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On the same day as my last posting RE: Casualty, I watched Unforgiven. I praised this series earlier in this thread, but this too has fallen to the tired trope. This is the end of the episode reveal, but it's not really a plot spoiler. All five characters, who are introduced in the first episode, ar...

An interesting storyline on Casualty this week. They've never been particularly fond of the police in this series, but gymnastics on this one was bizarre. Two on-foot police officers (highly unlikely these days) - one female, one male - are radioed about a suspect who immediately appears in front of...

I've just seen the latest BBC promotional video giving interpretations of the acronym "BBC" over appropriate programme clips. One of them is "Bloomin' Bent Coppers". A bit late on this one, but I finally caught this before Holby City this week. Ironically, this episode of Holby featured a group of ...

Not so much Resolution but Revolution but it was a bit naf:) The drawn out companion exit went on and on and are there really fans out there who were attached to them? It really does need a reboot as I'm not sure that it works either side of the camera nowadays. Oops! Typo alert! Whatever it was of...

Private Frazer wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 02, 2021 4:44 pm

... As he approached the incinerator I wanted the technology guy to forget about the recycling ...

Bearing in mind he had no idea what he had created, I was quite shocked that he was prepared to incinerate a live creature.

rosalyn wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 14, 2020 10:46 pm

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An oft misspelled title of a series in print media, Captain Scarlett.

It's always referred to as Captain Scarlet, but it's full title is Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

I don't watch much TV nowadays have a stock of DVDs still to wade through, but two spring to mind. Jif Lemon juice - 'Don't forget the pancakes on Jif Lemon day'. That was running when I was a kid, and I am sure was being wheeled out in the last decade. The other is a bit of a cheat as it was sligh...

Although not a sit-com, but a sketch show, as a twelve year old in 1978, I loved LWT's The Pink Medicine Show and often wondered why there was only the one series. With a bit of hindsight, there may have only been a limited mileage on sketches based on the medical profession.

Not sure if this counts: it's a Piccolo book, but the logo is the TV Times: David Nixon's Magic Box. I had this one as a child; not sure if it's still languishing my loft somewhere.

A bit of a double whammy this one... during Paul McGann's stint on Holby City as the insane/murderous Professor John Gasgill a couple of years ago, Sylvester McCoy guested on an episode as a patient. Disappointingly, the two characters didn't meet, so no in-joke lines were uttered... which was a sha...

The big day arrived with ITC and Anderson arriving. Space 1999 and UFO are in genuine HD . A browse of Captain Scarlet left me unsure whether it was SD or HD but Randall episodes are the old Carlton versions and not the new HD versions with the restored original broadcast credits. The Prisoner is H...

Also, my Woman in Black arrived today. No time to have viewed it just yet but it is a shame that twice they have used what are essentially adapted stills from the one genuine jump scare in the whole thing (and what a cracker it is too) in the accompanying paperwork. Not quite up there with the Stat...

Saturday 25th July @ 7.40am, Talking Pictures are to start showing Mike Reid's Runaround.

The last episode of Van Der Valk featured a corrupt officer who had been imprisoned; although we never see the person, his son operates some crime gang.

Simon36 wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:49 am

And here it is. What on Earth were they thinking!

https://youtu.be/3RiuETHf63M

I don't remember the trailer, but that was pretty unpleasant. Also noted that would have cost a few bob to stage only to be used a few times...

Was this it? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4463108.stm

Probably not particularly relevant, but two episodes of Target were part of the initial 'BBC Tasties' VHS releases (although, I've never seen a copy). Kind of indicates that there was some sort of perceived interest from audiences at some point.

Just a head's up if you've got a iPad, in that you can cast from the iPad Britbox app to a smart TV on the same wi-fi network. I've removed my Fire stick and use this method for most streaming services and You Tube. TV is about four years old. Although, got to admit that ITV Hub and 4 OD can be a bi...

I think you're right, but whether we have the calibre of actors now that can plough through vast pages of script without having a cut is perhaps another matter... I seem to recall that an actor who was in Holby City (Peter Wingfield) went to work in America and the US actors couldn't believe that t...

Having now seen the last episode, we have now been given a potential reason for his broodiness (although, that might have clashed with his propensity to sleep around).

Also, for Eye Level fans, a recognisable version at the end of the third episode.

It had a touch of the "Wallander" style broodiness, but wasn't too bad, and thankfully didn't descend into the downright depressing. ... Too many ad breaks though! Yes, two things that ran through my mind when I caught up with it on the very crashable ITV hub. As a first episode, there was a lot of...

Just caught up with this and found it very entertaining and some nice mocking on modern life. Thought it was only me who missed the 'two fingered salute!"

It took a moment to recognise Jimmy Akingbola from his stint on Holby City (as "The Malik").

I don’t really want this to descend into Roobarb bashing, but I backed away years ago when a rather politically ranty member was openly giving advice (and unchallenged) on how to shoplift magazines from supermarkets. To get back on topic, I’m wondering how Britbox are going to join in with the likes...

I have signed up and have used Britbox to catch up on a few bits that I had previously missed (e.g. Rowan Atkinson's Maigret). But I am finding it a little odd that there is a slight conflict with the ITV Hub ... One thing I was keen to see were the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes. They are not on Brit...

No, I agree, it really feels like they have run out of ideas, yet more alternative time lines and different sets of Doctors. It's just going over the same ground again and again. Nice TARDIS though...oh and last weeks Queen monster was very good, but the episode itself felt like a schools programme...

... a too clear, laughable undead person made for a poor show. Yes I agree, that was a major problem. The Boxing Day Susan Hill's Ghost Story on C5 suffered from the issue to an even greater degree, the ghosts were far too tangible. I finally gave up at the sword fight scene. Unless I missed someth...

From the fact that Mrs Cratchet had supposedly summoned the spirits, I was surprised at the lack of forgiveness on her part. That's usually hand in hand with a redemption story.

I was also quite taken aback at Bob Cratchet's back-chat to Scroodge.

The Mallorca Files completely passed me by. Will have to find it on iPlayer.

Social media has just informed me that a new theatre version of Charles Dickens' The Signalman is being staged at the Red Lion theatre ... https://www.oldredliontheatre.co.uk/the-signalman.html . I was curious to see if it was the same version that Jack Shepherd toured with which I saw in 2015 as a ...

Having loved the Channel 4 series Absolutely all those years ago, yesterday I found out the there is currently a BBC Radio series with he same cast... on series three! It just goes to show that if you take your eye off the ball things like this can pass you by!