Reply With QuoteSpike Milligan's crazy 'Q' series
Yep, same for me.Back from the pub to watch Tour of Duty, Married with Children and James Whale Radio show on my 14" Pye colour Tv!Originally Posted by Foxy100
Spike Milligan's crazy 'Q' series
Thanks for the heads up, I have it, and put now and again for a nostalgia blast. My kids think I'm mad.
Thanks Ian, saves me digging in the loft for the DVD
A nice little Scottish comedy called 'City Lights' about a frustrated writer who worked in a bank. Everyone around mocked him for his lofty literary ambitions.
Never repeated to my knowledge.
Starred the late lamented Gerard Kelly.
Grotbags, round the bend, some mothers do ave em .
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That’s definitely been repeated. Can’t remember which (free) channel but I saw it was on when channel hopping (or whatever the term is).
I think present day “production values” and budgets spoil some of the older programmes. Loved Auf Wiedersehen at the time but didn’t get much from watching in 2018.
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Brilliant series and on Bluray, it is visually stunning too. The first half of the episodes are inspired original writing, the later episodes are much more convoluted and hardder to follow, perhaps you need some 60's 'medication' for it to click into place.
PacificChrono, you really should make a trip to the UK. Portmeirion is only 40mins down the road from us in North Wales, the whole area is a mixture of natural beauty, castles and history. Portmeirion would just be a bonus!
What about Petrocelli and his Pepsi GMT?
On The Buses
It ain’t half hot mum
Terrahawks
Metal mickey (so bad it was good)!
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The Biederbecke Affair and its sequels, with James Bolam and Barbara Flynn - brilliant writing I seem to recall. And P'tang Yang, Kipperbang - brilliant, memorable performances.
All of those shows have been televised recently or are still on cable channels with the exception of Public Eye which starts on TPTV tomorrow night at 8pm - looking forward to it.
That takes me back, Frank Marker! I enjoyed Prospects when it was shown in the 80s, watched it again recently, all the episodes are on Youtube. Sadly, Gary Olsen who played Pincey died in 2000, he was only 43.
F.T.F.A.
The Storyteller was a good watch
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The Hanged Man.
All the ones previously mentioned also
Banachek with George Peppard
Champions,
Randal & Hopkirk,
planet of the apes
Stingray
Roots
Shaka Zulu
Hill Street Blues
Howard’s Way. (Jack Rolf and the jolly sailor!!)
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Shaka Zulu had me totally hooked as a 13yo, I loved that series. I have never been game to watch it again in case it felt dated and spoilt the show I think of it as. The soundtrack is great though.
ITV 4 on weekday mornings is always showing classic 70s/80s shows. They currently have Kojak and Minder, and recently had all episodes of the professionals and the Sweeney, which did nothing for my productivity on the days I worked from home!
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On the Buses is repeated often enough on the little satellite channels. It has dated terribly.
Sapphire and Steele.
Shaka Zulu had me totally hooked as a 13yo, I loved that series. I have never been game to watch it again in case it felt dated and spoilt the show I think of it as. The soundtrack is great though.
Just watching it again on Netflix, apart from the old actors Trevor Howard etc it’s aging really well and doesn’t feel that dated due to excellent camera work.
These are all ones that I watched at time.
And, ummm, despite enjoying them at the time, maybe not...
Good call.
The Brady bunch
Man from Atlantis
That's Life
Magnum PI
Ever decreasing circles
The Kenny Everett show
Spitting image
Sapphire and Steel anyone?
Good to know, I think one of our daughters has Netflix in the house but I have never taken much notice. Will have to check it out
Just good friends.
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I loved Airwolf. I recorded the theme tune onto a cassette which I then left permanently loaded in the stereo of my battered old mini, with Play pressed.
Every time I turned the ignition on I got the Airwolf theme blasted from the tinny speaker.
Heaven. I later got into collecting watches which tells you all you need to know. Remarkably I am still married.
Who needs a swimming pool full of Pateks and a Ferrari?
I don’t think we’ve had ‘The Flashing Blade’.
https://youtu.be/z-ZEDNkZ2L4
I picture some forum members as characters from this show I realise, in a good way. It’s essentially the Bear Pit brought to life in all it’s farcical glory.
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The Equalizer.
J
https://youtu.be/ENMOwXwRTZU
And
https://youtu.be/XD-9NZsYCQw
And
https://youtu.be/oaABMX3oZr4
And not forgetting
https://youtu.be/33izVlIOgnQ
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I'd like to see Boone and Hogans Heroes, I wonder if they can stand the test of time.
This thread has brought back so many fond memories!
Here's mine that I didn't see (missed) above, otherwise it'd be a very long list.
Man From Uncle
HOW
Why Don't You
Animal Magic
It's a Knockout
Only When I Laugh
The Good Life
Kung Fu
The Twilight Zone
Hammer House of Horrors
Monty Python
Secret Policemans Other Ball
Not the None O'clock News
Benny Hill
Columbo
Happy Days
Fawlty Towers
Taxi
Magnum, PI
Hale & Pace
Different Strokes
Charlie's Angels
Lassie
Mission: Impossible
Mork & Mindy
The A Team
I can't leave out Dave Allen. Bloody brilliant.
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I loved the BBCs "Rock n Roll Years". Unfortunately made without copyright permission for the music so not available, nor likely to ever be, on DVD. Very little on You Tube.
White Horses.
The Aeronauts.
Follyfoot.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who remembers this fondly.
Many of the other series mentioned have had reboots
Knight rider, the prisoner, thundercats, hawaii 5-0, magnum pi, charlies angels (big and small screen), mission impossible and more have all had remakes with varying levels of success.
I have done my fair share of nostalgic tv watching and while some of it is watchable, most of it is 'of it's time' and is far better viewed through the rose tinted lenses of memory.
The Goodies
Blake’s 7
Day of the Triffids
The Dick Emery show
Planet of the apes
Mind your language
Moonlighting
The tripods. Loved the books, tv series was good (for the time) too
Yes! Loved that, I was perhaps only 10 or so at the time I think, I vividly remember a episode in which they went back to WW1 I think, scared the crap out of me for some reason I can’t remember.
Cheers..
Jase
Rhubarb and Custard and as mentioned Rumpole of the Bailey
Mr Ben
Best series ever
Crossroads
Dear John.
Brilliant series written by John Sullivan, sadly only lasted for two series because of the untimely death of Ralph Bates .
The Banana Splits.
Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s we had the best kids tv programmes. Ever!
Has anyone mentioned 'Love Thy Neighbour' yet?
It was great, at the time.
Zero chance of a repeat unless a TV company is looking to lose its broadcasting licence!
Here Come The Double Deckers: '...fun and laughter, is what we're after....'
Many excellent nominations but my all time favourite show is still missing.
Spenser: For Hire
H.R. Puf n Stuf (with Witchy Poo).
Banana Splits.
Programme makers took a lot of acid back then.
Sailor (the Ark Royal series)
Most already mentioned, plus:
The Red Hand Gang.
Plus, there's another show I used to watch when I lived in Switzerland in the late 80s/early 90s about an oriental superhero (not Money, more sci-fi), but I can never remember enough about it to get to a name ...
Tales of the unexpected.
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
I met someone who lived there for awhile. Amazing. She was married to an artist and it was in the 1960's I think when it was thought it might be some kind of artists retreat.
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