
17 May 81
Instant horrorPlatform One
24 May 81
No joking matterDid You See...? No kidding
31 May 81
Snap judgmentsSnowdon on Camera Three dots for suspense
07 Jun 81
Just good friendsGoodbye Darling... Two goals down
14 Jun 81
Prejudicial furyWhere It Matters Forbidden kiss
21 Jun 81
Satirical shotsA Town Like Alice
28 Jun 81
The SS criminalsSS Them again
05 Jul 81
Dan’s winning lobWimbledon Dan’s winning lob
12 Jul 81
[No column submitted]
Clive James on assignment in New York
19 Jul 81
The riot reportsWar on Crime Heavenly pink light
26 Jul 81
Mr Bellini’s BritainNewsnight
02 Aug 81
The Day the World WatchedThames News Wedding of the century
09 Aug 81
Load of BagwashThe God That Fled The Bagwash speaks
16 Aug 81
Amok in the MedSeagull Island Lindi’s built-in barbecue
23 Aug 81
To have or have notThe Flame and the Arrow Ideological intervention, man
30 Aug 81
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Clive James on holiday
06 Sep 81
Strong medicineFlamingo Road
13 Sep 81
To hell with him(Albert Speer) Speer checks out
20 Sep 81
The wasp wayThe World About Us Hot pistils
27 Sep 81
Flights of fancy(Party politics and the media)
04 Oct 81
Blinding flashesThe Cassandra Crossing Blinding white flash
11 Oct 81
Revolting jokesRevolting Women
18 Oct 81
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Clive James on assignment in Las Vegas
25 Oct 81
[No column submitted]
Clive James on assignment in Las Vegas
01 Nov 81
The nose trickBarbara’'s World of Horses and Ponies Borgias on my mind
08 Nov 81
[No column submitted]
Clive James in Australia
15 Nov 81
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Clive James in Australia
22 Nov 81
Fanatic devotionMiss World A man called insipid
29 Nov 81
Unsubtle signalsNewsnight Signals from the void
06 Dec 81
Grotto-BlottoThe Borgias More Borgias
13 Dec 81
Agitprop artistsBlake’s Seven
20 Dec 81
Dance of goldA Lot of Happiness Midwinter night’s dream
27 Dec 81
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03 Jan 82
Walkies out WestSweeney 2
10 Jan 82
A man of ironMan of Marble Man of Marshmallow
17 Jan 82
The ultimate sinShoestring Nobody understands all
24 Jan 82
Hamming it upPolice
31 Jan 82
Ding dong batsThe Bell Rebarbative reverberations
07 Feb 82
The wrong noteNot the Nine O’Clock News Guardians of party orthodoxy
14 Feb 82
The railway trioPanorama Terms of reference
21 Feb 82
Sent to sleepNationwide Spirit of Bishop’s Stortford
28 Feb 82
Marvels of MinderMinder Make mine Minder
07 Mar 82
Better than everA Voyage Round My Father Rumpole recollects
14 Mar 82
Hill Street JoysHill Street Blues Ernest Hemingway Schopenhauer
21 Mar 82
Brilliant banalityHome Sweet Home Stop treading on the rug !
28 Mar 82
India to HillheadA Song For Europe One last look Clive James’s farewell column
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