I watched the first episode of Extras with my kids recently. Loved it when it first came out but it hasn't aged well. They were on their phones in a nanosecond.
I watched the first episode of Extras with my kids recently. Loved it when it first came out but it hasn't aged well. They were on their phones in a nanosecond.
TBF - Most kids would be on their phones in a nanosecond if they were watching a live moon landing these days.
Sadly Fawlty Towers. Got a Box set a few years ago and found it very unfunny. It might be that I overdosed back in the day so I had most of it memorised, but my daughters who'd never seen.it before both gave up after fifteen minutes.
"Tiddles the cat was rescued from a high tree from its owners garden and the Women was so grateful she made the whole crew a cups of tea and chocolate biscuits. Unfortunately the fire engine ran over the cat on the way out."
I swear Reginald Bosanquet had a Cheshire cat grin on his face after reading that 😁
"Tiddles the cat was rescued from a high tree from its owners garden and the Women was so grateful she made the whole crew a cups of tea and chocolate biscuits. Unfortunately the fire engine ran over the cat on the way out."
I swear Reginald Bosanquet had a Cheshire cat grin on his face after reading that 😁
"Tiddles the cat was rescued from a high tree from its owners garden and the Women was so grateful she made the whole crew a cups of tea and chocolate biscuits. Unfortunately the fire engine ran over the cat on the way out."
I swear Reginald Bosanquet had a Cheshire cat grin on his face after reading that 😁
I think Reggie was probably pissed as usual.
Reggie was an alcoholic and died from Pancreatic cancer at the early age of 51. You can be tea total and get this shocking disease but vast amount of Alcohol will increase your odds; that's if your liver isn't screwed first. George Best abused two Livers and his immune system packed up as he was drinking and not eating and checked out at 59.
Bosanquet was famous in his time and TBF was a good Journalist who spoke his mind telling Anna Ford that women shouldn't read the news on her first day. He changed his mind later and Ford said they played darts before reading the news and got on fine.
Blake 7. They must have made that for about £2.50.
I'm simultaneously looking forward to, and dreading the new blu-ray re-release of Blake's Seven. I loved it as a kid but worried watching it now would be a disappointment with shonky sets, 70s costumes and cheap special effects.
I rewatched the whole lot a few years ago and yes, the sets and whatnot were terrible but the characters were superb and the overarching story throughout the entire run was great.
There's only really a couple of programs that look as good now as they did originally...if not better...
...Fawlty Towers and Blackadder...that's about it🤷♂️
And OFAH
I'm not so sure about OFAH you know.
I still find it hilarious. I can still have an asthma attack through a laughing fit at the Batman/Robin sketch in that Xmas special, running through Peckham, rescuing the councellor and turning up at a wake thinking it was a fancy dress party but some of the gags are a bit cringey now and you think they wouldn't get away with that now.
I tried watching Call My Bluff on iPlayer a couple of weeks back. I thought I liked Frank Muir, but in reality I think I just liked the Fruit and Nut ads. Call my Bluff was so painfully slow it felt like I'd doubled my age by the time that a semi-comatosed me managed to hit the off button about ten minutes in. Was life really so painfully slow back then? It seems like it wasn't just music that needed Punk Rock's big kick up the arse.
I watched an episode recently and was amazed that the guests were smoking.
Sadly Fawlty Towers. Got a Box set a few years ago and found it very unfunny. It might be that I overdosed back in the day so I had most of it memorised, but my daughters who'd never seen.it before both gave up after fifteen minutes.
I find it unwatchable for some reason, I used to love Groundhog Day and its the same and cant watch it.
Sadly Fawlty Towers. Got a Box set a few years ago and found it very unfunny. It might be that I overdosed back in the day so I had most of it memorised, but my daughters who'd never seen.it before both gave up after fifteen minutes.
I find it unwatchable for some reason, I used to love Groundhog Day and its the same and cant watch it.
Very good. Pity there isn't a DROLL instead of a LOL.
Watched “It ain’t half hot Mum” on box set, can see why it’s not re-run.
