No. 73

No 73, later re-titled 7T3, was a British 1980s children's TV show produced by Television South for the ITV network. It was broadcast live on Saturday mornings and ran from 1982 to 1988. The show starred, amongst others, Sandi Toksvig, Neil Buchanan, Andrea Arnold, Kim Goody and Richard Waites. When Television South won the contract to provide ITV coverage for the South of England in 1980, the first thing they set up was a children's department. A team put together with a background in theatre and drama, soon decided to produce a Saturday morning show that differed from the usual Tiswas and Saturday Superstore formula: This show would feature actors in character as hosts, performing their own comedic storyline around the usual guests, music videos, competitions and cartoons. Much of the show was improvised, and a whole week of rehearsals plus an extensive dress rehearsal on Friday preceded each live broadcast on Saturday morning.

Richard Waites

Neil Buchanan

Andrea Arnold

Dawn Lodge

Kate Copstick

Tony Aitken

Patrick Doyle

Sandi Toksvig

Kim Goody

First aired

January 2, 1982

Last aired

January 2, 1988

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

159

• No 73 season 15 episodes · 1982
• No 73 season 213 episodes · 1982
• No 73 season 315 episodes · 1983
• No 73 season 414 episodes · 1984
• No 73 season 521 episodes · 1985
• No 73 season 615 episodes · 1986
• No 73 season 744 episodes · 1986
• No 73 season 832 episodes · 1987