📺 The Saturday Morning Dilemma – Tiswas vs Swap Shop For kids growing up in the 70s & early 80s, Saturday mornings meant a tough choice… do you go for the chaos of Tiswas on ITV (1974–1982), or the colourful fun of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop on BBC1 (1976–1982)? Both shows aired at the same time, head-to-head — and that’s what made it legendary. Some say Tiswas was for the “normal kids,” while Swap Shop was for the “posh kids”… but the truth is, both defined a generation. And if you were lucky en

#OnThisDay 1976: Blue Peter's Lesley Judd went behind the scenes of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop. | BBC Archive