Manchester United will face fierce rivals Liverpool on Monday night, as Erik ten Hag's side look for their first win of the 2022/23 Premier League season.
04.08.2022 - 09:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Before the age of social media and reality TV that we know today, you could turn on the telly in the early hours and watch someone else's night out.
A window into the world of late night clubbing, a generation will remember The Hitman and Her show which aired on ITV's Night Network in the late eighties and early nineties. An anomaly on our screens, it gave the public a glimpse into nightlife in clubs mainly across the North.
Every week, the show would capture clubbers dancing to popular hits in the charts, playing party games and number of celebrity performances. Hosted by Michaela Strachan and Pete Waterman, The Hitman and Her was often recorded on Saturday nights, edited and then would air hours later on Sunday morning.
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Regardless of the city hosting that week, local c lubbers would arrive at the featured venue hoping to appear on television. The Hitman and Her also featured regular dancers who went on to have their own music careers - from Take That's Jason Orange to Jimmy Constable and Spike Dawbarn of boy band 911.
The first ever Hitman and Her show came from Mr Smiths, in Warrington, in 1988 and the final show, which aired in 1992, was filmed from The Discothèque Royale, in Manchester. In its time, the show also visited the likes of Liverpool, Nottingham, Birmingham, Coventry, Newcastle and, of course, others popular venues in Greater Manchester.
Whilst on air, The Hitman and Her visited a number of Manchester venues, such as Discotheque Royale and Bowlers. Over the years, episodes were also filmed in The Roxy, in Bury, and Liberties - or Liberty's - in Sale.
Today, there are some classic moments of different episodes of the
Manchester United will face fierce rivals Liverpool on Monday night, as Erik ten Hag's side look for their first win of the 2022/23 Premier League season.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to visit the UK next month to attend charity events. Harry and Meghan will also visit Germany as part of their trip to support “several charities close to their hearts”, their spokesperson said.The couple will travel to Manchester for the One Young World Summit, an event which brings together young leaders from more than 190 countries, on September 5.The Duchess of Sussex is a counsellor for the organisation, alongside Justin Trudeau, Sir Richard Branson, and Jamie Oliver, among others.They will then head to Germany for the Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023 One Year to Go event, before returning to the UK for the WellChild Awards on September 8.
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