what tv programmes should be brought back.

[George 1978]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

I was recently thinking that This is Your Life would be great to bring back, the earlier shows didn't always have famous people but had an interesting life story, including the women whose experiences in the 2nd World War was the basis of Tenko.

Most of the others would be good, though sometimes having the right hosts had make or break a show.

I don't remember the early ones of course, but I saw the bigredbook.info website, and I thought that it was nice that they did special shows for those who weren't celebrities but those people who have done wonders for the community - nurses, foster mothers etc. Sir Nicholas Winton and Simon Weston would have been two examples of that. No one would ever accuse TIYL of elitism because of that, even though I only remember the celebrities of course.

It's a travesty that Sir Bruce Forsyth was never a subject on This is Your Life when he was alive - he would have made an excellent subject considering what he had done in his entertainment career, not to mention so many people from showbusiness would have turned up in the studio as well.

If it was brought back, then I hope that they do Rylan Clark-Neal as a subject - I think that he is a deserving person.

[escorteclipse1990]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

I don't thing we should bring old tv programmes back. Some of the programmes brought back over years are just awful, just look at the remakes of Porridge, and Randall & Hopkirk etc. I also don't like remakes of films.

[onthebusesfan]

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[George 1978]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

It's often a case with quiz shows that they need the right sort of host to make them work.

I normally like Harry Hill in most of the things he does, but he seemed out of place presenting the recent revival of Stars In Their Eyes.

Yes, I had this feeling that Leslie Crowther wouldn't have liked the tweaks that were made to the Hill version of the show. The "contestants" felt to me like actors and not like ordinary people who wanted to do the karaoke and fancy dress routine that SITE was all about.

[Richard1978]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

I quite liked the original Adventure game. Seemed a lot more intelligent then the endless stream of Crystal Maze.

I liked it as well, some of the puzzles were very tricky, mostly involving brain power rather than the more psychical challenges of the Crystal Maze.

[battyrat]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

I quite liked the original Adventure game. Seemed a lot more intelligent then the endless stream of Crystal Maze.

[Buchholz]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

My old girlfriend had the S&S box set which we watched most of together. Most of the stories still held up, though I imagine a new version wouldn't have as many parts as the original.

Survivors was another attempt at reviving a a science fiction show that didn't work so well.

I liked S & S. haven't seen it since we watched the original.
We've literally just finished watching both of the "Survivors" series (again).
I don't think the remake is too bad. I just wish they'd finished it off properly.
Anything is better than the seemingly endless cop / murder mysteries that seem to be most of what's on offer these days.

[Richard1978]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

Sapphire and steel. Loved that program. I doubt if it would ever be as good but if they got the atmosphere right with a great cast and superb writing it could be as good as Dr Who.

My old girlfriend had the S&S box set which we watched most of together. Most of the stories still held up, though I imagine a new version wouldn't have as many parts as the original.

Survivors was another attempt at reviving a a science fiction show that didn't work so well.

[battyrat]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

Sapphire and steel. Loved that program. I doubt if it would ever be as good but if they got the atmosphere right with a great cast and superb writing it could be as good as Dr Who.

[Richard1978]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

It's often a case with quiz shows that they need the right sort of host to make them work.

I normally like Harry Hill in most of the things he does, but he seemed out of place presenting the recent revival of Stars In Their Eyes.

[onthebusesfan]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

Take Your Pick that was a good quiz show. and still get old des to host it.

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[Twocky61]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

That's it Richard; Keith Chegwin would have been brilliant choice Along with Maggie Philbin, as in Multi-Coloured Swap-shop

[George 1978]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

Cheggers isn't available anymore either for obvious reasons. I could imagine some eccentric celebrity such as Harry Hill or Keith Lemon hosting it.

[Richard1978]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

It's a Knockout for me

Obviously Eddie Waring and Stuart Hall, the original presenters, probably wont be available, so any ideas?

I remember Channel 5 brought it back with Keith Chegwin & Nell McAndrew in the late 1990s.

[staffslad]

Re: what tv programmes should be brought back.

I agree here too StaffsLad and That's Life would be another great contender I think. How Ester Ranzon re-united people etc was so better dune than Davina McCalls recent similar programme i always found

80sChav

Yes, it could work. It mixed some very funny segments with some really quite serious and hard-hitting segments and campaigns.