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TBH, 1979 after the strike is really where UK Gold should have started as its noted this era 1979-1981 is possibly its best.
We coudn't get any earlier episodes. Our deal was with Central from what I remember, hence having Bullseye as well around the same time. I assumed we were given the episdoes made by "Central" as opposed to "ATV"
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I recall reading a newspaper article at the time(1996)that UKGold were hoping to run Crossroads in it's entirety(or at least the complete colour run)as a rival to Granada Plus'Coronation Street-which had just started up-and were shocked at how much had been wiped.It was the first time I realised this also-although Jane Rossington's TIYL alerted me to the fact that the first ep.no longer existed.