Tiswas - The Best Of ( Today Is Saturday, Watch and Smile )

Tiswas - The Best Of (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Today Is Saturday, Watch and Smile
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
155 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1974 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Mike Holgate
Bob Cousins

Written By:
Oliver Spencer
John Pullen

Actors:
Chris Tarrant ..... Himself - Presenter / ... (14 episodes, 1974-1981)
Sally James ..... Herself - Presenter / ... (11 episodes, 1977-1982)
John Gorman ..... Himself - Presenter (5 episodes, 1978-1981)
Lenny Henry ..... Himself - Presenter / ... (5 episodes, 1978-1981)
Trevor East ..... Himself - Presenter (4 episodes, 1974-1978)
Bob Carolgees ..... Himself - Presenter (4 episodes, 1978-1981)
John Asher ..... Himself - Presenter (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Sylvester McCoy ..... Himself - Presenter (3 episodes, 1977-1982)
Peter Tomlinson ..... Himself - Presenter (2 episodes, 1974-1980)
Frank Carson ..... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1975-1982)
Jim Davidson ..... Himself (2 episodes, 1977-1980)
Gordon Astley ..... Himself - Presenter (2 episodes, 1981-1982)
Den Hegarty ..... Den Bong (2 episodes, 1981-1982)
Phil Bloomberg ..... Phil Polecat (2 episodes, 1981)
Fogwell Flax ..... Himself - Presenter (2 episodes, 1981)
Oliver Spencer ..... Himself - Presenter (2 episodes, 1981)
Joan Palmer ..... Herself (unknown episodes, 1975-1976)
Clive Webb ..... Wizard Webb (unknown episodes, 1980-1982)
David Rappaport ..... Shades (unknown episodes, 1981-1982)

Synopsis:

Saturday mornings would never be the same again when in 1974 ATV launched a children's TV show which broke every rule in the book... Tiswas! Previously well-behaved children were positively encouraged to act like monsters... Previously sane presenters were reduced to a state of lunacy... For seven years Chris Tarrant, Bob Carolgees, Sally James, Lenny Henry, John Gorman and Spit the Punk Dog gleefully orchestrated a morning of mayhem and madness. Major rock stars and top comedians would willingly subject themselves to the humiliation of 'Compost Corner', 'The Cage', The Dying Fly' and the diabolical ambushes from "The Phantom Flan Flinger". As Churchill may have put it- " Never in the field of Television have so few people dispersed so much water to so many!" Relive those moments with this compilation of extraordinarily silly bits. Remember there's a 'Bucketeer' in all of us... you know it makes sense... sort of!

A Saturday morning kids program, whose title was variously an acronym for 'This Is Saturday, What A Show!', 'Today Is Saturday, Wear A (or Wake-up And) Smile!', and 'This Is Saturday, Watch And Suffer!'. Classic cartoons were interspersed with wild, anarchic skits about Flan, and special appearances by then-hot pop stars.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 30 October, 2011.