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? Newsletter - September 7th-10th 2026
September 7th
30 YEARS AGO TODAY: Rainbow essentially came to an end with the loss of Thames’ franchise - we do not acknowledge Rainbow Days in this house - but Mole In The Hole looks like an attempt to reboot it in as both similar and d...
The Why Don't YouTube? Newsletter - September 4th-6th 2026
September 4th
60 YEARS AGO TODAY: Frankie Howerd monologues as only he could about espionage on The Bruce Forsyth Show.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: the Fourth Doctor begins his third series by being sucked into the Mandragora Helix. Tch, alwa...
The Why Don't YouTube? Newsletter - August 31st-September 3rd 2026
August 31st
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Cilla’s World Of Comedy is exactly the same as 1975’s Cilla’s Comedy Six, six standalone sitcom episodes intended to show Our Cillas range. The first co-stars Keith Barron as mother-in-law reconciliation i...
The Why Don't YouTube? Newsletter - August 28th-30th 2026
August 28th
60 YEARS AGO TODAY: a third fabulous week of ABC’s The Bruce Forsyth Show and he’s already subverting and self-referencing his catchphrase in his introductory monologue. Lionel Blair makes an early cameo doing on-screen chore...
The Why Don't YouTube? Newsletter - August 24th-27th 2026
Because we didn’t get round to it on the socials, a word before we get underway for Dolly Parton, who loved a good British chat show whether it be Parkinson (from 1979, and we’ll spare you the Seventies Parky questions), Des O’Connor, Good...
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