WATCH: See a blast from the past as locals enjoy bright day in a North Tipperary town

A bright day in Roscrea as locals go about their daily business. The streets are busy with pedestrians and traffic and children play football and pose for the cameras.

This short film of around one minute’s duration formed part of the opening sequence for that week’s episode. No-one knew which location had been chosen, and it was not advertised as part of the programme billings in the RTÉ Guide or newspapers.

So with this in mind, people the length and breadth of the country tuned in religiously, in case it was the turn of their town or village to have its few minutes of fame.