A rare musical featurette - originally released as a 3D issue, presented here in a surviving flat print - featuring #MaxBygraves #BeverleySisters #DoraBryan

🎵 HARMONY LANE (1954) 6am #TPTVsubtitles

A welfare worker becomes emotionally involved in her work with homeless children...

A CRY FROM THE STREETS (1958) 11:40am #MaxBygraves #BarbaraMurray #ColinPetersen #DanaWilson and #KathleenHarrison drama #TPTVsubtitles

A young #RichardOSullivan co-stars with #MaxBygraves in the excellent 60s drama SPARE THE ROD (1961) in 30 minutes at 12:35pm #TPTVsubtitles
The cast also includes #GeoffreyKeen and #DonaldPleasence

His modern education methods were not wanted!

#MaxBygraves in 🎓 SPARE THE ROD (1961) 12:35pm with #GeoffreyKeen #DonaldPleasence drama #TPTVsubtitles

Faithful British rendition of the acclaimed Thomas Hughes book.

🎓 TOM BROWN'S SCHOOLDAYS (1951) 11:10am starring #RobertNewton #JohnHowardDavies #MichaelHordern and featuring #MaxBygraves

Down with the kids. ✊ #nowplaying #MaxBygraves #ThoseWereTheDays 🎶

#TakingABreakFromFilming
British entertainer #MaxBygraves with his 1930s Rolls Royce 🚘

Lunchtime matinee at 1:05pm with #MaxBygraves #BarbaraMurray in A CRY FROM THE STREETS (1958) with #ColinPetersen #DanaWilson drama #TPTVsubtitles

........16/10 Thatcher gave the miners a P45; #MaxBygraves gave them this www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Fr...

The late Mr #MaxBygraves would understand.

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All-star British adaptation of 📽️ TOM BROWN'S SCHOOLDAYS (1951) 1:05pm #TPTVsubtitles

⭐ with #JohnHowardDavies #MichaelHordern #RobertNewton #MaxBygraves and many more!

6:35pm TONIGHT IN GREAT BRITAIN (1955) on #TPTV

⭐ A star studded short variety film featuring #MaxBygraves #TessieOShea #EddieGray #HattieJacques and #JeanCarson from the #LondonPalladium and the #CafeDeParis in #London

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#LedZeppelin #Queen #JanisJoplin #RubyMurray #MaxBygraves #LionelRichie

SINGALONGA PYE - Max Bygraves was once a British national treasure. I have a few of his albums gathering dust so I decided to put this one to good use. Able to be displayed as a piece of art, it can also be turned over and played once again! #maxbygraves #abstract #vinyl #acrylic

Maconie jumps in with Max Bygraves Disco, true to form.
Max is one of those people to me who was born old, and am amazed I shared some time with him on Earth, like how Mammoths were still around as the Pyramids were being built....

#BBC6Music #MaxBygraves #FreakZone

12:30pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

The 1961 #Drama film🎥 “Spare The Rod” directed by #LeslieNorman from a screenplay by #JohnCresswell

Based on #MichaelCroft’s 1954 novel📖

🌟 #MaxBygraves #GeoffreyKeen #DonaldPleasence #RichardOSullivan #EleanorSummerfield

He was trying to make a difference in a modern secondary school education!

#MaxBygraves in 🎓 SPARE THE ROD (1961) 12:30pm with #GeoffreyKeen #DonaldPleasence drama #TPTVsubtitles

11:55am TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

The 1951 film🎥 “Tom Brown’s Schooldays” directed by
#GordonParry from #NoelLangley’s screenplay

Based on #ThomasHughes’ 1857 novel📖

🌟 #JohnHowardDavies #RobertNewton #JohnCharlesworth #JamesHayter #JohnForrest #MichaelHordern #MaxBygraves

📚 Classic British adaptation of the immortal novel...

🎓 TOM BROWN'S SCHOOLDAYS (1951) 11:55am ⭐ #JohnHowardDavis #RobertNewton #MichaelHordern #JamesHayter and featuring #MaxBygraves drama #TPTVsubtitles

11:50am TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

The 1958 #Drama film🎥 “A Cry from the Streets” directed by #LewisGilbert from a screenplay by #VernonHarris

Adapted from #ElizabethCoxhead’s 1957 novel📖 “The Friend in Need”

🌟 #MaxBygraves #BarbaraMurray

🎶Music by #LarryAdler

#MaxBygraves #BarbaraMurray star in our lunchtime matinee...

