Tam shares his memories of Sunday nights watching Esther Rantzen's show, following the news that she is battling cancer
If I close my eyes, a good 40-plus years later, I can still smell the Vosene shampoo from my damp hair - brushed into a rigid side-shed by my maw - as I lay in front of the two-bar electric fire in a fresh pair of jammies, eyes glued to the telly for the big 9.25pm kick-off.
Forget the boyish good looks at the top of the page, dear reader, I can easily recall the days of just three TV channels and Esther was a HUGE star. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the brilliant 80s sketch show Not The Nine O’Clock News paid her the ultimate tribute with a hilarious parody of That’s Life. .
Well, not until 1983 when I would BEG my old dear to let us switch over at 10pm for Spitting Image. As well as the serious, campaigning stuff - after Esther highlighted the dangers of highly flammable pyjamas, I started watching the programme from the safety of the couch - a lot of the lighter content is still indelibly etched on my mind.
Oh how we laughed when a story about, say, a 40-year-old mum appeared in print as a 40-year-old BUM. The funny shaped vegetables - invariably a carrot that looked like a willy - were also hilarious.
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