Friday Film Special Explained

The Friday Film Special was a slot for children on the UK television network BBC1, shown between 1985 and 1989.

Every Friday during each season, they showed a children's film, made by the Children's Film Foundation. The films were mostly from the 1970s and 1980s, with some from the 1960s.

Here is a list of some of the films that were screened:

• Sammy's Super T-Shirt (1978)
• 4-D Special Agent (1981)
• Tightrope to Terror (1982)
• Cry Wolf (1968)
• Fern the Red Deer (1976)
• Paganini Strikes Again (1973)
• A Hitch in Time (1978)
• Sky Pirates (1976)
• One Hour to Zero (1976)^[1]
• Haunters of The Deep (1984)
• The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)
• The Glitterball (1977)

External links

• • • • • • • • • • Web site: One Hour to Zero (synopsis). https://web.archive.org/web/20070329023503/http://freespace.virgin.net/greg.taylor1/watched_it/ohtz/ohtzfront.htm. Greg Taylor. 29 March 2007.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Friday Film Special – One Hour to Zero. Radio Times. 3316. 82. 11 June 1987. 11 August 2015.