Time Warp: Sylvester McCoy on Going Live!

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Hey you! D’you remember 1987-1993’s Going Live!? Because I don’t. But to be fair that’s because it was broadcasting before I was born.

Anyway, Going Live was a variety/magazine show that aired on Saturday mornings, featuring different segments and celebrity guests. Surprisingly, last week a new clip from Sylvester McCoy’s appearance on the show was uploaded last week by YouTube user David Chandler.

The clip features Sylvester on the Trevor and Simon segment of the show. Trevor and Simon was a recurring segment of Going Live!‘s run, in which Trevor Neal and Simon Hickson played a range of characters and interviewed the shows celebrity guest. This time they played folk duo ‘The Singing Corner’ where they initially believe that Sylvester McCoy is in fact Sylvester Stallone. This clip is from November 5th, 1988, so if you were watching this on TV as it went out then you’d currently be waiting for episode 2 of The Happiness Patrol. Sorry.

Craving more Going Live!? Well you’re in luck! Uploaded two year’s ago by YouTube user Pauls VideoArchive, is yet another section of Sylvester’s appearance on the show. In The Press Conference segment, Sylvester is interviewed by Sarah Greene (Attack of the Cybermen), the audience around him, and people calling in! How intense.

So, d’you remember Going Live!? Did you watch it at all? Did you happen to catch this exact episode? Let us know!

(With thanks to Gareth Kavanagh)

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