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Retro TV

Prairie Lights, Sunday Nights

The living room lamp is on, the theme music rises, and a little frontier town appears on the screen. Little House on…

Retro TV

By the Power of Grayskull

Loud, colourful, and unexpectedly heartfelt, He-Man still swings like a champion of 1980s television.

Retro TV

Which Soap Operas Ruled Each Decade?

Yesterday’s episode ended with a stare, a slammed door, and a secret hanging in the air — exactly the kind of moment…

Retro TV

Nanu Nanu, Prime Time

Under hot studio lights and in front of a live audience, an alien in rainbow suspenders turned a sitcom set into comic…

Retro TV

Space: 1999 — television’s bold leap into the unknown

Why does Space: 1999 still matter to classic hits fans? Because like a great record, it has style, confidence, and a sense…

Retro TV

UHF 17 at Sundown

Dust hangs in the air, hoofbeats echo, and under layers of painstaking make-up Roddy McDowall gives the small screen one of science…

Retro Lifestyle

Still Riding High

The map bursts into flames, the theme gallops in, and suddenly you are back at the Ponderosa as if no time has…

Retro TV

Green Glow on Channel 9

Why does this one still matter on classic hits radio? Because The Incredible Hulk had the same pull as a great old…

Retro TV

Blue Glow on the Living Room Dial — Do You Agree With Our Top 10 US TV Series of the 1980s?

At 8 o’clock, the screen flickered to life, a theme tune filled the room, and half the country seemed to be watching…

Retro TV

Why Thunderbirds Still Takes Off

Some television shows never lose their spark, and Thunderbirds is one of them. Its mid-1960s vision of the future still feels thrilling…