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Post by George Weight on May 13, 2006 12:26:57 GMT
20 years ago!
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Post by Lance C on May 13, 2006 13:24:58 GMT
I agree George, but dont you think that young people who are not use to a style (in this case 1980s Magret) may find it appealing if its promoted to them ? That is we hate flaired trousers but youngsters do not.
In the early days of Ch4 . I watched a programme I fondly remembered programme from the 1970s (which I am not going to mention its name as its due for DVD release and is somewhat a sacred cow) .
It was absolutely awful in 1984, slow, wooden, flat looking etc
The star was not even a real actor but had stumbled into it, by way of his faded other career, and it showed.
However today I can see this series might now be very appealing, to old and new viewers alike.
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Post by Daniel O'Brien on May 13, 2006 20:50:36 GMT
A good film or TV show transcends the technical limitations of its era. I don't have a problem with modest production values or even the odd fluffed line if the concept, script and performances are strong enough. If a show now seems plodding or stilted, maybe it wasn't too good in the first place. The original 'Quatermass and the Pit' is still gripping - for me - because it was put together by a group of talented people determined to push the television medium as it existed in the late 1950s.
As for the cult 1970s show with an impending DVD release, does it feature the star of 'What a Whopper!'?
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Post by Greg H on May 13, 2006 23:33:08 GMT
If it was early C4 it couldnt be 70s! I mkinda curious what program was being refered to. Im a really big fan of all those early C4 comedy shows  |
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Post by Daniel O'Brien on May 14, 2006 10:33:49 GMT
I assumed Lance C was referring to a 1970s show repeated by Channel 4 in the early 1980s.
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Post by Greg H on May 14, 2006 16:03:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2006 4:14:25 GMT
Is the story about the Rediffusion(?) library being put out on the pavement when they lost the franchise true or myth? I heard someone from the BFI(?) happened to be walking past and found it (true or myth?).
The problem is there are so many stories floating around. Years ago I heard that Black Adder episodes were missing but they aren't.
I have heard that the Tyne Tees sound library was taken out and put into a skip sometime in the 1990's and that the specially-composed music that they used to start the day with is just one thing that has been lost due to this. I can't even remember where I heard this, possibly from a friend who was doing some editing at the Tyne Tees studios (which he described as a 'ghost town').
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