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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 4, 2021 19:21:01 GMT
Thanks Stan, not seen this before, will watch it later.
Directed by Stephen Frears who directed 'Bloody Kids', the film Richard Beckinsale was making when he died. The story is by the man who wrote 'Cathy Come Home'.
I've got the 'Plays For Britain' Network dvd but this isn't one of them despite the youtube title, these were 6 Thames plays in a similar vein from 1976 also produced by Barry Hanson.
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Post by Stan on Oct 4, 2021 21:25:21 GMT
Arthur - thanks.
What makes Last Summer of particular interest is that Richard Beckinsale takes on the senior role, in direct comparison to his Lennie Godber character.
It is also far removed from the parts of Geoffrey, opposite Paula Wilcox in The Lovers and Alan in Rising Damp.
Interesting to hear from RB's daughters in the 'Rising Damp Forever' documentary, about the change in acting direction he wanted to pursue.
In Last Summer, his natural, relaxed acting style is very apparent - no wonder his loss is still felt to this day.
Cheers,
Stan
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Post by Palmer on Oct 5, 2021 9:44:11 GMT
This is absolutely fantastic, thanks a million for sharing it with us all...
Richard Beckinsale would have most certainly gone on to many other things and would have definitely been a massive star (of either television, film, theatre or all three)!!
His passing is still very sad indeed even after all this time!
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Post by Nightfly on Nov 6, 2021 12:53:58 GMT
Not sure if there are any fellow aviation geeks here, but if so they might find this one of interest. Produced by Thames in 1973 and a kind of forerunner to the Railwatch type shows in the 80s (though not broadcast live in this case), Red One To London followed the progress of a BEA Trident flying between Amsterdam and Heathrow. It centres on coverage filmed in the cockpit and the air traffic controllers guiding the flight. A nice time capsule of working conditions in the airline industry of the time. There's the odd 70s quirk here and there, the presenters' patronising remark to the female controller, all from a time when the biggest mistake you could make next to giving a pilot an incorrect instruction, was to turn up in the radar room without a jacket and tie
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Post by The Saint on Nov 22, 2021 22:21:48 GMT
Interesting to watch Richard Beckinsale’s This Is Your Life, from late 1977.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Nov 23, 2021 1:00:59 GMT
Curious how totally unconcerned he appears by it all, like he's been smoking the funny fags. Fulton MacKay said he looked 'half asleep' whilst acting.
In his diaries Kenneth Williams mentions bumping into Ronnie Barker-
'Saw dear Ronnie Barker & congratulated him on his v funny 'letter from prison' to Richard Beckinsale which was on tv last night'.
Hilarious to compare this with his previous diary entries from 1974 & 75-
'Ronnie Barker is embarked on a disastrous course- comedy set in a prison! It is drab and anachronistic & utterly foolish in conception' 'That ghastly series Porridge about prison life was showing...Oh! How that ever became accepted for tv is beyond me! The tastelessness, the romanticising of villainy...the business of making criminals attractive...the winking at corruption within the prison service...it is sickening & disgusting'.
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Post by Vienna on Nov 24, 2021 14:23:43 GMT
A few nights ago I watched this short film about policing in Liverpool during 1972. It appears as an extra on the Blu-ray release of the Richard Marquand film The Legacy (1978). He also made this documentary.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Nov 25, 2021 19:21:31 GMT
Fans of cars may well have seen this Arena documentary but it's also of interest as it features John McVicar, 42 at the time, in a humourous segment with Alexei Sayle. A smudge of McVicar with Sayle taken during this documentary is the cover of Sayle's single 'Ullo John Gotta New Motor'. The McVicar part starts at 19 min 40 sec.
Btw Kenneth Williams, who sometimes used to spectate at the Old Bailey for amusement, mentions McVicar in his diaries from 1964- 'We saw the trial of a party of youths accused of robbery. The leader is called McVicar and is conducting his own defence v. well'.
Just realised that Roger Daltrey was in 'The Legacy' as well, the film Vienna mentions in the previous post!
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Post by Cartman on Nov 25, 2021 21:47:40 GMT
Thanks Arthur, I remember this when it was first on, in 82, not long before the Cortina was discontinued and replaced with the Sierra (a backward step if ever there was one, IMO!)
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Post by Del Boy on Nov 30, 2021 16:01:17 GMT
Thanks Arthur, I remember this when it was first on, in 82, not long before the Cortina was discontinued and replaced with the Sierra (a backward step if ever there was one, IMO!) Were they not mostly Cortina running gear ? My G plate 1.6 still had a Pinto
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