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Subject: TV shows From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 09 Jun 01 - 10:36 PM We get a few of your tv shows over here,(South park,The Simpsons etc).Do you get any of ours,if so what do you think of them? The above are two of my favourite shows! |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Jun 01 - 10:57 PM We get quite a few depending on what the local Public TV picks up on, as that's where they tend to play. I've always thought someone could make it big with a "Britcom" channel on cable. At varying times, I've watched Are You Being Served?, Black Adder, The Decline and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Butterflies, Fawlty Towers, Good Neighbors, Yes Minister (and Yes Prime Minister), Monty Python, Benny Hill, Dr. Who, Hitchhiker's Guide, and quite a few others. Some good discussion on this thread too: Mrs. Slocomb's Pussy Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Chip2447 Date: 09 Jun 01 - 11:24 PM I kinda got a kick out of Absolutly Fabulous. Every ocne in a while I'll catch an old episode of London's Burning, which I like. I guess it helps to get BBC America. |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: katlaughing Date: 09 Jun 01 - 11:28 PM Uh, Spaw, you gotta get to the city more often, sweetie. BBC-America has been on cable for a few years now, in fact, other than the SciFi channel, it's about the only thing worth watching on cable here. Oh, and they call them Brticoms in their ads. Love most of the ones you listed, as well as To The Manor Born, British Men Behaving Badly, and a bunch of others, as well as the dramas such as In A Land of Plenty, In the Red (I think was the name of it), Second Sight and several others. Absolutely loathe League of Gentlemen and Roysten Vasey. Can't even watch the adverts.:-) If you want to see a bit more of what you're missing, my darlin' Spaw, just CLICK HERE.*smile* kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 09 Jun 01 - 11:34 PM Has anyone seen the Royle Family? |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Peter Kasin Date: 09 Jun 01 - 11:37 PM Masterpiece Theatre has been a long running favorite on public television here. Cable TV offers broadcasts of Parliament's proceedings (Is that a "Britcom"? *BG*). We used to get The Two Ronnies. -chanteyranger |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: CarolC Date: 09 Jun 01 - 11:45 PM Red Dwarf, mystery shows, The Naked Chef... |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: katlaughing Date: 09 Jun 01 - 11:47 PM Yeah, John, that's one of the others that I don't like. BUT, there are so many that we really enjoy!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Jun 01 - 11:48 PM Yeah kat.........What gets me is that even Columbus cable doesn't carry it!!! Down here in the sticks we don't get it and we get 76 channels and it's a Time Warner Company ferchrissakes!!!!!! Oh well................... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: katlaughing Date: 09 Jun 01 - 11:51 PM Wow, that surprises me, Spaw. Actually, we are so fed up with the cable co. I think we're going to have them yank it out and go with Roger's pal's satellite setup. They've both told me they guarantee I can get BBCAmerica and SciFi! kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 09 Jun 01 - 11:55 PM Is it true, you get your own version of The Weakest Link? |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Matt_R Date: 10 Jun 01 - 12:28 AM The Royal Family uses "Half The World Away" by Oasis as the theme song!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Benjamin Date: 10 Jun 01 - 12:53 AM I use to love Blakes 7 when I was a kid. I've always loved the theme, but have no idea what it is or way to find any kind of a copy of it. I've always thought Tom Baker (the British actor, not the composer) was an entertaining actor. A little weird though. My favorte TV shows would be The Simpsons, Married With Children, News Radio, and David Letterman. Yes there all American, but so am I! |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: CarolC Date: 10 Jun 01 - 01:04 AM Favorite American shows... hmmm... My all time favorites... ABC World News Now, back when Mark Mullen and Thalia Assuras (sp?) were the co-anchors, and Northern Exposure, both of which are now extinct. (But I've got pretty much all of the Northern Exposures on tape.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: CarolC Date: 10 Jun 01 - 01:07 AM BTW, I'm watching Dr. Who right now. But it's one of the ones with the sucky first Doctor. Why am I watching it anyway? I'm just really, really pathetic I suppose. |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Justa Picker Date: 10 Jun 01 - 01:29 AM I always liked The Prisoner, The Saint, as well as The Avengers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: DonMeixner Date: 10 Jun 01 - 01:40 AM I liked all the Doctors I ever saw. I haven't seen Sylvester McCoy tho. I liked Patrick Traughton and Jon Pertwee quite a bit but I must say Doctor Baker was my favorite too. I really liked and miss The Good Neighbors, Richard Briers and Felicity Kendall. Prime Suspect was a great series and Helen Mirren has always been a turn on for me. Can you believe they wanted Goldie Hawn to play the Jane Tennyson role in an Ametrian version? My favorite Brit import series was Lovejoy. Being an antique collector and a mystery freak that show as a hit with me. Don |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Sorcha Date: 10 Jun 01 - 01:45 AM kat, I have commuicomm which used to be Platte Valley and they dont' carry BBC America.......I only have two PBS channels---Lincoln and Denver--and they don't list very much of what either you or spaw have spoken of.
