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Post by Arthur Pringle on Mar 17, 2018 22:20:05 GMT
I remember watching 'Howard's Way' with my mum, very much an attempt to do a British Dallas/Dynasty type programme. I much prefered another boat themed show, 'The Love Boat' we used to watch that regularly each Sunday, no doubt it would make for poor viewing today. Here's an exciting looking series that began in January 1980, 'Airport Chaplain' starring that bloke out of 'Bread' ( he was also in 'Hearts And Minds' ). According to its imdb page, most of the 6 episodes are lost. Over the Bermuda Triangle no doubt.
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Post by Cartman on Mar 17, 2018 23:35:23 GMT
On the topic of aircraft related obscure TV programmes, anyone remember Buccaneer? It was a BBC series about an air freight operator, starring Bryan Marshall, on in spring/early summer 1980. Never been repeated, looked like it might have taken off, but ran out of steam fairly quickly. The plane in it was a Bristol Britannia.
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Post by Del Boy on Mar 17, 2018 23:49:36 GMT
Airport Chaplain ..oh Jesus
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Post by Del Boy on Mar 17, 2018 23:52:44 GMT
Does anyone watch something random from the era because you found it whilst channel hopping and then after a while it rings a bell and you think I swear I've seen this before. A while back someone recommended a Stacey Keach film here on 43tv. It's about a blag and kidnapping in London and I thought I'll watch that sounds interesting, got part way in to it and realised that I had seen it before but it must of been 30+ years ago. I would never have remembered the title of the film. I think this is The Squeeze Del, I remember that recommendation and keep meaning to get the DVD. Yeah that's the one Steve. Keach plays an alcoholic copper that investigates the crime involving his family. It's not a blockbuster but I like it for the look of 70s London.
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Post by Vienna on Mar 18, 2018 14:43:42 GMT
Great idea for a thread, Arthur! My parents often used to watch The Main Chance, a Yorkshire TV drama from the early 1970s about a maverick Leeds based solicitor, played by John Stride. I thought it was quite a good series when I watched it a few years back on DVD. Vi
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Mar 18, 2018 21:15:36 GMT
I've not seen any of The Main Chance, though I liked The Hanged Man by the same writer, Edmund Ward, thought it had some great dialogue. Another Network title I bought was The Guardians, a 1971 13 part serial that imagines life in a future 80's England under a fascist dictatorship. The Guardians are the thuggish state police. Like a lot of tv of this period it is quite slow & wordy but once I got into it I was glued to it, very well written with unusual & disturbing storylines. I looked forward to seeing one episode based on its intriguing title- 'The Dirtiest Man In The World', it was as strange as it sounds. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardians_(TV_series)
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Mar 18, 2018 21:37:27 GMT
Great idea for a thread yeah. I think my dad watched Buccaneer actually but I'd forgotten about it now until its been mentioned now.
There was also a Navy drama although it did have some location filming and outdoor sea scenes called "Warship". It was set aboard the fictional HMS Hero although some of it was filmed on a real life ship HMS Phoebe. It ran from 1973-77 with 4 series.
The series was based to show the reality of real life Navy situations including Cold War, smuggling, and evacuation of people from disaster or war torn areas and starred a few well known faces and some that made guest appearances. Some of the top ranking Commanders I can't place although Bryan Marshall played one Navy Commander.
Other regular actors in the series included Andrew Burt, James Cosmo, Norman Eshley, Don Henderson, and Nigel Humphreys. Notable also for Lewis Collins making an appearance in episode as a new crew member, and coming across quite experienced and cocky, but ends up falling overboard in the night when trying to lash down a flapping tarpaulin. Although he gets rescued in the morning after being in the water all night!
Even future Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan made an appearance in a guest role in another episode.
Another drama I remember starring Jack Hedley as the main character was "Who Pays the Ferryman?" from 1977, an 8 part drama. Hedley plays a widowed WW2 commando veteran who sells up in the UK and decides to go back to Crete where he helped the local villagers and see if he can find out what happened to his old wartime sweetheart from the area or her family. As well as meeting up with his old sweethearts younger sister, he joins up with his old wartime Cretan resistance friend, played by Neil McCarthy (who had a number of earlier roles in film and ITC/ATV series and was later in a Professionals episode as a dog wielding villain). I believe it was/is on DVD and although I didn't understand it being 6 at the time, I'd probably enjoy it now. Filming was done on location at Crete too.
Does anyone also remember a British army series called Spearhead? Was on after 9 o clock and I watched the series with the Unit in the story being posted to Hong Kong trying to stop Chinese regime escapers getting into Hong Kong. It was 19 episodes and ran from 1978-81. Being after 9, my parents weren't to happy about the bits where the squaddies had pictures of topless women on the wall and saying "S**t" when they were complaining about stuff! Earlier series they were based in Northern Ireland and on the West-East German border.
Michael Billington played a Colour Sergeant in the Unit (Paul Coogan in the Professionals episode "The Rack"), George Sweeney was a private in the 1st 2 series. Milton Johns was in 5 episodes as a squaddies father I think, Nicholas Lyndhurst was another quite cocky young private in 4 episodes. Tony Rohr made an appearance as an RUC Sergeant and Burt Kwouk was a Chinese/Hong Kong character.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Mar 19, 2018 2:43:39 GMT
Another drama I remember starring Jack Hedley as the main character was "Who Pays the Ferryman?" from 1977, an 8 part drama. Hedley plays a widowed WW2 commando veteran who sells up in the UK and decides to go back to Crete where he helped the local villagers and see if he can find out what happened to his old wartime sweetheart from the area or her family. As well as meeting up with his old sweethearts younger sister, he joins up with his old wartime Cretan resistance friend, played by Neil McCarthy (who had a number of earlier roles in film and ITC/ATV series and was later in a Professionals episode as a dog wielding villain). I believe it was/is on DVD and although I didn't understand it being 6 at the time, I'd probably enjoy it now. Filming was done on location at Crete too. I remember "Who Pays the Ferryman?" too. My parents used to watch it without fail. I used to watch it too but being 15 at the time with other interests didn't pay much attention to the plot. I do recall that the theme tune was released as a single and my parents bought it. Sam.
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Post by Cartman on Mar 19, 2018 9:45:08 GMT
I remember watching Warship, didn’t think it was bad, I also remember Who pays the Ferryman, but didn’t really watch it properly, Spearhead I don’t remember at all.
Two other obscure ones I have just remembered are Oil Strike North, BBC, about 1975 I think, Nigel Davenport was in it, it was about a North Sea oil rig and wasn’t bad, and Quiller, which was a bit Professionals like, Michael Jayson was in this and it was about the same time as the oil rig one, again BBC.
Havent seen either since 75.
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Post by Bojan Scores on Mar 19, 2018 10:15:52 GMT
Does anyone remember ‘Cowboys’ on ITV with Colin Welland? In my minds eye it was a kind of proto Auf Weidersehen but probably rubbish as it disappeared without a trace. I recently bought Phil Redmond’s ‘Scully’ on DVD as I had fond memories of it from 1984. I enjoyed it again, but perhaps maybe of its time for the general viewer.
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