Am loving "I Claudius" on BBC4 at the moment. The aging makeup doesn't really stand up to the scrutiny of large modern TVs and the sets occasionally wobble, but the scheming of Livia is great and there's loads of "ooh, it's Wossname off of Thingy" moments.
I'd really like them to repeat the original House of Cards too.
Just been watching The Monocled Mutineer. Brilliant tv, they should put that on again.
This. Spent years searching for it on video and now finally got it we've all moved onto dvd's.........remember watching it when it was first on and my grandfather tut tutted all the way through saying that it was all wrong.......
Many of the series mentioned, especially the British BBC ones, are available on DVD these days at very reasonable prices, although it’s still easier to watch on TV than make the effort of sticking in a disc! I bought Shooting the Past, Our Friends in The North and State of Play well over a year ago and they're all still wrapped in cellophane. I yearned after seeing a couple of series from my youth, Mission Impossible and the above mentioned Alias Smith and Jones. It cost quite a lot to get copies on DVD from some Far East website. I was really disappointed with both, not the quality of the DVD's but the quality of the programmes. I think we look at a lot of old TV from our childhood through rose tinted spectacles and sometimes it's better to just keep the memories. I loved the BBC Colditz programme as a kid, this is currently on the satellite channel Yesterday and again is not as good as I remember. We are a bit spoilt these days with the quality of TV production (not necessarily the content) and stuff from 40 odd years ago can look cheap and even amateurish. I simply love The Phil Silvers Show, although nearly 60 years old it still stands up today, and have a few episodes on DVD but you cannot buy many of these, well not officially anyway.
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ludwig.
wacky races.
The High Life
I'd really like them to repeat the original House of Cards too.
This Life
North Square
Holding on
State of Play
The Lakes
Bodies
This. Spent years searching for it on video and now finally got it we've all moved onto dvd's.........remember watching it when it was first on and my grandfather tut tutted all the way through saying that it was all wrong.......
Bodies was brilliant and so very true,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Boy's from the blackstuff.
Dungeons and Dragons.
Is Rugrats still on?
I yearned after seeing a couple of series from my youth, Mission Impossible and the above mentioned Alias Smith and Jones. It cost quite a lot to get copies on DVD from some Far East website. I was really disappointed with both, not the quality of the DVD's but the quality of the programmes. I think we look at a lot of old TV from our childhood through rose tinted spectacles and sometimes it's better to just keep the memories.
I loved the BBC Colditz programme as a kid, this is currently on the satellite channel Yesterday and again is not as good as I remember. We are a bit spoilt these days with the quality of TV production (not necessarily the content) and stuff from 40 odd years ago can look cheap and even amateurish.
I simply love The Phil Silvers Show, although nearly 60 years old it still stands up today, and have a few episodes on DVD but you cannot buy many of these, well not officially anyway.