😢 A CRY FROM THE STREETS (1958) 11:50am co-starring #DanaWilson #ColinPetersen drama #TPTVsubtitles

#OnThisDay 10 May 1993 📺TV Listings
The first series of #KevinWhately's PEAK PRACTICE
begins with a feature length episode.
#MaxBygraves guests on THE BIG BREAKFAST and #TonyBennett on BRUCE'S GUEST NIGHT.
#JeanAlexander stars in this week's CLUEDO.

A star-studded ⭐ short variety film featuring #MaxBygraves #TessieOShea #EddieGray #HattieJacques and more!

TONIGHT IN GREAT BRITAIN (1955) 10:05am on #TPTV

Picture: Graeme explains his plan to Tim and Bill. Dialogue from the episode: Tim: It’s not good enough. We need someone to pull in the crowds. Can’t you think of any really big draws? Bill: Mrs Mills. Tim: No! You’re just being silly. Graeme: Max Bygraves? Tim: So are you. Graeme: No! Max Bygraves is very popular. Tim: Well, so he tells us. But how are we going to capture him? Graeme: Simple. Now Max is doing a Palladium show this week, right? The three of us go to the theatre. Max comes out on the stage and he’s doing his act. Then, when everyone’s asleep, we creep up behind him with a big net and— Tim: No, we tried that with Des O’Connor, and look what happened. Bill: Yeah, we dropped off.

Layers of silliness, consummately delivered... #Goodies50 #MaxBygraves

10:45am TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

The 1951 film🎥 “Tom Brown’s Schooldays” directed by
#GordonParry from #NoelLangley’s screenplay

Based on #ThomasHughes’ 1857 novel📖

🌟 #JohnHowardDavies #RobertNewton #JohnCharlesworth #JamesHayter #JohnForrest #MichaelHordern #MaxBygraves

