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Mark wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:02 am

Shame some of the themes are so short though, but I suppose it's partly trying to fit in as many as possible in the time.

Isn't it the other way round - he has to put so many in because they're so short? Not all theme tunes are available in full-length versions.

fatcat wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:02 pm

So by the time Threads arrived (was it 85?)

September 1984 on BBC2. It was repeated on BBC1 in August 1985, the day after The War Game was finally shown on BBC2.

Another good show today - although there was a little bit of a clanger when he played the HTV ident before the version of the "Mr & Mrs" theme tune that was used on Border. (At least I think it was only used on Border - I can't remember the HTV theme music.) First time I'd heard the "Mr & Mrs" tune ...

I saw Threads on original broadcast and have watched it again a few years ago when I bought it on DVD as a birthday present for my wife - she wasn't impressed! Nor would I be! It's hardly birthday present material, I'd have thought. My opinion of it has remained the same over the years. I find it f...

BBC comedy director and producer, whose credits include Porridge, Last Of The Summer Wine, Yes Minister and many more.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53594082

I watched it at the time of the original broadcast, and I haven't seen it since. I remember it as truly shocking. There was so much hype about it at the time - nothing similar had been shown on the BBC before (although ITV had shown The Day After the previous year). I think it's important to bear th...

The BBC Light Programme started 75 years ago today! Happy birthday. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1945-07-29 https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/aa8883a0cbf64282bb526c899a3361c1 (facsimile) After the news and a programme summary, the first broadcast was Sandy MacPherson at the theatre org...

Happy 80th birthday to Brigit Forsyth (and thanks to Serenade Radio for playing the Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? theme tune in celebration!).

Glad you enjoyed it! It's kind of addictive after a while. By the way, Andy Marriott used to work as an announcer for Central TV and for LWT. He's the founder and managing director of Serenade Radio, and presents a two-and-a-half-hour programme on the station every weekday as well as the Television ...

This week's selection: Department S - Edwin Astley Dial 999 Ghost Squad The Power Game - The Cyril Stapleton Orchestra Bird of Prey Where the Heart Is Hannay Bulman Survivors The Changes General Hospital The Baron - Edwin Astley Goodnight Sweetheart Knots Landing Wimbledon closing theme ("A Sporting...

Just discovered that Trish Bertram (ex-LWT) does the announcements at weekends. I thought that voice sounded familiar!

Only just got round to listening to the final episode of this, which was broadcast in June:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct0v1r

I was hoping that Serenade Radio might have some sort of catch-up service so that I could give you a link to the programme, but there doesn't seem to be one - although if you miss it at 5pm on Saturday there's a repeat at 5am on Sunday! It's presented in a fitting style, often with the appropriate I...

If you're listening in the Bournemouth area, Serenade Radio will be available on DAB from Monday: https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/07/serenade-radio-to-join-dorset-dab-multiplex/ I really would recommend it to listeners of a certain generation - it's aimed at the over-60s, although as a 54-year-old fan...

Just played the theme tune from Agony. I don't think you'd hear that anywhere else!

Brock wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:51 am

James Burke himself is still around! He made this series for Radio 4 last year.

By coincidence, repeated at 9.30am today.

Simon36 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:58 am

The whole thing feels like a criticism of television and suggests it makes us sadistic and dehumanised.

Precisely.

I recognised him on BBC science shows in the late 70s/early 80s even if I didn't know his name From his point of view, it must have been a stroke of brilliance persuading the BBC to put his name in the title of the show. In those days that was reserved for mega-stars like Michael Parkinson! (It may...

Comedians in their sixties/seventies... That'd be more like it! Now I think about it, it's probably mainly due to Jokers Wild that I remember Arthur Askey and Ted Ray as well as I do. They'd probably be obscure names from a bygone era otherwise (though I did see Arthur Askey live in panto once).

James Burke has always been one of my favourite TV presenters ever since he was on Tomorrow's World and more importantly did the Apollo coverage. I remember writing to him and getting sent a ticket to be in the audience of The Burke Special. Not only that but I was one of the people on the stage; I...

Very much a 'niche within a niche'. Even if you consider 'old TV' to be mainstream, rather than a niche in its own right, 'sixties/'seventies stand-up comedians are a niche market. I think Arthur Askey and Ted Ray would have been flattered to be described as "sixties/seventies comedians"! They were...

It's certainly a niche within a niche... Is it? I haven't seen it since I was a kid, but I used to love it. I think it was shown at around 3.30pm in our region. I always remember the time when the topic was "Finance" and Arthur Askey started off with "I was walking down the street with my finance t...

Simon36 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:44 am

awards available for the best trails

Oh, that explains it all. Who gave out these awards? Presumably not anyone who actually watched the programmes.

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... That's what I was thinking - at the start I thought it must have been a trail for a new series or even a film, rather than just for a channel. How could th...

Simon36 wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:49 am

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

https://youtu.be/3RiuETHf63M

That was horrible. How on earth was it supposed to promote BBC One?

Incidentally it was 2003 rather than 2001.

When I was seven I assumed that James Burke must be some eminent scientist. It wasn't until many years later that I discovered he had no scientific background whatsoever and started out as an English lecturer in Bologna. I think what was great about The Burke Special wasn't just that he did it in fr...

Mark wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:45 am

They were always fascinating to watch, and he was such a good speaker, he had the right touch, it was Event TV.

There was nothing like it before, and I'm not sure if there's been anything like it since. Can it be described as one of those extreme rarities - a truly unique programme?

Got to give a little plug for Andy Marriott's Television Show , an hour of nostalgic TV themes every Saturday at 5pm on Serenade Radio , an internet-only radio station that I've recently discovered which mostly plays "easy listening" music (like Radio 2 from about 50 years ago!). He takes requests a...

Martin wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:48 pm

I always hoped that Network would release the remaining series of Jokers' Wild. I realise that some episodes would be off limits due to the presence of certain people who have been subsequently 'discredited'

Apart from Rolf Harris, who were you thinking of?

I was born in 1980 and my teenage years were 1993-99. The whole thing isn't helped by some acting as if the seventies and eighties are "recent" or "just yesterday". Who said that? A few years ago, there was surprise on these boards when someone on a quiz show hadn't heard of Sid James. To readily k...