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Trevor East

When the first series of Tiswas was a success, ATV decided to run it for an indefinite period from September 1974. A few changes were made - main presenter John Asher and reporter Chris Tarrant were to be joined by new presenters Peter Tomlinson and Trevor East.

With this second series, which eventually ended in early 1976 with hardly a break, the chemistry was built up between the presenters, evolving into something of a mischevious gang. Chris, John and Peter became miscelleous presenters, handling just about any item, a welcome change when poor Chris was appointed to just wacky news reports in the first series.

This anarchy was embryonic, as Tiswas still retained some rigid elements - Trevor East, a sports journalist for ATV, was required for "Tiswas Sports Time". As the show was still broadcast to the midlands only, this was largely a parochial look at football teams such as West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest, and Trevor's own favourite - Derby County.

Trevor never kept a secret of his allegiance to the Rams, something which fuelled good-natured jibes among the other Tiswas presenters.

By late 1977, with the huge change in presenter line-up, Trevor was still with the show, although this would be his last series.

When the fifth series began in September 1978, Trevor didn't have to fear unemployment, as he stayed on with ATV producing sports reports. Even when ATV morphed into Central at the start of 1982, he had a job with the new company, at their East midlands operation in Nottingham. However, industrial desputes kept Central's Nottingham ambitions off air for quite a while.

Despite being best known by Tiswas fans for playing a ventriloquist puppet stooge to Chris Tarrant in one of the compilation videos, Trevor East rose up through media ranks to become controller of Sky Sports, arguably the UK's most important sports broadcaster.

Derby County still aren't any good though...

There are 302 editions of Tiswas in total.

Trevor East's first edition was 14/9/1974 (Series 2)
Trevor East's final edition was 27/5/1978 (Series 4)

Trevor East appeared in 155 editions of Tiswas.
That's 51.32% appearance rate, based on there being 302 editions of Tiswas.

Series 1
Did not appear at all in this series.
Series 2
14/9/1974
5/10/1974
19/10/1974
26/10/1974
2/11/1974
16/11/1974
23/11/1974
30/11/1974
7/12/1974
14/12/1974
21/12/1974
24/12/1974
28/12/1974
4/1/1975
11/1/1975
8/2/1975
15/2/1975
22/2/1975
8/3/1975
15/3/1975
22/3/1975
29/3/1975
5/4/1975
12/4/1975
19/4/1975
26/4/1975
3/5/1975
10/5/1975
17/5/1975
31/5/1975
14/6/1975
21/6/1975
28/6/1975
5/7/1975
12/7/1975
19/7/1975
26/7/1975
2/8/1975
9/8/1975
16/8/1975
23/8/1975
13/9/1975
20/9/1975
27/9/1975
4/10/1975
11/10/1975
18/10/1975
25/10/1975
1/11/1975
8/11/1975
15/11/1975
22/11/1975
29/11/1975
6/12/1975
13/12/1975
20/12/1975
27/12/1975
3/1/1976
10/1/1976
17/1/1976
24/1/1976
31/1/1976
7/2/1976
14/2/1976
21/2/1976
28/2/1976
6/3/1976
13/3/1976
27/3/1976
3/4/1976
10/4/1976
24/4/1976
1/5/1976
8/5/1976
15/5/1976
22/5/1976
29/5/1976
5/6/1976
12/6/1976
19/6/1976
26/6/1976
Series 3
4/9/1976
11/9/1976
18/9/1976
25/9/1976
2/10/1976
9/10/1976
16/10/1976
23/10/1976
30/10/1976
6/11/1976
13/11/1976
20/11/1976
27/11/1976
4/12/1976
11/12/1976
18/12/1976
8/1/1977
15/1/1977
22/1/1977
29/1/1977
5/2/1977
12/2/1977
19/2/1977
26/2/1977
5/3/1977
12/3/1977
19/3/1977
26/3/1977
2/4/1977
16/4/1977
23/4/1977
30/4/1977
7/5/1977
14/5/1977
21/5/1977
28/5/1977
Series 4
10/9/1977
17/9/1977
24/9/1977
1/10/1977
8/10/1977
15/10/1977
22/10/1977
29/10/1977
5/11/1977
12/11/1977
19/11/1977
26/11/1977
3/12/1977
10/12/1977
17/12/1977
24/12/1977
31/12/1977
7/1/1978
14/1/1978
21/1/1978
28/1/1978
4/2/1978
11/2/1978
18/2/1978
25/2/1978
4/3/1978
11/3/1978
18/3/1978
25/3/1978
1/4/1978
8/4/1978
15/4/1978
22/4/1978
29/4/1978
6/5/1978
13/5/1978
20/5/1978
27/5/1978
Series 5
Did not appear at all in this series.
Series 6
Did not appear at all in this series.
Series 7
Did not appear at all in this series.
Series 8
Did not appear at all in this series.

