May 1982 highlights And the highlight of today's schedule is...well, not a lot really. But at 9.53am, as part of For Schools, Colleges and being introduced by the classic BBC1 schools clock, was that programme that almost no one else but me on planet Earth remembers - The Capricorn Game. Also on the schools front, there were no less than three chances to catch Junior Craft, Design and Techology. And staying with education, the Open University early morning broadcasts were for UHF viewers only - the virtually defunct VHF 405 line service was not switched on till later, presumably as a cost-saving measure. At the start of this year the good people of the South East finally gained a regional news programme of their own - South East at Six  - as part of Nationwide, which seemed to be going through a revamp every few months at this point, before being ditched in 1983. BBC1's truly awful twice-weekly 26-part drama Triangle was airing on this day, preceded by Richard Stilgoe helping us to keep fit (right). And they say television isn't as good as it used to be... Later on, you could see the first incarnation of Wogan some three years before he went thrice-weekly with his chat show. BBC2 viewers could enjoy the antics of Charlie Chaplin at teatime, while younger viewers could enjoy classics like Rentaghost and The Flumps on BBC1.
 And in Radio Times 15-21 May 1982 Price 25p
 After over six years of no change, the Radio Times at last received a major revamp in January 1982. Umm...well, not exactly. But the page headings (right) did change from white lettering on a black background to black lettering on a white background...
The cover star this week was Janet Maw, who featured in Frost in May, BBC2's dramatisation of Antonia White's biography. Radio Times ran a lengthy article on the programme, which also featured a young Patsy Kensit (left). Inside, on John Craven's Back Page, BBC1's Wildtrack was asking younger viewers to encourage wildlife in their local area. Meanwhile, some RT readers were debating the rather complex intricacies of time travel as raised by a recent episode of Doctor Who; while others were just complaining about Terry Wogan's comments on the Eurovision Song Contest. Ah, it's good to know some things haven't changed! 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Radio Times Covers | 
