[Mr Teacake]

It was broadcast over a long period (12 or 24 hours). Presented by an old guy with grey hair.

[NightFox_Dancer]

Could you be a little more specific?

[RoseAnne]

A bit more info please?!

[square_eyes]

Originally Posted by Mr Teacake

It was broadcast over a long period (12 or 24 hours). Presented by an old guy with grey hair.

ITV Telethon - Michael Aspel ?

[Mr Teacake]

I think it was a show from the 1990's sort of like Comic Releif.

[Mr Teacake]

Originally Posted by square_eyes

ITV Telethon - Michael Aspel ?

That's the one

Wonder if they'll ever bring it back?

[Grouty]

Originally Posted by Mr Teacake

That's the one

Wonder if they'll ever bring it back?

Don't know if they'll ever bring it back, but you'll get a free parker pen, just for enquiring

[jonnyinscotland]

Originally Posted by Grouty

Don't know if they'll ever bring it back, but you'll get a free parker pen, just for enquiring

Is that not Parky's line?

[NaturalDancer]

Originally Posted by square_eyes

ITV Telethon - Michael Aspel ?

Blimey how did you get that from the tiny bit of info? Your nickname square_eyes is very apt lol

[chinchin]

Wasn't that the Thames Telethon before?

[Grouty]

Originally Posted by jonnyinscotland

Is that not Parky's line?

Yeah so it is, oops

[FM Lover]

Originally Posted by Mr Teacake

That's the one

Wonder if they'll ever bring it back?

ITV seem intent with the God awful Text Santa as their annual charity appeal these days.

[GloriaSnockers]

I remember the ITV Telethon being about in 1988 because I was expecting my eldest son then, and whenever the music came on with the advert for it he would start kicking around inside me like an over-eager contestant in a disco dance competition.

It also sticks in my mind because some guy I knew at the time decided to indulge in a bit of trout poaching on the bank of a river miles from nowhere, in the stupidly small hours of the morning. He was already well-settled and was congratulating himself on having found somewhere quiet when it all started to go a bit pear-shaped for him. If Telethon archives still exist then somewhere within there is footage of dozens of Telethon runners bounding along a riverside path at dawn, with one very large trout poacher in the background unsuccessfully trying to look invisible