50 years ago today:
Jim Henson's Muppets raises the curtain for the first time as The Muppet Show made its UK TV premiere on ITV, produced and distributed from ATV and ITC Entertainment.
The first episode that was shown here is Joel Grey.
#themuppetshow #lewgrade #jimhenson

They don't make 'em like they did in the late 60s and early 70s. Alexandra Bastedo as Sharron Macready, many a young lads first crush. Lake Geneva and the fountain. My first thought when I saw it for real.
#thechampions #alexandrabastedo #stuartdamon #williamgaunt #1960s #lewgrade #lakegeneva

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑" (remake, 1978), written, co-produced and directed by Michael #Winner, based on Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name.

Music by Jerry #Fielding.

#PhilipMarlowe #RaymondChandler #JerryBick #LewGrade #ElliottKastner

youtu.be/NMnBjQgDOug

R.I.P., Brian #Tesler [°Febr. 19, 1929 – Oct. 30, 2024]🌹😌

#BBCTelevision #ITV #Channel3 #ThamesTelevision #LWT #LondonWeekendTelevision #ATV #AssociatedTelevision #ABCTelevision #StanleyMyers #SirJeremyIsaacs #LewGrade #MichaelGrade #ValParnell #EstherHyman #BrianTesler

On the production costs for his 1980 film "Raise the Titanic" producer #LewGrade famously quiped "it would be cheaper to lower the Atlantic"