TV & Radio Bits has closed. Thank you to all the 300,000+ visitors over the past nine years or so, and in particular to all those who have sent appreciative e-mails and guestbook entries.

My other website, Des and Mick Online remains active. It features over 250 comedy stories, along with DMTV Online, a spoof TV channel parodying modern television.

Here are some links to broadcasting-related websites you may like to visit:

Television - Ident Links

MELDRUM HOMEPAGE The mother of all ident sites - no longer updated, but still a great historical resource

THE TV ROOM The biggest and best site dedicated to television presentation from the past and present, plus more television-related features in The TV Room Plus

TV ARK A massive collection of old idents and opening titles to classic shows that's second to none

HTW The Historical Television Website

THE IDENT GALLERY Up-to-date coverage of current presentation from the main digital terrestrial broadcasters

LAMBIE-NAIRN The people responsible for all your most and least favourite television idents

PRES HEAVEN Flash recreations of old British TV idents

SUB-TV Schools presentation from the BBC and ITV, plus a look at ATV

TV FETISH Idents and television history

TV 50 Galleries of idents and captions from 1950-2000

TV HOME This site has now largely closed, other than the BBC News 24 section. However you can still discuss television presentation in TV Forum

TV LIVE TV presentation website and forum

TV:UK The latest British television presentation

TV WHIRL Video clips of idents, opening titles and adverts from days gone by

TV WORLD Idents and presentation from down the years. Unfortunately this site has not been updated since 2001, and video clips are no longer available

Non-UK sites

AUSTRALIAN TV IDENTS Idents and presentation from Australian and UK television

INFORMATIVOS TV Idents from across Europe

GEN-TV Belgian, French and European idents

GENERIK MANIA More French idents

LENODAL.COM French idents and discussion forum (in French!)

TV STORY French, European and UK idents

Television - Miscellaneous Links

ALEXANDRA PALACE TELEVISION SOCIETY

625: ANDREW WISEMAN'S TV ROOM Idents, television issues, Public Information Films, DOG watch and much more

BBC PROGRAMME CATALOGUE Now offline, this was a massive database of nearly a million BBC television and radio programmes, dating back 75 years. The data is apparently to be eventually incorporated into the fledgling BBC Programmes site

BBC TEST CARD CLUB Test cards and idents from days gone by

BRITISH TV HISTORY A text-based site full of facts and figures

THE BROOM CUPBOARD A history of Children's BBC presentation since 1985

DIGITAL SPY Digital television news and forums

DIRECT TELEVISION FROM ALEXANDRA PALACE Memories of BBC Television in the Ally Pally days (offline - Mar 2008)

80s CARTOONS

80s NOSTALGIA Classic 80s television and more

GRANGE HILL Everything you needed to know about the long-running school drama

THE GOODIES - CRICKLEWOOD OFFICE The best comedy series they never repeat

HISTORY OF TV STUDIOS IN LONDON Includes a fascinating in-depth history of BBC Television Centre

KELLY BOOKS A leading specialist in magazines and books about broadcasting, in particular old copies of Radio Times

LITTLE GEMS A guide to some long forgotten children's programmes

LOOKING AND SEEING Focusing on schools' television and in particular, Look and Read

THE MAUSOLEUM CLUB The British archive television website and forum

MB21 The 'technostalgia' site, featuring Teletext Now and Then and the Transmitter Mast gallery

MISSING EPISODES A listing of what's missing from the UK television archive, plus discussion forum

NORTH WEST RADIO A guide to radio stations around the North West of England

OFF THE TELLY In-depth discussion of television past and present

OUTPOST GALLIFREY The number one Doctor Who website, including the latest news, forum and episode guide

SATURDAY MORNINGS The essential guide to Swap Shop, Superstore, Going Live! and the rest!

SCREENONLINE The BFI's guide to British television history

TELEVISION HEAVEN Over 500 classic television shows reviewed

TELLYTUNES Classic TV theme tunes, radio jingles and more

TEST CARD CIRCLE A guide to test cards and Ceefax music, plus the Test Card Music Forum

TOTAL REWIND The virtual museum of vintage VCRs

TRUMPTONSHIRE WEB Everything you ever wanted to know about Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Chigley

TV CREAM Comprehensive but very cynical A-Z of classic telly from the good old days, plus there are stacks of great old theme tunes to download

TV TIMES COVERS A selection of TV Times covers from 1955-1982

VINTAGE BROADCASTING Classic radio and television clips

WATCHED IT! Classic kids' television

WAVEGUIDE Up-to-date television and radio news, online since 1985

WEBFAX Television topics presented in a Ceefax stylee!

Radio Links

AIRCHECK Find out what happened to disc jockeys and radio stations from the past

BBC RADIO DEVON History of BBC local radio in Devon

BBC SOUTHERN COUNTIES RADIO APPRECIATION SOCIETY

DAB ENSEMBLES WORLDWIDE Digital radio news and multiplex listings

FREQUENCY FINDER Frequency listings for UK local and national radio, plus features and history

GET LAMB OUT I don't normally advocate online petitions, but if you used to enjoy BBC 6 Music between 10am and 1pm but don't any more, you might be interested in this...

JINGLE MAD Radio jingle downloads and forums

MARTIN KELNER The radio presenter's blog and podcasts

MDS975 Radio, stations and memorabilia

OH LUCKY YOU! The unofficial home of Mark and Lard's DJ Castle

PAT MARSH The Radio Kent DJ's website

PIRATE RADIO HALL OF FAME

RADIO FEEDS and RADIO MAPS Details of UK and Irish radio stations broadcasting on the internet

RADIO NOW Up-to-date radio directory and news

RADIO REWIND In-depth Radio 1 and Radio 2 history site

R2OK! The Radio 2 Preservation Society's website and forum

THE SHUTTLEWORTHS The official John Shuttleworth homepage

STEVE WRIGHT'S INTERNET ARCHIVE

TOGs An online home for the bewildered

THE TOMMY BOYD SHRINE

Eurovision Links

ESC TODAY Get the latest Eurovision news and chat on the forum

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST Eurovision facts and figures

EUROVISION ARCHIVE More Eurovision fun and games

NUL POINTS Celebrating fifty years of Eurovision