Tiswas
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Tiswas (/ˈtɪzwɒz/; an acronym of "Today Is Saturday: Watch And Smile") was a British children's television series that originally aired on Saturday mornings from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982 and was produced for the ITV network by ATV.[2]
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Tiswas | |
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Genre | Children's entertainment |
Created by | Peter Tomlinson |
Presented by | Chris Tarrant Sally James Lenny Henry Bob Carolgees John Gorman Gordon Astley |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 8 |
No. of episodes | 304 |
Production | |
Production location | ATV Centre[1] |
Production companies | ATV (1974–1981) Central (1982) |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 5 January 1974 (1974-01-05) – 3 April 1982 (1982-04-03) |
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It was created by ATV continuity announcer Peter Tomlinson (later to become a regular presenter on the show) following a test period in 1973 when he tried out a few competitions and "daft stuff" between the programmes.