12. The Goodies: Goodies Rule - OK? (BBC2, 21 December 1975)

Our first sighting of the discarded newspaper blowing in the wind, a device occasionally used for pathos or to mark the passing of time. The teaser "ZIPPY UNDIES!" strapline next to the masthead is particularly inspired, I think - both absurd and wholly plausible.

11. The Goodies: Goodies Rule - OK? (BBC2, 21 December 1975)

Rather thrillingly, this newspaper actually spins towards the viewer, 1930s Hollywood-style. By 1975, you could only get away with that always-enjoyable convention in a comedy. The use of the obviously real Rhodesia secondary story adds credence to the self-evidently made-up headline.

9. Manhunt: A Different Kind Of War (LWT, ITV, Episode 8, 20 February 1970)

Manhunt was a 26-part French resistance drama, and pretty much relentlessly bleak and brutal. Obviously its a nonsense that French papers would have English headlines, but the moment when a a young Jewish woman uncovers a cache of these newspapers in the wardrobe of (what appears to be) a safe house is characteristically horrible.

7. Playhouse: Rumour (Thames, ITV, 2 March 1970)

If you enjoy Get Carter I'd recommend seeking out Mike Hodge's two immediately preceding television films that he made for Thames, Suspect (1969) and Rumour (1970). The latter ends with a spectacular montage sequence that entwines three time streams concurrently; the journalist's last movements leading up to his murder, what happens to his body when he is discovered, and the wider public controversy that follows on from this - conveyed through newspaper headlines.

It's just as well that the newspaper images are only seen fleetingly, because when you see them in isolation they don't look very convincing, even when judged by the simple criteria of typesetting, and "WHAT'S GOING ON?" would be a remarkably uninspired headline.

4. The Sweeney: Jack Or Knave (Thames, Series 4, Episode 14, 28 December 1978)

Here - via The Sun - we see the first example of a mock story in a real paper, complete with actual second story about Ron Greenwood ("England line up Ron for top job"). Note that the first paragraph of Cyril Line's story has been written for the newpaper's fleeting appearance, complete with two subheadings - "Serious" and "The key"