Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

lbc2019 · 19-01-2019 08:40PM

Dtp1979 wrote: »

madmaggie wrote: »

It ain't half hot, Mum, also with Windsor Davies. All I remember is him shouting "you 'orrible lot".

Windsor Davies died very recently at the age of 88.

Died today didn’t he?

Loved him in Never the Twain

Grandeeod · 19-01-2019 08:52PM

lbc2019 wrote: »

Died today didn’t he?

Loved him in Never the Twain

Yep. Passed away this morning.

branie2 · 19-01-2019 09:16PM

He died on Thursday. His death was announced this morning

Grandeeod · 19-01-2019 09:30PM

Windsor Davies memories for me.

It aint half hot mum.
Never the Twain.
Carry on Behind. Filling in for the Sid James role.
Carry on England. Playing the It aint half Mum type character.
Terrahawks. Unusual VO role.

Loads more. A legend to a particular generation.

branie2 · 19-01-2019 09:37PM

Carry On England is regarded as the worst of the Carry On films

yuridwyer · 19-01-2019 09:41PM

Marengo wrote: »

Bairbre McMahon and Pat O'Mahony(?)

Is Bairbre still with usi wonder.. she'd be in her 80s you'd imagine.. Seemed to be 50ish 30 years ago.

Me and my mates on a golfing trip met her and her partner in a small pub in Carlingford in 2016, they watched the Euro 16 qtr final penalty shootout with us at the bar, Portugal beating Poland I think. Don't think she wanted to be there but her partner wasn't going anywhere!

salmocab · 19-01-2019 10:00PM

Grandeeod wrote: »

Why Don't You?
Magpie.
Crackerjack.

Well known shows, but lots of my age group don't remember them.

I remember watching why don’t you on summer mornings.
Crackerjack I vaguely remember a little car/train thing.

Grandeeod · 19-01-2019 10:01PM

branie2 wrote: »

Carry On England is regarded as the worst of the Carry On films

Its follow up Carry on Emmanuel is generally regarded as the worst. Carry on England found itself in a very difficult era, so went from mildly smutty to all out confusion. The Confession series of films had become popular around the same time and this particular Carry on Film tried to compete. Lacking its two previous writers and lots of its original cast, we got what we got. However Windsor Davies in only his second Carry On film was a stand out part, despite playing to type.

odyssey06 · 19-01-2019 10:05PM

Marlowe, Private Eye, an authentic gritty 1980s adaptation of the classic noir Raymond Chandler stories starring Powers Boothe. Apparently, HBO's first ever drama production.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Marlowe,_Private_Eye

Also, Fallen Angels, a 1990s neo-noir anthology television series that ran from 1993 to 1995 on the Showtime pay cable station and featured Keifer Sutherland, Bill Pullman, Danny Glover, Gary Oldman, Brendan Frasier.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_Angels_%28TV_series%29

Both series feature adaptations of the Chandler story "Red Wind".

Sorry about that · 19-01-2019 10:16PM

Hill street blues
Cagney and Lacey
Columbo.
The beachcombers.

kleefarr · 19-01-2019 10:20PM

Loved Tomorrows World..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK6iKfstF40

salmocab · 19-01-2019 10:24PM

Sorry about that wrote: »

Hill street blues
Cagney and Lacey
Columbo.
The beachcombers.

Who are in the name of god that was around then doesn’t remember the first 3?

branie2 · 19-01-2019 10:26PM

Return to Treasure Island - a 1980s TV series sequel to the events in Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novel

my3cents · 19-01-2019 10:28PM

salmocab wrote: »

Who are in the name of god that was around then doesn’t remember the first 3?

As an example Columbo ran 1968–1978 so its at least 40 years old. Plenty here not that old I guess. However its been on TV I guess repeated every year since which is why people will remember it and probably every single episode, plot and murderer.

tomoliver · 19-01-2019 10:29PM

Callan

Edward Woodward he died a while ago

Lightbulb swinging on the intro

Dtp1979 · 19-01-2019 10:29PM

Remember beyond 2,000? I’d like to watch it now, and see how much they got right

boardise · 19-01-2019 10:37PM

There was a comedy series on ITV way back decades ago called Watch Your Language. It featured a mixed bag of immigrants to Britain and their efforts to learn English in a classroom situation. I thought it was a hilarious show - would love to see some of it again.
Of course with the coming to power of the PC thought police there wouldn't be a chance in hell of anything similar being put together and broadcast today. Every second line would be labelled 'offensive ' and 'racist' even though it was just innocent fun. Strange times we live in.

my3cents · 19-01-2019 10:45PM

boardise wrote: »

There was a comedy series on ITV way back decades ago called Watch Your Language. It featured a mixed bag of immigrants to Britain and their efforts to learn English in a classroom situation. I thought it was a hilarious show - would love to see some of it again.
Of course with the coming to power of the PC thought police there wouldn't be a chance in hell of anything similar being put together and broadcast today. Every second line would be labelled 'offensive ' and 'racist' even though it was just innocent fun. Strange times we live in.

