EPISODE 7: MARCH 1979
EPISODE 7: MARCH 1979 This month Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White are looking at programmes from March 1979. And they are… 05:39: The BBC’s sci-fi saga Blake’s 7, and an episode from its second series, ‘Countdown’. 24:09: An edition of the documentary series, Man Alive, following a mum, dad and three children through a series […]
EPISODE 6: FEBRUARY 1969
EPISODE 6: FEBRUARY 1969 This month Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White are looking at programmes from February 1969. And they are… 06:00: The pre-Python children’s comedy, Do Not Adjust Your Set. 18:39: Civilisation – the groundbreaking BBC2 documentary, hosted and written by Kenneth Clark. 35:56: Saturday Night Theatre, and the play MacNeil, written by Alun […]
EPISODE 5: JANUARY 2000
EPISODE 5: JANUARY 2000 And a Happy New Year. This month, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White are looking at programmes that greeted the New Millennium in January 2000. And they are… 05:07 – Blue Peter‘s first edition of the year, in which they unearth the time capsule buried on the show back in 1971. […]
EPISODE 4: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025
EPISODE 4: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025 And so this is Christmas… In their first-ever feature-length festive spectacular, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White are joined by special guest Mark Gatiss, as all three nominate their favourite and least-favourite Christmas specials. They are… 6:58 – Samira’s least-favourite: The Star Wars Holiday Special 13:31 – Samira’s favourite: The Goodies: […]
EPISODE 3: NOVEMBER 1984
EPISODE 3: NOVEMBER 1984 Eyes down for episode three of Through the Square Window! In this instalment, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White investigate a selection of UK TV programmes that were airing 41 years ago, in November 1984: A blistering edition of BBC1 game show Bob’s Full House; Ray Davies’ Channel 4 TV film Return to […]
EPISODE 2: OCTOBER 1990
EPISODE 2: OCTOBER 1990 Welcome, stranger, to episode two of Through the Square Window! In this instalment, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White investigate a selection of UK TV shows that were airing 35 years ago, in October 1990: The TV pilot of cult topical comedy The Mary Whitehouse Experience; an episode on BBC One’s teatime consumer […]
EPISODE 1: SEPTEMBER 1975
EPISODE 1: SEPTEMBER 1975 In their first-ever episode, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White investigate a selection of UK TV shows that were also launching this month, albeit 50 years ago… The BBC1 hospital drama, Angels; Thames Television’s spooky anthology series for children, Shadows (plus a look at BBC2’s similarly occult-themed Leap in the Dark); BBC2 comedies […]