62K views · 29 reactions | A classic clip to mark day 10 in our #thameschristmascountdown sees Tommy Cooper go carol singing! #thamestvarchive #tvgold #tommycooper | Thames TV Archive | Facebook

609K views · 12K reactions | Remembering the music icon Freddie Mercury who was #bornonthisday in 1946. Sketch from a 1980 episode of the Kenny Everett show. #freddiemercury #kennyeverett #queen | Thames TV Archive | Facebook

246K views · 4.8K reactions | The first episode of the classic and timeless comedy drama Minder with George Cole and Dennis Waterman transmitted #onthisday in 1979. #minder #otd #ishouldbesogoodforyou | Thames TV Archive | Facebook

67K views · 1.1K reactions | Thames TV's 'TV Eye' looks at the appalling state of affairs eight months after Idi Amin was overthrown. This film catalogues a terrible tale of woe - murder and looting with no proper police force to control it, broken-down hospitals, flattened towns with no materials to rebuild them, and a ruinous black market and asks what the western aid givers are doing about it. | History of Uganda | Facebook

Back in 1977, editing a TV show like Magpie meant literally cutting and taping film strips by hand 🎞️ Sound was handled separately on magnetic film, then synced perfectly with the visuals a slow, skill-heavy process that needed total precision. A clip from Thames TV’s Finding Out shows the behind-the-scenes grind of how Magpie was pieced together frame by frame, splice by splice. ✂️📺 Credit: ThamesTV - #tvhistory #1970s #filmediting #behindthescenes #magpie #thamestelevision #retrofilm #broadc

9.6K views · 164 reactions | #worldcupwednesday and a clip of one of the greatest and most captivating soccer players in history, the footballing genius George Best. Interviewed for a 1976 documentary Decade of Change filmed in Los Angeles. #worldcup2022qatar | Thames TV Archive | Facebook