Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

New Home · 12-08-2020 12:05pm

About Worzel Gummidge, how could you be scared of someone who had a nest of robins for a heart, I ask you?! Plus, his unrequited love for that awful b*itch Aunt Sally... Una Stubbs was great in that role.

salmocab · 12-08-2020 1:04pm

New Home wrote: »

About Worzel Gummidge, how could you be scared of someone who had a nest of robins for a heart, I ask you?! Plus, his unrequited love for that awful b*itch Aunt Sally... Una Stubbs was great in that role.

Worzel Gummidge is the most sinister character ever to be on tv.

Hangdogroad · 12-08-2020 2:10pm

salmocab wrote: »

Worzel Gummidge is the most sinister character ever to be on tv.

No, that would be his nemesis Dafthead. Only appeared in two episodes but the cause of many a nightmare.

salmocab · 12-08-2020 2:12pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

No, that would be his nemesis Dafthead. Only appeared in two episodes but the cause of many a nightmare.

Great now I’m not sleeping tonight.
Think there was a recent remake with Mackenzie Crook playing the title.

neris · 12-08-2020 2:20pm

branie2 wrote: »

Robin of Sherwood, theme music by Clannad

On ITV 4 now

NewbridgeIR · 12-08-2020 6:04pm

madmaggie wrote: »

Oh No, it's Selwyn Frogitt. I remember my grandmother watching it.

MAGIC!

Loved the way he would come into the pub and punch his friends' sides causing them to spill their drinks.

Worztron · 12-08-2020 7:26pm

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Anyone mention Worzel Gummidge yet? Such a lovely show.

Hi MM. Yes, I mentioned a while back. Loved that show. The different heads for various occasions, his Worzelese language, etc. Great memories.

MetzgerMeister · 13-08-2020 9:40am

Worztron wrote: »

Hi MM. Yes, I mentioned a while back. Loved that show. The different heads for various occasions, his Worzelese language, etc. Great memories.

Great memories indeed! I even had two Worzel books back in the day.

I still watch it every so often. Have it downloaded but on some episodes the sound is off sync with the picture. Haven't watched any of Worzel Down Under. Can't understand why they had to move it to Oz. Scatterbrook Farm and 10 Acre Field for the win!!

madmaggie · 13-08-2020 11:11pm

Only When I laugh. "I'm h-a- pp-y, I know I am, I'm sure I am, I'm h-a-pp-y". It was dreadful.

Pawwed Rig · 14-08-2020 5:59am

madmaggie wrote: »

Only When I laugh. "I'm h-a- pp-y, I know I am, I'm sure I am, I'm h-a-pp-y". It was dreadful.

That was the one set in the hospital ward right?

madmaggie · 14-08-2020 8:00am

Correct, Pawed Rig. It was dire.

cml387 · 14-08-2020 8:10am

madmaggie wrote: »

Correct, Pawed Rig. It was dire.

Pretty poor and yet starred two superb comedy/straight actors, Peter Bowles and James Bolam.

Username exists · 14-08-2020 9:58am

It is on the bbc iplayer and it has 2 episodes.

It's very enjoyable, he wrote, directed and starred as Worzel.

He also done The Detectorists which is very funny and a lot haven't seen it.

salmocab · 14-08-2020 12:46pm

Username exists wrote: »

It is on the bbc iplayer and it has 2 episodes.

It's very enjoyable, he wrote, directed and starred as Worzel.

He also done The Detectorists which is very funny and a lot haven't seen it.

I presume you meant to quote me there about Mackenzie Crook?
Yeah the detectorists is a great show and flew under the radar for many.

corks finest · 14-08-2020 8:48pm

salmocab wrote: »

I presume you meant to quote me there about Mackenzie Crook?
Yeah the detectorists is a great show and flew under the radar for many.

Detectorists is fab,one of my favourite s

salmocab · 14-08-2020 9:08pm

corks finest wrote: »

Detectorists is fab,one of my favourite s

It’s an odd show but the friendship between the two lads is brilliant and the Simon and Garfunkel bits are played very well. Not sure many shows could have got away with being so slow.

the purple tin · 14-08-2020 10:03pm

salmocab wrote: »

It’s an odd show but the friendship between the two lads is brilliant and the Simon and Garfunkel bits are played very well. Not sure many shows could have got away with being so slow.

The relaxed pacing and great soundtrack is the thing that really got me into it, no audience laughing too which would spoil it. Lovely scenery too.

The mayor looking for help to find his lost chain was one of the funniest bits I've seen in a sitcom in ages.

the purple tin · 16-08-2020 4:59pm

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

trashcan · 17-08-2020 1:21pm

thebronze14 wrote: »

I'm sure it was mentioned but someone showed me the genius of Soupy Norman recently!

Ah yeah, I love Soupy Norman. Genius. Probably the funniest thing RTÉ have ever done (yeah, low bar, I know.) Bonkers, but hilarious. Barry Murphy from Apres Match was involved I think.

