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Post by Cartman on Sept 7, 2021 20:42:17 GMT
Not sure when Tales of the unexpected was on, I only saw bits of it here and there, and it was definitely after I had left school. The only two I recollect are one with Derek Jacobi where he acted like an eccentric to cover up a murder, and one with Susan Penhaligon as an under cover wpc.
I vaguely remember another one with Joan Collins too, these would have been about 1980/1 ish.
On That's Life, I remember a feature called Heap of the week, where something useless was blown up or otherwise binned. Later changed to Hope for the heap, where it was converted into something more useful.
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Post by Vienna on Sept 7, 2021 20:47:12 GMT
Melvin Bragg also seemed to dominate Sunday night telly in the 70s too, first with his book review show Read All About It (with Paperback Writer as the theme tune) and later The South Bank Show. I remember The South Bank Show was often shown late on Sunday evenings in the 80s. The programme often seemed to feature an eccentric artist or writer talking about their life so it was probably of little interest to me at the time. I probably should have been in bed too if it was school next morning! Vi
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Post by Nightfly on Sept 7, 2021 21:08:04 GMT
I remember The South Bank Show was often shown late on Sunday evenings in the 80s. The programme often seemed to feature an eccentric artist or writer talking about their life so it was probably of little interest to me at the time. I probably should have been in bed too if it was school next morning! I think that was the case in the early days. As it moved into the 80s it started to get a bit better when they realised culture wasn't just opera or high brow theatre. I remember them covering the band Dr Feelgood in one programme.
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Post by Nightfly on Sept 7, 2021 21:12:25 GMT
Not sure when Tales of the unexpected was on, I only saw bits of it here and there, and it was definitely after I had left school. The only two I recollect are one with Derek Jacobi where he acted like an eccentric to cover up a murder, and one with Susan Penhaligon as an under cover wpc. I vaguely remember another one with Joan Collins too, these would have been about 1980/1 ish. On That's Life, I remember a feature called Heap of the week, where something useless was blown up or otherwise binned. Later changed to Hope for the heap, where it was converted into something more useful. Remember that April Fool's Day prank they did about the old English sheepdog who liked to drive his owner's car up and down the street ? I think I even fell for it. Will have to seek out that Susan Penhaligon Tales episode. I'm a fan
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Post by Cartman on Sept 7, 2021 21:42:20 GMT
Worth checking out, she looked seriously fit in it
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Post by Sparky on Sept 8, 2021 5:49:11 GMT
Melvin Bragg also seemed to dominate Sunday night telly in the 70s too, first with his book review show Read All About It (with Paperback Writer as the theme tune) and later The South Bank Show. I remember The South Bank Show was often shown late on Sunday evenings in the 80s. The programme often seemed to feature an eccentric artist or writer talking about their life so it was probably of little interest to me at the time. I probably should have been in bed too if it was school next morning! Vi I had forgot about the Southbank Show - I had only seen one full episode (others no doubt available on YT) - and that was the special they did on Ken Dodd in 1978 - it was repeated on C4's TV Heaven during the early 1990s,
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Post by Sparky on Sept 8, 2021 5:53:45 GMT
Not sure when Tales of the unexpected was on, I only saw bits of it here and there, and it was definitely after I had left school. The only two I recollect are one with Derek Jacobi where he acted like an eccentric to cover up a murder, and one with Susan Penhaligon as an under cover wpc. I vaguely remember another one with Joan Collins too, these would have been about 1980/1 ish. Tales of the Unexpected is perhaps a topic for a thread on it's own!
"Poison" was the first I saw - having been up late.
More recently - I've seen "The Boy Who Talked to Animals", "Galloping Foxley" (with John Mills) and "Royal Jelly" (With Timothy West). There was also one episode where a landlady had murdered guests, her pets and husband - and had them all stuffed.... blimey.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Sept 8, 2021 18:50:20 GMT
Looking at Sundays on some TV Times I have from the 80's, there was a film slot called 'Murder, Mystery, Suspense' on Sunday nights, usually it was a crappy US tv movie you hadn't heard of.
In the afternoon 'Highway To Heaven' created by & starring Michael Landon as an angel. Later 'Highway' with Harry Secombe.
'Family Fortunes' was on Sundays. 'Floyd On TV', I think this was similar to the Clive James show but hosted by tv cook Keith Floyd.
'The Other Side Of Midnight' was Granada TV's answer to the BBC's arts programme The Late Show. Tony Wilson hosted it, it focused on Granada area arts & had a band playing live on some editions. It ran from 1988-89 & I think it was only shown in some regions. I think most here had left school by 1988 but never mind!
There was a late night show on ITV in the late 80's called 'Pick Of The Week', this featured amusing news stories from various ITV regional news programmes, it was hosted by various presenters including Carol Vorderman.
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Post by Sparky on Sept 8, 2021 19:00:52 GMT
Looking at Sundays on some TV Times I have from the 80's, there was a film slot called 'Murder, Mystery, Suspense' on Sunday nights, usually it was a crappy US tv movie you hadn't heard of.
In the afternoon 'Highway To Heaven' created by & starring Michael Landon as an angel. Later 'Highway' with Harry Secombe.
'Family Fortunes' was on Sundays. 'Floyd On TV', I think this was similar to the Clive James show but hosted by tv cook Keith Floyd.
'The Other Side Of Midnight' was Granada TV's answer to the BBC's arts programme The Late Show. Tony Wilson hosted it, it focused on Granada area arts & had a band playing live on some editions. It ran from 1988-89 & I think it was only shown in some regions. I think most here had left school by 1988 but never mind!
There was a late night show on ITV in the late 80's called 'Pick Of The Week', this featured amusing news stories from various ITV regional news programmes, it was hosted by various presenters including Carol Vorderman.
I remember the trailers for "Murder, Mystery and Suspense" - and that was enough to put me off watching them.
Was the "Late Show" a local Granada programme?
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Post by Dirty Epic on Sept 8, 2021 19:48:06 GMT
Looking at Sundays on some TV Times I have from the 80's, there was a film slot called 'Murder, Mystery, Suspense' on Sunday nights, usually it was a crappy US tv movie you hadn't heard of.
In the afternoon 'Highway To Heaven' created by & starring Michael Landon as an angel. Later 'Highway' with Harry Secombe.
'Family Fortunes' was on Sundays. 'Floyd On TV', I think this was similar to the Clive James show but hosted by tv cook Keith Floyd.
'The Other Side Of Midnight' was Granada TV's answer to the BBC's arts programme The Late Show. Tony Wilson hosted it, it focused on Granada area arts & had a band playing live on some editions. It ran from 1988-89 & I think it was only shown in some regions. I think most here had left school by 1988 but never mind!
There was a late night show on ITV in the late 80's called 'Pick Of The Week', this featured amusing news stories from various ITV regional news programmes, it was hosted by various presenters including Carol Vorderman.
I remember the trailers for "Murder, Mystery and Suspense" - and that was enough to put me off watching them. Was the "Late Show" a local Granada programme? Hi Sparky yes 'OSM' was a Granada show but as Arthur said can't be certain it was shown in other regions, I know a decade or so later Anglia etc. who'd become part of the Granada family did as a few links local 'Granada' things on/were on YT came that way. OSM was a more indie/Dance orientated version of Thames/LWT's Night Network and obviously given Tony Wilson's presence a lot of Factory stuff got on there... although interestingly I don't think New Order ever featured and a fair few acts not on Factory did. Here's a nice LoM link to the OSM from '88.
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