Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

ShyMets · 23-02-2021 11:22am

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Anyone who had Sky in the early 90s might remember they used to show this on a regular basis, it was already about ten years old at this point and boy did it look it. The main one on it was a tidy bit of gear dodgy perm aside.

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

Sky was great in early 90's for showing absolute crap. Remember Love at First Sight with Bruno Brookes

Hangdogroad · 23-02-2021 11:30am

ShyMets wrote: »

Sky was great in early 90's for showing absolute crap. Remember Love at First Sight with Bruno Brookes

Jaysus, yes. I was trying to remember the name of that and the mullet haired host. I remember one fella who appeared on it and in the chit chat bit where they're being introduced Bruno asked him something like had he ever had any dating disasters and yer man said "I once married a black woman who went off with all my money".

ShyMets · 05-03-2021 10:47am

Does anybody remember The Protectors. Early 70's series staring Robert Vaughan. Made by Lew Grade so very much in the mould of his other shows like The Persuaders and Department S

The plot is somewhat ludicrous. Vaughan is a self made millionaire who also just happens to be part of group called the Protectors. Who are tasked with protecting the people of the Earth. Throw in exotic locations and lots of pointless car chases and you get the gist of the show

It's nonsense but very enjoyable nonsense non the less

NewbridgeIR · 05-03-2021 4:04pm

ShyMets wrote: »

Does anybody remember The Protectors. Early 70's series staring Robert Vaughan. Made by Lew Grade so very much in the mould of his other shows like The Persuaders and Department S

The plot is somewhat ludicrous. Vaughan is a self made millionaire who also just happens to be part of group called the Protectors. Who are tasked with protecting the people of the Earth. Throw in exotic locations and lots of pointless car chases and you get the gist of the show

It's nonsense but very enjoyable nonsense non the less

Great fun
ITC shows of that era are brilliant. Have them all on DVD from Network.
Nyree Dawn Porter = legend

ShyMets · 05-03-2021 4:20pm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Great fun
ITC shows of that era are brilliant. Have them all on DVD from Network.
Nyree Dawn Porter = legend

Below is a list of some of ITC's best known shows in the 60/70's. There are quite a few cult classics

The Saint, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Danger Man, The Baron, Gideon's Way, The Champions, The Prisoner, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Stingray, Joe 90, Man in a Suitcase, Strange Report, Department S, The Persuaders!, Jason King, The Adventurer, The Protectors, Space 1999, and Return of the Saint.

George White · 05-03-2021 5:09pm

Don't forget the instantly forgotten Skiboy!

NewbridgeIR · 05-03-2021 8:08pm

ShyMets wrote: »

Below is a list of some of ITC's best known shows in the 60/70's. There are quite a few cult classics

The Saint, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Danger Man, The Baron, Gideon's Way, The Champions, The Prisoner, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Stingray, Joe 90, Man in a Suitcase, Strange Report, Department S, The Persuaders!, Jason King, The Adventurer, The Protectors, Space 1999, and Return of the Saint.

Preferred the B&W Saint; better scripts. Return Of The Saint was a favourite from childhood.
Randall and Hopkirk is hilarious
Danger Man great in both short and long episodes
Gideon's Way excellent scripts. Great London footage.
Man In A Suitcase was tough watch - Richard Bradford excellent.
Strange Report good fun.
The Baron worth watching for Sue Lloyd
The Champions spectacular looking
Peter Wyngarde was brilliant in both Department S and Jason King

Because most were shot on film, they still look great today.

The music is also fantastic - Network have released great CD sets covering all music cues and library pieces.

ITC also involved in
The Four Just Men - a crack commando unit

- WWII veterans getting together some years after the event to put things right
Man Of The World - early 60s with Craig Stevens as the globe-trotting photographer with the exotic assignments
Ghost Squad - pretty entertaining assignments all over Europe. Plenty of intrigue.
The Zoo Gang - not seen this for years, Macca did the theme.

thereitisgone · 10-03-2021 6:10pm

Anyone remember Mr Ed, the talking horse in the 1980s
Was on pretty regular

Purgative · 10-03-2021 6:33pm

thereitisgone wrote: »

Anyone remember Mr Ed, the talking horse in the 1980s
Was on pretty regular

Mr Ed was great, bit earlier than the 80s

joebloggs32 · 10-03-2021 6:38pm

Prisoner Cell Block H.

