Things you no longer see or hear on TV

[Richard1978]

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Circus or magic acts & the like getting a guest spot on TV, these seemed to vanish in the early 1990s.

Back in the day the likes of Billy Smart's Circus was a big feature of Christmas TV.

I remember the first Only Fools & Horses Christmas special managed to have 2 on different channels, which wasn't good for Rodney as he didn't like them.

[culnara]

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anything good or worthwhile watching

[George 1978]

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I was staying in Cumbria in 2003 and I know that Border's Scottish adverts were also shown in Cumbria - it's such a small region that is covers so many different areas from end to the other. I suppose that it's better to have an SNP event shown in Cumbria rather than it "not" being shown in Dumfries and Galloway. HTV didn't have this problem with Plaid Cymru broadcasts - i.e. it was not shown in Bristol.

Also remember because of the Scottish/Welsh governments and assemblies, a Labour or Conservative broadcast might probably be a different one to the one shown in England. I suppose that with the Border issue, the Westminster one would be the more relevant right across that region than the Scottish one would be.

[Arran]

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Major events involving the SNP, such as their national conference, used to be shown on STV, Grampian, and Border which resulted in them being broadcast in Cumbria and the Isle of Man. Does ITV still network programmes involving the SNP from STV to it's Border territory or are they only broadcast on STV?

[Jay Mc]

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Please don't tell me you find Only Fools and Horses , Mrs Browns Boys and Birds of a Feather funny !!!!!

I'm with you on Mrs Browns Boys , its about as funny as a mild heart attack

as for funny U S shows The big Bang Theory is really good, Family Guy is brilliant The Goldbergs is also really good

[Zincubus]

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I no longer see any funny u.s. Comedies in fact only funny one i remember is mork and mindy and it was really funny.

Guess i just dont get u.s. Humour.

Please don't tell me you find Only Fools and Horses , Mrs Browns Boys and Birds of a Feather funny !!!!!

[darren]

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I no longer see any funny u.s. Comedies in fact only funny one i remember is mork and mindy and it was really funny.

Guess i just dont get u.s. Humour.

decent shows, funny comedies, etc..

[Richard1978]

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...... and I know which versions are FUNNY !

Sadly it ain't the British ones .. Sorry .


We've nothing to rival , Cheers , Frasier , Seinfeld and more recently The Middle , Modern Family or Big Bang and those are just scraping the surface , there must be hundreds of truly wonderful American sitcoms ..

While I like lots of American shows I do find the way they use a team of writers to churn out episodes can be hit & miss. Some episodes of Everyone Loves Raymond and Will & Grace can be barley watchable, but the ones before or after can be a laugh a minute.

It's hard to tell how to tell how they compare, especially if we only get the better ones imported & spread over lots of different channels.

[Zincubus]

Things you no longer see or hear on TV

In actuality American TV copies heavily from British TV. Here's some of the hit TV shows over the years:

"All in the Family" ("Till Death Do Us Part")
"Sanford & Son" ("Steptoe & Son")
"Three's Company" ("Man About the House")
"Big Bang Theory" ("The IT Crowd")

And then there's the American versions of "Survivor," "Big Brother," et al.

...... and I know which versions are FUNNY !

Sadly it ain't the British ones .. Sorry .


We've nothing to rival , Cheers , Frasier , Seinfeld and more recently The Middle , Modern Family or Big Bang and those are just scraping the surface , there must be hundreds of truly wonderful American sitcoms ..

[Richard1978]

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In actuality American TV copies heavily from British TV. Here's some of the hit TV shows over the years:

"All in the Family" ("Till Death Do Us Part")
"Sanford & Son" ("Steptoe & Son")
"Three's Company" ("Man About the House")
"Big Bang Theory" ("The IT Crowd")

And then there's the American versions of "Survivor," "Big Brother," et al.

The Big Bang Theory wasn't a copy of The IT Crowd, which did have an American pilot.

[victorbrunswick]

Re: Things you no longer see or hear on TV

In actuality American TV copies heavily from British TV. Here's some of the hit TV shows over the years:

"All in the Family" ("Till Death Do Us Part")
"Sanford & Son" ("Steptoe & Son")
"Three's Company" ("Man About the House")
"Big Bang Theory" ("The IT Crowd")

And then there's the American versions of "Survivor," "Big Brother," et al.

[Zincubus]

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Decent shows, funny comedies, etc..

All the funny / decent comedies are strictly USA ones .

Can't recall a funny English comedy apart from Catastophy and Plebs

[sixtyten]

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Decent shows, funny comedies, etc..

[Niggit]

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Oh, wow - seeing those regional logos was really nostalgic!! Even now, I can't see the Anglia one without hearing, "From Norwich - it's the quiz of the week..."

[darren]

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Yes thats a good point not like one cant check the listings to see whats on next.

It prob makes itv etc more money telling u whats on nxt. Ggrr

@angliaknight

tv themes at the end which are allowed to complete without interruptions about what's on next!!!