Besides which,I can't understand an awful lot of those British shows, they sound like they have marbles in their mouths and for the Deaf Lady, lip reading doesn't help here. I do have SciFi channel, but I don't watch enough to really keep up on the series stuff, so I am usually totally lost at C.....I suppose I really should get Closed Captioned, huh? I watch a lot of Discovery, Animal Planet and TLC. |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Ebbie Date: 10 Jun 01 - 01:56 AM These days I'm enjoying BBC's As Time Goes By. Could be an old one- but it's new to me. Great natural acting. I used to really like Ballykissangel- they lost me after the second death. The first death occurred to a single woman who had fallen in love with a priest- and he was planning to leave the priesthood for her. The second death happened to the husband of a woman who was discontented with her marriage and had found someone else... There seemed to be a judgmental pattern developing I didn't care for and I haven't watched since. Ebbie |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Clinton Hammond Date: 10 Jun 01 - 11:54 AM Give me The Naked Chef, 2 Fat Ladies, Red Dwarf, and Bottom and I could be a very happy man... Only because I've watched Blackadder and Fawlty Towers kinda to death... I'd rather gouge my eyes out with my thumbs than watch Are You Being Served! North American pap? Dark Angel was a really entertaining show this past season... 2 words... Pillowy Lips! ;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: kendall Date: 10 Jun 01 - 12:01 PM What about Keeping up appearences? I love Onslow, cant stand Hyacynth. |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: RangerSteve Date: 10 Jun 01 - 12:44 PM You aren't supposed to like Hyachinth, just like you weren't supposed to like JR Ewing. Sometimes the worst people on TV are the most fascinating. The 1900 House was one of the best reality shows to come along in a long time. Upstairs, Downstairs and I, Claudius were excellent. PBS censored Claudius, an episode that involved exposed breasts. An independent station in NYC ran the series uncensored and there was nothing offensive about the censored parts. PBS needs to lighten up. The Brits get my eternal gratitude for Penelope Keith, (To the Manor Born, Good Neighbors). We need more shows with her. |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Gervase Date: 10 Jun 01 - 12:46 PM On this side the pond, I'm a huge fan of Frasier - it knocks the spots off most British sitcoms (how anyone can find Are You Being Served funny beats me). It reminds me of my own experience of how badly some britcoms travel. I was staying in a hotel in New York and the morning alarm was set using the television - a huge thing the size of a a car door just inches from the bed. I needed to get up early the next day, so I set the alarm for 6.30am, absent-mindedly pressing any old channel button before collapsing across the bed somewhat the worse for wear. And so it was, with a muzzy head, jet-lag and hangover, that I was dragged from the ahiry arms of Morpheus at some ungodly hour by rasping saxophone music and the sight of a bright orange Benny Hill being chased around some park at super-speed by a bunch of bikin-clad bimbos. I really thought I'd woken up in hell. |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: RangerSteve Date: 10 Jun 01 - 01:11 PM The British gave us a lot of good shows, but they also gave us the Teletubbies. What did we do to you guys to deserve that? Don't do it again. Remember, we have atomic weapons. |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: The Walrus Date: 10 Jun 01 - 01:23 PM RangerSteve, Sorry mate, hitting the US with Telletubbies was just a case of "collateral damage", the idea was revenge on the Australians for "Neighbous" and "Home and Away", you just got caught in the cross-fire. Good Luck Walrus |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: GUEST,Matt_R Date: 10 Jun 01 - 01:31 PM Onslow!! I love Onslow!! Wait..something's the matter here! Kendall and I are not supposed to like the same things!! As Susan would say "Whassap widdat?" BTW I LOVE Are You Being Served! |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Dorrie Date: 10 Jun 01 - 01:47 PM 'The Good neighbours' is that what we know 2 be the good life??? Dont america get the idea from a british show and change it to be more american.And the other way round? oi teletubbies used 2 b the best show in daytime t.v(when i was on studyleave from my gcses)but then the tweenies have taken my heart. love dorrie xxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 10 Jun 01 - 09:30 PM I think The Teletubbies are ok,although I dont think much of their diet,(they seem to live on toast & custard)! |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Peg Date: 10 Jun 01 - 10:02 PM British shows I love:
AbFab
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Clinton Hammond Date: 10 Jun 01 - 10:40 PM OH YA!! I forgot one! FATHER TED!!! when you want to imagine me, think of Father Jack... DRINK! FECK! ARSE! GIRLS! LOL!!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Matt_R Date: 10 Jun 01 - 10:43 PM YA ! N-HOON N-HOON! |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Mudlark Date: 10 Jun 01 - 11:27 PM I have satellite and don't know what I'd do w/o BBCAmerica to watch... AbFab As Time Goes By The Vicar of Dibley Ballykissangel (well, Irish I guess) Black Adder(which I have on tape) Faulty Towers (which I have on tape) Monty Python Monarch of the Glen, Hamish McBeth... Cant stand commercial...watching Billy Mays flogging Oxy=whatever one more time would tip me over the edge...so I cut to Bluegrass music channel for the allotted time...then back to the best programming on US TV.
