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  • According to Harris, the best education the kids in his neighbourhood got was Sesame Street.
  • Harris claims that the original Westward logo "always reminded him of some hitherto undiscovered Smallfilms production."
  • The first filmed Westward ident is set to the tune of "The Holly and The Ivy."
  • Ian Stirling is described as "a Loki figure to Roger Shaw’s Odin."
  • That’s My Dog is mentioned as one of the worst programmes TSW ever made.
  • A clip of Loeki the Lion shows up to illustrate a point about him appearing as a mascot on Westward despite belonging to a Dutch public service broadcaster.
  • "But I know a man who can" is a Catchphrase from a series of adverts for the Yellow Pages.
  • Garrison’s Gorillas and The Hitman and Her are mentioned as part of the programming on TSW Night Time.
  • Ian Stirling and Ruth Langford were apparently even more popular in Cornwall than Charles and Diana at the height of TSW’s popularity.
  • The first continuity announcer heard on Westcountry just happened to be called Peter Griffin.
  • "Refreshes the parts other media cannot reach," seen on a TSW mug, is a riff on a Mad Libs Catchphrase from a Heineken ad campaign.
  • Gus Honeybun's farewell includes a brief nod to the retrospectively-minded chat show, This is Your Life.
  • Westcountry opens its first night on air with a showing of the Dudley Moore film Best Defense.
  • Westcountry replacing the IVC announcers with disembodied voices is likened to Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).

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