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Heaven needed an 80s sitcom mainstay
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 11:23 (seventeen years ago)
May to DEADcember
― King Boy Pato, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 11:32 (seventeen years ago)
Fr-dead Fields
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 11:32 (seventeen years ago)
Oh - it'd be good if 'Something in Disguise' from 1982 could be repeated. I've been curious about it for a while as the Elizabeth Jane Howard novel is one of my favourite books.
The 1974 series 'Zodiac' with Anoushka Hempel sounds intriguing as well.
― Bob Six, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:40 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.troth.demon.co.uk/pages/noahsark.html
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:42 (seventeen years ago)
Fresh Fields was appalling though...Something was very clearly wrong in the 80s, a national malaise: this reinforcement of middle-class values was touted as a major comedy, and Julia McKenzie became a sex symbol.
― Bob Six, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:52 (seventeen years ago)
On ITV = not touted as a major comedy.
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:53 (seventeen years ago)
I'll never forget the relentless hype behind Never the Twain tho.
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:54 (seventeen years ago)
How old's Windsor Davies now?
Oh, 77 apparently.
(x-post obv.)
It was massive in the circles I mixed in then - which if I'm not mistaken on timing was miner's strike campaigns and the Primrose Hill labour circuit.
― Bob Six, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:56 (seventeen years ago)
Dude there were like 4 TV channels and the pubs closed at half past ten. People were watching The Upper Hand just to try and end it all.
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:58 (seventeen years ago)
Good point.
― Bob Six, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 23:11 (seventeen years ago)