26 February 1982 LWT - The Great Depression, ads & Thriller

Following The London Programme, a trail for The Great Depression, an ad break and Peter Lewis takes us into a rerun of Thriller:
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[@TheWillsy]

Andrew Phillips was the Legal Beagle on the JY Prog on BBC Radio 2. Great upload.

[@martinwalsh3228]

Esso advert ran for years a great tiger classic of course.

[@garyhunt8067]

Remember watching The Great Depression. Good series.

[@stickytapenrust6869]

The ATV versions of Thriller had gone missing by this point, so ITV companies had to use the versions intended for international distribution.

[@MrThecarebear]

The ones with the bargain basement title sequences!

[@AntarcticaTelevision]

I think LWT were much better at regional output than Thames, which in retrospect is quite remarkable, considering the nature of LWT's franchise and its role vis-à-vis the ITV network at the weekend.
(IMO, regional programming always seemed to have been Thames's Achilles heel.)

[@DBIVUK]

The London Programme had not yet commissioned the great John Kongos theme tune. Sounds odd to hear it using some tuneless electronic rubbish.

[@AntarcticaTelevision]

Well, I don't think the theme used here is that bad; but you're still right, when you think of TLP, you think in that legendary John Kongos theme.