Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

Manach

Radharc, a thoughtful discussion on religious and historical matters before RTE got all woke.

NewbridgeIR

Anyone like Michael Bird dramas?

I have watched a bunch of them again over the last few years. All set in exotic locations. Really gripping plots and stories that still hold up today.

The Lotus Eaters - set in Crete
Who Pays the Ferryman? - also Crete
The Aphrodite Inheritance - Cyprus
The Dark Side of the Sun - Rhodes
Maelstrom - Norway

The greatest American hero

Cartroubles

Charlie Chalk

Amalgam

Anyone remember 'Maggie' (IMDB), quite a dour and short lived Scottish based soap on BBC?

..it was on late afternoon/early evening. After Blue Peter, before the tea time regional news. I remember the music and the main actress from the 1st series, that's about it. Based in Glasgow. Very threadbare sets and props, this was very typical early 80s soap..

DavyD_83

God, the Devil and Bob.
It used to be on late on some channel, was always delighted when I caught it, thought it was genius.
Download some episodes a while back and it didn't quite live up to the memories.
But yeh, I don't think I've ever heard it mentioned anywhere and the couple of times I've brought it up in conversation nothing but blank looks.

Victor & Hugo; cartoon about 2 French robbers, pretty sure David Jason did the voices and was made by same company as Count Duckula

The Henderson Kids

NewbridgeIR

Amalgam wrote: »

Anyone remember 'Maggie' (IMDB), quite a dour and short lived Scottish based soap on BBC?

..it was on late afternoon/early evening. After Blue Peter, before the tea time regional news. I remember the music and the main actress from the 1st series, that's about it. Based in Glasgow. Very threadbare sets and props, this was very typical early 80s soap..

Only caught one or two episodes. Maggie's dad was played by the guy who became Mr Bronson on Grange Hill. I remember reading the books in our library. The author was Joan Lingard who also wrote the Kevin & Sadie series (two teenagers from Belfast, one Catholic, the other Protestant).

Marengo

Mike & Angelo

magma69

There was one out around 2004 I'd say that was a magazine style show that had an alternative theme to it. Remember seeing an episode or two and enjoying it at the time. It covered alternative and electronic music and other things like graffiti, urban culture and such. I think it was called Sampler but I could be wrong.

branie2

Some Mothers do 'ave em. Ooh, Betty!

Marengo

The 3 part mini series Napoleon and Josephine, 1987, Bill Conti theme.

First shown on RTE July 1989.

Armand Assante and Jacqueline Bisset starred.

The Crowman

Being an RTE sitcom this was cr@p actually but I bet not too many people remember Molloy, from 1988 or 89. Starring Jim Norton aka Bishop Brennan as the title character.

NewbridgeIR

Budgie - endearing Adam Faith ducking and diving.

Ever Decreasing Circles - brilliant Richard Briers vs Peter Egan. Seriously underrated.

The Chinese Detective - a minority in the force, early 1980s. Great location footage of London's docklands. Now all developed and gone forever.

Female detectives / policewomen
Did you prefer
The Gentle Touch
or
Juliet Bravo
?

Marengo

A Jack the Ripper 2 part series with Michael Caine as the main detective. Shown RTE mid July 1990.

Amalgam

Tales of the Unexpected (Wikipedia). You never forget the music.. or the woman dancing in the opening credits, quite racy.. and a bit dodgy today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc46Gk-6qrA

The episode, 'Royal Jelly' (YouTube) unsettled me so much as a kid, written and introduced by Roald Dahl!

The actor Timothy West played his part well in this. Jeepers Creepers.

NewbridgeIR

The Crowman wrote: »

Being an RTE sitcom this was cr@p actually but I bet not too many people remember Molloy, from 1988 or 89. Starring Jim Norton aka Bishop Brennan as the title character.

It was obnoxiously bad. Remember the prison series Inside from 1985? Full of future Fair City actors like Paddy and Charlie.

artvanderlay

Marengo wrote: »

Dogtanian and the Muskehounds

I can bark the entire theme tune, and I've told many dogs about this show, but this canine younger generation just don't want to know the classics

NewbridgeIR

Amalgam wrote: »

Tales of the Unexpected (Wikipedia). You never forget the music.. or the woman dancing in the opening credits, quite racy.. and a bit dodgy today.

The episode, 'Royal Jelly' (YouTube) unsettled me so much as a kid, written and introduced by Roald Dahl!

The actor Timothy West played his part well in this. Jeepers Creepers.

And the lovely Susan George as the wife. She was also in another one, Lamb To The Slaughter. Kill yer husband with a leg of lamb.

A bunch were filmed with US actors. Seriously poor writing on some of them.

IMHO The Flypaper was the best (and most disturbing tale). If you have a spare 23 minutes, check it out. Alfred Burke = LEGEND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0vJztcnMOo

The Crowman

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

It was obnoxiously bad. Remember the prison series Inside from 1985? Full of future Fair City actors like Paddy and Charlie.

Vaguely. It looked very low budget from what I remember, had the feel of a filmed play, but a really bad one.

sweetie

Hart to Hart, North and South and Roots were shows that we were allowed stay up for past bedtime.

NewbridgeIR

The Crowman wrote: »

Vaguely. It looked very low budget from what I remember, had the feel of a filmed play, but a really bad one.

Completely shot on videotape - lots of blue in it. Very staged - not likeable characters.

NewbridgeIR

sweetie wrote: »

Hart to Hart, North and South and Roots were shows that we were allowed stay up for past bedtime.

Justin in North & South was brilliant. A real evil bast*rd played by David Carradine. Lovely wife - Lesley Ann Down. Teenage dreams so hard to beat etc.

Walter E GO

Anybody remember Head Of The Class with Billy Connolly? It was a short lived sitcom with Billy as a teacher in America.

