TV series you WANT to see repeated...

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 15 Oct 2005, 00:25

Which series, or one-off shows, would you LIKE to see repeated - and no, 'Only Fools and Horses' and 'Porridge' are not allowed

. Start you off with:

'Takin' over the Asylum' - great early 90's(?) drama series set in a Glasgow psychiatric hospital about a radio station (how topical

) starring a young Ken Stott, always wished it would be given a repeat showing.

Also, The Lakes - only because I faithfully watched every episode until......I missed the last one

and have never seen the end.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 15 Oct 2005, 00:56

1. This kids tv drama series I remember - must be from the seventies - about a fictional land at war with another land, who are building a big gun to destroy them. The heroes were children and the series ended with them sabotaging this gun (which was a sort of strange Victorian cannon which would unleash a sort of frozen attack) so that it self-destructed - freezing the people in the firing chamber. Odd, but it has always stuck in my memory - frozen in time, as it were.

2. Secret Army. Cos I know what WW2 is now.

Also Threads, Tenko, Colditz, Triffids, The Survivors and Tales Of The Unexpected. Cos I'm old enough to watch them now and not get nightmares.

Muuuuuuummmmyyyy!!!!!!

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 15 Oct 2005, 01:31

Dadaist wrote:.....Triffids.......Cos I'm old enough to watch them now and not get nightmares.

Muuuuuuummmmyyyy!!!!!!

Triffids was great, also remember a series called 'The Tripods' - think it finished before the story was ended though

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 15 Oct 2005, 09:16

The comedy show Absolutely which Channel 4 has never repeated recently or given a video (that's vid aayy oh) or DVD release.

Oh, and a couple of episodes each of White Horses and Belle and Sebastian just for good measure.

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 15 Oct 2005, 09:45

"Tutti Frutti", I never watched it and only became aware of it after the series finished. As far as I know it has never been repeated.

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 15 Oct 2005, 09:51

'soap' on Channel 4

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 15 Oct 2005, 10:20

Ooooh.

Chance In A Million
GBH
Brookside - the George Jackson years (tragic stuff)
Grange Hill - the vintage years, with Tucker, Alan, Benny et al
Batman (the proper one with Adam West)

Dadaist, i have a 3 video box set of Tales Of The Unexpected - never watched, still in its cellophane wrapper - which has been in my charity shop pile for about a year. Claim it quick before it goes on pbay!

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 15 Oct 2005, 12:56

Jackson Priest wrote:Ooooh.

Chance In A Million
GBH
Brookside - the George Jackson years (tragic stuff)
Grange Hill - the vintage years, with Tucker, Alan, Benny et al
Batman (the proper one with Adam West)

Dadaist, i have a 3 video box set of Tales Of The Unexpected - never watched, still in its cellophane wrapper - which has been in my charity shop pile for about a year. Claim it quick before it goes on pbay!

claimed. all over it like a rash. gimme.

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » 15 Oct 2005, 13:14

1. Northern Exposure. Although I have them all on tape, so don't really need to see the repeats. But it is an absolute classic. Still love it.

2. I'll Fly Away; no one has ever heard of this, let alone watched it, but it was by the same makers of Northern Exposure. It was set in the deep South of America where racism was rife. Think it might have been set in the 50's?

3. The Ferguson Theory; with Craig Ferguson. Used to think it was hilarious, and I would like to see it to see if I still find it as funny.

4. Press Gang; but you can buy these on DVD now. Hooray!

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » 15 Oct 2005, 13:16

OH, and I would agree about The Lakes. It was great. Really fancied the main guy in it, John Simm!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 15 Oct 2005, 14:29

Jackson Priest wrote:Ooooh.

Chance In A Million

Was that the comedy with that guy in it, you know the one who was the funeral in Four Weddings and a Funeral - what was his name again???

If it was, I loved that too and no-one else seems to remember it.
He used to do amazing things with pints of beer.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 15 Oct 2005, 14:33

Simon Callow!!

Dakota · Post by **Dakota** » 15 Oct 2005, 17:07

I'd love to see a sitcom starring Molly Sugden, called "Come Back Mrs Noah". She starred as a cleaning lady who got sent into space when her bucket accidentally set off the firing procedure. It was AWFUL, but no-one ever believes that it even exists.

OR

The pilot episode of "It Sticks Out Half a Mile". This was a radio show that was supposed to reunite the cast of Dad's Army. Unfortunately, Arthur Lowe died after the pilot episode was recorded and it was never broadcast (though I have heard clips). (They rewrote the scripts, trying to disguise the fact that the central character was missing, but it didn't really work. The show was cancelled after one series.)

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 15 Oct 2005, 17:34

ecm wrote

Simon Callow!!

Yes it was - as Tom Chance! I'm glad someone else can remember it - I was starting to think I was imagining it. I seem to remember he had an odd shouty way of speaking, but my memory is a bit hazy.

A trip to ebay I think.

JP.

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 15 Oct 2005, 17:37

dadaist wrote

gimme.

Tell me next time you're near wellington villa, and, once I've ascertained it's not The Man, we can arrange transference of goods.

JP.

scossie5 · Post by **scossie5** » 15 Oct 2005, 17:56

Well, I saw 'I'll Fly Away' and will second that vote.

Also Children of the Stones; Knock 3 Times (about a kind of evil imp who lived in a pumpkin - I hope it exists because I fear I may have dreamt it) and A Very Peculiar Practice (I think it was called, it was set in a uni and always had a couple of nuns up to nogood in the background)

And from home ... Seven Little Australians ... the Oz tearjerker to match the Railway Children

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 16 Oct 2005, 19:53

This Life which was hidden on BBC2 I think, and Clocking In which was about women who worked in a factory. Crocodile Shoes, When the Boat Comes in, just for the theme tune.

