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Tiswas

Tiswas (/ˈtɪzwɒz/; an acronym of "Today Is Saturday: Watch And Smile") is a British children's television series that originally aired on Saturday mornings from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982 and was produced for the ITV network by ATV.

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Genre
Children's entertainment
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Created by
Peter Tomlinson
Network
ITV
No. of episodes
304
No. of series
8

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Tiswas

Nodes97
Edges96
Triples218
Avg. degree1.98
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related to DVD · 17
Tiswas → Additionally, Apart, Being, Best, Best Bits, Comedy Capers, DVD, However, Issued, ITV DVD, More, Network DVD, October, The Best, Tiswas DVD, Tiswas Reunited DVD, VHS
related to O.T.T. · 16
Tiswas → Alexei Sayle, Balloon Dance, Carolgees, Gorman, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Henry, It, January, Legs, Malcolm Hardee, On, Over, Randolph Sutherland, Tarrant, The Greatest Show, Top
related to Series 8 (1981–1982) · 16
Tiswas → ATV, Central Television's, Chris, Darts, Den Hegarty, Fogwell Flax, It, Midlands DJ Gordon Astley, Music Editor, Sally James, The, They, This, Tyne Tees, Ulster, Veteran Tiswas
related to Tiswas on Dick and Dom in da Bungalow · 16
Tiswas → BBC Saturday, Bright Eyes, Bungalow, Dick, Dom, Dominic Wood, However, In December, ITV, Matthew, Matthew Butler, Matthew Lewis, Presenters Richard McCourt, This, Tiswas T-shirt, Wood
related to Saturday Stayback · 13
Tiswas → Although, Bob Carolgees, Chris Tarrant, February, However, It, January, John Gorman, Phil Cool, Roy Wood, Saturday Stayback, Thin Lizzy, Tony Slattery
related to Series 4 (1977–1978) · 12
Tiswas → Chris Tarrant, Comedian Jim Davidson, However, James's, London, LWT, Peter Tomlinson, Sally James, Saturday, Saturday Scene, She, This
related to Ministry of Mayhem · 11
Tiswas → Cage, Chris Tarrant, In, ITV's Saturday, Mayhem, Ministry, Out, Pass The Pie, Representing Tiswas, Sally James, Saturday
related to Missing episodes · 11
Tiswas → Accordingly, Almost, As, However, IBA, In, ITV, Lost Archive, Members, Raiders, Those
related to Series 6 (1979–1980) · 11
Tiswas → Bright Eyes, Butler, Chris Tarrant, Encouraged, Many, Many ITV, Matthew Butler, Tarrant, Tiswas-obsessed, Watership Down, With
related to Series 1 (1974) · 10
Tiswas → ATV, ATV Centre, ATV Today, Chris Tarrant, John Asher, Owing, Presented, Saturday, The, Within

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series show programme atv saturday chris tarrant itv regular also many first broadcast later programmes henry logo made team john

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TiswasCountry of originUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
TiswasCreated byPeter Tomlinson1.00infobox
TiswasGenreChildren's entertainment1.00infobox
TiswasNetworkITV1.00infobox
TiswasNo. of episodes3041.00infobox
TiswasNo. of series81.00infobox
TiswasOriginal languageEnglish1.00infobox
TiswasPresented byChris Tarrant Sally James Lenny Henry Bob Carolgees John Gorman Gordon Astley Den Hegarty John Asher Peter Tomlinson Trevor East1.00infobox
TiswasProduction companiesATV (1974–1981) Central (1982)1.00infobox
TiswasProduction locationATV Centre1.00infobox
TiswasRelease5 January 1974 (1974-01-05) – 3 April 1982 (1982-04-03)1.00infobox
Tiswasis asubject0.90text

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