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BBC North West Regional Documentaries: Record Detail

Accession Number

B418

Series Title

[UNKNOWN]

Programme Title

VERY TIDY

Producer

Douglas Boyd

Other Credits

Camera: Arthur Selwood; Sound: Harold Parry; Editor: Mike Toppin

Transmission Date

11/09/72

 

colour +b/w, sound (sep), 29 mins 44 secs

Synopsis

An off-beat, 'spoof' programme featuring Southport cartoonist Bill Tidy. Includes Tidy walking through Southport, horseriding on Southport beach and several of his sketches including 'Colonel Blimp'. Tidy gives a detailed account of the Battle of Cressey of 1341 and interviews bowman Michael Crook about bows and arrows. He also visits children in a Southport Hospital and talks to them about their artwork.