Greetings Whirligigers! You registered to be informed of updates to the WHIRLIGIG 1950's BRITISH TV AND RADIO NOSTALGIA site. July 2003 Newsletter. Firstly, I sadly have to report that, during July, Buddy Ebsen died at the grand old age of 95. Buddy Ebsen played Jed Clampett, head of the backwoods family in The Beverly Hillbillies, one of the most popular television series of the 1960s. Prior to this Disney had cast him as George Russel, the hero's rowdy sidekick in the television saga Davy Crockett (1954). America suddenly went Crockett crazy, and the television episodes were stitched together to make two profitable feature films. There is much more about his career in his Daily Telegraph obituary which can be found here: http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml? &xml=/news/2003/07/09/db0903.xml The major change to the websites this month (and it took the best part of the month to do it!) has been the complete rejigging of the A to Z indexes on both the TV and radio sites. The old A to Z index has been merged with the old Clips Index into a new comprehensive master index and it is now much easier to locate a particular subject on the website. The TV index has been split into four pages to make loading faster. You will find the link to the index at the top left hand side of every page or, to take a quick look now, use these links: http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/siteindex http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/siteindex A new audio clip has been added to the TV site from 'The Gene Autry Show' and it comes from the introduction to the show: http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/westerns/westerns.htm#Gene Autry News has reached me of a new 'Robin Hood Appreciation Society' who are looking to launch a website and newsletter in September with the aim of appealing to fans of the 1955 ITV series which starred Richard Greene. I aim to provide more news about this, as it comes to hand, nearer the launch date. As 2005 will be the 50th. anniversary of the first airing of the series in the UK, there are bound to be some plans to celebrate the event. On the radio site a new clip has been added from the tail-end of a 'Dick Barton, Special Agent' broadcast with a cliffhanger ending as always: http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/dickbarton.htm The BBC 7 radio channel in the UK has been broadcasting episodes from the Dick Barton series on a daily basis during the past few weeks although I think that they have ended now. There are always items of nostalgia interest on the channel and you can listen online too. Check out next week's schedule here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listings/weektoview.shtml =================================================================== As usual, if you think of anything that is missing or incorrect, have any more information about the programmes featured or just want to share your memories, do drop me a line to terry@whirligig-tv.co.uk Alternatively place them on the Message Board which I monitor daily at: http://go.ezboard.com/bwhirligigtv If you are off on holiday soon, have a good one and I'll be back next month with more Fifties broadcasting nostalgia. Terry Guntrip (aka Mr. Turnip) http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk http://www.TurnipNet.com -------------------------------------------------------- See the "What's New" Pages at: http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/whatsnew.htm http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/whatsnew.htm with links to all new major updates or use the A TO Z SITE INDEX at: http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/siteindex.htm http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/siteindex.htm --------------------------------------------------------