Channel 4 80s Weekend: September 20-22

Skid X

Sounds like a contrived excuse for a themed weekend, but some of the shows might be good. Nice to see Fifteen to One making a one-off comeback (although without the legendary William G Stewart, sadly), and the Big Fat Quiz can be very good, sometimes.

The evening will host a night of classic shows, all given a nostalgic twist and in between programmes, viewers will be treated to a host of comedy sketches featuring some interesting celebrities. Kicking things off is the return of Fifteen to One, back on screens after ten years. With Adam Hills at the helm, we’ll see fifteen celebrities go head to head as they battle it out to win the notoriously tough quiz show. There’ll then be an 80s makeover of Cats Does Countdown and Alan Carr will welcome some 80’s sparkle into the studio in a special Chatty Man. The programming will end with a documentary throwback to 80s music show Rewind: The Tube, which will look at the programme’s rise and fall, the social context that it existed in and also feature a host of stars looking back at their contributions.

The 80s theme will follow on Saturday with a classic 80s film and on Sunday, two celebrity teams will have their memories challenged in the Big Fat Quiz of the 80s**.

http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/back-to-the-future


** Chortle reports that it is a new Big Fat Quiz of the 80s, not a repeat of last year's episode

http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2013/08/14/18476/adam_hills_hosts_fifteen-to-one_comeback

Sideshow Mark

In the 80's Channel 4 had some fantastic output, I would have expected much more than a few comedy specials from a Channel 4 80's night. I guess they don't want to remind people how good they were and how far they've fallen since then.

Wot,no Brookie?

Mr E

Sideshow Mark wrote: »

In the 80's Channel 4 had some fantastic output.

Late night foreign movies with the prospect of nudity or even more? :pac:

mike65

C4 are having a porn season you'll be pleased to know

As for the 80s night - they should just reshow stuff like early Brookie, A Very British Coup and so on.

brian_t

Mr E wrote: »

Late night foreign movies with the prospect of nudity or even more? :pac:

gazzer

zorro2566 wrote: »

Wot,no Brookie?

Perfect opportunity to show some Classic Brookside I would have thought.

Skid X

Sideshow Mark wrote: »

In the 80's Channel 4 had some fantastic output, I would have expected much more than a few comedy specials from a Channel 4 80's night. I guess they don't want to remind people how good they were and how far they've fallen since then.

To be fair, they did have a 'Funny fortnight' last year where they showed some of their old shows.

http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/channel-4-s-funny-fortnight

Channel 4 has changed a lot in recent years, but at least they have some good archive material on 4OD.

Skerries

Sideshow Mark wrote: »

In the 80's Channel 4 had some fantastic output, I would have expected much more than a few comedy specials from a Channel 4 80's night. I guess they don't want to remind people how good they were and how far they've fallen since then.

no love for Phone Shop?

grey_so_what

Skid X wrote: »

To be fair, they did have a 'Funny fortnight' last year where they showed some of their old shows.

http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/channel-4-s-funny-fortnight

Channel 4 has changed a lot in recent years, but at least they have some good archive material on 4OD.

It certainly has changed Skid.........

It was for sure a different TV Channel in those days!!

I remember the bed on "Big Breakfast" with Paula and Michael....Bob must have been stone blind not to have seen the danger there!!

Welsh Megaman

*checks Wikipedia to see if 'Eurotrash' started in the 80's*




Would be good to see 'The Tube' though - classic moments such as The Jam's final TV performance IIRC.

Plus 'Saturday Live', an attempt at the UK's own version of SNL - Loadsamoney, The Dangerous Brothers and the comedy genius that is Emo Phillips

Go Harvey Go

Skid X wrote: »

Nice to see Fifteen to One making a one-off comeback (although without the legendary William G Stewart, sadly).

I can't help but wonder if the fact that WGS is now 78 played a part in C4's decision to have a 43-year-old Aussie comedian presenting... :rolleyes:

Let's hope, though, that Paul Maguire's awesome synthesised theme tune is still present.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlj7KAVjeY8

As for the makeover of Cats Is Supposedly Much Better Than Nick Hewer... uh, I mean, Cats Does Countdown, I presume they'll recreate the pastel-coloured set used from 1982 to 1989, and play the original versions of Alan Hawkshaw's theme tune and clock music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBgUc0jnZHI

And surely an 80s-themed weekend wouldn't be complete without at least one playing of the original blocks ident, along with David Dundas's "Fourscore" theme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgbdBl7SzGA

_Kaiser_

I'd love an "80s channel" myself.. bet it'd get massive ratings too. I've NEVER like Channel 4 though - even less so since the Big Brother era when it became wall-to-wall reality crap

I was a child of Sky back when it looked like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsE7wUU4EkA

Go Harvey Go

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

I've NEVER like Channel 4 though - even less so since the Big Brother era when it became wall-to-wall reality crap

You've NEVER liked Channel 4?! :eek: :eek:

Not even when it was showing ITV Schools?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAp8Fgz0sTc

When its racing coverage used this theme tune (again composed by Alan Hawkshaw)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WzURGso518

When Sunday afternoons were all about Italian football?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHXfHFNlJ_w

And when its documentaries included Equinox?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjKRjiIssQg

Skid X

Bump for this

Tonight

8pm - Celebrity 15 to 1

9pm - 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown

11.05pm - Rewind The Tube (Documentary about The 80s music show)

Sunday

9pm - Big Fat Quiz of the 80s

phasers

Aaaah, a Darkplace rerun would have been so perfect this weekend!

Fred Swanson

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mike65

I had forgotten about this and looking at the schedule so had Channel 4.