Tv programmes before your time

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The Quatermass serials have been mentioned several times but I would have loved to have seen them upon their first transmission. Streets emptied and people who didn't have a TV watched on neighbours and friends sets when the serials were on.

[I. R. Fincham]

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Doomwatch, Ace of Wands, Dr Finlay's casebook, A for Andromeda, Adam Adamant Lives, Z cars, Softly Softly, Dixon of Dock Green.

[angliaknight]

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Yes very special, it was the first big tv event, after the coronation ofcourse, the BBC didn't expect it to be this popular they hit lucky. I remember my parents and other "grown-ups" talking about it and perhaps thats where my love of sci fi / horror came from. Can't recall the young ITV hitting back with anything similar, know later they had the American imports Twilight zone, Alfred hitchcock, Outer limits and One step beyond but as for homegrown progs' my minds a blank, they certainly had nothing that came close to Quatermass.

[amethyst]

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Doomwatch, Ace of Wands, Dr Finlay's casebook, A for Andromeda, Adam Adamant Lives, Z cars, Softly Softly, Dixon of Dock Green.

I remember a little Dr Finlays casebook

[darren]

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twilight zone there has been quite a series of this thru the decades.

You can get a lot of the quatermass stuff on youtube now.
Blakes 7 is another not quite before my time but not far off it.

yes very special, it was the first big tv event, after the coronation ofcourse, the bbc didn't expect it to be this popular they hit lucky. I remember my parents and other "grown-ups" talking about it and perhaps thats where my love of sci fi / horror came from. Can't recall the young itv hitting back with anything similar, know later they had the american imports twilight zone, alfred hitchcock, outer limits and one step beyond but as for homegrown progs' my minds a blank, they certainly had nothing that came close to quatermass.

[Richard1978]

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twilight zone there has been quite a series of this thru the decades.

You can get a lot of the quatermass stuff on youtube now.
Blakes 7 is another not quite before my time but not far off it.

About 20 years ago I became interested in classic TV & Blakes 7 was one show which captured my imagination, especially as it had a lot of shared history with Dr Who.

[zabadak]

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The Quatermass serials have been mentioned several times but I would have loved to have seen them upon their first transmission. Streets emptied and people who didn't have a TV watched on neighbours and friends sets when the serials were on.

Ooh, good one!