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Post by Jeff Haynes on Apr 17, 2014 19:15:27 GMT
Just wondering, I’m from the USA. How much interest is there in our classic TV in the UK? Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith, The Honeymooners, The Man from Uncle, The Invaders, Batman, The Green Hornet, Ed Sullivan, Carol Burnett, just to name a variety.
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Post by Richard Marple on Apr 17, 2014 19:25:31 GMT
Certainly Batman & The Man From Uncle managed to be repeated in the 1990s, but before multi channel TV became the norm, & imports started to be rare near peak hours on the main channels.
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Post by Greg H on Apr 17, 2014 20:20:28 GMT
Oh, I don't know Richard. I am pretty sure I remember watching twilight zone, the outer limits, lost in space, land of the giants, The monkees, banana splits, and an absolute heap of other similar shows in the 80s. I am still a big fan of the ones I mentioned  *additionally I am a big fan of the Krofft brothers' shows. I regard them as classic in their own right, but that may not be accepted wisdom. |
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Post by Richard Marple on Apr 17, 2014 20:53:47 GMT
I was just picking out a couple from the ones Jeff mentioned.
In the 1980s BBC2 always seemed to have an older American show on at 6pm.
Mission: Impossible, M*A*S*H* & Star Trek are ones I remember.
Even in the 1990s the original Battlestar Galatica & Buck Rogers were in that slow, along with Buffy The Vampire Slayer, the Star Trek sequels, Malcolm In The Middle, & The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air.
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Post by Greg H on Apr 17, 2014 21:53:00 GMT
I was just picking out a couple from the ones Jeff mentioned. In the 1980s BBC2 always seemed to have an older American show on at 6pm. Mission: Impossible, M*A*S*H* & Star Trek are ones I remember. Even in the 1990s the original Battlestar Galatica & Buck Rogers were in that slow, along with Buffy The Vampire Slayer, the Star Trek sequels, Malcolm In The Middle, & The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. I forgot to mention good old Trek there! There have been quite a few classic American sitcoms screened as well, including bewitched and I dream of Jeannie. I can't be an isolated example, so in answer to the original question, I would think a fair old bit of interest |
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Post by Jeff Leach on Apr 17, 2014 22:26:18 GMT
Memories of more obscure US show's such as
Drama's
The Paper chase
Mannix
Harry O
Comedies
Paper Moon (circa 72)
The classic odd couple (Jack Klugman & Tony Randell)
Rhoda, My mother the car,
Three series I would love to see again but seem to have vanished
Mel Brook's short lived "When days were rotten"(circa 75)
"Garison's Gorilla's" and "Bearcats" with Rod Taylor
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Post by Alan Turrell on Apr 18, 2014 9:48:26 GMT
I watch all the one's Jeff mentions along with loads of tv western series , the untouchables,i love lucy,the outer limits,the Fugitive as many u.s pop shows as possible and many many more to many to mention , but i personally watch as many classic u.s shows as i do u.k .Including more obscure shows like Checkmate , Bourbon Street Beat etc. In the 1960s there were loads of u.s shows on british tv .
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Post by Peter Stirling on Apr 18, 2014 11:39:52 GMT
Bilko was a much loved perennial on BBC TV until a few years ago when the rights expired (the BBC had bought 50 year rights)
The following AFAIK never made it across the pond.
Andy Griffith
Leave it to Beaver (only a local station screening)
Carol Burnett
Ed Sullivan
The Honeymooners
Dark Shadows
and remain virtually unknown in the UK
Apart from those almost everything else did and forgotten shows like Car 54 where are you,Highway Patrol,Wild Bill Hickok.Johnny Staccato, The Mod Squad, Mr Ed, Thriller with Boris, have been repeated. Of the mystery movie series only Columbo gets regular repeats now.
The well remembered shows such as,Batman, The Invaders, The fugitive, Time Tunnel,Starsky & Hutch,Streets of San Francisco, Cagney and Lacey, Kojak,Bewitched, The Munsters,Addams Family,Mission Impossible,Twilight Zone, Outer Limits etc do tend to get a repeat showing every few years.
Shows that are not repeated -but we would probably like to see again in the UK include
The Name of the Game.
Land of the Giants
Arnie
Run for your Life
those spooky old 1970s TV movies
etc
etc
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Post by Alan Jeffries on Apr 18, 2014 15:10:34 GMT
The Honeymooners was shown on BBC2 many years ago. They had a sort of running US comedy slot that consisted of Bilko, The Honeymooners and The Jack Benny Show rotating around. I hope that the Bilko release is a success as I'd like to see more of the other two series.
Dark Shadows was shown twice in the early day of the Sci-Fi Channel. (158 3 hour VHS tapes to record the lot!)
Alan
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Post by Richard Marple on Apr 18, 2014 16:59:55 GMT
Channel 4 tried showing The Tonight Show in it's early days, but it didn't catch on, though Johnny Carson is fairly well known.
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Post by Greg H on Apr 18, 2014 19:12:36 GMT
The following AFAIK never made it across the pond. Andy Griffith Leave it to Beaver (only a local station screening) Carol Burnett Ed Sullivan The Honeymooners Dark Shadows and remain virtually unknown in the UK I am fairly certain that dark shadows was shown on cable channel Bravo in the mid 90s, I think I may still have a couple off airs. |
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Post by Brian Denton on Apr 18, 2014 20:52:00 GMT
I'd like to see "My Mother the Car" again - childhood memory.
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Post by Richard Marple on Apr 19, 2014 12:39:15 GMT
Channel 4 showed quite a few in their early days.
I remember most of the Irwin Allen shows, along with the likes of The Munsters.
After the film came out BBC2 started showing The Addams Family.
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Post by ikmclachlan on Apr 19, 2014 13:10:11 GMT
I'd like to see "My Mother the Car" again - childhood memory. This series has been released complete on DVD and is available from Amazon.com |
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Post by ikmclachlan on Apr 19, 2014 13:27:20 GMT
Jeff,
There are a number of classic American shows that I really enjoy. I have just finished watching Search (known here are Search Control which is one of my all time favourite TV shows. I have a particular liking for - Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, The Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; Star Trek (in all its variations), Planet of the Apes, Logan's run, Man from Atlantis, 6 Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Babylon 5,Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Mr. Ed, Nanny and the Professor, The Ghost and Mrs.Muir, The Fugitive, Naked City, The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, The Addams Family, The Munsters, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., It Takes a Thief, Cannon, Perry Mason, Ironside, Barnaby Jones, The Invaders, Dr. Kildare, The Virginian, The High Chaparral, Tales from Wells Fargo, Sugarfoot, The Lone Ranger, Maverick, Have Gun will Travel, The Life and Times of Wyatt Earp, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, 24 Men, Champion the wonder Horse, Daktari, The Life and Times of Grizzly Addams, Lassie, Checkmate, Ellery Queen who Dun Its, Karloff's Thriller; I love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, Car 54 where are you?' Sgt. Bilko, Happy Days, Mork and Mindy, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, Night Gallery, Kolchak the Night Stalker, American Gothic, Supernatural; V; The Honeymooners, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Rowan and Martin's Laugh In;
I am delighted that Batman will soon be available for purchase. I would really like to see - He and She, My world and welcome to it, Nanny and the Professor, all the monochrome Lassies; Run for your Life, The Defenders and Fantastic Journey on DVD.
I do particularly like classic TV from the 50s, 60s and 70s but I also like some modern TV as well.
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