Hangdogroad · 17-08-2020 1:56pm

Barry Murphy was also involved in Couched. Shown late at night on Network 2 in 1998. Virtually no one I mention it to remembers it. Some of the sketches were proto Soupy Norman, obscure 70s and 80s TV clips with funny voices dubbed over them.

trashcan · 17-08-2020 10:48pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Barry Murphy was also involved in Couched. Shown late at night on Network 2 in 1998. Virtually no one I mention it to remembers it. Some of the sketches were proto Soupy Norman, obscure 70s and 80s TV clips with funny voices dubbed over them.

Yeah, I think I saw couched a couple of times. I also Used to like Blizzard of Odd, with Colin Murphy, kind of like Charlie Brooker, but pre dates him.

It BeeMee · 18-08-2020 11:51pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Barry Murphy was also involved in Couched. Shown late at night on Network 2 in 1998. Virtually no one I mention it to remembers it. Some of the sketches were proto Soupy Norman, obscure 70s and 80s TV clips with funny voices dubbed over them.

The last episode showed the same clips but with their original soundtrack

NewbridgeIR · 19-08-2020 10:20am

@last tv was another good show in 1997. Ian O’Doherty presented TV Heaven section.

Here is my upload of Nothing To It from @last tv - another show which many people won’t remember

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

Hangdogroad · 19-08-2020 10:30am

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

@last tv was another good show in 1997. Ian O’Doherty presented TV Heaven section.

Here is my upload of Nothing To It from @last tv - another show which many people won’t remember

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

I remember Nothing To It. Not a lot about the show itself mainly the opening sequence with the guy running into a lamppost.

Hangdogroad · 20-08-2020 6:24am

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

@last tv was another good show in 1997. Ian O’Doherty presented TV Heaven section.

Here is my upload of Nothing To It from @last tv - another show which many people won’t remember

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

Just out of interest that 2000AD issue or"prog" came out in December 87 so the show must been shown in Summer of 88.

thebronze14 · 20-08-2020 3:12pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Barry Murphy was also involved in Couched. Shown late at night on Network 2 in 1998. Virtually no one I mention it to remembers it. Some of the sketches were proto Soupy Norman, obscure 70s and 80s TV clips with funny voices dubbed over them.

Never heard of it but if you find footage please share

Hangdogroad · 20-08-2020 3:44pm

thebronze14 wrote: »

Never heard of it but if you find footage please share

There are a few episodes on this channel. The episodes are (annoyingly) split up into three part uploads .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlyUTV5eJt0

Sephiroth_dude · 21-08-2020 5:10pm

There was a show back in the mid 90's about a couple who win the lotto and move to a posh part of Dublin (can't remember what part, Clontarf maybe? , does anyone remember the name of it ?

odyssey06 · 21-08-2020 5:30pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

There was a show back in the mid 90's about a couple who win the lotto and move to a posh part of Dublin (can't remember what part, Clontarf maybe? , does anyone remember the name of it ?

Upwardly Mobile, starring Niall Buggy:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0297664/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_28

Sephiroth_dude · 21-08-2020 5:37pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

Upwardly Mobile, starring Niall Buggy:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0297664/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_28

That was it cheers! and I see it was Belvedere not Clontarf.

the purple tin · 21-08-2020 5:46pm

Does anyone remember what the Irish sitcom was from about 20 years ago. It was set in a language class with foreigners learning english.

The teacher was a real annoying eejit and he was was always trying to pick up one of the female students but she didn't want to know.

Speedsie · 21-08-2020 7:01pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Does anyone remember what the Irish sitcom was from about 20 years ago. It was set in a language class with foreigners learning english.

The teacher was a real annoying eejit and he was was always trying to pick up one of the female students but she didn't want to know.

Was it the utterly brutal 'The English Class'? About 2006/7.
Up there with Upwardly Mobile, The Cassidys and other such dross.

salmocab · 21-08-2020 7:12pm

Speedsie wrote: »

Was it the utterly brutal 'The English Class'? About 2006/7.
Up there with Upwardly Mobile, The Cassidys and other such dross.

I actually rang RTÉ to complain about the Cassidy’s. Pure drivel if I remember right they billed it as the Irish friends.

Errashareesh · 21-08-2020 7:23pm

Very few people I ask remember Wild Palms from 1993 - I know ominous visions of the future are ten a penny now but they weren't as much then. Quite prophetic too - "deals with the dangers of politically motivated abuse of mass media technology" :eek:

I remember a good bit of hype about it, as Oliver Stone and Kathryn Bigelow were involved. It got hailed as fodder to fill the gap left by Twin Peaks too. I was a bit young to watch it at the time but I would catch snippets before going to bed and thought it looked great.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Palms

odyssey06 · 21-08-2020 7:53pm

Errashareesh wrote: »

Very few people I ask remember Wild Palms from 1993 - I know ominous visions of the future are ten a penny now but they weren't as much then. Quite prophetic too - "deals with the dangers of politically motivated abuse of mass media technology" :eek:

I remember the look and ambience of it but not a clue what it was about!
Wasn't sure about James Belushi as the lead for it either.

NewbridgeIR · 21-08-2020 10:14pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

That was it cheers! and I see it was Belvedere not Clontarf.

