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Greenfinch Thu 09-Jul-26 10:33:29

Most of the TV dramas now rely on the use of a mobile phone so it is quite refreshing to see one set pre that era. I used to enjoy the series set in a factory. It was called either Clocking Off or Clocking On.

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ViceVersa Thu 09-Jul-26 10:26:08

Robbie Coltrane was very good in that, but it's definitely 'of its time'. It's not that long ago really, in the grand scheme of things', but in some ways it seems very distant with the smoking everywhere, no mobile phones and so on, which we all take for granted now.

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Calendargirl Thu 09-Jul-26 09:46:22

Not a football or tennis fan, don’t have Netflix or Sky etc, any of the pay to view channels.

Oh dear, the choice of stuff to watch is poor, even with all the Freeview channels.

I have started re-watching the ‘Cracker’ series, starring Robbie Coltrane. Think it was first broadcast in the 90’s.

Oh, how dated some of it seems!

Characters smoking all the time, in restaurants, public transport, at work.

No mobile phones, Fitz has to keep nipping into public phone boxes to place his racing bets.

The police come across as misogynistic, brutal in their interviewing techniques, certainly non PC.

And some of the scenarios are very savage.

Having said all that, it’s not a bad watch.

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