Juliet bravo

[beccabear67]

I found this online:
"Studio scenes for the first two series were recorded at BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane in London. From the third series onward, studio scenes were recorded at the BBC's Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. Exterior scenes were filmed in the Lancashire towns of Colne, Bacup, Accrington, Nelson, Burnley, Blackburn, Simonstone and Read. Other locations around east Lancashire, West Yorkshire such as Todmorden and the Black Country (Tipton and Dudley) were also used. The exterior of Hartley Police Station seen throughout the entire series run was in fact the real-life police station on Bank Street in the town of Bacup."

[George 1978]

There's a clip on YouTube where LWT has had technical problems during the evening, and the first minute of so of The Gentle Touch has the end of that evening's Play Your Cards Right and Bruce Forsyth talking anout a contestant's safari suit! Same ITV company for both programmes, but it looked so surreal!

Wasn't Juliet Bravo more or less filmed and set in the same neck-of-the-woods where Casualty was made a few years later - Bristol-ish?

[beccabear67]

How many people used to assume that the name of the protagonist in the series was literally called Juliet Bravo? I know that some people used to. The very first episode was transmitted on my birthday back in 1980.

The interesting thing was that Juliet Bravo had a bigger profile as a TV series than The Gentle Touch did, probably because it was a BBC series, but just like Z Cars, the series was set in the north west. Even though both series were launched in 1980 and featured female police officers in the title role, although Gentle had a four month start over Bravo in that year.

Hello George!

We tried The Gentle Touch but gave up on it only a few episodes in, too melodramatic and sensationalistic. I think it also lacked the two sergeants (Joe and George) which Juliet Bravo had...their commentary at times adds a lighter touch, ironically lacking in the 'Gentle' series. Now at mid series 5 and going to go the full distance to series 6.

[George 1978]

How many people used to assume that the name of the protagonist in the series was literally called Juliet Bravo? I know that some people used to. The very first episode was transmitted on my birthday back in 1980.

The interesting thing was that Juliet Bravo had a bigger profile as a TV series than The Gentle Touch did, probably because it was a BBC series, but just like Z Cars, the series was set in the north west. Even though both series were launched in 1980 and featured female police officers in the title role, although Gentle had a four month start over Bravo in that year.

[beccabear67]

We've been watching this one, one episode per night, and up to the first few for series 3 right now. There were a couple of remarkably strange episodes that were hilarious (to me at least)... one had a bonkers family where the little girl steals laundry for a lodger and the father is totally mental about having to marry his sister-in-law because his wife went off him. The other nutty one had a guy named Crasho who ultimately does himself in crashing into a wall and there were a couple other panto type characters besides him.

I like the semi-disco theme music too.

Did they have a lot of particularly small cars in Lancashire in the early '80s? Every other vehicle looks like a mini or even a toy including the police cars (not at all like the ones shown in each opening).

[Flash Gordon]

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I have these vague but vivid memories of this show, and was convinced the actress who played the lead was Hannah Gordon!

[Richard1978]

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I remember a few JB episodes with some quite scary moments, though sometimes it would overplay things so they ended up almost comical.

The town it was set in was based on Todmorden.

[darren]

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yes i remember it well.
it really was a scaryish show at times im not shocked u where freaked out that much.

There was an episode of Juliet Bravo that absolutely freaked me out as a kid and I was that scared I had to sleep in my parents bed.

It involved one neighbour drilling holes in the wall of another neighbour and whispering through the holes to scare them. Well it definitely scared me!

[Jabbso]

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There was an episode of Juliet Bravo that absolutely freaked me out as a kid and I was that scared I had to sleep in my parents bed.

It involved one neighbour drilling holes in the wall of another neighbour and whispering through the holes to scare them. Well it definitely scared me!

[Twocky61]

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Much better than Z-Cars set on the East Lancs Road in the fictional town Newtown

[darren]

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IT REALLY IS VERY GOOD JUST BEEN WATCHING IT JUST NOW.
VERY GRITTY.
UR RIGHT IT DONT GET THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES.
AND YES A WONDERFUL THEME TUNE I SEE IN THE EPISODE IN MY LINK RAY SMITH AKA SPIKINGS FROM DEMPSEY AND MAKEPEACE IS IN IT.

https://youtu.be/nNujMB_mN4A
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I have every series of 'Juliet Bravo' on DVD. A great TV series which doesn't get the recognition it deserves.

It made a star out of the Ford Escort MkII police cars, replaced in the last two series by the Austin Maestro. I believe the police station used for filming is in Bacup. The banter between Sgt's Joe Beck and George Parrish in the show could be quite entertaining. P.C. Danny Sparks died in the final episode of the last (sixth) series. Many of the storylines were quite poignant for the era (and indeed now), with unemployment and youth issues to the fore. The excellent theme tune was by Derek Goom. Stephanie Turner and Anna Carteret chalked up 44 episodes each.

[Austin Maxi]

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I have every series of 'Juliet Bravo' on DVD. A great TV series which doesn't get the recognition it deserves.

It made a star out of the Ford Escort MkII police cars, replaced in the last two series by the Austin Maestro. I believe the police station used for filming is in Bacup. The banter between Sgt's Joe Beck and George Parrish in the show could be quite entertaining. P.C. Danny Sparks died in the final episode of the last (sixth) series. Many of the storylines were quite poignant for the era (and indeed now), with unemployment and youth issues to the fore. The excellent theme tune was by Derek Goom. Stephanie Turner and Anna Carteret chalked up 44 episodes each.

[Paul Davidson]

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It was very dark I remember. I remember one episode where the actress who plays Sally in Coronation Street played a very young school girl who was using drugs. It was called "Chasing the Dragon" if I remember right. Also David Ellison who played Joe Beck was in the PIF about wearing ear protection when working in a factory with loud noises.

[HG]

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I used to love watching Juliet Bravo on a Saturday evening, I would regularly watch it with my cousin. PC Danny Sparks was our favourite character along with Sgt Beck, as has been said the storylines were pretty downbeat/dark at times.

The theme tune was great too

[cplmarr]

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JB was often filmed in and around my home town of Burnley, Lancashire. I watched some of the filming a couple of times, which wasn't all that exciting to be honest. Great show though - I remember a witchcraft themed story that was quite creepy. A school friend of mine (David Hartley?) was in one episode about stolen bikes