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I’d like to see that again

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Lucca Fri 23-Oct-20 18:35:08

Any really old tv series you’d like to see again? I’d like to see the Forsyte Saga

Callistemon Tue 27-Oct-20 15:20:53

Flutterby1

A Place to call Home. Australian drama.

That was on not long ago - is it still available?

I enjoyed what I did manage to see

Callistemon Tue 27-Oct-20 15:24:15

I think it's on the Drama channel, Flutterby if you can get that.

Oldernewgranny Tue 27-Oct-20 15:34:44

Two that come to mind that always brought a smile to my face we’re Just Good Friends and Butterflies. Could do with more smiles at the moment.

paddyanne Tue 27-Oct-20 15:39:57

Granny23 we have friends who live in the Howe of the Mearns and they put the most beautiful photographs online .
Its a series I would happily watch again another is The Sandbaggers which I dont remember being repeated due to some issues about the writer having links with Mi5 and it being too realisttc

Millie22 Tue 27-Oct-20 15:43:42

Yes Butterflies and the early episodes of Emmerdale Farm when it was actually about a farming family.

Daisymae Tue 27-Oct-20 16:25:37

Jenny, Lady Randolph Churchill. Great series, a woman who lived her life.

Witzend Tue 27-Oct-20 16:49:43

@Lucca, one Christmas quite a while ago dh gave me the old B&W Forsyte Saga on DVD. We spent many long dark post-Christmas evenings enjoying that.

Lucca Tue 27-Oct-20 16:58:32

Witzend

*@Lucca*, one Christmas quite a while ago dh gave me the old B&W Forsyte Saga on DVD. We spent many long dark post-Christmas evenings enjoying that.

Did it stand the test of time ?

Witzend Tue 27-Oct-20 17:05:12

Yes, I really enjoyed it.

Another real oldie for a massive binge-watch - 24 episodes! - is The Pallisers, but then I was always a fan anyway, having read all the 6 novels more than once.

B9exchange Tue 27-Oct-20 17:10:36

Yes Minister, and Yes Prime Minister, though I suspect they would be far too close to the truth now!

Also Just Good Friends, The Good Life, The Likely Lads. Showing my age I guess!

GrandmaKT Wed 28-Oct-20 10:23:40

Yes B9 I keep thinking it's high time for a remake of Yes Prime Minister. Though, as you say, truth is probably stranger than fiction at the moment!

FannyCornforth Wed 28-Oct-20 10:27:04

Yes, Minister is another one on 4 extra.
It's also available on Audible.

Anniebach Wed 28-Oct-20 10:38:06

Ballykissangel. Ever Decreasing Circles. Just Good Friends.

Wheniwasyourage Wed 28-Oct-20 11:29:27

We have Tutti Frutti, The Forsyte Saga and Beiderbecke on DVD and still enjoy them all. Also The High Life with Alan Cumming (Cummings?) - anyone remember that?

I used to love Adam Adamant and would like to see that again. Lots of good memories stirred by this thread!

Daddima Wed 28-Oct-20 12:28:35

Iam64

The West Wing
and we can, it's on Four

I’ve just started to watch this, and it is superb! My only problem is that I felt I’d seen the actor who plays Josh in something else. A Google search didn’t help, so could it have been a lookalike? I’m not a big telly watcher, but this is really annoying me.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Wed 28-Oct-20 12:32:36

I never saw the original Cold Feet, The Fast Show or Line of Duty - what treats I've missed. I'm too mean to buy DVDs etc or whatever format they call themselves, so it's hard cheese I'm afraid.

GrandmasueUK Sat 31-Oct-20 15:24:57

I used to love 'The Strange Report' with Anthony Quayle and Kaz Garas. My friend and I thought it was so funny to imagine the main character introducing himself by saying "How do you do; I'm Strange". Every Monday we would greet each other like that after watching it at the weekend!

gulligranny Mon 02-Nov-20 09:17:44

The original Taggart, with Mark McManus, was a great favourite of mine. I'd also love to see Butterflies, Ever Decreasing Circles and a series called Gangsters, from the mid-1970s, set in Birmingham, which starred an actor called Maurice Colbourne and also Paul Barber. It was pretty violent, I recall, but very gritty and exciting and I was deeply in love with Ahmed Khalil who played the policeman (sigh).