"Tiswas" (1974)TV series 1974-1982

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | unknown

Genre:

Family

Plot:

A Saturday morning kids program, whose title was variously an acronym for "This Is Saturday, What A Show!"...

Plot Keywords:

Children's TV Show

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Chris Tarrant

...

Himself (2 episodes, 1974-1981)

Also Known As:

Today Is Saturday, Watch and Smile (UK)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Company:

Associated Television (ATV)

Trivia:

The first series was meant to run for 11 shows, but strike action by technicians cut it to just 9 shows. ATV management were still impressed, and commissioned a second series later in the year.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in It Started with ... Swap Shop (2006) (TV)

It was Tiswas and Magpie against Swap shop and Blue peter.

When I was at junior school in tne 70's the kids at the front of the class watched swap shop and blue peter, and the kids at the back of the class watched tiswas and magpie. Tiswas was far too good for kids on a saturday morning, a lot of it was beyond us. I always remember my dad used to sit with me and my sisters laughing more than we were. In the early eighties they tried to do an adult version called O.T.T, it was awful. Why make an adult version when the kids' version had the adults laughing more than the kids. I occasionally see kids t.v on a saturday morning, how much happier they'd be if they had the phantom flan flinger and Algernon Razzmatazz.