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sit coms from back in the day.

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lemsip Wed 29-Jan-25 23:18:29

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvpPXM3zXL8&list=PLc7mMd35jKY96hCZJCSrZ0r-3luiG6VQ_

a sit-com called 'Leaving' starring Kieth Barron and Susan Hampshire

MissAdventure Sun 02-Feb-25 12:12:06

No.
Just thought about it.
It wasn't. blush

Cateq Sun 02-Feb-25 12:14:42

Met Ronnie Corbett many years ago in Glasgow city centre he was very pleasant to everyone who stopped to talk to him.

madeleine45 Sun 02-Feb-25 12:25:32

Well for me of course two of the best ones that are still worth watching today and sadly for the Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, they are still totally up to date today!!!! The joys of watching the great Sir Humphrey - Nigel Hawthorne and then of course Paul Eddington as the minister. Then theactor who seemed to go on in programmes for many years was the one who played Bernard who was ? Fowldes (not sure if that is correct spelling) but he played the sergeant then pub landlord in Heartbeat later. Then the other one was the Good Life with such a great set up with of course Paul again as "Jerry" to Penelope K

sazz1 Sun 02-Feb-25 12:32:28

On the Busses, Steptoe and Son, The Good Life, one foot in the Grave. Used to watch all of these. Some probably not politically correct nowadays

madeleine45 Sun 02-Feb-25 12:39:18

Sorry , printed it before finished anyway Penelope Keith , and felicity Kendal and Richard Briers, as Tom Good. Then every single one of the great Fawlty Towers, which I never tire of watching. I too do not care for Ronnie Corbett but loved Ronnie Barker in Porridge, and Open All Hours etc. Have always been interested in words etc and so loved his wonderful songs that they used to do in the two Ronnies sketches. there were some wonderful songs, and clever wordplay, when they used to do the two tramps where they kept going err and then putting in a suggestion of the answer, but of course it was not the right one. Naturally the best of those was "Four candles/ Fork handles , which I think tops the list for many people. But clever wordplay then leads me on to the lovely Victoria Woods and all her wonderful scenes and of course the Cant Do It / Beat me on the bottom with the womans weekly "song . All the great Alan Bennett sketches and the lovely phrases which are so true to life. I live in Yorkshire and have been known to stay on a bus to the next stop, as I just must hear the rest of the conversation! Or turn round when I hear an absolutely typical phrase that he would have loved. Oh on dark days filled with politicians depressing you in every way, it is wonderful to think back to these great things, to cheer life up.

MissAdventure Sun 02-Feb-25 12:44:37

My friend was amazed that I didn't like Mrs. Brown's boys, but I never found it remotely funny.

Kate1949 Sun 02-Feb-25 12:47:00

I always say I'm not a fan of American humour, but thinking back there have been some great ones. Rhoda, Cheers, The Golden Girls. MissA you reminded me of Soap. I had forgotten about that. It was very funny.

MissAdventure Sun 02-Feb-25 12:50:13

It was, very silly, but funny. smile

Earthmother9 Sun 02-Feb-25 12:54:05

It was Duty Free.

PilgrimQuill Sun 02-Feb-25 12:55:06

Anyone remember Mulberry? Far too short a set of series.

MissAdventure Sun 02-Feb-25 12:55:52

The title is familiar...

GrandmasueUK Sun 02-Feb-25 12:56:23

I re-watched most of the series of The Golden Girls on Amazon recently. I think it's still as funny but the clothes are incredible. I'd forgotten about the shoulder pads!
Bootsie and Snudge was a spinoff from The Army Game, after they had been demobbed.
I recently found Bewitched on LG channel on our LG television and The Beverly Hillbillies on Talking Pictures.
There is also a channel called Rewind TV which shows sitcoms and programmes from 70s, 80s and 90s and another called Thats TV showing some from the 60s too. I spend more time scrolling through channels than watching TV. I tend to record things and watch at a later time.

Northernsoulnanna Sun 02-Feb-25 13:06:01

Does anyone remember Mackenzie.
Was a drama on bbc in 1980.
Mackenzie was a Builder.
Tracey Ullman was in this. I think it was one of her first things she did as an actress.
It was so good.
I managed to find a paperback version of this drama , ,which i still have.
I also liked Diana with Jenny Seagrove.
So many old dramas could be shown.

sodapop Sun 02-Feb-25 13:08:20

Miss A I must get a little hand for this watch smile

MissAdventure Sun 02-Feb-25 13:09:31

grin
Nellie Pledge?

Indigo8 Sun 02-Feb-25 13:10:02

MissAdventure

Oh,I loved 'Angels'.
Is (or was) that a sitcom?

If I am remembering the right programme, I think 'Angels' was about young nurses. It was screened during the 1970s and I don't remember it as being a sitcom.

eazybee Sun 02-Feb-25 13:14:29

I remember The Grove Family and The Appleyards.
In one of them there was a grandmother who was always demanding food because " I am faint from lack of nourishment."

Jan135 Sun 02-Feb-25 13:28:44

Does anyone remember The Wackers from the mid 1970’s.
We had some rather ‘rough’ neighbours at that time and my parents nicknamed them the Wackers. Can’t remember anything about the program itself though.

Gilly1952 Sun 02-Feb-25 13:36:21

I must be very old too as I seem to remember “Catch hand”. Can’t remember who played the two men, but I think I might have had a crush on one of them!

Gilly1952 Sun 02-Feb-25 13:38:38

Just looked up “Catch hand” - a very young Mark Eden and Anthony Booth! Both pretty good looking in their day!

crazyH Sun 02-Feb-25 13:40:53

Likely Lads

Kate1949 Sun 02-Feb-25 13:46:39

The Liver Birds. Not hilarious but I loved the fashions etc.
Not a sitcom as such but I loved The Clampetts. I still know the words of the theme tune!

SueDoku Sun 02-Feb-25 13:52:54

Thepanaramawoman

A Bit of a Do with David Jason! I remember exactly what I was doing while watching it - on my first maternity leave. 1989.

I've just watched this, as it's been repeated on one of the many channels showing old shows - it's held up very well, and made me laugh all over again. The same goes for Just Good Friends, which I've probably watched three or four times over the years.

Niucla97 Sun 02-Feb-25 14:38:03

Was it Duty Free ?

dayvidg Sun 02-Feb-25 14:42:59

I Dream of Jeannie with Barbara Eden and a young Larry Hagman (J.R.Ewing)