Think you mean Mind Your Language?

Youtube has a good few episodes

tomoliver · 19-01-2019 10:48PM

boardise wrote: »

There was a comedy series on ITV way back decades ago called Watch Your Language. It featured a mixed bag of immigrants to Britain and their efforts to learn English in a classroom situation. I thought it was a hilarious show - would love to see some of it again.
Of course with the coming to power of the PC thought police there wouldn't be a chance in hell of anything similar being put together and broadcast today. Every second line would be labelled 'offensive ' and 'racist' even though it was just innocent fun. Strange times we live in.

I think I remember it

I'll bet it's not funny on a rewatch

branie2 · 19-01-2019 10:49PM

How's your father - a comedy about a widower with two children

odyssey06 · 19-01-2019 10:52PM

tomoliver wrote: »

I think I remember it
I'll bet it's not funny on a rewatch

Yep - I recently caught an episode of Mind Your Language, and Doctor in the House, both starring Barry Evans.
Thought Doctor in the House held up a lot better with its farcical siuations though it's no Rising Damp or Likely Lads.
Plan to watch more of it, but can't see me going back to Mind Your Language.

Sorry about that · 19-01-2019 10:55PM

salmocab wrote: »

Who are in the name of god that was around then doesn’t remember the first 3?

Apologies, you're right- am extremely sleep deprived and got carried away with nostalgia. Beachcombers final answer.

odyssey06 · 19-01-2019 10:56PM

Home to Roost, a 1980s ITV sitcom starring John Thaw (aka Morse) as a widower and Reece Dinsdale as his layabout son.

branie2 · 19-01-2019 11:06PM

Great Expectations - 1989 TV series based on Charles Dickens famous novel, with Anthony Hopkins as Magwitch, Jean Simmons as Miss Havisham, and our own Ray McNally as the lawyer Mr. Jaggers,

boardise · 19-01-2019 11:08PM

Sorry -got it wrong . It is indeed Mind Your Language.
Will try a peek on Youtube .Loved it back then but I'm prepared to find that.like so many aged cultural products it does not wear well .

odyssey06 · 19-01-2019 11:13PM

The Count of Monte Cristo (1998), mini series starring Gerard Depardieu.
In French, but aired on BBC2 I think as BBC4 didn't exist yet.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167565/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_129

Tres authentique!

odyssey06 · 19-01-2019 11:19PM

Dunkirk (no not the movie), a 2004 BBC drama-documentary. I'm not usually a fan of drama documentary format but I thought this blended the two well, narration by Timothy Dalton, and an early appearance by Benedict Cumberbatch.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400391/

Sticking with drama-documentary format, RTE's 1966 Insurrection which tries to use 'modern' TV news format to tell the story of the 1916 rising:
https://www.thejournal.ie/insurrection-rte-broadcast-2648833-Mar2016/

Also related to 1916 I thought the early episodes of the RTE\BBC co-production "Rebel Heart" were quite good, then it got a bit daft.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249312/

odyssey06 · 19-01-2019 11:21PM

The Way We Live Now, BBC miniseries adaptation of the Trollope novel, with a fine cast including David Suchet, Matthew MacFayden and Cillian Murphy in an early role.

The Crowman · 20-01-2019 12:05AM

odyssey06 wrote: »

Dunkirk (no not the movie), a 2004 BBC drama-documentary. I'm not usually a fan of drama documentary format but I thought this blended the two well, narration by Timothy Dalton, and an early appearance by Benedict Cumberbatch.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400391/

Sticking with drama-documentary format, RTE's 1966 Insurrection which tries to use 'modern' TV news format to tell the story of the 1916 rising:
https://www.thejournal.ie/insurrection-rte-broadcast-2648833-Mar2016/

Also related to 1916 I thought the early episodes of the RTE\BBC co-production "Rebel Heart" were quite good, then it got a bit daft.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249312/

The main thing I remember about Rebel Heart was the guy who played Michael Collins looked about five foot nothing.

branie2 · 20-01-2019 12:07AM

Rebel Heart was rather graphic as well

Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

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