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: thosp Date: 10 Jun 01 - 11:50 PM i like many of the above mentioned- i also like(and miss) rumpole of the bailey cadfael jeeves hedy wainthrop (also liked keeping up appearences) peace (Y) thosp |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 11 Jun 01 - 12:00 AM Is that peace y thing a link to something? Ive just spent 5 minutes shouting at my screen! nothing seems to happen. |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Blackcatter Date: 11 Jun 01 - 12:09 AM Greetings all I love a bunch of different Brit shows. Especially Chef! Good Neighbors, and much of what's shown on Mystery! over here. I have a website that has over 260 lyrics to TV theme songs - http://members.tripod.com/blackcatter/TV/ - sorry I never learned the blue-clicky thing. I have a few Brit show lyrics, but I would love some more - anyone like to share? Thanks! pax yall
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: mkebenn Date: 11 Jun 01 - 12:19 AM We get ER in Western New York. Mike |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: thosp Date: 11 Jun 01 - 12:36 AM gee John in Hull i hate to think of you shouting at the screen for 5 minutes -- most only have to yell for 3 ---but if at first -- try again> |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Helen Date: 11 Jun 01 - 07:07 AM There are too many Britcoms and Brit-series that I like to try listing them all. Generally, I will watch British tv shows in preference to anything else. Have you seen the movies Trainspotting, and Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels? Worth a look, if you get yourself into that whacky-weird British humour frame of mind. If you expected something normal you would be sadly disappointed. An Oz movie worth seeing is called Two Hands, in much the same vein. CarolC, when you say the "first Doctor" Who, do you mean the old man with long white hair, in the very first black & white series? William Hartnell was his name, I think. I'd love to see that series again. I heard that the BBC trashed most of the original tapes because they didn't think that they would have lasting value. Tom Baker is my favourite Dr Who. I can honestly say that I got my first B&W tv - after leaving home - to watch Dr Who, and my first colour tv because it was better in colour. Helen |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Helen Date: 11 Jun 01 - 07:08 AM 'Spaw, Haven't seen Reginald Perrin for decades, but I really loved that series. Helen |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: RangerSteve Date: 11 Jun 01 - 07:54 AM john in hull - the teletubbies diet is just to fatten them up. If you haven't seen the film "The Time Machine", I suggest you check it out. The similaritis between the Tubbies and the Eloi are frightening. |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Gervase Date: 11 Jun 01 - 10:16 AM Does that mean that the Clangers are the Molochs? I always thought there was summat sinister about them... |
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Subject: RE: BS: TV shows From: Metchosin Date: 11 Jun 01 - 11:13 AM We get the usual reruns of a lot of British sitcoms here on the westcoast too, that have been mentioned above, in fact Hamish MacBeth has been run three times now and the others have been going for years.
What I really enjoy are the British crime series and dramas, unfortunately I can never remember most of the titles. One particularly well done is about a police detective who is loosing his sight. Others that I have enjoyed in the past were Robbie Coultrain's Cracker and the Helen Miren Prime Suspect series, the British original version of Traffik and Jimmy Nail's stuff. He could put his Crocodile Shoes under my bed any day. You can't beat the Brits for characterization and portrayal of the human condition. I also prefer the portrayal of children in British films and TV productions, the children are less slick than those portrayed in North America. |