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Started: 4th Nov 1972 - No.45
Replacing: Unknown
Ended: 1st Sept 1973 - No.36>>
Replaced by: Unknown
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'Out Of Town' was the programme that was hidden in that weird Sunday
dinner time slot, where you wondered if anyone was really watching or really gave
a toss about it, but it ran for 25 years, so somebody must have tuned in.
The
programme - which was devised and introduced by Jack 'How' Hargreaves, gave an insight
into the countryside, and days gone by, talking with people who remember
the old ways, and some who were still happily living their lives without
the use of modern technology.
It
began back in 1963 and was already an established programme when it first
appeared in Look-in.
The title of the show came from a tune by Max
Bygraves called 'Out of town', which was the original theme. The
lyrics said:
'Say what you will
The country is the still
The only place that I
could settle down
Troubles there are so
much rarer
Out of town'
The theme was replaced in the 70's with a gentler more familiar (for the
Look-in generation anyway) guitar piece called 'Improvisacion, A Granada,
Cantiga Arabe'
The feature was a mix of anecdotes and information, covering a few
topics, but being a children's comic, animals tended to feature a lot.
Not being a big fan of the series, I had only a
passing interest in the feature, but I'm sure it had it's fans too. |
