New children's TV station to counter 'mindless' shows: Mrs Thatcher considered new channel in wake of riots across the country
By David Wilkes for the Daily Mail and Claire Ellicott for the Daily Mail
Published: 00:03 BST, 28 December 2012 | Updated: 08:58 BST, 28 December 2012



















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[/img] 'Mindless': Keith Chegwin in the BBC1 series Cheggers Plays Pop was a popular show of the time



Margaret Thatcher insisted on footing the _1,800 bill to... Maggie's war with treacherous Mitterrand over Exocet... British government considered pulling out of 1982 World Cup... Margaret Thatcher looked at ways to renew the values of society in the wake of the riots in St Paul's, Bristol, and those in Brixton (pictured)