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Post by Palmer on Sept 15, 2021 14:20:50 GMT
Well this is a rare one...!!! It must have been hard for Reg Varney to shake off his saucy bus driver image but he did try! Who remembers 'Down the 'Gate'??!! It ran for two series in 1975 and 1976... Down the 'Gate (1975) (Fancy a Skol anyone???) It's not too bad to be fair... Not great but it raises a chuckle every now and again. By the way... Am I the only one that thinks that Reg would've made a great Sweeney crook?!?! |
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Post by Cartman on Sept 15, 2021 16:14:18 GMT
Vaguely. I didn't think it was particularly good from memory, although I haven't seen it since it was originally on.
Don't see Reg as a villain, I always think of him as a slightly harassed, work shy, working class bloke.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Sept 15, 2021 18:14:28 GMT
Yes I've watched a few episodes, not a bad show but it's no On The Buses obviously, though it's an improvement on Don't Drink The Water.
The Network dvd contains the only existant copies taped off tv at home by Reg Varney himself, they contain the original ad breaks. Picture quality isn't great as you'd expect.
Varney was a great performer & showed he could pull off straight acting in 'The Best Pair Of Legs In The Business'. Would've made a good Herbie Mew type in The Sweeney.
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Post by Palmer on Sept 16, 2021 11:53:31 GMT
Yes I've watched a few episodes, not a bad show but it's no On The Buses obviously, though it's an improvement on Don't Drink The Water. 'Don't Drink The Water' was particularly bad (I have no doubt it is already in the 'dodgy spin-offs' thread)...!!! Shame really as I think that Butler could've been used in a better spin-off vehicle personally. |
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Sept 16, 2021 18:57:22 GMT
Butler really needed an adversary like Stan or Jack to wind him up for the show to work, he doesn't really have one in Don't Drink The Water so he's just left to whine about the heat & the Spanish food, also Pat Coombs is irritating as his sister.
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Post by Bojan Scores on Sept 17, 2021 0:03:41 GMT
Well this is a rare one...!!! It must have been hard for Reg Varney to shake off his saucy bus driver image but he did try! Who remembers 'Down the 'Gate'??!! It ran for two series in 1975 and 1976... Down the 'Gate (1975) (Fancy a Skol anyone???) It's not too bad to be fair... Not great but it raises a chuckle every now and again. By the way... Am I the only one that thinks that Reg would've made a great Sweeney crook?!?! There were loads of comic actors cast as villains in The Sweeney, so it’s not wide of the mark at all. I could see him as a ‘Stan Morris’ type. |
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Post by Palmer on Sept 17, 2021 12:28:28 GMT
I think I would have liked to have seen him go completely 'against character' and play a right tough nut...!!
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Nov 20, 2021 20:07:12 GMT
TV Times article from 1975 on 'Down The Gate'-
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