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Classic shows you remember, but the public might not (July 2017)

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Markymark
Whataday posted:
MY83 posted:
Whataday posted:
Considering Today's The Day ran and ran, it's incredible it's just disappeared without trace.


Wasn't it because Martyn Lewis retired from the BBC in 1999? It also went across to Radio 2...


Possibly, but I meant it's all but forgotten considering its longevity. It doesn't have the same sort of status as other shows which have lasted as long.


I've never heard of it, and still have no recollection after watching the You Tube clip, so I'm sure I'm not unique !
Last edited by Markymark on 4 July 2017 10:16am
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JasonB
Anyone remember Spatz?



Or it's successor Cone Zone? Both were by the same writers.

Last edited by JasonB on 4 July 2017 12:37pm
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Si-Co
Charlie Wells posted:
Anyone else remember Rod, Jane, and Freddy (their own show)? It used to be on around 12.10pm on ITV (Anglia region & probably others) at least once a week, shows like Rainbow also used to be on in this time slot. I think I may still have a few episodes on VHS somewhere in a cupboard. From vague memory it was performed on a theatre stage, or at least the opening titles gave that impression (and they also went on to do a few theatre shows / tour around the UK).


Yes, it was fully networked once a week at 12.00 in the early-mid 80s. It may even have had a repeat at 4pm as part of CITV.

I can't remember many episodes were made - maybe just a couple of series?
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Charlie Wells Moderator
Si-Co posted:
Charlie Wells posted:
Anyone else remember Rod, Jane, and Freddy (their own show)? It used to be on around 12.10pm on ITV (Anglia region & probably others) at least once a week, shows like Rainbow also used to be on in this time slot. I think I may still have a few episodes on VHS somewhere in a cupboard. From vague memory it was performed on a theatre stage, or at least the opening titles gave that impression (and they also went on to do a few theatre shows / tour around the UK).


Yes, it was fully networked once a week at 12.00 in the early-mid 80s. It may even have had a repeat at 4pm as part of CITV.

I can't remember many episodes were made - maybe just a couple of series?

According to Wikipedia (I know not the most reliable source) there were episodes made between 1981 and 1991. Ref https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod,_Jane_and_Freddy#Episode_list
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Whataday Founding member
Hmm. Yes, my memory from being a four year old suggested the 'theatre' was a lot more realistic than it was.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DErss2LOz0U
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noggin Founding member
JasonB posted:
Any remember Spatz?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t_BxiX-5JU

Or it's successor Cone Zone? Both were by the same writers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8J4D_PElJY


Yes - remember Spatz. Wasn't it an oddball UK/Canada co-pro - with some nasty conversion artefacts on some/all of it?
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Riaz
Equinox. A science programme on C4. Was it an American production?

Q.E.D. A science programme on BBC1 that was more populist and light-hearted than Horizon shown on BBC2, before Horizon itself became populist.
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Worzel
Neil Jones posted:

Mind you CBBC's Sunday morning "Sub Zero" programme tried to take the concept to a new level by mixing virtual reality and viewer participation - and managed to make a pigs ear of it. There was a video of it on YouTube but has since vanished.


I don't remember that being the case and I was on the show!

I'll eventually get round to uploading the full episode I was a contestant on, I posted a cut down version a few pages back.
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VMPhil
Riaz posted:

Q.E.D. A science programme on BBC1 that was more populist and light-hearted than Horizon shown on BBC2, before Horizon itself became populist.

Similar to how BBC1 had Omnibus and BBC2 had Arena for the arts.


I remember the Wildlife on One strand that got renamed Wildlife on Two (with its own branding) when it got repeated on BBC2.

There was also Screen One (which Ghostwatch came under) and Screen Two.
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JasonB
noggin posted:
JasonB posted:
Any remember Spatz?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t_BxiX-5JU

Or it's successor Cone Zone? Both were by the same writers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8J4D_PElJY


Yes - remember Spatz. Wasn't it an oddball UK/Canada co-pro - with some nasty conversion artefacts on some/all of it?


It was a joint production with Thames and YTV in Canada. This partnership lasted for one series though. Thames took full control of production from series two.
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Inspector Sands
Riaz posted:
Equinox. A science programme on C4. Was it an American production?

No, it was British, but IIRC episodes were made by different production companies rather than it being a production of one. Similar to their other strands Dispatches (current affairs) and Cutting Edge (documentaries)
NG
noggin Founding member
Riaz posted:
Equinox. A science programme on C4. Was it an American production?

Not specifically US. It was Channel Four's (launch?) science strand. Like the BBC's Horizon, it may have included US co-produced documentaries (and may have acquired some US docs as well)

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Q.E.D. A science programme on BBC1 that was more populist and light-hearted than Horizon shown on BBC2, before Horizon itself became populist.


Yep - QED was very different to Horizon. It had a massively wide remit - and was less 'pure science' than Horizon was.

If you want another 80s science strand, then 'Antenna' which was on on BBC Two, and was a science magazine show (not studio based - but linked by stings and graphics) that I remember was very effective. It filled a gap between the populist QED, allowed longer items than Tomorrow's World, but that wouldn't have sustained a full Horizon.

Other science shows I remember from that era - "Bodymatters" (which concentrated on health, medicine and human biology science at peak time on BBC One!) and "Take Nobody's Word For It" (which may have been an Open University co-pro and ran on Sunday mornings I think)

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