Programmes from the past

[sweep]

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Recently watched The Champions and The Saint both still very enjoyable also watched The New Avengers, not as good as remembered. I would like to see Man in a Suitcase, The Baron, The Incredible Hulk would also like to see the entire series of Thriller repeated.

[amethyst]

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Kojak and Magnum PI
Are on ITV4 starting on monday

[PC66]

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My 4 year old boy loves Randall and Hopkirk. BTW it was on ITV4 about a 18 months ago and it was cut to pieces. Its best to buy the DVD box set.

That really goes for everything these days: The TV stations are hacking whole scenes out of shows and movies more and more to make extra time for commercials.

By the way, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) was shown in the U.S. under the different title of My Partner, The Ghost.

[amethyst]

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Remember when Randall and Hopkirk was on bbc2 in the 90s loved that programme,Jeanie always dressed smart her hair was imaculate,also liked the music start of show and the end

[escorteclipse1990]

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I would highly recommend the "network" DVD box set. It includes the original trailers for every episode, alternate early edits of the episodes Arrival and The Chimes of Big Ben, and a whole load of other extras such as title sequences with alternate themes which were considered (an interesting comparison with the Ron Grainer theme we've all come to know). It also includes a paperback book with background on the different episodes.

Those Network dvd boxsets are great.

[escorteclipse1990]

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Randall and Hopkirk was on ITV4 a year or 2 back, I really got into it during the 1990s repeats on BBC2.

Yes i remember the repeats on BBC2 it was about 1994/5 and used to be on at about 6:00pm. I got the DVD 5 years ago from HMV in Liverpool when it was on offer at £30.00 down from £60.00. My 4 year old boy loves Randall and Hopkirk. BTW it was on ITV4 about a 18 months ago and it was cut to pieces. Its best to buy the DVD box set.

[PC66]

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No The Prisoner filmed at port meirion

I would highly recommend the "network" DVD box set. It includes the original trailers for every episode, alternate early edits of the episodes Arrival and The Chimes of Big Ben, and a whole load of other extras such as title sequences with alternate themes which were considered (an interesting comparison with the Ron Grainer theme we've all come to know). It also includes a paperback book with background on the different episodes.

[amethyst]

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you mean prisoner cell block H mate, ive seen the champions on some of the digital channels, think avengers has at some time as well.

No The Prisoner filmed at port meirion

[darren]

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you mean prisoner cell block H mate, ive seen the champions on some of the digital channels, think avengers has at some time as well.

I would like to see Randall and Hopkirk back on tv,the persuaders,champions,avengers,prisoner so many good programmes from that era so many memories just takes you back in time

[Richard1978]

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Randall and Hopkirk was on ITV4 a year or 2 back, I really got into it during the 1990s repeats on BBC2.

[amethyst]

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I would like to see Randall and Hopkirk back on tv,the persuaders,champions,avengers,prisoner so many good programmes from that era so many memories just takes you back in time

[darren]

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the same thing happens with dempsey and makepeace on itv 4.
think its edited when it was on itv 4.

i wonder was it unedited when it was originally shown back in the mid to late eighties.
dont think its unedited even on dvd.

its annoying all right if the sweeney for example is not shown in order especially if there is a two part story.

Two other problems:

1. For anyone coming to these old shows afresh and wanting to watch a series through in sequence, it's not always going to be easy, because they're often showing episodes out of the original order, even randomly jumping back and forth between series in some cases, or sometimes there are episodes on different days running from different series, etc.

2. It's great that they're still showing the old stuff, but one or two of the stations just keep repeating the same thing over, and over, and over again. The Saint comes to mind immediately: I must have seen the listings for certain episodes a dozen times in the last year, and they're only showing episodes from the same two or three series over and over, while some of the older series probably haven't seen the light of day on any broadcast network for years.

[the fox]

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I love the seeing the prizes on Bullseye - "Iiiiin One.... its a state-of-the-art, video cassette recorder..."

I am really enjoying Minder, too. It has that 80's 'bloke-down-the-boozer' kind of style and a humour you just dont see anymore. I have a feeling a lot is cut out though.

Would love to see Les Dawson blankety blank repeated. And on a different note, I wish they would show LA law from the start on a freeview channel.

[PC66]

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It's great that these series are shown on freeview, but some of them - 'The Sweeney' in particular, do seem to get edited down with a hacksaw. Owning the boxsets, you tend to notice what gets left out of the edited freeview versions.

Two other problems:

1. For anyone coming to these old shows afresh and wanting to watch a series through in sequence, it's not always going to be easy, because they're often showing episodes out of the original order, even randomly jumping back and forth between series in some cases, or sometimes there are episodes on different days running from different series, etc.

2. It's great that they're still showing the old stuff, but one or two of the stations just keep repeating the same thing over, and over, and over again. The Saint comes to mind immediately: I must have seen the listings for certain episodes a dozen times in the last year, and they're only showing episodes from the same two or three series over and over, while some of the older series probably haven't seen the light of day on any broadcast network for years.

[escorteclipse1990]

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All my TV viewing these days is from the past, on DVD, VHS, VCR format or Betamax. The only thing i watch on main TV is the BBC news channel or the odd thing on BBC4. Oh and Challenge for the old game shows.