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Post by Three Litre on Jun 15, 2019 9:32:05 GMT
Anyone remember this with Leigh Lawson? Very good, haunting theme music.
Featured a canal boat, like all good stories!
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jun 18, 2019 23:26:48 GMT
I do remember this being on, it was 1984/5, created by The Sweeney's Roger Marshall, if you look at the interview with Marshall on the Sweeney boxset there's a big spread of stills from the show on the wall behind him. I looked on imdb and there's a review of the series by Marshall's son Rodney. The two series are on Network dvd.
Do you also remember 'The River', a sitcom featuring David Essex as a canal lock keeper? Ran for 1 series in 1988. Just had a look at it on youtube, they really don't make canal based comedies like this any more.
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Post by Three Litre on Jun 19, 2019 6:01:26 GMT
No, don’t recall that one AP. I think there should be a Canal Boat channel on Sky.
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Post by Kenny Dalglish 1979 on Jun 20, 2019 21:34:45 GMT
I saw Travelling Man in 2012 after buying the series on DVD. I watched it after Floodtide which was also written by Roger Marshall. Leigh Lawson was a fine romantic hero and there were some very gritty, violent moments too. Some episodes were exciting and the finale was somewhat rushed as Lawson decided at the end he didn't want to do any more episodes.
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Post by Three Litre on Jun 20, 2019 21:44:40 GMT
I saw Travelling Man in 2012 after buying the series on DVD. I watched it after Floodtide which was also written by Roger Marshall. Leigh Lawson was a fine romantic hero and there were some very gritty, violent moments too. Some episodes were exciting and the finale was somewhat rushed as Lawson decided at the end he didn't want to do any more episodes. So he pulled the plug? A bit risky on a canal boat.
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Post by Kenny Dalglish 1979 on Jun 23, 2019 22:49:34 GMT
I know. I believe he had other commitments like treading the boards for a stage production. He did a really good job as Lomax, a man with a grudge to bear yet he was also sympathetic and occasionally generous. He was a bit like Richard Bradford's Man In A Suitcase, a loner with something to distinguish him from other TV heroes.
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