T-Bag history in August

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Welcome to the T-Bag history by date section. This is a guide of what T-Bag events happened on a particular day throughout the year. This guide is split into each Calendar month and a new month's history will be available on the first of the month. These events range from air dates of episodes (including repeat broadcasts), VTR dates, known dates for the cast births, release dates for T-Bag merchandise and other notable events. Each of these will have links taking you to various pages of the website, including the series section, or in the case of guest cast members will take you to their page on IMDb.

On this page we look at the notable events in T-Bag history that happened during the month of August. If you know any events that I've missed here please contact and let me know. Please use the links below to go to a specific date.

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1st August

1990
Day two of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode four (draft one).

2nd August

1993
Rings of Olympus episode nine was broadcast (repeat) in 1993 on Children's ITV at 4:00pm.

1990
Day one of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode five (draft one).

3rd August

1989
T-Bag Bounces Back episode five was broadcast (repeat) in 1989 on Children's ITV at 4.25pm.

1990
Day two of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode five (draft one).

4th August

1943
Georgina Hale was born (died 2024, age 80) and would now have been - she appeared in 42 episodes from Pearls of Wisdom episode one to Take Off With T. Bag episode ten as Tabatha Bag (including ).

5th August

1991
Revenge of the T. Set episode five was broadcast (repeat) in 1991 on Children's ITV at 4.20pm.

6th August

1992
Pearls of Wisdom episode nine was broadcast (repeat) in 1992 on Children's ITV at 4.05pm.

1951
Jack Klaff was born and is now - he appeared in Revenge of the T. Set episode seven as Rudolpho.

1990
Day one of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode six (draft one).

7th August

1990
Turn On To T-Bag episode five was broadcast (repeat) in 1990 on Children's ITV at 4.00pm.

1991
The T. Bag And The Pearls Of Wisdom VHS video was classified (U - Universal Suitable for all) by the BBFC.

1990
Day two of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode six (draft one).

8th August

1988
T. Bag's Christmas Cracker was recorded in 1988 at Teddington Studios.

1990
T. Bag's Christmas Ding-Dong was recorded in 1990 at Teddington Studios.

1990
Day three of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode six (draft one).

9th August

1993
Rings of Olympus episode ten was broadcast (repeat) in 1993 on Children's ITV at 4:00pm.

1990
T. Bag's Christmas Ding-Dong was recorded in 1990 at Teddington Studios.

10th August

1989
T-Bag Bounces Back episode six was broadcast (repeat) in 1989 on Children's ITV at 4.25pm.

1949
Elizabeth Estensen was born and is now - she appeared in 52 episodes from Wonders in Letterland episode one to T. Bag's Christmas Carol as Tallulah Bag (including ).

1932
Murray Melvin was born (died 2023, age 90) and would now have been - he appeared in two episodes: Sunstones of Montezuma episode seven as Ignatius and Take Off With T. Bag episode six as Antonius.

1990
Read-through of Rings of Olympus episode two with cast members Georgina Hale, John Hasler, Natalie Wood, Anthony O'Donnell and Alex Bartlette.

11th August

1989
Pearls of Wisdom episode two was recorded in 1989 at Teddington Studios.

12th August

1991
Revenge of the T. Set episode six was broadcast (repeat) in 1991 on Children's ITV at 4.20pm.

1929
John Bluthal was born (died 2018, age 89) and would now have been - he appeared in three episodes: Turn On To T-Bag episode two as Big Ed Malone; Revenge of the T. Set episode five as Herr Krimper and Pearls of Wisdom episode seven as The High Priest.

1953
Selina Cadell was born and is now - she appeared in Sunstones of Montezuma episode three as Wilma Tell.

1985
T-Bag Strikes Again episode two was recorded in 1985 at Teddington Studios.

2004
Peter Woodthorpe sadly passed away in 2004 (age 72), he appeared in three episodes: T. Bag's Christmas Ding-Dong as Gustav Pumpernickel; Rings of Olympus episode eight as Leonardo and Sunstones of Montezuma episode six as Doctor Popov.

13th August

1992
Pearls of Wisdom episode ten was broadcast (repeat) in 1992 on Children's ITV at 4.05pm.

1990
Day one of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode seven (draft one).

14th August

1990
Turn On To T-Bag episode six was broadcast (repeat) in 1990 on Children's ITV at 4.00pm.

1990
Day two of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode seven (draft one).

15th August

1988
Revenge of the T. Set episode two was recorded in 1988 at Teddington Studios.

1990
Day three of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode seven (draft one).

16th August

1990
Day one of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode eight (draft one).

17th August

1989
T-Bag Bounces Back episode seven was broadcast (repeat) in 1989 on Children's ITV at 4.25pm.

1990
Day two of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode eight (draft one).

18th August

19th August

1991
Revenge of the T. Set episode seven was broadcast (repeat) in 1991 on Children's ITV at 4.20pm.

1991
T. Bag And The Pearls Of Wisdom was released on VHS by Thames Video Collection.

20th August

1990
Rings of Olympus episode two was recorded in 1990 at Teddington Studios.

21st August

1990
Turn On To T-Bag episode seven was broadcast (repeat) in 1990 on Children's ITV at 4.00pm.

1989
Pearls of Wisdom episode three was recorded in 1989 at Teddington Studios.

1990
Read-through of Rings of Olympus episode three with cast members Georgina Hale, John Hasler, Natalie Wood, Jennifer Calvert and George Rossi.

22nd August

1990
Day one of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode one (draft one).

23rd August

1985
T-Bag Strikes Again episode five was recorded in 1985 at Teddington Studios.

1990
Day two of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode one (draft one).

24th August

1989
T-Bag Bounces Back episode eight was broadcast (repeat) in 1989 on Children's ITV at 4.25pm.

1990
Day three of Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro writing the script for Rings of Olympus episode one (draft one).

25th August

1988
Revenge of the T. Set episode three was recorded in 1988 at Teddington Studios.

1948
John Thirtle was born (died 1995, age 46) and would now have been - he appeared in two episodes: Wonders in Letterland episode seven as The Wise Old Vulture (Puppeteer) and T-Bag Strikes Again episode eight as The Hooter (Puppeteer).

26th August

27th August

1986
T-Bag Strikes Again episode one was broadcast in 1986 on Children's ITV at 4:20pm.

1986
T-Bag Bounces Back episode seven was recorded in 1986 at Teddington Studios.

1918
Norman Mitchell was born (died 2001, age 82) and would now have been - he appeared in two episodes: T-Bag Strikes Again episode five as Sultan Vinegar and Take Off With T. Bag episode two as Sultan Bagwash.

28th August

1990
Turn On To T-Bag episode eight was broadcast (repeat) in 1990 on Children's ITV at 4.00pm.

29th August

1990
Rings of Olympus episode three was recorded in 1990 at Teddington Studios.

30th August

1989
Pearls of Wisdom episode six was recorded in 1989 at Teddington Studios.

1990
Read-through of Rings of Olympus episode four with cast members Georgina Hale, John Hasler, Natalie Wood, Mary-Louise Clark and Trevor Michael Georges.

31st August

1989
T-Bag Bounces Back episode nine was broadcast (repeat) in 1989 on Children's ITV at 4.25pm.