Flashback: 11 May 1992

Here’s what we were airing on May 11, 1992, on what was then called North Carolina Public Television.

NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE WITH WILLIAM FRIDAY was at 7:30, followed at 8pm by the series TRAVELS (this week heading to Barcelona, Spain). The premise of TRAVELS, if I recall correctly, was to follow famous (and semi-famous) people on interesting journeys around the world. It ran for four seasons and boasted subtitles such as A Day In the Life of Ireland, America With The Top Down, Last Train Across Canada and Ustinov On The Orient Express.

At 9, there was MILLENNIUM:TRIBAL WISDOM AND THE MODERN WORLD, a ten-part series. The Britcom ARE YOU BEING SERVED? ended the evening followed by THE CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (repackaged Jeremy Brett adventures, I believe).

And that’s what was airing on North Carolina Public Television a scant 31 years ago!

Sounds Familiar

“They hung in the air exactly the same way that bricks don’t.” – The Book (Peter Jones), referring to the alien spaceships of the Vogon Constructor Fleet over Earth, THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY