Ben M wrote:Divided by ITV company. Favourites highlighted in bold.
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Tyne Tees - Barriers, Kappatoo, Nobody's House, Quest of Eagles
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I came across Barriers for the first time recently in a certain place (albeit as uploads from some tired home VT - still grateful for 'em though). It's a stupendous series and I can understand why you've flagged it a favourite. Somehow Tyne Tees were able to assemble an unusually good cast for a drama aimed at teenage viewers, including Sian Philips, Michael Gough, Laurence Naismith, Walter Gotell, Robert Urquhart, Joans Hickson & Sanderson, a superb performance from Nicholas Courtney as a French châtelain + some top German actors familiar from my deutsches archive TV viewing such as Siegfried Rauch and the incomparable Brigitte Horney + excellent performances from Benedict Taylor, Paul Rogers and Patricia Lawrence as the effective leads.
What a superb series for Network to have a go at (though I'm not sure how things currently stand with the Tyne Tees archive holdings).
Richard A wrote:I came across Barriers for the first time recently in a certain place (albeit as uploads from some tired home VT - still grateful for 'em though). It's a stupendous series and I can understand why you've flagged it a favourite. ...
What a superb series for Network to have a go at (though I'm not sure how things currently stand with the Tyne Tees archive holdings).
Hi Richard,
The Tyne Tees archive is part of ITV PLC, so Network should have no problem accessing this series as part of their licencing deal with ITV.
With the recent release of the complete "Sink Or Swim" series, I suddenly feel the urge to give another mention to Alex Shearer's other masterpiece:
"The Two Of Us"
It's very funny, romantic, and absolutely brilliant, (after a long gap between the release of the first series and the rest of "Second Thoughts"), I'm hoping for the same here.
It's frustrating to see the listing for series 2 still on Amazon, so could I please pleeease request either the other three series releases and/or a box set of this wonderful show.
I'm getting severe LWT withdrawl symptoms ( and Janet Dibley as well) and it has a belting theme tune.!
Mike S wrote:I still want to know what on earth the rights problem is with Me and My Girl. I don't believe for a second Network haven't had it on their own wishlist for years.
Dim memories here... Was Me & My Girl one of those shows which had some kind of 'In association with <name of odd and unfamiliar production company>" in the end credits?
Mike S wrote:I still want to know what on earth the rights problem is with Me and My Girl. I don't believe for a second Network haven't had it on their own wishlist for years.
Dim memories here... Was Me & My Girl one of those shows which had some kind of 'In association with <name of odd and unfamiliar production company>" in the end credits?
'Developed for Television by John Kane and Hightimes Productions'.
It was repeated on G+, so whether it has anything do with it or not, I don't know.
Supposedly bumped off by Greg Dyke, it's another LWT show I would love to see out as well.
Mark wrote:With the recent release of the complete "Sink Or Swim" series, I suddenly feel the urge to give another mention to Alex Shearer's other masterpiece:
"The Two Of Us"
It's very funny, romantic, and absolutely brilliant, (after a long gap between the release of the first series and the rest of "Second Thoughts"), I'm hoping for the same here.
It's frustrating to see the listing for series 2 still on Amazon, so could I please pleeease request either the other three series releases and/or a box set of this wonderful show.
I'm getting severe LWT withdrawl symptoms ( and Janet Dibley as well) and it has a belting theme tune.!
The theme tune is like an 80s-ized version of the instrumental bit of Layla, I always thought.
I remember one line from TTOU, namely them sharing the Sunday papers and when she goes from the Review section, he says "ok, that leaves me with the pervy vicar section".
Would love to see a release of the Natural History series of " Kingdom Of The Ice Bear " released on DVD in full episodic form rather than the butcherd VHS release that came out years ago. The music was fantastic so if it still exists then a isolated soundtrack option would enhance the release enormously too.
Just when I think I have everything I need on DVD a walk through this forum reminds me how mistaken I am. I've already suggested the list below to Network, but I'm not sure how naive I'm being. Would love to see them released by Network.
BASIL BRUSH
BREAK IN THE SUN
GO WITH NOAKES
THE GOODIES (Complete series box sets)
GRANGE HILL (Complete series box sets)
JOHNNY JARVIS
KEVIN TURVEY (A Kick Up The 80's shorts & The Man Behind the Green Door)
THE LAST TRAIN
LIZZIE DRIPPING
THE MAD DEATH
TAKE HART
TUCKER'S LUCK
WEST COUNTRY TALES
HUGH BURNETT:
THE GHOST HUNTERS - 1975
THE MYSTERY OF LOCH NESS - 1976
OUT OF THIS WORLD - 1977
Mark wrote:With the recent release of the complete "Sink Or Swim" series, I suddenly feel the urge to give another mention to Alex Shearer's other masterpiece:
"The Two Of Us"
It's very funny, romantic, and absolutely brilliant, (after a long gap between the release of the first series and the rest of "Second Thoughts"), I'm hoping for the same here.
It's frustrating to see the listing for series 2 still on Amazon, so could I please pleeease request either the other three series releases and/or a box set of this wonderful show.
I'm getting severe LWT withdrawl symptoms ( and Janet Dibley as well) and it has a belting theme tune.!
The theme tune is like an 80s-ized version of the instrumental bit of Layla, I always thought.
I remember one line from TTOU, namely them sharing the Sunday papers and when she goes from the Review section, he says "ok, that leaves me with the pervy vicar section".
Yes, it's class writing with very good interplay between the two leads, Patrick Troughton was superb as always ( as Ashley's Grandad) with some very touching moments, and Tenniel Evans was spot on with the difficult job of replacing him.
The theme tune ( wonderfully evocative of the 80's, the full length version is verrry nice) was from Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke who also did the theme for Lyndhurst's following series, "The Piglet Files", which was released on a single along with their theme for the LWT apocalypse Comedy , "Not With A Bang".
