TV sets were originally bought, Radio Rentals capitalised on the growth in TV sales later on to provide a TV rental service.
If my dad had rented the TV he could have just replaced it with another one for ITV.
But he was still paying for it, and we had to wait until BBC2 came out to be able to watch ITV programs.
Quote: Barry Cross @ 27th November 2020, 10:24 PMI love the Rag Trade it was one of my favourite comedy shows at the time, and even now I am yet to see the ITV version.
It's well worth (re)watching and directly comparing the two, as the ITV revival is all based on the original BBC plots, rewritten with bawdier jokes.
Quote: Barry Cross @ 28th November 2020, 3:29 PMTV sets were originally bought, Radio Rentals capitalised on the growth in TV sales later on to provide a TV rental service.
If my dad had rented the TV he could have just replaced it with another one for ITV.
But he was still paying for it, and we had to wait until BBC2 came out to be able to watch ITV programs.
I got my first video recorder on rental.
"It's great service you get renting your colour set from Granada..."