Sing-along-a-Maz’ <figure class="wp-block-image"><img alt="1972 Mazda Chantez GFII in blue." class="wp-image-729" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="612" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez-GFII-1-1024x612.jpg" srcset="https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez-GFII-1-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez-GFII-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez-GFII-1-768x459.jpg 768w, https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez-GFII-1-1536x918.jpg 1536w, https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez-GFII-1.jpg 1920w" width="1024"/></figure> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Mazda’s Chantez remains one of the brand’s most intriguing entries, with proportions that still look acceptable today</h4> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img alt="" class="wp-image-721" decoding="async" height="797" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" src="https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez.jpg" srcset="https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez.jpg 960w, https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez-300x249.jpg 300w, https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez-768x638.jpg 768w" width="960"/></figure> <p>Here’s one car that really intrigued us in 2024, which we thought might have warranted a story in <em><a href="https://lucire.biz/product/autocade-year-of-cars-2025-hardcover/">Year of Cars 2025</a></em> but ultimately didn’t: the <a href="https://autocade.net/index.php/Mazda_Chantez">1972 Mazda Chantez</a>.</p> <p>Most of you know that Mazda fielded a <em>kei</em> car from 1962 to 1970 called the <a href="https://autocade.net/index.php/Mazda_Carol_(KPDA)">Carol</a>, with a reverse-rake rear window. It was Toyo Kogyo’s response to the Subaru 360, having missed the mark with the V-twin R360 coupé prior. Now with four seats, the Carol initially did well, but as the <em>kei</em> market heated up, sales dropped, though it didn’t stop Mazda from considering re-entering the market in the 1970s.</p> <p>The Carol name vanished after 1970 and did not reappear till 1989, but in between, Mazda created the Chantez, with the aim of giving it a single-rotor rotary, the 3A, which was related to the 10A unit from the 1968 Familia Rotary. However, the company faced technical difficulties, and there was a huge lobbying effort from its competitors to hinder the rotary’s adoption. Mazda instead placed its air-cooled two-stroke from its Porter <em>kei</em> commercial into the car, mounted longitudinally, driving the rear wheels. The Porter itself was based around the B360 commercial, which in turn was related to the R360.</p> <p>This wasn’t the only compromise: to save costs, Mazda gave the Chantez leaf springs at the rear, whereas the Carol had independent suspension. The two-stroke managed a respectable 35 PS at 6,500 rpm, moving a light kerb weight of 490 kg, but it never did that well, and Mazda did not return to the market until the end of the 1980s, and then with Suzuki as a partner.</p> <p>But in terms of exterior styling, the Chantez hit (pun unintended) all the right notes. Short overhangs, a short bonnet despite the longitudinal engine, and a very large glass area. The wheelbase was 2,200 mm, more than its competitors, relative to an overall length of 2,995 mm. Width was a tiny 1,295 mm, and height was 1,290 mm. A cute, simple grille with circular indicators below the chrome strip on the bumper. The rear was similarly cute, with simple, chunky rear light clusters. The bumpers themselves were single units incorporating the valance. All of this gave the Chantez a very modern appearance for 1972, and while its design wouldn’t pass crash testing in 2025, there’s a lot that’s still right in terms of styling. Not bad for something from the 1970s when many other cars had over-adorned styling; the Chantez finds itself the product of a modernist approach to design, something that Mazda itself wasn’t doing with the <a href="https://autocade.net/index.php/Mazda_Grand_Familia">Grand Familia</a>.</p> <p>The exterior design leap from Chantez to the <a href="https://autocade.net/index.php/Autozam_Carol_(AA5PA)">1989 Autozam Carol</a> isn’t as great as one might think, with the later car also adopting a simple grille and a large glasshouse.</p> <p>Odds are however the Chantez wound up, it would have had some market-place difficulty, with the fuel crisis of 1973 dampening enthusiasm for the rotary engine. But in some alternative universe where it was equipped with the 3A rotary, a brief moment, the Chantez could have cemented itself a place in <em>kei-jidosha</em> folklore between 1972 and 1973. •</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img alt="" class="wp-image-722" decoding="async" height="627" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" src="https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez-GFII-rear.jpg" srcset="https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez-GFII-rear.jpg 960w, https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez-GFII-rear-300x196.jpg 300w, https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1972-Mazda-Chantez-GFII-rear-768x502.jpg 768w" width="960"/></figure> <!-- relpost-thumb-wrapper --><div class="relpost-thumb-wrapper"><!-- filter-class --><div class="relpost-thumb-container"><h3>Related articles</h3><div style="clear: both"></div><div style="clear: both"></div><!-- relpost-block-container --><div class="relpost-block-container relpost-block-column-layout" style="--relposth-columns: 3;--relposth-columns_t: 3; --relposth-columns_m: 2"><a class="relpost-block-single" href="https://autocade.world/2025/02/innocentis-ado16s/"><div class="relpost-custom-block-single"><div aria-hidden="true" class="relpost-block-single-image" role="img" style="background: transparent url(https://autocade.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Autocade-World-favicon-1600.png) no-repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 930px; height: 620px;aspect-ratio:1/1"></div><div class="relpost-block-single-text" style="height: 75px;font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; color: #333333;"><h2 class="relpost_card_title">Innocenti’s ADO16s</h2></div></div></a></div><!-- close relpost-block-container --><div style="clear: both"></div></div><!-- close filter class --></div><!-- close relpost-thumb-wrapper -->

You'd have to be of a certain age to get the reference in this headline.

https://autocade.world/2025/01/sing-along-a-maz/ #Mazda #car #MaxBygraves

1:05pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

The 1961 #Drama film🎥 “Spare The Rod” directed by #LeslieNorman from a screenplay by #JohnCresswell

Based on #MichaelCroft’s 1954 novel📖

🌟 #MaxBygraves #GeoffreyKeen #DonaldPleasence #RichardOSullivan #EleanorSummerfield

Directed by #LeslieNorman and starring #MaxBygraves #GeoffreyKeen #DonaldPleasence

🎓 SPARE THE ROD (1961) 1:05pm drama #TPTVsubtitles

9:45am TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

The 1958 #Drama film🎥 “A Cry from the Streets” directed by #LewisGilbert from a screenplay by #VernonHarris

Adapted from #ElizabethCoxhead’s 1957 novel📖 “The Friend in Need”

🌟 #MaxBygraves #BarbaraMurray

🎶Music by #LarryAdler

Classic British drama with #BarbaraMurray #MaxBygraves #ColinPetersen

📽️ A CRY FROM THE STREETS (1958) 9:45am drama #TPTVsubtitles