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Thanks,John.Interesting stuff.
I'm slightly pleased that Top Cat (the nosh) are on show in pet shops in one or two ITV sitcoms.(Father Dear Father?).Almost advertising a BBC show...

How on earth that cartoon series could have been mistaken for a cat food commercial completely escapes me. You might as well say that the BBC shouldn't have called one of its programmes "Nationwide" in case people thought it was advertising a building society! Well, the building society WAS named a...

So tempted to say that it was a movable feast... I saw the second half,and correctly predicted the use of "don't let the bastards screw you done",and anticipated the Harvey Smith,though I didn't see the pineapple chunks coming. To play the main characters,you need actors who have,or can successfully...

I saw it the night it was first broadcast.I got the impression that Shelter was formed the next day-obviously not true!

In the 2nd series of Bless This House there's an exchange about Sid's son Mike having a job you don't get paid for to which Sid replies "There's only one job you don't get paid for and the Milkmans Horse has got that" I would've thought that even in 1972 this joke was a little dated. As the only mi...

Focus II wrote:My memory of Sunday morning TV in 1974: The Tyne Tees opening sequence, "Chess Masterpieces",...

All these programmes were in black and white!

And for viewers with black and white sets,the dark squares are the Black ones...

Bernie wrote:I worked on a Centre Play called The Water Baby in 1975. Anyone know if it still exists?

B

Yep. http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?search=water+baby

A "blog"? A chat over the garden-wall,in old money-and you might be able to borrow a marrow.

I really should have edited that one...still a chance!
Once,I watched Basil Brush,Worst Witch etc. regularly.Haven't tuned in to CITV,CBBC in years.

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/sound-and-vision/2016/06/galton-and-simpson-earliest-recordings-of-radio-and-tv-comedy-writers-discovered.html http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/sound-and-vision/2016/06/galton-and-simpson-earliest-recordings-of-radio-and-tv-comedy-writers-discovered.html (No Ha...

O/T,but for another 1984 story 'Paki Basher',IMDB have no plotline and ask "Do you know what this is about?". That was the last Crown Court to be broadcast. It caused a problem when Legal TV repeated it in 2007, as Sky's EPG demanded they change the title: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jan...

O/T,but for another 1984 story 'Paki Basher',IMDB have no plotline and ask "Do you know what this is about?".

No sign of A Case for Justice on the site,that I can see.

So how come the UK release was so badly handled...?, reminds me of the days when the first "Tomorrow People" serial was released on TWO VHS tapes, that was for FIVE episodes.! Good question-could it have something to do with the way that a few shows have been run tremendous numbers of times on CBBC...

Out in Australia,too,I believe. The re-launch might be quite good.It's got Wendy Craig reprising Una Stubbs' Miss Bat... In fact,here's the cast: Clare Higgins (Doctor Who; The Golden Compass; Downton Abbey) will play headteacher Miss Cackle; Raquel Cassidy (Downton Abbey; Jonathan Creek; Teachers) ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latest ... ch-casting
Which makes the original series' release on DVD less likely,I suppose.

Not 100% sure that 'Miss Gullet' (one of the teachers) won't be re-named.

According to the London region TV Times it was shown from 2 April 1980 to 7 May 1980. Six episodes were shown: 2/4/1980: [Title not listed] 9/4/1980: Toot Toot Tudor Goodbye 16/4/1980: The Movie 23/4/1980: Frank Meets the Press 30/4/1980: The Maine Event 7/5/1980: [Title not listed] I don't know if...

Ironic that a missing episode of this is currently up for auction on eBay! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16mm-BBC-FILM-THE-TROUBLESHOOTERS-MOGUL-SERIES-1-1965-TELERECORDING-/142060620945 It's not actually missing,worse luck.(Or do I mean "unfortunately"? http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?search=wil...

I seem to remember a discussion about whether German TV were given verbatim copies of dialogue from shows they bought-or have I got that totally wrong?

Ends in an hour or so.

David Boothroyd wrote:It's definitely been released because my copy arrived today.

Nice one.
Amazon still have it for pre-order,though the most recent customer comment,after a string of condemnations for the cancellation tells us that we can order direct from Network!

I think that Amazon really need to stop accepting pre-orders for Biggles,Probation Officer,and any other 2099 titles.

This thread on Roobarb: http://www.zetaminor.com/roobarb/showth ... ead!/page7

might be worth a look.

I'd be quite pleased if Biggles finally appeared.It's still listed at Amazon,at £44.00,where they're still taking pre-orders.Network aren't listing it themselves anymore-it was 2099 for a while,I believe.Fingers crossed for a sudden announcement! (Though they'd have to get these BBFCed,unlike The Or...

Brian F wrote:I think that people had trouble at the start and didn't go back so they extended.

It seems to have been the same pattern for each sale over the past couple of years!

It was announced in February 2015 for a date a few months later,then shifted to August,then October,then,apparently 2099. The next we heard of it was that it's out,this week. But the 2099, bit, that's Amazon-speak for we don't know, isn't it? Plenty of releases shift hither and thither, don't they?...

It was announced in February 2015 for a date a few months later,then shifted to August,then October,then,apparently 2099.
The next we heard of it was that it's out,this week.

Apparently,they've started shipping The Organization.

Sale now ends 23:59 Monday,with Freemantle titles added.

It's "available to order now exclusively from Network" (my italics), which doesn't discount the possibility of it being available elsewhere later. It could well be,Simon,though I believe that the Network price is cheaper. I'm confused by this release.Was it announced a while ago,put on hold,then an...

Aaron76 wrote:Available to buy now from the Network website

As an exclusive,apparently,which makes the Amazon pre-orders look a bit silly. http://networkonair.com/shop/2172-organ ... 31846.html