Bojan Scores
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Post by Bojan Scores on Sept 9, 2021 20:56:56 GMT
I’d say the episode ‘The Flypaper’ with Alfred Burke is one of the most disturbing bits of British TV ever. Something like that would never get made again, I’m surprised it doesn’t have wider notoriety. As mentioned before the Norfolk landscape lends the story a lonely, eerie quality.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Sept 9, 2021 21:17:20 GMT
I’d say the episode ‘The Flypaper’ with Alfred Burke is one of the most disturbing bits of British TV ever. Something like that would never get made again, I’m surprised it doesn’t have wider notoriety. As mentioned before the Norfolk landscape lends the story a lonely, eerie quality. I watched this episode again recently but it was the first time Bolly had seen it and it really disturbed her. Didn't help when I said she'd been disturbed for years! Gene.
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Post by Cartman on Sept 9, 2021 21:42:44 GMT
Don't remember this episode so I've just watched it on YouTube. It is creepy and atmospheric, I love the bleak Fenland locations and the backdrop of Ely and Norwich cathedrals.
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Post by Sparky on Sept 10, 2021 6:06:19 GMT
I’d say the episode ‘The Flypaper’ with Alfred Burke is one of the most disturbing bits of British TV ever. Something like that would never get made again, I’m surprised it doesn’t have wider notoriety. As mentioned before the Norfolk landscape lends the story a lonely, eerie quality. I'd read the short story published in the book - and was quite alarmed. Then watched the episode.
Indeed Bojan, never in a million years would this be made now - I agree, why doesn't this have a bit more notoriety. Georgy Porgy was an episode that I thought could be controversial. Not after seeing The Flypaper.
I am quite suprised that many of the stories haven't been remade or the series "rebooted".
A few years back, students at Sheffield Film School were set a challenge to adapt a short story into a short film. A handful of students adapted The Landlady from the book and had never seen the original. They hadn't done a bad job of it either.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2021 8:31:28 GMT
Absolutely brilliant series, loved watching um all, some of the episodes are just crackers, hilliarious, especially Royal Jelly, was crying laughing when the nut job kept feeding it to his mrs' and then she ultimately starts buzzing like a Bee I quite liked the Royal Jelly one; though the ending was bizzarre. There was another - about a widow who had kept her husbands eye / brain in a tank after his death (his wishes) this thing lived and reacted to stuff.
Seeing that aged 9 freaked me out. Joan Collins was in "Georgy Porgy" with John Alderton. Alderton played a vicar who fantasized about the female members of his congregation while he read sermons. One scene needed the female members to be topless - the church they were shooting in kicked them out and the whole scene had to be shot in a community hall. Ho Hum. Ya mean the ending Sparky was a bit Buzzare'
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Post by Sparky on Sept 10, 2021 9:00:54 GMT
I quite liked the Royal Jelly one; though the ending was bizzarre. There was another - about a widow who had kept her husbands eye / brain in a tank after his death (his wishes) this thing lived and reacted to stuff.
Seeing that aged 9 freaked me out. Joan Collins was in "Georgy Porgy" with John Alderton. Alderton played a vicar who fantasized about the female members of his congregation while he read sermons. One scene needed the female members to be topless - the church they were shooting in kicked them out and the whole scene had to be shot in a community hall. Ho Hum. Ya mean the ending Sparky was a bit Buzzare Saw what you did there Carter....
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