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- Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:41 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Still With Us
- Replies: 165
- Views: 35363
Re: Still With Us
An ad came up on my browser a couple of weeks ago saying "You won't believe Petula Clarke at 90." She appears to actually be 88, but she's physically well and independent and still has all her faculties. Petula Clark will be presenting a special musicals-themed edition of Sounds of the Sixties on R...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 6:01 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: "Are We Living In A Golden Age Of Archive Television?"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 364
Re: "Are We Living In A Golden Age Of Archive Television?"
Well of course the Goodies themselves did spend rather a long time complaining that the show hadn't been repeated, to the extent that it became a running joke on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:37 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: "Are We Living In A Golden Age Of Archive Television?"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 364
Re: "Are We Living In A Golden Age Of Archive Television?"
If only there was a database of Radio Times listings going up to a decade ago when the BBC started publishing their schedules online In fact the cut-off date for Genome makes it look as though there have been no repeats since 1986, with the single exception of "Winter Olympics" in March 2006. The w...
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:02 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: "Are We Living In A Golden Age Of Archive Television?"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 364
Re: "Are We Living In A Golden Age Of Archive Television?"
"This desire for a full view of the shows is reflected in Network’s treatment of The Goodies. A comedy series as popular and experimental as Python, the show has never been repeated on television."
Not actually true...
Not actually true...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 8:06 pm
- Forum: Ashes to Ashes
- Topic: Michael Apted (1941 - 2021)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 595
Re: Michael Apted (1941 - 2021)
This is getting a little repetitive... What's amazing is that it was never planned as a series - the original "Seven Up" documentary was intended as a one-off. Remarkable for Michael Apted to have stuck with the project for such a long time. As I said above, it was never planned as a long-term serie...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:23 pm
- Forum: Ashes to Ashes
- Topic: Michael Apted (1941 - 2021)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 595
Re: Michael Apted (1941 - 2021)
a big flaw in the "Up" series is that it needed more girls. And non-whites. I assume the gender/race balance was different when the series started. No it wasn't. They followed the same fourteen people throughout the entire series (though some of them declined to take part in future programmes, and ...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:47 pm
- Forum: Radio and Spoken Word
- Topic: Andy Marriott's Television Show
- Replies: 114
- Views: 10124
Re: Andy Marriott's Television Show
You may not have to wait too long to hear Andy's Television Show again. According to the provisional schedule, the programme will be returning on Boom Radio, which launches on February 14th online and on DAB in some parts of the country, this time at 5pm on Sundays. Obviously, that may change betwe...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:35 am
- Forum: Ashes to Ashes
- Topic: Michael Apted (1941 - 2021)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 595
Re: Michael Apted (1941 - 2021)
What's amazing is that it was never planned as a series - the original "Seven Up" documentary was intended as a one-off. Remarkable for Michael Apted to have stuck with the project for such a long time.
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:57 pm
- Forum: Ashes to Ashes
- Topic: Basil Moss (1935-2020)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 231
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 3:28 pm
- Forum: Radio and Spoken Word
- Topic: Andy Marriott's Television Show
- Replies: 114
- Views: 10124
Re: Andy Marriott's Television Show
On air he said the show would be back in "late spring when the weather's improved". Don't know exactly when that is, but "late spring" suggests May to me. Most of this week's themes (and ads) have already been played in the last six months or so since this thread started, so I've little to say excep...
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:35 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Misremembered titles
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2100
Re: Misremembered titles
When did Coronation Street become commonly known as "Corrie" anyway? I'm sure I never heard it when I was growing up in the 70s - not in my part of the country anyway (HTV West region). Other soap operas don't seem to have nicknames - "Emmie" might have taken off, though "Eastie" seems highly inappr...
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 2:55 pm
- Forum: Ashes to Ashes
- Topic: Martin Lambie-Nairn (1945-2020)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 254
Re: Martin Lambie-Nairn (1945-2020)
Those BBC2 idents were brilliant. I think it was the first time anyone had designed multiple versions of an ident for regular use on one station. Sometimes I'd look forward to the ident almost as much as the programme! I even heard it said that BBC2's viewing figures went up as a result, even though...
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 2:09 pm
- Forum: Radio and Spoken Word
- Topic: Andy Marriott's Television Show
- Replies: 114
- Views: 10124
Re: Andy Marriott's Television Show
Good news - there's a bumper double edition of the Television Show on New Year's Eve from 1-3pm.
Bad news - it's billed as the "final edition". Really?
Bad news - it's billed as the "final edition". Really?
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 5:08 pm
- Forum: Ashes to Ashes
- Topic: Martin Lambie-Nairn (1945-2020)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 254
Martin Lambie-Nairn (1945-2020)
The man behind some of the most memorable BBC and Channel 4 idents:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55465330
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55465330
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 6:46 pm
- Forum: Radio and Spoken Word
- Topic: Andy Marriott's Television Show
- Replies: 114
- Views: 10124
Re: Andy Marriott's Television Show
Last show of the year, I think - he said he'd be back next week but a "Ray Conniff Christmas Special" is scheduled for Boxing Day at 5pm. The undoubted highlight for me this week was the ad break, which was from the era I remember best - the classic PG Tips ad ("Dad, do you know the piano's on my fo...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 2:48 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Christmas Day on BBC1 1946-2020
- Replies: 16
- Views: 896
Re: Christmas Day on BBC1 1946-2020
The biggest surprise for me was that Top Of the Pops is only eight behind The Queen. That means that they could overtake her during my lifetime!