Franck · Post by **Franck** » 17 Oct 2005, 16:30

'My family and other animals' by Geral Durell.

Based on his childhood in Corfu I think and easily my fav. programme from my childhood.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 17 Oct 2005, 16:49

teddygirl wrote:"Tutti Frutti", I never watched it and only became aware of it after the series finished. As far as I know it has never been repeated.

I loved that show. It contains one of my favourite lines of all time; delivered to Thomson from Coltrane.

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 17 Oct 2005, 16:50

Franck wrote:'My family and other animals' by Geral Durell.

Based on his childhood in Corfu I think and easily my fav. programme from my childhood.

......And definitely one of my favourite books I read during my school days.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 17 Oct 2005, 16:51

Epykat wrote:This Life which was hidden on BBC2 I think, and Clocking In which was about women who worked in a factory. Crocodile Shoes, When the Boat Comes in, just for the theme tune.

I loved This Life and Clocking In also. Although I thought it was called Clocking Out.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 17 Oct 2005, 17:19

Porty wrote:
teddygirl wrote:"Tutti Frutti", I never watched it and only became aware of it after the series finished. As far as I know it has never been repeated.
I loved that show. It contains one of my favourite lines of all time; delivered to Thomson from Coltrane.

OK I'll be the one to ask the obvious........what was your favourite line then?

Spike · Post by **Spike** » 17 Oct 2005, 17:29

Porty wrote:
Epykat wrote:This Life which was hidden on BBC2 I think, and Clocking In which was about women who worked in a factory. Crocodile Shoes, When the Boat Comes in, just for the theme tune.
I loved This Life and Clocking In also. Although I thought it was called Clocking Out.

If you mean the one about women in a factory it's called Making It by Debbie Horsfield - I think it was on in the late 1980s. The other one is Clocking Off by Paul Abbott which was more recent.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 17 Oct 2005, 17:32

"Thirtysomething"

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 17 Oct 2005, 18:39

Pal of Porty wrote:
Franck wrote:'My family and other animals' by Geral Durell.

Based on his childhood in Corfu I think and easily my fav. programme from my childhood.
......And definitely one of my favourite books I read during my school days.

I don't remember that programme but one of my favourite books too as were all of his books, I couldn't get enough of them.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 17 Oct 2005, 18:58

Spike wrote: If you mean the one about women in a factory it's called Making It by Debbie Horsfield - I think it was on in the late 1980s. The other one is Clocking Off by Paul Abbott which was more recent.

Got a feeling some of that was filmed in my hometown... Royston Vasey. I thought it was early 90s.

Beach Babe · Post by **Beach Babe** » 17 Oct 2005, 19:46

Marya wrote:"Thirtysomething"

Gary or Michael?

one of my very favourite programmes. It's been repeated a few times on obscure cable channels during the day but I'd love the whole lot to be shown again at a sensible time

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 17 Oct 2005, 20:11

Beach Babe wrote:
Marya wrote:"Thirtysomething"
Gary or Michael?

one of my very favourite programmes. It's been repeated a few times on obscure cable channels during the day but I'd love the whole lot to be shown again at a sensible time

I know what other programme BB would like to be repeated. I believe they axed Wogan for it.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 17 Oct 2005, 20:11

Beach Babe wrote:Gary or Michael?

one of my very favourite programmes. It's been repeated a few times on obscure cable channels during the day but I'd love the whole lot to be shown again at a sensible time

Gary

I'm going to start trawling those cable channels now...........

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 17 Oct 2005, 20:18

Dadaist wrote

I know what other programme BB would like to be repeated. I believe they axed Wogan for it

Surely not... Eldorado???

Marcus Tandy from said programme once made a nasty sign at me - the one where you make a circle with your thumb and forefinger and shake it backwards and forwards. "At least I wasn't in Eldorado," I mouthed back at him.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 17 Oct 2005, 20:22

Jackson Priest wrote:Dadaist wrote
I know what other programme BB would like to be repeated. I believe they axed Wogan for it
Surely not... Eldorado???

Marcus Tandy from said programme once made a nasty sign at me - the one where you make a circle with your thumb and forefinger and shake it backwards and forwards. "At least I wasn't in Eldorado," I mouthed back at him.

That's what I call quick thinking.

Beach Babe · Post by **Beach Babe** » 17 Oct 2005, 20:48

Dadaist wrote:
Jackson Priest wrote:Dadaist wrote
I know what other programme BB would like to be repeated. I believe they axed Wogan for it
Surely not... Eldorado???

Marcus Tandy from said programme once made a nasty sign at me - the one where you make a circle with your thumb and forefinger and shake it backwards and forwards. "At least I wasn't in Eldorado," I mouthed back at him.
That's what I call quick thinking.

hmmmmm think you may be wrong there my boy

I did watch it's last few weeks, mainly as an avoidance strategy as I was meant to be studying, but I couldn't bear to watch it again

Beach Babe · Post by **Beach Babe** » 17 Oct 2005, 20:49

Marya wrote:
Beach Babe wrote:Gary or Michael?

one of my very favourite programmes. It's been repeated a few times on obscure cable channels during the day but I'd love the whole lot to be shown again at a sensible time
Gary

me too - I almost had to stop watching when he died

although as a teenager I fancied Michael more initially

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 17 Oct 2005, 20:51

Beach Babe wrote: hmmmmm think you may be wrong there my boy

Sorry.

General Tactifer · Post by **General Tactifer** » 17 Oct 2005, 20:54

I'll second Absolutely and (third) Chance in a Million. But what about the Goodies?!