No. 73

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No 73, later re-titled 7T3, was a British children's TV show from the 1980s produced by Television South for the ITV network. It aired live on Saturday mornings and ran from 1982 to 1988. The show featured, among 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 established was a children's department. A team with a background in theatre and drama soon decided to create a Saturday morning show that broke away from the typical Tiswas and Saturday Superstore format: This show would have actors in character as hosts, performing their own comedic storylines alongside the usual guests, music videos, competitions, and cartoons. Much of the show was improvised, and a full week of rehearsals plus an extensive dress rehearsal on Friday preceded each live broadcast on Saturday morning.