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Aug 08, 2022
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Bad Neighbours
Neighbours might well have “hit the big time” when then-Controller of BBC 1 Michael Grade opted to run episodes before the early evening news, but its success confirmed the end for a much-loved programme slot.
For at least a decade beforehand, Children’s BBC had signed off for the day with the likes, or – delightfully animated five-minute adventures which (more often than not) also attracted the so-called grownups waiting for the news which started at 5.40pm.
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