Chris Tarrant The main man, the most familiar face with the series - host and producer for the majority of Tiswas editions.
Sally James The main female presenter of the show, and the second longest serving of any Tiswas regular.
Trevor East Tiswas's footballed-obsessed presenter, a familiar face throughout the 1970s.
Peter Tomlinson Posh-voiced and smooth-talking, this ATV announcer was regularly seen during Tiswas' early years.
John Gorman Hailing from Merseyside, this ex-Scaffold singer/writer, served as resident comic performer during Tiswas' peak.
John Asher The first ever main presenter of Tiswas, chirpy, affable and up for a laugh.
Bob Carolgees Resident puppeteer during Tiswas's peak, with a few comic characters too.
Lenny Henry Dudley-born funnyman and New Faces refugee, who could and would impersonate Trevor MacDonald and David Bellamy at the drop of the hat.
Paul "The Kid" Hardin Tiswas's only child regular, who specialized in impersonating Frank Spencer and a few others.
Frank Carson Northern Ireland comedian, famed for his immortal line "it's a cracker" and "it's the way I tell 'em".
Sylveste McCoy Comic performer on many shows, with a great gift for facial expression.
Terry Thomas Tiswas's main animal expert when it came to the IBA-pleasing wildlife/environmental slots.
Den Hegarty Ex-Darts singer/founder who was the manic and off-the-wall presenter in Tiswas' final series.
Oliver Spencer Warm-up man for the show, and on-screen comedy performer, specialising in being 'Barbara Woodshed'.
Gordon Astley From a background of many local radio stations, he was the main male host for the final series with an affable approach to being at the helm of Tiswas.
Peter Matthews Although kept off screen in the very early days as main duty was to look after pre-recorded items, this guy made a few appearances in the mid 1970s.
Fogwell Flax Winner of LWT's 'Search For A Star' competition, performed many impersonations as resident comic performer of the final series.

Jim Davidson Stand-up comedian of the old school variety, appearing sporadically, and claims to be the first ever Phantom Flan Flinger.
Clive Webb Oddball magician whose tricks would either work perfectly, or get someone completely messy.
Ian "Sludge" Lees Old school comic with huge bubble-perm hairdo and striking suit.
Terry Coates Seen many times in the final series, this guy, giving more than just a nod to Monty Python, was an old time announcer in a 1930s BBC Home Service mould, to bring a serious tone to juxtapose against the general ensuing chaos that is Tiswas.
Trevor James Possibly intended to be the final series' answer to Bob Carolgees, as he had Sid the Parrot, although when he didn't do that, he shouted a lot in his guise as a CB-radio-owning nerd.
David Rappaport Midget actor/performer who was seen in many final series editions, usually in the role of some comic character.
Norman Collier Comedian famed for his "broken microphone" routine.
Joan Palmer A female presenter/announcer who occasionally helped out on Tiswas in pre-Sally-James days.
Helen Piddock Apparently the first person to play the Phantom Flan Flinger, although her main roles on Tiswas were research and competition-setting, which would be normally done off-screen as the show hit its peak.
Emil Wolk Comic performer and mime artist, used early on in the final series alongside Fogwell Flax.
Richard Barnes Announcer and occasional helping hand in the early days of ATV-only Tiswas, usually ended up as the target of water buckets.

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