Joel Merrick, index page 100

Saturday on Channel J

CHANNEL JSome time in 1993

  1. 7.00 Breakfast Telly

    A sofa, two presenters and a weather map that hasn't changed since 1987.

  2. 9.00 Live and Sticky

    Three hours of Saturday morning chaos. Ring in to swap your Spectrum for a BMX. Gunge at 11.45.

  3. 12.15 Scores on the Doors

    The vidiprinter warms up. Nobody knows why it types that fast.

  4. 1.00 Film: The Big Spanner

    (1964) A plumber rides into town. Western, in black and white, with an interval.

  5. 3.10 Snooker

    Frame after frame. Whispering commentary. Everything after this may move.

  6. 4.55 Results

    Read out slowly, in that voice. Have your coupon ready.

  7. 5.40 Blockheads

    Teatime quiz. Tonight's star prize is a hostess trolley.

  8. 6.15 Big Lads

    Lycra, giant cotton buds, and a referee who is visibly having the best day of his life.

  9. 7.10 You've Been Gunged

    Saturday night variety. Someone's nan gets a surprise.

  10. 8.00 Accident Ward

    Drama. Somebody climbs a ladder. You know what's coming.

  11. 9.30 News and Weather

    Then the late film, if you're allowed to stay up.

  12. 10.00 Film: Explosions 2

    (1991) Louder than the first one.

  13. 12.20 Closedown

    The end of the night. There is a page for it, if you can find it.

All times approximate. Programmes may overrun if the snooker goes long.