Les Lawry-Johns Stories


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Les Lawry-Johns wrote numerous television servicing articles for Television magazine over many years, both in his own name and under various pen-names.

He also wrote regular stories about the characters he encountered and the sets he fought to repair for over 14 years, which was an extremeny popular feature in the magazine. The complete series of these are freely available from this page for your enjoyment. Les died in August 1993, and his obituary is included on this page.

Special thanks to Keith W for scanning these articles to PDF files, and also of course to Les for sharing his experiences and knowledge with us.

As well as providng the articles individually, I have also created yearly PDF files and a complete series PDF file. Since there are over 160 stories, this should make it easy to download and print them all, regardless of your internet connection speed.

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Grouped by year and complete series

Title

Details

File Size

The Complete Series All 161 stories and obituary in one PDF file 37.1M
1977 Complete All 7 stories from 1977 in one PDF file 2.39M
1978 Complete All 12 stories from 1978 in one PDF file 3.83M
1979 Complete All 12 stories from 1979 in one PDF file 3.87M
1980 Complete All 12 stories from 1980 in one PDF file 3.44M
1981 Complete All 10 stories from 1981 in one PDF file 2.81M
1982 Complete All 12 stories from 1982 in one PDF file 2.99M
1983 Complete All 12 stories from 1983 in one PDF file 2.89M
1984 Complete All 12 stories from 1984 in one PDF file 3.17M
1985 Complete All 12 stories from 1985 in one PDF file 2.22M
1986 Complete All 12 stories from 1986 in one PDF file 2.36M
1987 Complete All 12 stories from 1987 in one PDF file 2.75M
1988 Complete All 12 stories from 1988 in one PDF file 1.79M
1989 Complete All 12 stories from 1989 in one PDF file 1.65M
1990 Complete All 6 stories from 1990 and obituary in one PDF file 894k

Individual Stories

Title

Date

File Size

Caught by a Korting... May 1977 273k
Stranger June 1977 546k
In Puffed a Couple of Chaps... July 1977 410k
A day in the life of... September 1977 321k
A Visit to the Cinema October 1977 286k
Toil and Trouble... November 1977 588k
It won't take you a minute... December 1977 303k
     
The Bermuda Triangle January 1978 328k
'Twas on a Monday Morning... February 1978 323k
Beware the Ides of March March 1978 353k
CATastrophe April 1978 361k
Gate Crusher May 1978 436k
Never tap an Aerial with a Two Penny Piece June 1978 295k
Hot Pyes July 1978 502k
Bubble, Bubble, Audio Trouble August 1978 463k
Odds and Ends September 1978 477k
Never Knock a Neck October 1978 650k
Twisted Tails November 1978 288k
Frustrating Follies December 1978 480k
     
Daymares January 1979 499k
Jaws 3 February 1979 308k
It Went Bang! March 1979 480k
Send in the Clowns April 1979 473k
Come back, come back... May 1979 437k
The Best Laid Schemes June 1979 321k
Only in Dreams... July 1979 336k
Midsummer Madness August 1979 327k
All Slog and No Grog... September 1979 467k
Up the Family Tree October 1979 476k
Don't Ask Why November 1979 497k
Tapaz-Les December 1979 441k
     
There's a Moose Loose January 1980 499k
Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be? February 1980 308k
I'll See you Again March 1980 480k
The Gypsy's Warning April 1980 473k
A Square Deal for LOPTs May 1980 437k
Tubes June 1980 321k
One Damn Thing After Another July 1980 336k
The Magic Set August 1980 327k
Suffer Little Children September 1980 467k
All on a Quiet Afternoon October 1980 476k
Ben's Waterloo November 1980 497k
Quatermass and the Navvy December 1980 441k
     
The Exorcism of Fred January 1981 356k
I Wish I Had Your Job March 1981 463k
The Shooting of Sam Magrew April 1981 353k
It started to Say Something... May 1981 280k
Knowing One's Job... June 1981 328k
The End is Nigh July 1981 353k
There's a Funny Smell... August 1981 500k
Crossed Lines September 1981 356k
Ridley Relents October 1981 344k
Desolate Dan December 1981 332k
     
