TV Times

[Oldsmobile-88]

18th March 1983.

The Fourth Arm. Originally broadcast in early 1979.
A BBC Production on similar lines to Colditz & Secret Army. Unsurprisingly the same producer.
Not as popular as the aforementioned productions iirc.
A 12 episode drama about SOE operations in occupied Europe.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Sunday mornings after reading exeweb following a defeat.

The flying ducks. A blast from the past.

 

[DB9]

Sunday mornings after reading exeweb following a defeat.

The flying ducks. A blast from the past.

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All RIP now sadly.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

All RIP now sadly.

Bernard Youens (1914-84)
Jean Alexander (1926-2016)
Geoffrey Hughes (1944-2012)

Coronation Streets Holy Trinity.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

We were all shocked 44 years ago today.

 

[DB9]

We were all shocked 44 years ago today.

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Was such a huge shock, So young too, Brilliant in Porridge and before that The Lovers with Paula Wilcox.

 

[Rosencrantz]

We were all shocked 44 years ago today.

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I was too young to know at that point but I was still shocked and incredibly saddened as a kid when I found out he was no longer with us a few years later. Porridge and Rising Damp repeats were so prevalent and favourites of mine that he quickly became a favourite for me. The though that someone so youthful, seemingly so recently, was no longer be around was strange for me.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

18th March 1978

Westward TV blows the BBC out of the water on this Saturday morning. The Lost Islands, a decent children’s drama made by Australian TV in 1976.
26 episodes around a group of teenagers marooned on a island in the South Pacific.
Next, billed as a children’s film, Gunfighters of the Casa Grande(1964) hardly Children’s Film Foundation stuff
Topped off by Space 1999...Multi Coloured Swap Shop, not a chance against that line up.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

19th March 1979.

A bit of eclectic viewing on BBC1. QoS, The Rockford Files. A bit of a dry viewing subject on Panorama with Eric Varley Secretary of State for Business (a interesting politician on the right of Labour ) on a trade mission to China post Mao.
The piece de la resistance on BBC1 this evening is the film The McKenzie Break(1970) a good tale about a German POW breakout in Scotland. After many POW films of the 50s & 60s this production was a refreshing change.

I think the 9 O’Clock news would have taken a hit for Basil & Sybil on BBC2.

 

[DB9]

19th March 1979.

A bit of eclectic viewing on BBC1. QoS, The Rockford Files. A bit of a dry viewing subject on Panorama with Eric Varley Secretary of State for Business (a interesting politician on the right of Labour ) on a trade mission to China post Mao.
The piece de la resistance on BBC1 this evening is the film The McKenzie Break(1970) a good tale about a German POW breakout in Scotland. After many POW films of the 50s & 60s this production was a refreshing change.

I think the 9 O’Clock news would have taken a hit for Basil & Sybil on BBC2.

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The Water Margin on BBC2 was a good programme and probably the first i ever saw that came from the Far East. Enjoyed Danger UXB on Westward TV, Think Antony Andrew was in the lead role as a bomb disposal officer, Finally A Sharp Intake of Breath starring David Jason, Going by the date maybe a year or two before Only Fools?