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Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

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    #2012
    NewbridgeIR
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    Purgative wrote: »
    Mr Ed was great, bit earlier than the 80s

    The poster might be recalling it from the Anything Goes broadcasts of the early 1980s.

    A HORSE IS A HORSE OF COURSE OF COURSE


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    #2013
    ShyMets
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    joebloggs32 wrote: »
    Prisoner Cell Block H.

    Ive no reason for why i liked it :)

    Wobbley sets. Shaky camera work. Dreadful writing and hammy acting of the best kind.

    What's not to love.


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    #2014
    nottalking2u
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭nottalking2u


    joebloggs32 wrote: »
    Prisoner Cell Block H.

    Ive no reason for why i liked it :)

    Oh it was probably all that rivalry between Bea Smith and Joan Ferguson :pac:


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    #2015
    NewbridgeIR
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    ShyMets wrote: »

    Wobbley sets. Shaky camera work. Dreadful writing and hammy acting of the best kind.

    What's not to love.

    Also the legendary hotness of Doreen


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    #2016
    odyssey06
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    NewbridgeIR wrote: »
    The poster might be recalling it from the Anything Goes broadcasts of the early 1980s.

    A HORSE IS A HORSE OF COURSE OF COURSE

    It's one of those shows I never actually watched an episode of but it seems to have taken on an afterlife in other TV shows and that's where I know it from.
    Ditto for say Gilligans Island.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #2017
    New Home
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    "Francis the Talking Mule" was another one in the same vein (although I've just discovered it wasn't a TV series but 7 separate films...).

    Then there was "My Favorite Martian" and "Run, Buddy, Run"


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    #2018
    ShyMets
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    NewbridgeIR wrote: »
    Also the legendary hotness of Doreen

    Stop. You're getting me going :)


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    #2019
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,363 ✭✭✭cml387


    Those of you who like old British TV programmes (and I suspect there are a few) should get hold of a copy of an excellent book called "Turned Out Nice Again" by Louis Barfe, which puports to cover all of the history of light entertainment in the UK but concentrates on post war television up to the end of the century. Some absoulutely facinating stories as told by those who were there.

    OK, back to the old TV


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    #2020
    joebloggs32
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    ShyMets wrote: »

    Wobbley sets. Shaky camera work. Dreadful writing and hammy acting of the best kind.

    What's not to love.

    I think you've hit the nail on the head.

    Sons and Daughters was another belter of an Aussie classic and The Sullivans likewise.


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    #2021
    cml387
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    joebloggs32 wrote: »
    I think you've hit the nail on the head.

    Sons and Daughters was another belter of an Aussie classic and The Sullivans likewise.
    I think what added to the memories of Prisoner Cell Block H was that it was timed for people coming back from the pub.


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    #2022
    corks finest
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    cml387 wrote: »
    I think what added to the memories of Prisoner Cell Block H was that it was timed for people coming back from the pub.

    I liked the Sullivan's


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    #2023
    the purple tin
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    Does anyone remember an Irish version of Gamesmaster and Bad Influence?
    I think Joe Rooney was one of the hosts, it was funny because he seemed to know sweet FA about video games.


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    #2024
    smilerf
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    the purple tin wrote: »
    Does anyone remember an Irish version of Gamesmaster and Bad Influence?
    I think Joe Rooney was one of the hosts, it was funny because he seemed to know sweet FA about video games.
    no but I do remember another one with a black haired woman as host with that young fella who seemed to be on everything at the time


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    #2025
    Hangdogroad
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    smilerf wrote: »
    no but I do remember another one with a black haired woman as host with that young fella who seemed to be on everything at the time

    That stalwart of All Things Retro, Kevin The Teenager or Kevo.


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    #2026
    George White
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    Cyberstream?


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    #2027
    the purple tin
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    George White wrote: »
    Cyberstream?
    No a bit earlier. 90s I think. It was basically children playing video games against each other like on Gamesmaster. Quite short-lived iirc.
    The more I think of it , it might have been Joe Rooney or else someone who looked quite like him- dark sticky up hair.


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    #2028
    rubadub
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    the purple tin wrote: »
    No a bit earlier. 90s I think. It was basically children playing video games against each other like on Gamesmaster. Quite short-lived iirc.
    The more I think of it , it might have been Joe Rooney or else someone who looked quite like him- dark sticky up hair.
    Paul Tylak, his comedy partner had sticky up hair.

    dside-joe-rooney-paul-tylak-258x350.jpg

    There is a retro computer game forum, they would know there. I cannot recall it.


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    #2029
    Hangdogroad
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    Good Grief Moncrief. This lasted only a very short while I think, was it part of the End on Network 2 or separate? Theres nothing at all in the way of clips online.


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    #2030
    ShyMets
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    Good Grief Moncrief. This lasted only a very short while I think, was it part of the End on Network 2 or separate? Theres nothing at all in the way of clips online.

    The End with Barry Murphy was great. The time slot was perfect. Lads just back from the pub probably with a snack box ready to tear apart.

    I remember they had a section called 'Authentic Camcorder Stings' which was brilliant


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    #2031
    madmaggie
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    The Prisoner starring Patrick McGoohan. It was completely bonkers.


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    #2032
    Purgative
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    madmaggie wrote: »
    The Prisoner starring Patrick McGoohan. It was completely bonkers.


    Usually watched it after a load of pints. None of us knew what was going on except to all say "I am not a number, I am a free man." Happy days ;).




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    #2033
    New Home
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    That reminds me of an old episode of the Simpsons.


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    #2034
    It BeeMee
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    AFAIR The End also showed God, The Devil and Bob

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cQ2E17G8OY


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    #2035
    Gorgonzaga
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    flazio wrote: »
    Mid to late 90s "High tech, spy tech" drama Bugs on the BBC on Saturday nights.

    Loved that show!


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    #2036
    Oberkon
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    Loved Dear John


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    #2037
    Skid X
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    Oberkon wrote: »
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    Loved Dear John


    Yeah, that was a great show,

    I watched it on Youtube recently and I really enjoyed it again. I don't think it has been properly repeated in ages.


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    #2038
    odyssey06
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    There was a US remake of Dear John with Judd Hirsch... lasted 90 episodes!

    BBC did 14.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #2039
    Oberkon
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    There was a US remake of Dear John with Judd Hirsch... lasted 90 episodes!

    BBC did 14.

    It’s gas only 14 -nowadays they milk everything , look at Fawlty Towers . It was only 12 . I nearly know every line . The Walking Dead - how many episodes .... just became boring


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    #2040
    odyssey06
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    Oberkon wrote: »
    It’s gas only 14 -nowadays they milk everything , look at Fawlty Towers . It was only 12 . I nearly know every line . The Walking Dead - how many episodes .... just became boring

    Its not a now v then thing, it seems to be more of a US v UK thing.
    Not entirely sure why, the US traditionally has had a TV season that ran from September to May, airing like 20+ episodes but they would take a break for certain months and show repeats or sports events etc.
    If you look at any of the big US shows from the 80s and 90s like Cheers, Frasier, ER, West Wing they had a lot of episodes racked up.
    There's definitely a balance of quality v quantity there, needing a lot of supporting cast and filler stories. Hence you would often get one 'Oirish' episode, one 'Chinatown' episode etc in MacGyver, Murder She Wrote or whatever.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #2041
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,880 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Bumping this thread to mention that RTE2 will be showing epic mini-series Roots The Next Generation on Saturday post midnight.

    It traces the lives of Kunta Kinte's descendants from the 1880s to the 1960s.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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