:-(
A former member
now how DID I miss that!
WE
I hated Barbara, never found that one funny at all.
On The Buses pre-dates the more superior Rising Damp, some episodes were in Black & White and had the London Weekend rings pre production slide
Never The Twain was the name of the last series you mentioned. I believe it was set in an Antiques shop and was made by Thames, it finished round about the time when Thames went off air, along with Shelly
Nice to see Men & Motors rerunning 'Buses' & 'Please Sir' Mon to Thurs.
'Buses' was rerun right from Ep 1 Series 1, where a different actress played Mrs Butler. The episode I saw last night appeared to be Series 2, still in black & white, but with Doris Hare as Mrs Butler.
'Please Sir' appears to have started from the final John Alderton series, as that bird who played one of Mike Baldwin's girlfriends is in it.
ISTR they went back from colour to black & white because of the 1970 colour strike. How far away are we from those episodes?
Another thought considering early 'long running' LWT shows, the front & end caps on 'Buses', as shown on M & M, are the very first 'From London Weekend Television' 'silent' ones. Considering the series ran to the mid 70's, does 'Buses' have episodes with all 5 of LWT's early logos on, or not?
From research, there was the 'silent' one, the black & white oval, the orange coloured oval, then the ribbon ident (counting the B & W colour strike version as well as the regular colour version!)
Johnny83 posted:
623058 posted:
Babara?
On the buses?
the man with the moutses from anit hlaf hot man in a sitcom about to old men?
On the buses?
the man with the moutses from anit hlaf hot man in a sitcom about to old men?
I hated Barbara, never found that one funny at all.
On The Buses pre-dates the more superior Rising Damp, some episodes were in Black & White and had the London Weekend rings pre production slide
Never The Twain was the name of the last series you mentioned. I believe it was set in an Antiques shop and was made by Thames, it finished round about the time when Thames went off air, along with Shelly
Nice to see Men & Motors rerunning 'Buses' & 'Please Sir' Mon to Thurs.
'Buses' was rerun right from Ep 1 Series 1, where a different actress played Mrs Butler. The episode I saw last night appeared to be Series 2, still in black & white, but with Doris Hare as Mrs Butler.
'Please Sir' appears to have started from the final John Alderton series, as that bird who played one of Mike Baldwin's girlfriends is in it.
ISTR they went back from colour to black & white because of the 1970 colour strike. How far away are we from those episodes?
Another thought considering early 'long running' LWT shows, the front & end caps on 'Buses', as shown on M & M, are the very first 'From London Weekend Television' 'silent' ones. Considering the series ran to the mid 70's, does 'Buses' have episodes with all 5 of LWT's early logos on, or not?
From research, there was the 'silent' one, the black & white oval, the orange coloured oval, then the ribbon ident (counting the B & W colour strike version as well as the regular colour version!)
NW
NTT is still running on Weekdays at 6.00am and 2.00pm on ITV3. Not the best Comedy ever on ITV, but it's funny, it did the job and it ran for 11 series across 10 years, not bad for an ITV sitcom.
Johnny83 posted:
Never The Twain was the name of the last series you mentioned. I believe it was set in an Antiques shop and was made by Thames, it finished round about the time when Thames went off air, along with Shelly
NTT is still running on Weekdays at 6.00am and 2.00pm on ITV3. Not the best Comedy ever on ITV, but it's funny, it did the job and it ran for 11 series across 10 years, not bad for an ITV sitcom.
:-(
A former member
mind you lanuged? does ever get an airing?
WE
I hated Barbara, never found that one funny at all.
On The Buses pre-dates the more superior Rising Damp, some episodes were in Black & White and had the London Weekend rings pre production slide
Never The Twain was the name of the last series you mentioned. I believe it was set in an Antiques shop and was made by Thames, it finished round about the time when Thames went off air, along with Shelly
Nice to see Men & Motors rerunning 'Buses' & 'Please Sir' Mon to Thurs.
'Buses' was rerun right from Ep 1 Series 1, where a different actress played Mrs Butler. The episode I saw last night appeared to be Series 2, still in black & white, but with Doris Hare as Mrs Butler.
'Please Sir' appears to have started from the final John Alderton series, as that bird who played one of Mike Baldwin's girlfriends is in it.
ISTR they went back from colour to black & white because of the 1970 colour strike. How far away are we from those episodes?
Another thought considering early 'long running' LWT shows, the front & end caps on 'Buses', as shown on M & M, are the very first 'From London Weekend Television' 'silent' ones. Considering the series ran to the mid 70's, does 'Buses' have episodes with all 5 of LWT's early logos on, or not?
