Clive James On Television - New Year Special (1st January 1988) WebRip (MPEG)

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NOTE BEFORE DOWNLOADING: INCOMPLETE - the final few minutes are missing owning to the tape getting to the end.

Transmission date - 1st January 1988 (9pm).

The quality of the video is weak and the picture size appears under 4 different frames!

'Clive James On Television' (1982-1988) is one of my favourite programmes that saw critic/journalist/presenter Clive James introduce Britain to the television of the world.

This particular episode was to be James' last, due to his switch to the BBC later that year. The show is most famous for it's coverage on a very unknown Japanese gameshow called 'Endurance', which saw competators endure pain each round until one was left standing (sadly, there's no clips of the show in this episode).

At the height of it's popularity the show ended. Keith Floyd took the role over in 1989 for 'Floyd On TV' and ran for one series. But when Chris Tarrant joined on for 'Tarrant On TV' from 1990 to 1992, it took time for the format to get back to normal and Tarrant was reluctant to move the show to the new age. So it returned in 1996 and saw a surprisengly high amount of viewing figures, it eventually ended in 2006.

This rip was given to me by a friend, I believe the same one is on YouTube and the quality is not impressive, but worth while.

The advert breaks are intact in the show, starting from the beginning - with a trailer for 'London's Burning'.

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Name.........: Clive James On Television - 1st January 1988.mp4
Filesize.....: 610 MB (640,172,301 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:54:06
Video Codec..: MPEG Movie (MP4)
Video Bitrate..(kbps): 730
Audio Codec..: MP3
Audio Bitrate: 24 c/h, stereo
frame Size...: 384x288
Aspect Ratio..: 1.200

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