But remember my Dad absolutely loved it . Especially as he was RA in India during WW2
Some parts are dated but is still hilarious. My grandad was also in the RA in India and Burma and he said they had some of the characters spot on, especially the officers.
"Tiddles the cat was rescued from a high tree from its owners garden and the Women was so grateful she made the whole crew a cups of tea and chocolate biscuits. Unfortunately the fire engine ran over the cat on the way out."
I swear Reginald Bosanquet had a Cheshire cat grin on his face after reading that 😁
I think Reggie was probably pissed as usual.
Reggie was an alcoholic and died from Pancreatic cancer at the early age of 51. You can be tea total and get this shocking disease but vast amount of Alcohol will increase your odds; that's if your liver isn't screwed first. George Best abused two Livers and his immune system packed up as he was drinking and not eating and checked out at 59.
Bosanquet was famous in his time and TBF was a good Journalist who spoke his mind telling Anna Ford that women shouldn't read the news on her first day. He changed his mind later and Ford said they played darts before reading the news and got on fine.
I worked at ITN when he was there, but had no idea until you mentioned it that he was only 51 when he died! He seemed quite a bit older.
I also worked with Anna Ford when I was a studio cameraman, and she was good fun. I can remember working on a lunchtime news bulletin with Leonard Parkin newscasting, and you could hear on the talkback that only one package was ready for transmission. That was supposed to be story four, but they had to make it story one. After that, Parkin just read the lead-ins to stories, followed by “we will bring you, more on that story when we have it”, and started reading more and more slowly to fill time. Eventually after the commercial break they actually had to play story one again. It was tortuous. Eventually, four packages were ready for transmission at the same time, but as the bulletin was about to end, they only had time to play one of them.
It has to be one of the worst news bulletins ever transmitted in the UK. The director nearly had a heart attack.
Yeah, I went back to it after watching the American version. The seed of a good idea was there, but it wasn't a patch on the copy.
Different shows, when they tried to copy like for like the UK version it was hard going. I'm eternally glad I stuck with the US office as its a genuine masterpiece.
The British office I think shows its age in that it looks 22 years old but the content is just as pertinent. Ricky Gervais was holding a mirror up to everyone, its done on a fairly base level when you get him. Dont forget at the Time a lot of people genuinely thought it was a documentary
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I picked the DVD set up in an Argos sale about 4 years ago.
And Finally.
"Tiddles the cat was rescued from a high tree from its owners garden and the Women was so grateful she made the whole crew a cups of tea and chocolate biscuits. Unfortunately the fire engine ran over the cat on the way out."
I swear Reginald Bosanquet had a Cheshire cat grin on his face after reading that 😁
Reggie was an alcoholic and died from Pancreatic cancer at the early age of 51. You can be tea total and get this shocking disease but vast amount of Alcohol will increase your odds; that's if your liver isn't screwed first. George Best abused two Livers and his immune system packed up as he was drinking and not eating and checked out at 59.
Bosanquet was famous in his time and TBF was a good Journalist who spoke his mind telling Anna Ford that women shouldn't read the news on her first day.
He changed his mind later and Ford said they played darts before reading the news and got on fine.
Plus Servalan was a total sort!
I still find it hilarious. I can still have an asthma attack through a laughing fit at the Batman/Robin sketch in that Xmas special, running through Peckham, rescuing the councellor and turning up at a wake thinking it was a fancy dress party but some of the gags are a bit cringey now and you think they wouldn't get away with that now.
I can remember working on a lunchtime news bulletin with Leonard Parkin newscasting, and you could hear on the talkback that only one package was ready for transmission. That was supposed to be story four, but they had to make it story one. After that, Parkin just read the lead-ins to stories, followed by “we will bring you, more on that story when we have it”, and started reading more and more slowly to fill time. Eventually after the commercial break they actually had to play story one again. It was tortuous. Eventually, four packages were ready for transmission at the same time, but as the bulletin was about to end, they only had time to play one of them.
The British office I think shows its age in that it looks 22 years old but the content is just as pertinent. Ricky Gervais was holding a mirror up to everyone, its done on a fairly base level when you get him. Dont forget at the Time a lot of people genuinely thought it was a documentary