Ive no reason for why i liked it

NewbridgeIR · 10-03-2021 7:16pm

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

ShyMets · 10-03-2021 7:16pm

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.

nottalking2u · 10-03-2021 7:19pm

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:

NewbridgeIR · 10-03-2021 7:19pm

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

odyssey06 · 10-03-2021 7:20pm

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.

New Home · 10-03-2021 11:31pm

"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"

ShyMets · 10-03-2021 11:34pm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Also the legendary hotness of Doreen

Stop. You're getting me going

cml387 · 11-03-2021 5:10pm

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

joebloggs32 · 11-03-2021 7:46pm

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.

cml387 · 12-03-2021 3:52pm

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.

corks finest · 12-03-2021 8:23pm

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

the purple tin · 16-03-2021 12:33am

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.

smilerf · 16-03-2021 8:46am

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

Hangdogroad · 16-03-2021 9:05am

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.

George White · 17-03-2021 12:10am

Cyberstream?

the purple tin · 17-03-2021 12:21am

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.

rubadub · 17-03-2021 3:50pm

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.

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

Hangdogroad · 13-04-2021 7:57am

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.

ShyMets · 13-04-2021 9:21am

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

madmaggie · 14-04-2021 11:41pm

The Prisoner starring Patrick McGoohan. It was completely bonkers.

Purgative · 15-04-2021 6:47am

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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New Home · 15-04-2021 10:51pm

That reminds me of an old episode of the Simpsons.

It BeeMee · 15-04-2021 11:25pm

AFAIR The End also showed God, The Devil and Bob

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

Gorgonzaga · 17-04-2021 7:52pm

flazio wrote: »

Mid to late 90s "High tech, spy tech" drama Bugs on the BBC on Saturday nights.

Loved that show!

Oberkon · 19-04-2021 8:45pm

Loved Dear John

Skid X · 19-04-2021 9:03pm

Oberkon wrote: »

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.

odyssey06 · 19-04-2021 9:07pm

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

BBC did 14.

Oberkon · 19-04-2021 10:24pm

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

odyssey06 · 20-04-2021 8:26am

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.

odyssey06 · 13-08-2021 7:27pm

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.

Sephiroth_dude · 24-08-2021 4:20pm

Anyone remember the name of a show about new and up coming technology, it was on in the 90's and had two Australian presenters a man and woman, anyone know the name of it? It was on rte at one stage.

24-08-2021 4:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117798074#Comment_117798074

Hardly Beyond 2000?

Sephiroth_dude · 24-08-2021 4:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117798078#Comment_117798078

Yup that's it, cheers ruu 😃

odyssey06 · 14-09-2021 8:55pm

Spotted something random online and it reminded me of a TV miniseries I really enjoyed - Helen of Troy miniseries from 2003.

Largely overshadowed by the big budget Brad Pitt movie, I thought Sienna Guillory was excellent as Helen (much better than Diane Kruger), and it did a good job of depicting the interventions of the gods and goddesses in a subtle way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_of_Troy_(miniseries)

Hangdogroad · 20-09-2021 8:24am

I saw this posted in a Facebook site about weird/forgotten tv and it triggered a long buried memory. Fraidy Cats: The World Of Nicholas, a Canadian short made for TV film. I saw this on RTE sometime in the mid 80s during the day, probably a Sunday morning when they used to show all kinds of odd stuff as filler. This is something that definitely wouldn't get shown to kids today as its basically like a horror movie though I think there's supposed to be an educational message in there.

https://youtu.be/thAP1xR1rk8

black & white · 20-09-2021 8:31am

I remember 2 from the early 70's, the first was set in Yosemite park or somewhere similar and there was a mountain rescue piece every week and the second was a circus programme, also American, which had a trapeze session every week. Can't remember much more about them.

cml387 · 20-09-2021 10:47am

The RTE Schedule shows a regular circus programme called "The Big Top" on Saturdays in 1971/1972. I guess this is the American series with Ed Mc Mahon (info from Wikipedia).

black & white · 20-09-2021 3:28pm

I found that "Sierra Nevada" was the one set in Yosemite, only made 12 episodes in 1974.

The Princess Bride · 02-01-2022 3:48pm

https://twitter.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1477468768821465089?t=BQffKl4SRYzN7KiuTyhEMA&s=19

We had so many American shows on RTÉ in 70s/80s.

This was very good.

NedsNotDead · 11-05-2022 10:53pm

In the wake of Denis Waterman's death I watched some old episodes of Minder back.

Granted the story lines were paper-thin but the chemistry between Waterman and George Cole was excellent and made it worth the watch.

Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

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