From research, there was the 'silent' one, the black & white oval, the orange coloured oval, then the ribbon ident (counting the B & W colour strike version as well as the regular colour version!)
Now from last week, 'On The Buses' has reached the colour episodes, with the strange mix of OB/studio VT or Film/Studio VT, or even all three in at least one episode, while 'Please Sir' has dropped back to the first previous colour series(1969?), instead of continuing to the 1971/1972 episodes with the slightly different cast.
Now appearing on Fridays on M & M is Series 1 of 'Doctor In The House', which appears so far in order, but the annoying thing now with 'Please Sir' & 'Doctor', is that the tapes supplied to M & M have the adcaps & closing LWT Slide edited out.
Which fool bought these then?
Isn't there a generic set of repeat tapes that are sold to broadcasters?
Out of curiosity, these aren't the old Plus tapes slightly reedited to remove the old Plus caption slides are they?
By the way, is there any reason why the old really vintage LWT comedies haven't appeared on ITV3, instead going to M & M?
When ITV licence repeats, to it's 'own' channels, are they for a specific channel, or could they be licenced for any channel?
Again I'm wondering why M & M got the repeats, not ITV3?
Westy2 posted:
Johnny83 posted:
623058 posted:
Babara?
On the buses?
the man with the moutses from anit hlaf hot man in a sitcom about to old men?
On the buses?
the man with the moutses from anit hlaf hot man in a sitcom about to old men?
I hated Barbara, never found that one funny at all.
On The Buses pre-dates the more superior Rising Damp, some episodes were in Black & White and had the London Weekend rings pre production slide
Never The Twain was the name of the last series you mentioned. I believe it was set in an Antiques shop and was made by Thames, it finished round about the time when Thames went off air, along with Shelly
Nice to see Men & Motors rerunning 'Buses' & 'Please Sir' Mon to Thurs.
'Buses' was rerun right from Ep 1 Series 1, where a different actress played Mrs Butler. The episode I saw last night appeared to be Series 2, still in black & white, but with Doris Hare as Mrs Butler.
'Please Sir' appears to have started from the final John Alderton series, as that bird who played one of Mike Baldwin's girlfriends is in it.
ISTR they went back from colour to black & white because of the 1970 colour strike. How far away are we from those episodes?
Another thought considering early 'long running' LWT shows, the front & end caps on 'Buses', as shown on M & M, are the very first 'From London Weekend Television' 'silent' ones. Considering the series ran to the mid 70's, does 'Buses' have episodes with all 5 of LWT's early logos on, or not?
From research, there was the 'silent' one, the black & white oval, the orange coloured oval, then the ribbon ident (counting the B & W colour strike version as well as the regular colour version!)
Now from last week, 'On The Buses' has reached the colour episodes, with the strange mix of OB/studio VT or Film/Studio VT, or even all three in at least one episode, while 'Please Sir' has dropped back to the first previous colour series(1969?), instead of continuing to the 1971/1972 episodes with the slightly different cast.
Now appearing on Fridays on M & M is Series 1 of 'Doctor In The House', which appears so far in order, but the annoying thing now with 'Please Sir' & 'Doctor', is that the tapes supplied to M & M have the adcaps & closing LWT Slide edited out.
Which fool bought these then?
Isn't there a generic set of repeat tapes that are sold to broadcasters?
Out of curiosity, these aren't the old Plus tapes slightly reedited to remove the old Plus caption slides are they?
By the way, is there any reason why the old really vintage LWT comedies haven't appeared on ITV3, instead going to M & M?
When ITV licence repeats, to it's 'own' channels, are they for a specific channel, or could they be licenced for any channel?
Again I'm wondering why M & M got the repeats, not ITV3?
GL
Yes it does, as do The Office, Phoenix Nights, The Royle Family, Black Books, Green Wing, Spaced, The Thick of It, Coupling, dinnerladies, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Peep Show and The Smoking Room.
Although I'm sure one very hard-to-please person will come and say "All of them are awful, predictable drivel. Utter trash. Waste of a licence fee. Complete rubbish. Putrid from the opening credits. So poor I turned off all of them after 5 seconds."
Although I'm sure one very hard-to-please person will come and say "All of them are awful, predictable drivel. Utter trash. Waste of a licence fee. Complete rubbish. Putrid from the opening credits. So poor I turned off all of them after 5 seconds."