Flashback: 27 June 1993

31 years ago, here’s the schedule for UNC-TV…

June 27 was a Sunday back then and Centerpiece presented the whole day’s schedule so we can really get a sense of things. Early morning was children’s television, transitioning to how-to mid-morning. 11am gave us a repeat of the previous week’s ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL. The afternoon kicked off with public affairs and again moved into how-to series.

At 5pm, we aired AMERICAN VACATIONS and then a repeat of NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE. 6pm was the main airing of ACGAS, followed by THE NEW EXPLORERS and Marty Stouffer’s WILD AMERICA. NATURE was up at 8pm (the normal day and time for decades) and MASTERPIECE THEATRE brought us the Cold War comedy-drama SLEEPERS at 9pm.

The evening wound down with the British imports FRENCH FIELDS, KEEPING UP APPEARANCES, ARE YOU BEING SERVED? and EASTENDERS.

Sounds Familiar

Jean: “Lionel, I don’t want to be a pessimist.”

Lionel: “Well, you can leave that to me.”

• Jean Pargetter (Judi Dench) to Lionel Hardcastle (Geoffrey Palmer), AS TIME GOES BY