Edward
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A lot of shows here that ring familiar bells... Some I've never seen but many I have; many of them I remember watching as a kid.
One of which I have very clear memories was a UK children's educational television programme that we used to be shown in school. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_We_Used_To_Live Acording to Wikipedia, it wa series 5 that I was shown (1903-1926); I remember it very clearly. I must have been the first generation of repeats of this one, as I was shown it in the school year 1985-86, my final year in primary school. In those days before home video was especially common (it was only around this time that some of my contemporaries first had VCRs at home; my family didn't have one in the house until Christmas 1989), many educational shows like this would be re-screened year after year and at a time at which they would coincide with school terms and lessons. Back in those days, after breakfast television ended, either two or three of the four channels available would be given over to "Programmes for Schools". I remember one morning a week - I believe it was a Friday - we would be grouped into the school's TV room, at the right time to see the show being broadcast. We loved it. The episodes that particularly stuck in the mind were those dating to WW2. Everyone remembers "Shaking Hands at Christmas", as well as the following episode in which two main characters die in the trenches. I recently chanced across a coupel of episodes on Youtube, and even as an adult it still holds up. I'd love to be able to buy all the series on DVD, but alas the only release they ever have had to date was in 1994/95, when they were made vailable on VHS, intended for schools only. It will be a crying shame if those are never properly commercially available.
I remember watching those in the early eighties... I think when I was around eight-nine or so? 1982-83ish... Those were the first Agatha Christie characters I ever saw on screen. I particularly remember the one with the murder at the fancy dress party - the newspaper man and the red devil constumes. Tommy and Tuppence went as Holmes and Watson... of course, she was Holmes...
I was indifferent to it as a kid, but more recently I've seen the odd episode. Wouldn't seek it out but it holds its own nonetheless. I did catch one episode set around 38 featuring a story about German-Jewish refugees which had echoes of the was M*A*S*H used to also deal with socio-political issues like that (I think they were probably made around the same time).
lol I adored Charles in Charge when it was screened in the UK circa 1983/4... I'd have been nine or ten when it was on here. I've not seen it since; I suspect it might not have held up well.
As a rule, I'm dead against the idea of buying downloads rather than physical media, but if downloads meant that I could buy a show that would otherwise never be available, and thn burn it onto a disc to watch, it would be a start.
The great thing about the arrival of digital television in the UK a little over a decade ago has been that we have so many 24 7 or close to 24 7 channels desperate for content that a lot of great older series have been revived. Now we just need Hollywood to do some trashy remake so that the originals will be released on DVD to cash in... (it's surprising how often a rubbish remake stimulates the owners of the originals to pump out the DVD that otherwise you' never have been able to find...).
One of which I have very clear memories was a UK children's educational television programme that we used to be shown in school. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_We_Used_To_Live Acording to Wikipedia, it wa series 5 that I was shown (1903-1926); I remember it very clearly. I must have been the first generation of repeats of this one, as I was shown it in the school year 1985-86, my final year in primary school. In those days before home video was especially common (it was only around this time that some of my contemporaries first had VCRs at home; my family didn't have one in the house until Christmas 1989), many educational shows like this would be re-screened year after year and at a time at which they would coincide with school terms and lessons. Back in those days, after breakfast television ended, either two or three of the four channels available would be given over to "Programmes for Schools". I remember one morning a week - I believe it was a Friday - we would be grouped into the school's TV room, at the right time to see the show being broadcast. We loved it. The episodes that particularly stuck in the mind were those dating to WW2. Everyone remembers "Shaking Hands at Christmas", as well as the following episode in which two main characters die in the trenches. I recently chanced across a coupel of episodes on Youtube, and even as an adult it still holds up. I'd love to be able to buy all the series on DVD, but alas the only release they ever have had to date was in 1994/95, when they were made vailable on VHS, intended for schools only. It will be a crying shame if those are never properly commercially available.
Tommy & Tuppence in Partners in Crime. My mod friends and I loved the 1920s fashions when this was first on in the 1980s, I'd watch a show and whip up a dress like hers to wear out the next day.
I remember watching those in the early eighties... I think when I was around eight-nine or so? 1982-83ish... Those were the first Agatha Christie characters I ever saw on screen. I particularly remember the one with the murder at the fancy dress party - the newspaper man and the red devil constumes. Tommy and Tuppence went as Holmes and Watson... of course, she was Holmes...
I was indifferent to it as a kid, but more recently I've seen the odd episode. Wouldn't seek it out but it holds its own nonetheless. I did catch one episode set around 38 featuring a story about German-Jewish refugees which had echoes of the was M*A*S*H used to also deal with socio-political issues like that (I think they were probably made around the same time).
lol I adored Charles in Charge when it was screened in the UK circa 1983/4... I'd have been nine or ten when it was on here. I've not seen it since; I suspect it might not have held up well.
As a rule, I'm dead against the idea of buying downloads rather than physical media, but if downloads meant that I could buy a show that would otherwise never be available, and thn burn it onto a disc to watch, it would be a start.
The great thing about the arrival of digital television in the UK a little over a decade ago has been that we have so many 24 7 or close to 24 7 channels desperate for content that a lot of great older series have been revived. Now we just need Hollywood to do some trashy remake so that the originals will be released on DVD to cash in... (it's surprising how often a rubbish remake stimulates the owners of the originals to pump out the DVD that otherwise you' never have been able to find...).