The Flying Scotsman January 1982 297k
How to be Tetchy February 1982 454k
While the Blizzards Blew March 1982 318k
No Mend NordMende April 1982 330k
Raising the Dead May 1982 330k
Mr. Daines' Dynatron June 1982 306k
Ah For Yesterday! July 1982 304k
All good Clean Fun August 1982 322k
Ripples on the Mill Pond September 1982 325k
Big Boys Don't Cry October 1982 316k
Hey Constable! November 1982 286k
Spider Walk December 1982 310k
     
The Adventures of Tiny Tim January 1983 322k
My Brother's TV February 1983 306k
Doing our Best March 1983 327k
Now and Then April 1983 321k
The Further Adevntures of Tiny Tim May 1983 306k
Lords of the Morning Air June 1983 316k
Laura's Dead Decca July 1983 303k
Dotty Daydreams August 1983 323k
The Passing Over of Tiny Tim September 1983 279k
Tiny Tim's Long Hot Summer October 1983 337k
365 Days Shalt Thou Labour November 1983 291k
Who's Cognizant? December 1983 336k
     
All Systems Stop January 1984 634k
Songs My Grandad Taught Me February 1984 333k
The Card Game is Over March 1984 287k
This Little Ting Here April 1984 341k
What's Up Doc? May 1984 292k
What's Up Doc - 2? June 1984 347k
All at Fours and Sevens July 1984 301k
Some Confessions August 1984 352k
Tiny Tim's Dilemma September 1984 174k
On Being Fooled October 1984 337k
The Tangled Web November 1984 337k
Don't Panic December 1984 318k
     
My Friend Jim January 1985 158k
Another Smash Hit February 1985 325k
Nobody Told Me March 1985 332k
Tiny Tim's New Shoes April 1985 160k
Driven to Drink May 1985 159k
Sid's Secret Weapon June 1985 164k
Big Foot July 1985 168k
Strangers in the Day August 1985 164k
The Vet's Problem September 1985 156k
The Tantrums of Tiny Tim October 1985 475k
Rocking all the Time November 1985 316k
Wag's Wireless December 1985 312k
     
In the Workhouse January 1986 315k
And There's Another Funny Thing February 1986 144k
You Won't Believe Me March 1986 286k
Horror Stories April 1986 349k
Hush My Mouth May 1986 348k
Other Things and Other Places June 1986 166k
Return of the French Lady July 1986 302k
Thanks Denis August 1986 171k
June's Daughter September 1986 174k
Dogs can Fly October 1986 328k
The Barefoot Contessa November 1986 167k
Tiny Tim's Nightmare December 1986 317k
     
Tiny Tim's Testing Time January 1987 266k
Bless 'em All February 1987 238k
Dog Watch March 1987 261k
On The Pill April 1987 247k
The Return of Madame Martine May 1987 251k
Mr Doublecheck and Mrs Tart June 1987 280k
Now Read This July 1987 272k
Tiny Tim's Triple Trouble August 1987 250k
Mr Harass and Mrs Corker September 1987 256k
Keith and Alex October 1987 136k
Caught Again November 1987 242k
Fings ain't what they used to be December 1987 129k
     
Still Hazy January 1988 177k
Back in the Groove February 1988 161k
More Troubles March 1988 154k
A Different Life April 1988 160k
Thanks a Million May 1988 265k
What's up Doc? June 1988 325k
Outlook Cloudy July 1988 167k
The Blaze August 1988 159k
Haunted September 1988 175k
The Temptation of Tiny Tim October 1988 170k
Hi! November 1988 273k
The Butt of Lewis December 1988 153k
     
Still Confused January 1989 157k
Still Swimming February 1989 156k
Failure and Success March 1989 165k
Strange Things April 1989 173k
The Party's Over - Well Almost May 1989 122k
Here We Are Again! June 1989 165k
Thanks a Million July 1989 177k
The Pretty Weightlifter August 1989 346k
You Won't Believe This... September 1989 169k
A Day in the Life of... October 1989 172k
What Next? November 1989 164k
A Bout of Despair December 1989 172k
     
Video Trouble January 1990 162k
What Will 1990 Bring? February 1990 175k
Things Ain't So Good April 1990 179k
The House Husband July 1990 170k
Triple Trouble August 1990 167k
The Changing Scene October 1990 140k
     
Obituary December 1993 175k



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