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- Mon Oct 22, 2018 6:09 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: "A Binge Of Goodies" Network
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5804
Re: "A Binge Of Goodies" Network
Having watched this particular episode only yesterday, I can confirm it's the original ATV version.
- Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:08 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Actors appearances in commercials
- Replies: 161
- Views: 21229
Re: Actors appearances in commercials
It was originally Deryck Guyler, but I think Brian Wilde may have done the later ones.
- Sun Aug 19, 2018 4:58 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Actors appearances in commercials
- Replies: 161
- Views: 21229
Re: Actors appearances in commercials
Mel Smith and Peter Cook did one for Wispa too.spflog1 wrote:
Jan Francis & Paul Nicholas - Cadbury's Wispa
Which has just reminded me of the series of Holsten Pils ads from around the same time, with Griff Rhys Jones edited into scenes from classic films.
- Thu May 24, 2018 3:07 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Actors from a programme appearing in another
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5116
Re: Actors from a programme appearing in another
Sue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson in The Royle Family (Jim and Barb) and Brookside (Bobby & Sheila Grant).
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:43 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Sitcom jokes that no longer work
- Replies: 86
- Views: 11529
Re: Sitcom jokes that no longer work
What about the "Cornflakes" scene in The Young Ones - Bomb. WOMAN: "It seems very strange that an expert on comedy should be advertising tents on the back of a cornflakes packet!" LITTLE GIRL: "I wish I'd had time for a crap before we started!" Another is the Young Ones' joke where all the junk pou...
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:33 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Long sitcom series
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1778
Re: Long sitcom series
Doctor At Large ran for just one series of 29 episodes. Series 1 of its successor, Doctor In Charge, ran to 27.
- Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:13 pm
- Forum: Ashes to Ashes
- Topic: Rodney Bewes (1937-2017)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4899
Re: Rodney Bewes (1937-2017)
Could well be the case, as this corresponds almost exactly with the run of When The Boat Comes In.Simon36 wrote:but not at all between 1975 and 1981. So maybe Bolam blocked them for a bit...
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 3:09 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Crossovers?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 8145
Re: Crossovers?
Kevin O'Grady, as portrayed by Spike Milligan in Curry and Chips also appeared a few times in Till Death Us Do Part. Johnny Speight recycled a fair bit of the character's dialogue in at least one of the episodes as well.
- Tue May 02, 2017 8:08 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Non actors appearing as themselves.
- Replies: 66
- Views: 8502
Re: Non actors appearing as themselves.
Richard Baker in 'Monty Python.' Peter Woods as well (Light Entertainment War). Lulu and Ringo Starr also appear in an episode, albeit briefly, right at the end of the show and neither speak any lines. If we're counting sketch shows then, there was a Rivron/Brint sketch in French and Saunders which...
- Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:46 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Minnelli/Garland confusion
- Replies: 3
- Views: 919
Re: Minnelli/Garland confusion
It was Hugh Scully. The clip can be seen in the last ever edition of Nationwide, available in the usual place.
- Wed Feb 01, 2017 7:10 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: The "ageing rock group reforms" plot.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3020
Re: The "ageing rock group reforms" plot.
Neil Morrisey is band member Disco Biscuit in tonight's example ~iw Who also starred in Hunting Venus, an ITV comedy-drama about a reforming 80s band. In around 1990-ish BBC2 showed a series made up of sitcom pilots (a la Comedy Playhouse / Seven Of One etc.) one of which starred Trevor Eve as the ...
- Fri Dec 30, 2016 11:45 am
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Name That Tune - original format
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2188
Re: Name That Tune - original format
Not sure if this is one of those already mentioned, but I recall there being a round involving a magnetic board containing tiles with the titles of songs on them which the contestants had to arrange into the correct order then press a buzzer when they were finished. I mostly remember this because of...
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 8:59 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Odd misapprehensions
- Replies: 125
- Views: 15409
Re: Odd misapprehensions
As a child I always thought that when a song appeared on the radio, it was the actual artist in the studio performing "live", like on Top of the Pops.
It never occurred to me that they just played the record, when I found out I was taken aback as I thought records were just for "ordinary" people.
It never occurred to me that they just played the record, when I found out I was taken aback as I thought records were just for "ordinary" people.
- Sun Jun 05, 2016 2:05 pm
- Forum: Radio and Spoken Word
- Topic: Hackers and Humphreys All
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2432
Re: Hackers and Humphreys All
I think some of the jokes and visual messages in Fawlty Towers will suffer from lack of picture? The only thing I remember about the LP I borrowed from our local library back in the 80s was that it had a voice-over dubbed onto it by Manuel, explaining an act of violence Basil had just subjected him...
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:54 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: 'Almost cast' actors
- Replies: 76
- Views: 12307
Re: 'Almost cast' actors
The part of Moxey in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet was originally written specifically for the percussionist Ray Cooper, a friend of Clement & La Frenais who had expressed an interest in doing a spot of screen acting (which explains why Moxey is something of a peripheral character in series 1). In the end, C...
- Mon Oct 13, 2014 11:35 am
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: TV on TV
- Replies: 79
- Views: 10776
Re: TV on TV
I've posted this before. In an episode of Coronation Street Stan Ogden switches off the TV when the theme music to Word In Action come on. (Presumably he'd been enjoying the previous programme). ~iw Similarly, Len Fairclough was once seen watching an episode of The Krypton Factor, which was the one...
