Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

Hangdogroad · 28-08-2019 01:05AM

Subacio wrote: »

Tom Grattan's War. Used to be shown on Anything Goes on a Saturday morning.

Nice one, I vaguely remembered bits of that show from when I was young and I'd been trying to find out what it was for years. I knew there was a WW1 connection and the episode I remembered in the most detail had a plane crashing and a Lewis gun being fired from a car. It turns out to be the final episode Sky Patrol, originally transmitted 1970 though when it was probably 79/80 when I saw it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Z83gmpom4

salmocab · 28-08-2019 05:57AM

I recently found a show on YouTube that I remembered from years back called anzacs, it’s about the First World War with Paul Hogan in it. I remember seeing it as a kid and my memory is very different to it. Quite enjoyable too.

Tammy! · 28-08-2019 09:59AM

Use to watch The Big Breakfast every morning before school and then up early on a Saturday for Live and Kicking.

Hotcups · 28-08-2019 01:22PM

Profiler (on the Super Channel)
Riptide
Chocky
Round the Twist
Knightmare

holidaysong · 28-08-2019 01:28PM

Goodnight Sweetheart with Rodney from Only Fool's and Horses and the barmaid from Ballykissangel in it.

my3cents · 28-08-2019 02:20PM

holidaysong wrote: »

Goodnight Sweetheart with Rodney from Only Fool's and Horses and the barmaid from Ballykissangel in it.

Currently on (iirc) Forces TV every night.

Pawwed Rig · 28-08-2019 04:59PM

Hotcups wrote: »

Round the Twist

Have you ever
Ever felt like this
Strange things happen
When you're going round the twist

Tammy! · 29-08-2019 07:36AM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Have you ever
Ever felt like this
Strange things happen
When you're going round the twist

I hated that show!!

but still watched it.

Pawwed Rig · 29-08-2019 08:04AM

It was a bit off the wall iirc. Australian??

its_steve116 · 29-08-2019 01:08PM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Have you ever
Ever felt like this
Strange things happen
When you're going round the twist

I remember it! The theme song was actually used on a supermarket ad last Halloween.

Dtp1979 · 29-08-2019 02:05PM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

It was a bit off the wall iirc. Australian??

I’m pretty sure ilsa Fisher was in it

Tammy! · 29-08-2019 02:44PM

Dtp1979 wrote: »

I’m pretty sure ilsa Fisher was in it

I can't remember her in it? Was it a one off appearance?

Hangdogroad · 30-08-2019 09:39AM

The Last Furlong, an RTE "comedy" that was possibly even worse than the Fitz. Simon Delaney wrote and starred in it just after Batchelors Walk. It was dreadful, surprised it didn't end his career.

Sheridan81 · 30-08-2019 02:05PM

The People vs Jerry Sadowitz

rubadub · 30-08-2019 02:29PM

Hangdogroad wrote: »

The Last Furlong, an RTE "comedy" that was possibly even worse than the Fitz.

I am wondering if like yourself some are just posting ones which nobody remembers -but don't actually like!

I hated goodnight sweethart and wanted to like it as I like Nicholas Lyndhurst and it was always on some station at a time I watched.

Another horribly forgettable one was My Hero with Ardal O'Hanlon.

salmocab · 30-08-2019 02:47PM

rubadub wrote: »

I am wondering if like yourself some are just posting ones which nobody remembers -but don't actually like!

I hated goodnight sweethart and wanted to like it as I like Nicholas Lyndhurst and it was always on some station at a time I watched.

Another horribly forgettable one was My Hero with Ardal O'Hanlon.

I think half the posts are just about shows people remember, there have been many that are very well known.

Iseedeadpixels · 02-09-2019 07:23AM

rubadub wrote: »

I am wondering if like yourself some are just posting ones which nobody remembers -but don't actually like!

I hated goodnight sweethart and wanted to like it as I like Nicholas Lyndhurst and it was always on some station at a time I watched.

Another horribly forgettable one was My Hero with Ardal O'Hanlon.

That was shocking, such a poor show after Father Ted.

rubadub · 02-09-2019 08:08AM

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

That was shocking, such a poor show after Father Ted.

I also just see him as Dougal no matter what. There is a crime mystery program he is in and at first I thought it was a comedy.

the clip in the link below is even more like Dougal
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/768455/Death-in-Paradise-Ardal-OHanlon-SLAMMED-Kris-Marshall-successor

Hangdogroad · 02-09-2019 09:14AM

Crapston Villas. Channel 4 show from the mid 90s which featured these vaguely Spitting Image type puppets.

Tammy! · 02-09-2019 09:23AM

Gimme Gimme Gimme - that was so annoying. I absolutely hated that.

Game On with Samantha Womack was pretty **** aswell but watchable if nothing else was on. Think it was a kind of rip off of Men Behaving Badly.

redmgar · 02-09-2019 09:28AM

Hotcups wrote: »

Knightmare

The kids show, were they wore a helmet that covered their eyes?
Loved it.

donegal_man · 02-09-2019 10:23AM

Tammy! wrote: »

Gimme Gimme Gimme - that was so annoying. I absolutely hated that.

Game On with Samantha Womack was pretty **** aswell but watchable if nothing else was on. Think it was a kind of rip off of Men Behaving Badly.

Funnily enough (or not), I'd put them the other way about. Gimme Gimme Gimme had some good lines but I always thought the cast of Game On seemed very self conscious.

FutureGuy · 02-09-2019 10:28AM

When I was a kid (35 years ago), my dad had a box that could pick up the BBC and ITV.

So I was obsessed with The Goodies whereas no else knew what I was on (about).

Tammy! · 02-09-2019 11:55AM

donegal_man wrote: »

Funnily enough (or not), I'd put them the other way about. Gimme Gimme Gimme had some good lines but I always thought the cast of Game On seemed very self conscious.

I thought it was going to be good originally because I liked Kathy Burke from when she was in Harry Enfield. Perhaps I didnt give it enough of a chance d_m but I tried to watch it a few times and I just found it relied a lot on making silly faces, jumping around and that kind of thing.

I wasn't really a fan of Game On either tbh but I could watch it if there was nothing on

Sheridan81 · 02-09-2019 05:58PM

donegal_man wrote: »

I always thought the cast of Game On seemed very self conscious.

What do you mean?

odyssey06 · 02-09-2019 06:20PM

I liked first season of Game On but wasnt a fan of the guy who replaced Ben Chaplin in season 2.

Odyssey 2005 · 02-09-2019 07:14PM

Always enjoyed Harry O.

branie2 · 02-09-2019 07:20PM

Another great role for David Janssen

02-09-2019 08:13PM

Harry O was class. Two pilots was a sure sign that it would be special. Anthony Zerbe excellent in it too. Love the location shots.

The Late Late Show · 03-09-2019 05:40PM

rubadub wrote: »

I am wondering if like yourself some are just posting ones which nobody remembers -but don't actually like!

I hated goodnight sweethart and wanted to like it as I like Nicholas Lyndhurst and it was always on some station at a time I watched.

Another horribly forgettable one was My Hero with Ardal O'Hanlon.

And there are a lot of shows I remember that have become forgotten but I cannot really remember if I liked them or not. Downtown, Hooperman, Hawaiian Heat. There was a Miami Vice ripoff show set in Hong Kong too IIRC.

Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

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