Heard the TV intro for this before. Nice bit of TV I've not heard of since. Had the late Lesley Nielsen starring in a few later episodes too.
The BBC have just put all of Early Doors on iplayer.
We rewatched them all and it’s just gently-understated, beautifully written comedy gold. Worth a revisit or if you’ve never watched it, give it a go
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m001gzqs/early-doors
“Crime won’t crack itself Ken”
Used to watch due south back in the day. You mentioning that also reminded me of Quantum Leap. Another great series.
I really want to rewatch Northern Exposure now you've reminded my about Due South.
Diefenbaker was the coolest dog ever.
+1 for Northern Exposure. Loved that show, until inevitably behind-the-scenes shenanigans resulted in it rapidly declining by the end.
Diefenbaker was the coolest dog ever.
Was he a dog though? 🤔
Monk has made feature length comeback 😕
I’ve been watching The Six Million Dollar Man, which I loved as a kid, on some obscure channel.
What’s surprised me is that’s hardly any violence and almost no guns. He also does a working class job every episode. You don’t see James Bond working as a warehouseman or cola miner.
Funnily enough I found the CD soundtrack to Northern Exposure in a charity shop last week - love that intro music.
A few years ago there was a BBC mini series called Requiem about a cello player and some devil worshippers which was pretty good. I see it’s now on Netflix so probably worth a look if you haven’t seen it.
True fact--> I was once cycling behind a Porshe in London which had it's near side brake light out.
It was a soft top ,so while stopped at traffic lights I (politely) mentioned it to the driver.
He turned around and said "Thank you friend".
It was only that there, Six Million Dollar Man,Lee Majors <--True fact
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Similar to Early Doors humour wise , I Didn't Know You Cared 👍
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet - the first 2 series in Germany and Spain. Classics. Still watch the box sets every now and again. My dad was a chippie in Germany around that time so it’s always resonated with me. Launched some big careers. Then they made the shit follow up series years later.
Big Train.
Naked Video.
Absolutely.
The Day Today.
TV Offal.
A Bit of a Do: late 80s, with David Jason, Tracy Brabin, David Thewlis, Stephanie Cole… each episode set at a different gathering (funeral, wedding etc). Tickety-boo!
Watched the Caroline Aherne program (iplayer)the other night.
Some of the old Fast Show and Royle Family clips made me want to do a rewatch.
I was a big fan of Sapphire and Steel although I'm not sure when it ran (70 or 80s). There was The Tomorrow People too although I don't remember much about either.
This took a while to haul out of the back of my brain: Network 7. Sunday lunchtime youth-targeted anarchic sketch show (notably featuring Dick Spanner, P.I.)
He doesn't appear to be credited anywhere for it but I'm certain Victor Lewis-Smith did the voiceover on some segments. It's how I know his name. Turns out he died a year ago, I had no idea.
I was a big fan of Sapphire and Steel although I’m not sure when it ran (70 or 80s).
I looked it up. It started in 1979 and ran for four series (which surprised me, I thought there was like six episodes in total). I was both young enough to be scared shitless by it, and precocious enough to be complaining that "steel" was not an element.
I have it on Plex I think. I reckon it's due a rewatch.
Shameless, re runs on freeview recently, Frank is an absolute legend.
Also loved due south, northern exposure and Monk.
I will add psych, eureka, police squad and best of all "ripping yarns".
oh and who remembers sledge hammer?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090525/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5_tt_7_nm_1_q_hammer
+1 for early doors and ripping yarns, remembered the nick park creature comfort series too,
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sn0Q_ixuRPk?feature=share
oh and who remembers sledge hammer?
Trust me, I know what I'm doing.
Six Million Dollar Man
My dad# really was the six million dollar man. sadly they couldn’t put him together again. To be honest, i took a slightly perverted sense of joy in the faces of those who would try and tease me as a child with that retort. Still watched it every week as a big fan though.
#Stephen Frederick Austin died in a car accident 10/11/1972.
6 million dollar man has about 5 episodes left to run...I've been watching it.
Sapphire and Steele - I watched a couple of episodes and I'm clearly not getting it, but other than a few episodes of Archer to watch I've only got Dr Who (currently on series 14) to work through so I may give McCallum and Lumley a watch again...
Buck Rodgers is needing a rerun, I reckon...
I missed the last series of Ideal and often think it would be good to watch it all again, but it is never on and I don't want to buy the box set...
I used to watch Monkey and The Watermargin as a kid. The remake of Monkey was rubbish.
I was both young enough to be scared shitless by it, and precocious enough to be complaining that “steel” was not an element.
Kiddies sci-fi of the day was hard edged and properly scary (I vaguely remember a Sapphire and Steel episode where they were battling the accumulated fear and anger of slaughtered animals) and I've looked up The Tomorrow People and I can just about remember parts of the re-animation of Hitler episode. Even Dr Who of that era was terrifying.
Today everything seems to be very mild in comparison and pushing a PC message.
I vaguely remember Children of the Stones (TV Mini Series 1977) too.
They've even go the Monkey Magic intro. on YouTube, I used to love that!
pushing a PC message.
If you think that teaching kids to be nice to other kids who are a bit different from themselves is a bad thing, you need to sit down and have a word with yourself.
If you think that teaching kids to be nice to other kids who are a bit different from themselves is a bad thing, you need to sit down and have a word with yourself.
Nope, definitely a good thing, and I wasn't aware that I'd said it wasn't, but sometimes I just like a bit of of complete escapism (not that you can't have escapism and a message if it's done well).
The main thrust of the comment was more around what was deemed acceptable to expose children to in the 70s and 80s compared to today (I can imaging anyone getting away with showing Apaches to youngsters now).
The BBC currently have an empty sitcom sets quiz on their site Archive Quiz: Empty sitcom sets - BBC Archive
that has some gems (although probably not forgotten).
Apologies for the misunderstanding.
Certainly what was acceptable in the 1970s wouldn't necessarily be so today. But this was the decade which gave us Love Thy Neighbour, Mind Your Language, Till Death Us Do Part, etc etc. The Black & White Minstrel Show was still running until the late 70s.
Not really sure if it was actually a gem but i used to laugh my socks off watching Chelmsford 123. Can't remember if i was still in school or had just started college. Was gutted when it finished and then The Nightingales came on in the same slot (10pm Thursday nights ch4?). Watched that as well and eventually got over the disappointment it wasnt Chelmsford 123. Both on YouTube.
The reality show where they convinced a bunch of people that they were going into space, and then filmed them for 48hours in a big flight simulator.
There was a selection process where they said they were seeing how astronauty they where, but were really selecting based on gullibility.
There was some story to explain the lack of zero gravity, which was accepted by all.
The crunch point was where a fly was walking on the earth projection outside the 'capsule'.
Edit: Space Cadets
The reality show where they convinced a bunch of people that they were going into space, and then filmed them for 48hours in a big flight simulator.
The complete series is here on YouTube.
I watched it again a year or so ago
There must be loads, but stuff that springs to mind right now...
The late 70s Quatermass. Don't think it would have aged too well, but watching as a 9 or 10 year old it was weird, complicated and a bit scary. Made an impression.
Ultraviolet. 90s / 2000s vampire thing. Didn't get a second aeries and some of the acting wasn't great, but some neat modern twists on vampire lore and probably the closest we got to a UK X-Files.
Trap Door.
Chorlton And The Wheelies.
House Of Fools.
The Mighty Boosh.
C.A.T.S Eyes