Load of episodes on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/Upmob/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0

Sephiroth_dude · 21-08-2020 10:55pm

Long shot but does anyone remember a show about a teacher and his secondary school students set in Dublin around 93-95, maybe earlier, I think Jim Sheridan was the teacher.

Skid X · 21-08-2020 10:58pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Long shot but does anyone remember a show about a teacher and his secondary school students set in Dublin around 93-95, maybe earlier, I think Jim Sheridan was the teacher.

Finbar's Class, I think

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2263/016.html

Hangdogroad · 21-08-2020 11:08pm

salmocab wrote: »

I actually rang RTÉ to complain about the Cassidy’s. Pure drivel if I remember right they billed it as the Irish friends.

All I remember about the Cassidys was there was a teaser promo in the run up to it introducing the different characters, one of the female characters appeared in it saying "sex, sex, sex!" in a sort of Mrs Doyle voice. In the opening episode, the only one I watched, the same female character was seen getting off with Ed Byrne, much to my shock as I thought she was supposed to be his sister.

Sephiroth_dude · 21-08-2020 11:21pm

Skid X wrote: »

Finbar's Class, I think

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2263/016.html

Yup that was it cheers

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Hangdogroad · 22-08-2020 11:13pm

Errashareesh wrote: »

Very few people I ask remember Wild Palms from 1993 - I know ominous visions of the future are ten a penny now but they weren't as much then. Quite prophetic too - "deals with the dangers of politically motivated abuse of mass media technology" :eek:

I remember a good bit of hype about it, as Oliver Stone and Kathryn Bigelow were involved. It got hailed as fodder to fill the gap left by Twin Peaks too. I was a bit young to watch it at the time but I would catch snippets before going to bed and thought it looked great.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Palms

I remember the hype around it but I didn't get to see it, still haven't seen it in fact. Must put it on my to do list.

the purple tin · 22-08-2020 11:19pm

Skid X wrote: »

Finbar's Class, I think

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2263/016.html

That school must have been in Carrigstown, a few Fair City ones among the students.

Hangdogroad · 23-08-2020 10:18am

Love Is The Drug, comedy/drama set in Drogheda from 2004. It only lasted one series, wasnt bad. A young Ruth Negga was in it. Had some good character actors like Eamon Hunt as the father of the main lad.

cml387 · 23-08-2020 5:04pm

OK here's an old one that will probably never get shown again for reasons I'll describe later.

Scotch On The Rocks, a BBC drama series based on the book by Andrew Osmand and Douglas Hurd (yes, became Foreign Secretary) is set in a near future from 1973 when Scottish Independence is becoming a real possibility and the SNP have won a large number of seats,but not majority of seats, in Scotland.

In the background there is a militant group of separatists who are willing to use terrorist tactics to force independence,and also the loyalty of Scottish regiments cannot be depended upon.

It was an excellent political thriller but the suggestion in the series that here were links between the SNP and terrorists caused a storm, even though the SNP were a shadow of the party and organisation they are now. The BBC agreed never to show the series again such was the furore.

NewbridgeIR · 23-08-2020 6:07pm

cml387 wrote: »

OK here's an old one that will probably never get shown again for reasons I'll describe later.

Scotch On The Rocks, a BBC drama series based on the book by Andrew Osmand and Douglas Hurd (yes, became Foreign Secretary) is set in a near future from 1973 when Scottish Independence is becoming a real possibility and the SNP have won a large number of seats,but not majority of seats, in Scotland.

In the background there is a militant group of separatists who are willing to use terrorist tactics to force independence,and also the loyalty of Scottish regiments cannot be depended upon.

It was an excellent political thriller but the suggestion in the series that here were links between the SNP and terrorists caused a storm, even though the SNP were a shadow of the party and organisation they are now. The BBC agreed never to show the series again such was the furore.

Would love to see it. Did you watch original broadcast? My cousin (15 years older than me) saw it at the time. Goes well with the following two series: The Guardians and 1990.

Some brief footage -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCwIblx2VPc

cml387 · 23-08-2020 6:11pm

Yes I saw it . Riveting TV, especially the last episode.

NewbridgeIR · 23-08-2020 6:16pm

cml387 wrote: »

Yes I saw it . Riveting TV, especially the last episode.

Shame it has been suppressed; have read the book. Looks like episodes 1, 4 and 5 survive but not 2 & 3. Presume it wasn't sold to any TV companies outside of UK so no chance of a copy from that source.

cml387 · 24-08-2020 5:46pm

I never saw 1990, I was a student in digs and didn't have access to the channels.

I have read about it and it seems like a good watch, and does exist in full on DVD releases.

It's on Youtube!!

NewbridgeIR · 24-08-2020 6:08pm

cml387 wrote: »

I never saw 1990, I was a student in digs and didn't have access to the channels.

I have read about it and it seems like a good watch, and does exist in full on DVD releases.

It's on Youtube!!

Definitely worth it. I bought the two DVD sets,

cml387 · 24-08-2020 6:12pm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Definitely worth it. I bought the two DVD sets,

Somehow very ironic that the problem is people trying to leave Britain illegally.

Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

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