At a bit of a tangent to our film based features we know there’s a huge amount of interest in retro TV series and to that end we chatted to the legendary ‘Tiswas’ presenter Sally James about just about everything about the show. So inevitably we got around to talking about the infamous guests that included Bernard Manning, Michael Palin and bands as diverse as Motorhead, Led Zeppelin, Madness and the Top of the Pops dance troupe Pan’s People.
Now for anyone not in the know Tiswas was a hugely influential Saturday morning kids TV show from the later 1970’s into the early 1980’s hosted by Chris Tarrant and Sally James aided by Lenny Henry, Bob Carolgees and John Gorman. Ostensibly a kids TV show it gained a huge cult audience with students and adults alike and had an array of eclectic guests and we chatted about the more infamous guests and how the the likes of Robert Plant ended up on the show and also the story about the guest they almost killed accidently live on air!
Sally was absolutely fantastic to talk to and had so many great stories about the series. We’ll have more on the AnyGoodFilms channel so make sure you do not miss them and subscribe.
Here’s Sally James talking to us about the infamous guests….and the one they almost killed!
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