Public Information Films Archives - My 70's TV Childhood

A 70’s View of Australia: Skippy, Rolf and The Young Doctors

Post author:Oliver
Post published:May 9, 2022
Post category:1970's Podcast Public Information Films School Soap Operas Social History Television
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Welcome back to the podcast which celebrates growing up as a child in Britain during the 1970's and the central role that TV played in our lives back then. In this episode we remember how we viewed Australia before Crocodile Dundee, Neighbours and Home and Away made it so glamorous and desirable and before it became the place to go on your gap year. In the 1970's it seemed like a far away place which was a bit like the UK but not quite the same. We remember Aussies on TV like Rolf Harris and Dame Edna Everage, share happy memories…

New Episode: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

Post author:Oliver
Post published:January 20, 2021
Post category:1970's Podcast Public Information Films Social History Television
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Photo by Simon Hattinga Verschure Welcome back to the second season of the podcast which celebrates growing up in Britain during the 1970's and the central part TV played in our lives.In Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, we ask why so many 1970's programme makers and broadcasters seemed to have got the skill of inspiring terror in a generation of children down to a fine art. As well as revisiting the Public Information Films Dark Water and The Finishing Line, we remember Dr Who, Children of the Stones and The Changes…

That Was a Public Information Film

Post author:Oliver
Post published:October 28, 2020
Post category:1970's Podcast Public Information Films Social History Television
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This episode of the podcast celebrating growing up in Britain during the 1970's and the part television played in our lives looks at Public Information Films. These government sponsored short films were effective, sometimes horrific and always effective. Our host Oliver counts down his Top 10 which includes warnings of danger in the most unexpected places, Rolf Harris telling us to learn to swim and the technology behind TV detector vans. He's joined by a listener to consider the impact of Jo and Petunia and the Tufty Club on 70's children and whether the Establishment used these films to…

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