The Christmas TV Times 1985 - Part 3

Top Flight Time Machine

Andy Dawson & Sam Delaney

Soccer, Comedy, Sports & Recreation, Sports

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Merry Christmas! Here’s a look at what was on the telly 40 years ago today…

Follow along at https://archive.org/details/1985-12-21-1986-01-03-central/mode/2up

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0:00.0	Here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, this is it.
0:06.0	This is Top Flight Time Machine.
0:07.6	I am Andy Hot Body Dawson, Poe, Poe, Poe, and I'm Sam Nifty Delaney.
0:11.7	So what?
0:12.8	Merry Christmas, everyone.
0:15.8	Merry Christmas, one and all.
0:18.6	And if you've taken time out from uh oh yeah there it is yeah there they are
0:26.2	there's the sleigh bells the best sound you can get any time of year is sleigh bells
0:31.7	um yeah if you're taking time out from your schedule to listen to us talking about TV times, then welcome and we're very grateful.
0:41.2	And I think you've made a very wise decision.
0:43.5	Mm-hmm.
0:44.4	Yeah.
0:45.1	Obviously, we're recording this episode well in advance of Christmas Day itself.
0:49.8	We're not working on Christmas Day.
0:51.2	It's actually August the 10th when we're recording this.
0:54.3	Like all the great Christmas singles of the past,
0:57.2	they were all recorded in the preceding summer.
1:00.2	So it's August the 10th when we're recording this.
1:02.9	The sun is blazing down outside.
1:05.0	I've got the window open.
1:06.5	But it's the Christmas episode.
1:07.8	Where hey!
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