- Sat Dec 12, 2020 6:53 pm
- Forum: Radio and Spoken Word
- Topic: Andy Marriott's Television Show
- Replies: 114
- Views: 10124
Re: Andy Marriott's Television Show
Could "unconscious plagiarism" have been a hidden theme in this week's show? We had the theme to H.R. Pufnstuf by Les Szarvas, for which Paul Simon had to be given a songwriting credit when he pointed out that it was too similar to "Feelin' Groovy". We had the theme to Blake's 7 by Dudley Simpson, w...
- Fri Dec 11, 2020 2:55 pm
- Forum: Radio and Spoken Word
- Topic: The Missing Hancocks
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3128
Re: The Missing Hancocks
What's happened to the promised remake of "The Christmas Eve Party", due to be broadcast on Christmas Eve this year? In its place Radio 4 is listing "Department Store Santa", first broadcast in 2018. ("New Year Resolutions" - the only other remake not yet broadcast - is scheduled for New Year's Eve,...
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:59 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: This Is Music Hall (BBC 1955)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 908
Re: This Is Music Hall (BBC 1955)
This isn't to say that 'a night in the 70s' wouldn't be viable as a scheduling event, a day might be pushing it somewhat, but a single night broadcast simply because all the programmes exist by some curious chance isn't the way to do it. It would undoubtedly fall back on the same few 'classics' to ...
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:19 am
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: This Is Music Hall (BBC 1955)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 908
Re: This Is Music Hall (BBC 1955)
This isn't to say that 'a night in the 70s' wouldn't be viable as a scheduling event, a day might be pushing it somewhat, but a single night broadcast simply because all the programmes exist by some curious chance isn't the way to do it. But it was Christmas Day - it wasn't some random day in the y...
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 6:38 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: This Is Music Hall (BBC 1955)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 908
Re: This Is Music Hall (BBC 1955)
The idea of recreating a whole evenings viewing may be an interesting one, but other than for academics that wish to see shows in their exact context, I am not sure what the benefit would be. It would be an "event", like the numerous other one-off "events" that the BBC stages in order to get public...
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:16 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: This Is Music Hall (BBC 1955)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 908
Re: This Is Music Hall (BBC 1955)
Ignoring those, Christmas Day 1972 on BBC 1 does pretty well with everything else from 3pm to 11.50pm surviving. That includes The Queen , Billy Smart's Christmas Circus , Dick Whittington , Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game , Christmas Night with the Stars , The Morecambe and Wise Show , the f...
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:39 pm
- Forum: Radio and Spoken Word
- Topic: Andy Marriott's Television Show
- Replies: 114
- Views: 10124
Re: Andy Marriott's Television Show
I don't believe that "copywritten" is an actual word. What do advertising copywriters do? They write copy; they don't "copywrite", any more than screenwriters "screenwrite". A copywriter would presumably say "I have written some copy", not "I have copywritten". Whether it's a word or not, it's clear...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:25 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: This Is Music Hall (BBC 1955)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 908
Re: This Is Music Hall (BBC 1955)
Thanks for that. In addition to the piece itself, John Wyver makes an interesting remark in the comments: "I’m very curious to know when is the earliest we might be able to have a decent go at showing the majority of an evening’s schedule – for the BBC at least my guess is that it would be the early...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:15 pm
- Forum: Ashes to Ashes
- Topic: Peter Alliss 1931-2020
- Replies: 2
- Views: 256
Re: Peter Alliss 1931-2020
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/55204070
Also host of the innovative chat show Around with Alliss, where he played golf and talked to various well-known people.
Also host of the innovative chat show Around with Alliss, where he played golf and talked to various well-known people.
- Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:23 pm
- Forum: Radio and Spoken Word
- Topic: Andy Marriott's Television Show
- Replies: 114
- Views: 10124
Re: Andy Marriott's Television Show
Not sure of the intended use of the Sorry theme. Gaynor Colbourn and Hugh Wisdom are credited as composers. This may or may not be the same Gaynor Colbourn: https://www.dressagetomusicbygaynorcolbourn.com/ Yes, I believe that it is. I don't know where I first read the suggestion that the Sorry! the...
- Sat Dec 05, 2020 6:56 pm
- Forum: Radio and Spoken Word
- Topic: Andy Marriott's Television Show
- Replies: 114
- Views: 10124
Re: Andy Marriott's Television Show
Quite an inspired selection today. My favourite this week was Don Harper's theme for World of Sport - or would have been if he hadn't cut it off shortly before the end! The great thing about World of Sport was that it had a nice long closing credit sequence, so you always got the theme tune in full....
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:31 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: "Magic, our Maurice"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 430
Re: "Magic, our Maurice"
Anyone volunteering for a marathon watch to check? I hope that won't be necessary! I think you have to be almost exactly my age (54) to fully appreciate the cultural significance of Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt . A few years to one side or the other, and you won't be aware of the phenomenon of peopl...
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:47 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: "Magic, our Maurice"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 430
"Magic, our Maurice"
On the subject of misquotes, did Selwyn Froggitt (Bill Maynard) ever actually say "Magic, our Maurice"? He certainly said "Magic" a lot, and he certainly referred to his brother as "our Maurice"; but whether the two actually occurred together I wouldn't like to say. I found this interview in Norther...
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:35 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Worst-remembered line in TV?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1211
Re: Worst-remembered line in TV?
...which reminds me of all the schoolboy-sniggery quotes which aren't in Captain Pugwash. I was under the impression that "Master Bates, Seaman Staines, and Roger the Cabin Boy" were invented by Victor Lewis-Smith for an article in the short-lived Sunday Correspondent , but the Snopes article here ...