The Why Don't YouTube? Newsletter
Why Don't YouTube?A weekly roundup of British television's past in online video links - an extended mix of Twitter's @whydontyoutube
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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The Why Don't YouTube? Catchup - May 15th-21st 2026
May 15th
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: New Faces, a programme the theme lyrics to which promise far more than they can ever deliver, reaches its latest All Winners Final, the third in all and not to be confused with the Gala Final that rounded of...
The Why Don't YouTube? Archive - May 18th-24th 2026
Firstly, apologies for missing a huge anniversary on the 17th.
May 18th
1974: Tommy Cannon makes his TV debut on The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club only to find his plaintive song being interrupted. Members of the audience quite...
The Why Don't YouTube? Catchup - May 8th-14th 2026
May 8th
100 YEARS AGO TODAY: David Attenborough is born. Yeah, yeah, wildlife, we can all do that with the right guides and cameramen. His real achievement was his being controller of BBC2 between 1965 and 1969, which led to his defendi...
The Why Don't YouTube? Archive - May 11th-17th 2026
May 11th
1979: the as always well prepared Mavis Nicholson quizzes Helen Mirren on Good Afternoon on why “modern plays are destructive to the human spirit”, whether she’s a “vagabond”, the effect of her graphic sex education and a surpr...
The Why Don't YouTube? Catchup - May 1st-7th 2026
May 1st
80 YEARS AGO TODAY: Joanna Lumley is born. In one of her earliest TV roles, arriving in a flashback 18:13 in after attempted patricide, she was Harold Steptoe’s new girlfriend whom Albert succeeds in scaring away.
50 YEARS AGO...
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