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Post by Dirty Epic on Sept 8, 2021 20:03:57 GMT
The Professionals for me when the later series switched from Saturday to Sunday nights and being allowed to stay up before Tales of the Unexpected/The South Bank Show came on. A decade or so later I used to wait up to record the Dance Energy repeats on BBC 2 although that was a different time/feel and it was going out very late too. For me the Sunday night 'special' thing of TV had worn off by the early '90's apart from a decent film or something that interested me it felt no different to any other day for me.
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Post by Dirty Epic on Sept 8, 2021 20:22:30 GMT
I remember That's Life and Bullseye but can't recall what else was shown on Sunday evenings Steed Loved this NTNON sketch, disclaimer some coarse language.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Sept 8, 2021 23:24:20 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.
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?
The Late Show was on BBC2 after Newsnight, I think you'll have seen it. All a bit pretentious with the likes of poet Tom Paulin & art critic Brian Sewell pontificating but it did have some interesting stuff on it including live bands, famously a Stone Roses performance which was cut short by a power failure, the clip sometimes gets shown on those 'worst of tv' compilations. Note- F word at the end of the clip.
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Post by Nightfly on Sept 9, 2021 12:39:01 GMT
There was an American sitcom called Soap in late 70s. That was quite funny. I'm not usually a fan of American comedy, but Soap was the exception. IIRC, the show would start with a fast talking announcer recapping the complex previous storyline and telling us Confused ? You will be, after this edition of Soap.The apathetic family butler character from Soap (Doorbell rings: Sigh...you want me to get that?) got his own spin off series, Benson.
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Post by Three Litre on Sept 9, 2021 12:46:23 GMT
There was an American sitcom called Soap in late 70s. That was quite funny. I'm not usually a fan of American comedy, but Soap was the exception. IIRC, the show would start with a fast talking announcer recapping the complex previous storyline and telling us Confused ? You will be, after this edition of Soap.The apathetic family butler character from Soap (Doorbell rings: Sigh...you want me to get that?) got his own spin off series, Benson. All correct.
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Post by Sparky on Sept 9, 2021 14:39:37 GMT
There was an American sitcom called Soap in late 70s. That was quite funny. I'm not usually a fan of American comedy, but Soap was the exception. IIRC, the show would start with a fast talking announcer recapping the complex previous storyline and telling us Confused ? You will be, after this edition of Soap.The apathetic family butler character from Soap (Doorbell rings: Sigh...you want me to get that?) got his own spin off series, Benson. My mother in law informs me that my partner is named after a character called Jessica in that show.
Used to see "Soap" at times - though ATV (for some reason) scheduled it early evening - after "Family Fortunes" - and then moved it to later in the schedules.
Not sure what the rest of the ITV network were up to during that time.
Most Sundays would be regional opt-out.
In the Midlands (if it wasn't snooker) - we had "ATV Star Soccer"; and when Central came along, the ATV bit was dropped and it became "Star Soccer". Also there was "ATV Sport" which looked at sport across the midlands - featuring Nick Owen / Terry Thomas (the fisherman) / Trevor East and Jimmy Greaves. For some reason, the credits to that programme featured footage of Trevor East and another, dressed as policemen riding a tandem.....
"Weekend World" at lunchtime was another reminder that school was just round the corner. Family Fortunes began in 1980 on ITV - that was scheduled for a Sunday too.
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Post by Vienna on Sept 9, 2021 17:26:51 GMT
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?
The Late Show was on BBC2 after Newsnight, I think you'll have seen it. All a bit pretentious with the likes of poet Tom Paulin & art critic Brian Sewell pontificating but it did have some interesting stuff on it including live bands, famously a Stone Roses performance which was cut short by a power failure, the clip sometimes gets shown on those 'worst of tv' compilations. Note- F word at the end of the clip.
Arthur, I remember this being on a lot in the 90s. Journalists Tony Parsons and Allison Pearson were regularly on it with Tom Paulin. Didn't Newsnight presenters like Kirsty Walk and Gavin Esler present it or something similar to it in more recent years? Vi
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Sept 9, 2021 18:38:35 GMT
The series that springs to mind for me was the late 80's Boating/Big Business themed series "Howards Way" - which ran from 1985 to 1990 in the Autumn of those years on a Sunday evening.
The story was initially about a boat yard and boat making business started by initially the main character Tom Howard, played by Maurice Colbourne, who goes into business with Gly Owen (Wally Hough in the Sweeney ep "Money Money Money").
Lots of 80's fashions, yachts, yuppy style big mobile phones, up to date 80's cars, (mainly sports, convertibles and prestige makes) as well a few other regular characters played by people that had been in The Sweeney and The Professionals at various times.
Not fussed on seeing it again, but didn't particularly dislike it either. Was a bit like a British Dallas or Dynasty with boats!
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Post by Cartman on Sept 9, 2021 18:51:06 GMT
My wife liked Howard's Way but I didn't. Never took much notice of it really.
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Post by Bojan Scores on Sept 9, 2021 20:00:47 GMT
I think it must be The Professionals for me. I remember a lively class room chat with our teacher about watching the episode ‘Foxhole on a roof’ 😆
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