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Post by Charles Bronson on Feb 4, 2017 10:51:49 GMT
I remember being parked alongside Brian Regan once at traffic lights years ago, when he was still in the series. (He played Terry the typical scouser with the black curly hair and moustache.)
I think he's still in prison at the moment for some gang related crime he was involved in. (The actor that is, not the character.)
Charles.
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Post by Brown Cortina on Feb 4, 2017 12:56:45 GMT
I also thought the acting was very good too.
I think I got confused with the cars as I remember someone else from the close had a Cortina, a MK5 2.3.
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Feb 4, 2017 15:10:11 GMT
Never watched Brookie but just for the record - that car in the scene was a Datsun Sunny. I seem to remember people talking about a character in the series, who lived on the close with a maroon MK1 Cortina saloon and did see a still from the series once. Think I had an idea that a reader of one of the classic magazines bought it after the soap ended and may still survive.
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Post by Brown Cortina on Feb 4, 2017 16:07:18 GMT
Never watched Brookie but just for the record - that car in the scene was a Datsun Sunny. I seem to remember people talking about a character in the series, who lived on the close with a maroon MK1 Cortina saloon and did see a still from the series once. Think I had an idea that a reader of one of the classic magazines bought it after the soap ended and may still survive. Yes, that would be David (bing) Crosby who owned the Cortina if I remember correctly. Not sure who owns it now.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Feb 4, 2017 19:32:14 GMT
I used to work in a shelter for homeless people & there was a guy in there from Liverpool who told me straightfaced about a mate of his who stole Paul Usher's ( Barry Grant ) jacket from a pub, he said "there was a £5 deal in his jacket pocket" Speaking of Brookside actors I think The Royle Family became a parody of itself as well as becoming too sentimental, much like Only Fools And Horses it became a victim of its success & lost touch with reality. I got the Network dvd of Morecambe & Wise's ITV shows, Eric Morecambe doesn't look well & most of the sketches are actually remakes of BBC ones. I think I've only watched a couple of episodes, it's quite depressing.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Feb 4, 2017 19:43:55 GMT
For the life of me i can't understand why people love Coronation Street and Eastenders. They are simply dross with their best years long behind them. Me neither. My Nan loves Corrie, Always has and she also Loves Emmerdale, Never misses an episode. I agree with you though Del they are dross especially Eastenders I'm sure it's just habit that makes people keep watching them. My mum & dad watch Emmerdale & Coronation St religiously, whenever I've commented on how crap it can be my mum says "I know but it's something to watch". They never watch Eastenders for some reason.
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Post by Batgirl on Feb 5, 2017 11:50:34 GMT
Neighbours and Home & Away have gone on too long. I can't believe people still watch them. I watched Neighbours when Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan were in it. (So it seems Kylie is single again! I think she picks blokes that are too young for her. Chin up Kylie ! There are probably some single male retro forum members who would take you out !) My boss at work is English and she always watches Coronation Street online so she doesn't miss any of it. I've never seen it.
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Post by Villain on Feb 5, 2017 11:56:53 GMT
First one that springs to mind is the pretty dire "Never the Twain" with Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden, both wasted in the series, Davies was better in "It ain't half hot mum". Sinden of course had done some top notch stuff before.
Hi De Hi perhaps went on a bit too long and so did Keeping up Appearances.
US sitcom "Happy Days" was thought of in America as jumping the shark and I remember it as being quite fun with the late 50's setting in the early series with the scrapes Richie and his pals got into and Fonz having to come and save the day, but it got stale after Richie Cunningham was written out of the series when he went away in the army, and the timeline moved to the early 60's. Some of the period detail was lost with too many liberties taken with suspiciously modern looking clothing and 80's hairstyles seen on some characters etc.
One I'm glad also ended when it did was The Professionals - There was consideration given to continuing the series with 2 new leads after Lewis and Martin hung up their Capri car keys, with Gordon Jackson quite happy to continue as Cowley, but the series just wouldn't have had the same appeal I don't think, and probably wouldn't have had the following from fans as much. Despite Martin Shaw in particular not enjoying the series, no one else could have been CI5's top 2 agents! Having just finished watching the four restored box sets of The Professionals I'm inclined to agree with you there mate, some of the last two series episodes weren't quite up to the mark, although for me it's still up there with my all time favourites The Persuaders and The Sweeney. Reading the info booklets which come with each set is very revealing as it goes into quite some detail about how the cast and crew felt about continuing the series. Martin Shaw wanted out before the first few episodes of series one were in the can but Gordon Jackson and Lewis Colins wanted to carry on. By about mid-way through series 3 Lewis was getting twitchy about leaving, or wanting more input into the scripts, at the same time he was going through some personal problems which didn't help matters. The storylines tended to be a bit patchy as each series appeared, a situation not helped by Brian Clemens struggling to get other writers involved at certain points in the entire run. A major problem during the making of series 2 was Lewis making himself almost redundant when he injured himself in a parachute jump, and later on when series 3 was on the go the entire ITV network was hit by a series of strikes from production staff. A big problem with the show was that from very early on it was deemed (one the one hand) to be a poor man's version of Starsky & Hutch while (on the other hand) it was seen as being far too violent by certain critics of the time. Looking back on it now though, especially with the restored sets, it still stands up as a great piece of TV, with a fair bit of grittiness where it was needed, thanks to the involvement of several very talented Euston Films crew. What we're left with is a run of fifty seven episodes which all have something going for them, but it had to end when it did. Villain
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Post by Dirty Epic on Feb 5, 2017 15:26:19 GMT
Neighbours and Home & Away have gone on too long. I can't believe people still watch them. I watched Neighbours when Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan were in it. (So it seems Kylie is single again! I think she picks blokes that are too young for her. Chin up Kylie ! There are probably some single male retro forum members who would take you out !) My boss at work is English and she always watches Coronation Street online so she doesn't miss any of it. I've never seen it. Guilty pleasure Batgirl I do watch Home & Away... Mind you I suppose I like it for the so bad it's good charms it has. Also it's worth a watch for Ray Meagher alone and I've been to Palm Beach (Summer Bay) a couple of times too. Never really that fussed about Neighbours mind.
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Post by Dirty Epic on Feb 5, 2017 15:29:46 GMT
I wonder what Kate Fitzgerald is doing these days? I haven't noticed her in anything since she left Brookside. Charles. Kate was in 2008's Under The Mud with Andrew Schofield (Scully) Charles. It sometimes comes on BBC that film alright if nothing extraordinary but was made with youth and community groups in Garston.
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