Television Programs Thread

[greg]

I keep waiting for Hetty Wainthrop to turn up and tell off the rock star/Geoffrey/hobbit for taking drugs.

Watched Goodnight Mister Tom again at the weekend.Still a great programme.John Thaw was an amazing actor.Sadly missed.

[Kirsty Harris]

Originally Posted by greg

I keep waiting for Hetty Wainthrop to turn up and tell off the rock star/Geoffrey/hobbit for taking drugs.

LOL!! Yeah, me too.....also wasn't the guy who took over as 'leader' in the American show 'Party of Five' - my best friend used to be hooked on that, even thoug I thought it was as dull as ditch water!!!

[imaginarydiva]

I'm a self proclaimed TV addict.Hooked to most sport shows,with a soft corner for WWE.Love most english shows,detest a majority of the indian ones.Favourite shows include Ed,The amazing race,whose line is it anyway,desperate housewives,Alias,Hollywood Squares,two guys and a girl,two guys a girl and a pizza place,Beastmaster,Xena,JAG,Parkinson,The Bold and the beautiful,News Radio,Growing Up Gotti,Simple Life,True calling,Pacific Blue,The drew carey show,Friends,Will and Grace,Full House,The opposie sex,heartbreak high, The Practice,Boston Public and loads more. Right now,I'm nuts about the reality TV musc shows.First it was American Idol and now its Rockstar INXS.They sure have me drooling with impressive eye candy and alluring vocals.

[greg]

Shame it takes the death of a legend for us to get to see the classics Porridge and Open All Hours again.BBC will no doubt show them in tribute to Ronnie Barker.A true GENIUS.

[Kirsty Harris]

To be fair, greg, it was only earlier this year that Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett reunited to do new links to a series of shows featuring the highlights of the Two Ronnies on the BBC. That was t.v gold!!

And Porridge has regularlly been shown on BBC in recent years; and I'm sure Open All Hours was too.

Anyway, it's a sad day, hearing about the death of Ronnie Barker, a total legend and genius. Porridge is my absoulte favorite comedy series. It's funny he was 76 years old, and not in the best of health, and yet somehow it's still a shock to hear he has passed away.

There is a tribute show on BBC1 later tonight, aptly titled 'and it's goodnight from him'.

[Ernest]

The real sit com greats are all but one, I don't watch a lot of TV, except for news, and sport.

But I enjoy the old sit coms on UK Gold, and Ronnie Barker was without doubt one of the greats.

I enjoyed watching his in Porrage, Open all Hours, and of course "The Two Ronnnies", with Ronnie Corbett, who I watch also in "Sorry" on UK Gold.

Ronnie Barker was class, up there with David Jason, real sad that he has gone.

[greg]

Well the BBC have shown both sides of themselves this week.

A brilliant fascinating and heartmoving programme about the First World War called The Last Tommy,following the journey of Harry Patch back to where he had fought for his country and lost his friends and some of the others who were still alive recalling their experiences of the front line.Any person who saw this programme and was not moved by it is not human.
Perhaps they should show this programme to the Asbo youth culture and make them appreciate what they have got.

Then last night we had the much hyped return of Little Britain,a comedy show which was so lacking in laughs it made Eastenders look like Only Fools and Horses.Is a pensioner wetting themselves in a supermarket and not realising supposed to be funny?How many times can they do the same old joke and get away with it.At least when The Fast Show was on they came up with new original ideas and didn't continually do the same thing every week.

[Vrock]

With Little Britain the majority of the people that watch it seem to find it funny, which is what you want from a television show isn't it? To have the majority liking it. I agree that they haven't come up with anything original, I would watch The Fast Shown any day over Little Britain, Matt Lucas and David Walliams just rely on the same characters to provide the so called "laughs" although in comparision I've laughed more at a plain wall.

I think the BBC will keep it running until some of our society wake up to the tripe that it is. You have to admire though the fact that ML and DW are doing everything they can to squeeze every last penny out of people, not only the DVD's but roadshow thing they have going.

[Paoli]

LOL!

Two British shows worth watching folks...Two Pints of Lager and Little Britain. Going back a few years I'd say Fawlty Towers, but only a select amount of witty Brit Comedy makes me laugh.