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Lizzy



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:47 pm    Post subject: TV from the past Reply with quote

I was watching Life on Mars the other night and it got me thinking back to the Sweeny (which my parents thought I was too young to watch but I did anyway) and also Tales of The Unexpected, which are being re-run on one of the digital channels. Tales looks sooooo dated now and are so badly acted I can't believe I used to think they were good Shocked

So what old favourites have people got, what would you like to see back again?

Personally I'd love more Fawlty Towers.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So would I. Joanna and I hired out the entire set on DVD and then copied them Very Happy.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Persuaders with Tony Curtis and Roger Moore Rolling Eyes .
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

With you on the Sweeney and Fawlty Towers Very Happy

For me you'd have to include The Professionals, for years I was convinced I was Doyle and despite the 'Crossroads' scenery I was always a massive fan of Blakes Seven Embarassed
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fawlty Towers Laughing
Monty Python
(Early) Red Dwarf
The Muppet Show
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Sweeney (as mentioned), The Professionals, Callan, The Saint, The Champions (have you noticed that these sort of programmes nearly always had the prefix "the".).

Comedy wise I was a big Python fan - thanks to my older brother!

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Poirot. Not the ones with Peter Ustinov, nay, there was only one Poirot. You all know who I mean. Razz
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have absolutely no idea Confused
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Selik



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TheJovialGnome wrote:
I was always a massive fan of Blakes Seven Embarassed


lol, I got into that years ago when they started reshowing it. That and Space 1999 Embarassed

But yeah, pretty much any comedy from the Fawlty Towers era is good for me.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Drizzt wrote:
Poirot. Not the ones with Peter Ustinov, nay, there was only one Poirot. You all know who I mean. Razz


David Suchet.

Blakes Seven was good in a bad sort of way.

Red Dwarf..oh yes *avoids shouting smeg'ead* oops Razz
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Monkey
the water margin
the profesionals
the sweeny
red dwarf
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lizzy wrote:
Blakes Seven was good in a bad sort of way.


Space 1999 was also good in a cheesy kind of way. Classic Martin Landau, that! Razz
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

with space ships that looked like turtles without shells Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

and giant aliens that wobbled instead of shimmering and could fit down corridors half their actual width... great stuff!! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oooh, forgot to mention, 'Hancock's Half Hour'. I'm sure it was this where Kenneth Williams once ejected Tony Hancock onto the wing of an aeroplane. Laughing
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