Tuesday 2 February 2010

TV history: 1994

1994 hey what a year! The National lottery was launched here in Blighty the worlds first Satallite channel waas launched,the channel tunnel opened, The Lion King made cinema visiters shed a tear and Lisa Presely Married Michael Jackson. I dont remember any of this because i was 0 years old at the time. Anyway heres the important stuff TV!!!

DEBUTS
Babylon 5-The Sci Fi series made its debut and continued to run for 5 seasons.
Room 101- The comedy show where guests chat with Paul merton about the things they loathe aired on BB2
TOTP2- The music show with classic songs made its first appearance this year.
Friends- Hard to belive isnt it 1994 was the year Friends started.Imagine life without Friends!
SMart-The art show that inspired us to get out the sticky back plastic and paintbrushes aired on BBC1.
Ready Steady Cook- Fern Britton hosted this coooking show before Ainsley in 1994 when it started.

ENDED
Rugrats-Yes the show about talking babies which i loved and secretly still do finished.It returned in 97 though
Jim'll Fix it-"Hows about that then" Jimmy Saville did his last fix in 94.

DEATHS
John Candy, comedian and actor
Richard M. Nixon, 37th President of the United States
Roy Castle, Presenter and Doctor Who actor (Thanks Nebula!)
Peter Cushing.

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