The Crowman

Mention of Inside has triggered a memory of a long forgotten one off RTE drama that I think was shown around 1985/86. It was a political drama about apartheid and starred two black South African actors and was set in a prison. There was a lot of pre-publicity about it at the time. I think the two of them played multiple parts and I seem to vaguely remember prison guards being represented by either dummies or cardboard cutouts (?) Does anyone else remember this?

Drumpot

Loved sledge hammer when I was just a boy! Think it was on ITV on fridays at 11pm!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwGLKDiTTY0

branie2

A miniseries of a Tale of Two shown in 1989, marking the 200th anniversary of the start of the French Revolution

Marengo

V

The alien series

bobbyss

decky1 wrote:

sorry you lost me there?

It was the title song introducing the program.

yuridwyer

Marengo wrote: »

A Jack the Ripper 2 part series with Michael Caine as the main detective. Shown RTE mid July 1990.

Remember it, scared the shot out of 10 year old me

Marengo

Cyclone Tracy mini series. Shown on RTE August 1988. About the 1974 cyclone which hit Darwin on Christmas Day.

Starring a young Kate Richie

Marengo

yuridwyer wrote: »

Remember it, scared the shot out of 10 year old me

I was 14 and the same! It was lovely weather. Remember coming in from covering silage pits with sand bags and tyres to watch it both nights. Knackered and then the sh*t frightened out of me!

yuridwyer

Anyone remember Into the Labyrinth? Creepiest music for a kids show....

Marengo

Saphire and Steel.

Found it creepy.

Marengo

Walter E GO wrote: »

Anybody remember Head Of The Class with Billy Connolly? It was a short lived sitcom with Billy as a teacher in America.

Was Robin Givens in it? Who married Tyson.

branie2

yuridwyer wrote: »

Anyone remember Into the Labyrinth? Creepiest music for a kids show....

I do. Ron Moody was in it

Marengo

The Greatest American Hero

Early 1980s action type show

Grandeeod

yuridwyer wrote: »

Anyone remember Into the Labyrinth? Creepiest music for a kids show....

Sure do. A HTV series starring the great Ron Moody. But always comes second to Children of the Stones from the same company way back when. Both have been mentioned.

Marengo

I loved the Superstars. Brilliant sports show combining disciplines.

Gerry Loftus, Kildare army gymnast, doing chinups.. a sight to behold

Amalgam

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Only caught one or two episodes. Maggie's dad was played by the guy who became Mr Bronson on Grange Hill. I remember reading the books in our library. The author was Joan Lingard who also wrote the Kevin & Sadie series (two teenagers from Belfast, one Catholic, the other Protestant).

Now I know why I noticed it, the actress Dee Hepburn (IMDB) was in it..

Her hair was so, flouncy.. Hah. I had a crush I think..

bobbyss

Thursday nights in one channel land RTE had a sports programme called Sports Centre (?). The only English soccer available for twenty minutes. Mick Dunne I think presented.

Sports Stadium on Sat afternoon Brendan o Reilly.

Bat Masterson. Cowboy with a cane.

The High Chaperall 'Blue Boy!"

Get Smart the shoe telephone!

Some stupid handball programme
Pat Kirby World Champion.

Paper Chase a law student in America.

ODuill An Irish language kojak police drama.

Skippy! Skippy! The Bush kangaroo.

The Sullivan's Australia WW2 saga. Programme lasted longer than the war . Or was it N Zealand?

The memories!

Grandeeod

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Only caught one or two episodes. Maggie's dad was played by the guy who became Mr Bronson on Grange Hill. I remember reading the books in our library. The author was Joan Lingard who also wrote the Kevin & Sadie series (two teenagers from Belfast, one Catholic, the other Protestant).

And the guy who played Maggies Dad and Mr Bronsan played Adolf Hitler in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. (Book burning scene in Berlin)

NewbridgeIR

bobbyss wrote: »

The Sullivans Australia WW2 saga. Programme lasted longer than the war . Or was it N Zealand?

Australia.
See https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=108398827&postcount=1314

Zaph

NickNickleby wrote: »

Never saw the show, but well done on the words. I had that single, it was by The Marmalade and was called, if memory serves, "Oh Bla di oh bla da. Pretty sure there was a Beatles connection.

Yep, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da was on the Beatles' White Album. It was never released as a single in the UK or States, but did well in other countries. Like almost all their songs it was officially a Lennon/McCartney song, but Paul McCartney wrote it by himself and John Lennon absolutely hated the song. Presumably because the Beatles didn't release it in the UK Marmalade saw an opportunity for a hit and got to number one with their version.

Walter E GO

Marengo wrote: »

Was Robin Givens in it? Who married Tyson.

That was the very one.

scotchy

Hands.

Kind of like "How its made" on the Discovery Channel, but old crafts and trades.

Just found lots of episodes on you tube.

Love this stuff.

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The Winds of War- American mini-series from early 1980s' - very popular in its day. Starred Robert Mitchum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocjEq6NcZOw

my3cents

Anyone remember or even ever see Out of Town with Jack Hargreaves? It later became Old Country

Same guy was in How.

my3cents

Deleted User wrote: »

The Winds of War- American mini-series from early 1980s' - very popular in its day. Starred Robert Mitchum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocjEq6NcZOw

Can't remember which channel but I noticed it was on last weekend suspect there are still a few more episodes to run.

Edit> Looks like True Movies are showing it they will probably flog it to death for a couple of months so every chance of watching the full series if anyone is interested.

my3cents

my3cents wrote: »

Can't remember which channel but I noticed it was on last weekend suspect there are still a few more episodes to run.

It might have been a trilogy from memory - each about 2 hours duration- from the looks of it, Youtube are showing all of them. Episode 1 is what I posted but i saw other episodes also.