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Post by Cartman on May 19, 2021 16:45:47 GMT
The Comic Strip was hit and miss. A couple stood out as good, the Enid Blyton based one, Five go and in Dorset, and one where Robbie Coltrane played Charles Bronson as the new leader of the GLC.
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Post by Steve Austin on May 19, 2021 19:40:32 GMT
The Comic Strip was hit and miss. A couple stood out as good, the Enid Blyton based one, Five go and in Dorset, and one where Robbie Coltrane played Charles Bronson as the new leader of the GLC. The GLC one ("The Strike") is my least favourite. "A Fist Full Of Travellers Cheques" is a great one, as are "Bad News" & "Four Men In A Plane" & "Mr Jolly Lives Next Door" with Peter Cook & Nicholas Parsons.
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Post by Dirty Epic on May 19, 2021 19:47:30 GMT
I did like 'Travellers Cheques', 'Bad News', 'The Bullshitters' and slightly less 'The Yob' but much else The Comic Strip did didn't really do much for me it's hit and miss but when it works it's good.
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Post by Charles Bronson on May 19, 2021 22:51:48 GMT
I've watched a few episodes of 'Never The Twain' on Forces TV, and very much enjoyed them. I never realized how good a series it was. Apart from that, I've not watched anything else on the channel up to now. I will check it again sometime. Charles. Charles, I find they loop a lot of the stuff. What I did with Citizen Smith was set up a series link on my box and it eventually picked up all the episodes. Sorry I missed this last week Del. Thanks for the tip👍 I do like this series a lot. I read on wikipedia that it lasted for ten years. I've seen three or four episodes and really enjoyed them all. Windsor Davies in particular is brilliant, although Donald Sinden is also very good in it. Charles.
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Post by Sparky on May 20, 2021 8:54:52 GMT
I don't remember seeing that one, pretty poor isn't it? Someone in the comments mentions at 1min 45 she mimes ripping a letter up & a ripping noise is dubbed over, what's all that about? Not very imaginative 80's sitcoms were they, hard to find many that didn't feature a cosy middle class set up. It seems that writers got stuck in a rut of comfortable domestic trivia where everyone had bright clothing, was well spoken, had a nice house & First World problems. Throw in the odd working class character, usually up to no good or a tradesman. You've summed it up in a couple of sentances Arthur.
I think it's also the old "jump on the bandwaggon" thing - as we have to day - you get one successful Talent Entertainment show and then you end up with the schedules being filled with copies, spin offs and billions of shows trying to milk the format for all it's worth.
It was more than likely a similar thing in the 80s, get a decent Middle-Class sit com, then you can guarantee there would be an influx of them, each somewhat more tedious than the last.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jul 28, 2021 12:26:58 GMT
Forces TV have recently started showing the cringeworthy 80's BBC sitcom 'No Place Like Home', I remember watching one particular episode of this on UK Gold, it was from the last series they made I think, I'm going to watch out for it because for some reason I have a memory of it being so bad that I rubbed my eyes to check I wasn't dreaming.
The Man From Atlantis is also showing, I don't think this has been on tv since the 80's.
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Post by Dirty Epic on Jul 28, 2021 15:21:59 GMT
Forces TV have recently started showing the cringeworthy 80's BBC sitcom 'No Place Like Home', I remember watching one particular episode of this on UK Gold, it was from the last series they made I think, I'm going to watch out for it because for some reason I have a memory of it being so bad that I rubbed my eyes to check I wasn't dreaming.
The Man From Atlantis is also showing, I don't think this has been on tv since the 80's.
Is that the one with William Guant in it Art? If so was alright but nothing really special for me.
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Jul 28, 2021 17:50:29 GMT
Forces TV have recently started showing the cringeworthy 80's BBC sitcom 'No Place Like Home', I remember watching one particular episode of this on UK Gold, it was from the last series they made I think, I'm going to watch out for it because for some reason I have a memory of it being so bad that I rubbed my eyes to check I wasn't dreaming.
The Man From Atlantis is also showing, I don't think this has been on tv since the 80's.
Is that the one with William Guant in it Art? If so was alright but nothing really special for me. I remember watching No Place Like Home (And Man from Atlantis, come to think of it!). Martin Clunes played one of the sons in the family.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jul 28, 2021 19:57:24 GMT
No Place Like Home is a good example of why a sitcom needs a strong lead character, William Gaunt was a straight actor & doesn't have any of the charm of a Sid James, Terry Scott or Richard Briers. There's no energy in Gaunt's performance, he spends each episode basically complaining about his lot whilst his wife & kids hover in the background, then his neighbour comes round & they complain about how bad the sherry they're necking is. That's another thing about the show that annoys me, why are two men drinking sherry by choice? No one drinks sherry unless they're forced to, or an old lady or a vicar in the company of an old lady.
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Post by Cartman on Jul 28, 2021 20:45:27 GMT
One of those sort of "wallpaper" programmes which you would see little snatches of and didn't make any impression on you at all. Vaguely remember thinking it was awful, what bits I saw it it.
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