📺 'Doctor Who' Saturday 06 October 1979 - BBC1: 18:15 City of Death (2/4) Why does an alien creature want to steal the Mona Lisa? To find the answer to this question the Doctor goes on a dangerous quest through history. "Ah, well. You're a beautiful woman ... probably" #DoctorWho | Bernie Briffa

📺 'Sykes' Friday 16 November 1979 ~ BBC1: 19.30 In the final episode of the series, Eric - en route to a meeting with the Head of Light Entertainment - bumps into a characteristically gar·rul·ous Les Dawson. #SYKES #lesdawson | Bernie Briffa

The Jacksons Top Of The Pops on BBC1, February 8th, 1979 | Nations Of Magic

Friday 26 January 1979 📺 BBC Closedown In the days before BBC News 24/BBC News Channel, BBC1 closed down overnight. The BBC1 announcer would bid us goodnight over the channel clock, before putting up the globe symbol and playing the National Anthem and then fading to black. Thirty seconds later, there’d be ten minutes of black and tone, before the signal to the transmitters was pulled. | Bernie Briffa