- Wed May 14, 2014 12:22 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: A chance to own a piece of pop television history...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3695
Re: A chance to own a piece of pop television history...
nobody else bought them apart from a handful of ITV companies If you count ITN, then fifty per cent of ITV companies at the time bought them - although admittedly not always for every studio. Granada, Yorkshire, HTV, ATV, Anglia, Thames, LWT and ITN all had them at some point or other, and I think ...
- Mon May 12, 2014 5:25 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Longer versions of signature tunes
- Replies: 52
- Views: 7105
Re: Longer versions of signature tunes
The vocal sections of Mountain's "Nantucket Sleighride" are completely different to the instrumental bit used as the theme to Weekend World.
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 2:14 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Film/TV clichés
- Replies: 120
- Views: 14386
Re: Film/TV clichés
People ending telephone conversations by simply replacing the receiver, without so much as a "bye", "thanks", "Cheers, then" etc. - in the real world this would be seen as quite rude yet it seems to be considered acceptable on the telly and in films, regardless of whether the character is in any way...
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:00 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Posters for TV Shows
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1516
Re: Posters for TV Shows
I can clearly remember seeing adverts for Granada's Sherlock Holmes on the side of Merseyside PTE buses around 1984.
- Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:04 pm
- Forum: Ashes to Ashes
- Topic: Geoffrey Wheeler
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1228
Geoffrey Wheeler
Just announced on Radio 4 PM news that he has passed away aged 83.
Although I'm too young to remember Top of the Form, thanks to the early series of Winner Takes All the expression "difference of opinion" has always reminded me of him.
Although I'm too young to remember Top of the Form, thanks to the early series of Winner Takes All the expression "difference of opinion" has always reminded me of him.
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 4:31 pm
- Forum: Tech Ops
- Topic: BBC Scotland cameras (late 1970s)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2553
Re: BBC Scotland cameras (late 1970s)
Looks like Bernie was right, judging by this picture.
Interesting to see on the 1980s page a Marconi MkIX as well.
Interesting to see on the 1980s page a Marconi MkIX as well.
- Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:10 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Dad's Army turns 45 years old today
- Replies: 58
- Views: 7437
Re: Dad's Army turns 45 years old today
The primary school I attended in Merseyside in the late 70s/early 80s had an air raid siren left over from the war on its roof, which was tested about once a year (not the full alert tone, just one quick spool up to pitch then off). I was absolutely fascinated by it at the time, but the sound still ...
- Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:31 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Top of the Pops
- Replies: 60
- Views: 9397
Re: Top of the Pops
The final number was usually played in full, so there might be a further two minutes of audience dancing after the fade of the final credit. This "tail" was useful to Pres who could opt out early, or take an extra 30 seconds if the network was running light. I remember once reading somewhere (very ...
- Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:15 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Top of the Pops
- Replies: 60
- Views: 9397
Re: Top of the Pops
The Sky menu description of this weeks edition, said 'includes strong language'....did I miss something? That Who film looked a bit tatty, as well. BBC iPlayer has a similar warning - presumably due to said clip featuring a prominent "fuck" from Roger Daltrey; it's expurgated from the vocal soundtr...
- Sat Jul 20, 2013 3:05 pm
- Forum: Ashes to Ashes
- Topic: Mel Smith (1952-2013) RIP
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3564
Re: Mel Smith (1952-2013) RIP
Very sad news. I can't think of anything I ever saw him in that I didn't really like; he was always my favourite of the NTNOCN cast as well. My old Drama teacher knew him from his time at the Sheffield Crucible and I remember him telling me what a personable (and hugely knowledgeable) bloke Mel was....
- Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:36 am
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: News Flash
- Replies: 90
- Views: 11222
Re: News Flash
There was the caption that appeared on the live final of the 1982 Young Musician of the Year contest announcing that British troops had taken South Georgia. It didn't actually interrupt the programme, but it was an annoying distraction (and I think the simultaneous radio broadcast was interrupted)....
- Sun Jun 16, 2013 4:17 pm
- Forum: Current Television
- Topic: "Goodbye Granadaland" Jun 15
- Replies: 79
- Views: 9704
Re: "Goodbye Granadaland" Jun 15
Why did Suranne Jones have to keep reintroducing the programme after every ad break by saying Peter Kay is saying goodbye to Granada Studios. Have the audience forgotten what they are watching in the intervening 3 minutes!! Another annoying practice we seem to have inherited from America, unfortuna...
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:57 pm
- Forum: Current Television
- Topic: PR: Goodbye Television Centre [BBC]
- Replies: 73
- Views: 10374
Re: PR: Goodbye Television Centre [BBC]
According to Digiguide, this will air on Friday 22nd March at 8:30pm preceded by a commemorative concert by Madness and followed by a session by Richard Thompson from TC8.
- Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:00 pm
- Forum: Archive Television
- Topic: Radio One - Fun At One - were tv clips used?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1224
Re: Radio One - Fun At One - were tv clips used?
"Hand up your sticks", a sketch from (IIRC) Pieces of Eight, a stage revue by Peter Cook starring Williams and released as a studio recording.robinsmith wrote: a Kenneth Williams sketch where he's saying 'hands up this is a stick up, gimmie your money' (Round The Horne?).