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Post by rawlinson on Apr 18, 2017 19:35:59 GMT
Lovely lovely Louise. I almost bought Tenko the other day just because she's in it.
You've never steered me wrong in the past, mate, so I have high hopes for it.
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Post by dem bones on Apr 18, 2017 22:02:21 GMT
Season 4 is where Louise Jameson joins the regular 'Bergerac' cast, so there's always that factor. Be that as it may, I found it sad when Jim broke up with Francine the tourist guide (Cécile Paoli) at close of series one. I guess her traumatic, spicy mystery-lite experience aboard the boat in The Hood And The Harlequin proved strain too much to continue with the relationship. If only Cherry hadn't outed herself as unhinged psychopath in Crossed Swords ...
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Post by rawlinson on Apr 18, 2017 22:25:07 GMT
You're making me want to listen to The Tao of Bergerac.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Apr 19, 2017 8:41:08 GMT
Lovely lovely Louise. I almost bought Tenko the other day just because she's in it. You've never steered me wrong in the past, mate, so I have high hopes for it. My own memories of Bergerac are fairly vague, though I did catch the odd episode here or there in recent years and found it very engaging. Not too surprising considering that it was created by Robert Banks Stewart, the man who brought the Zygons and the Krynoids to Doctor Who, and who worked on the likes of Callan, The Avengers, Danger Man, and other classics, including Budgie follow-up Charles Endell Esquire - a childhood favourite of mine with a memorable theme song whose lyrics mainly consisted of Iain Cuthbertson warbling 'Titty-bum-bum'. What Dreams May Come was the Bergerac episode that stuck in my mind as it aired not long after I'd become an obsessive teenage Rocky Horror fan, so Charles Gray was the big draw. I've ordered Series 4, so depending on how the regular episodes go down, I may delve further into the series.
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Post by rawlinson on Apr 19, 2017 15:28:54 GMT
Lovely lovely Louise. I almost bought Tenko the other day just because she's in it. You've never steered me wrong in the past, mate, so I have high hopes for it. including Budgie follow-up Charles Endell Esquire - a childhood favourite of mine with a memorable theme song whose lyrics mainly consisted of Iain Cuthbertson warbling 'Titty-bum-bum'. The past truly was a foreign country. I thought of another one. The end of Tutti Frutti. Saw that when I was really too young and it haunted me for years.
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Post by andydecker on Apr 19, 2017 20:13:07 GMT
Bergerac is one series which I unfortunatly ignored when it was on in the 90s. Sadly while Midsomer Murder has weekly re-runs now for years, Bergerac has vanished in the archives.
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Post by rawlinson on Apr 20, 2017 23:28:54 GMT
Nice to see another shout out to Big Finish in The Omega Factor section. It's a brilliant set of audio plays that perfectly compliment the original series. Dorney is a great lead and he's also one of my favourite BF writers. His Eighth Doctor story, The Red Lady, is a superb M.R. James influenced horror story.
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Post by scarred on Apr 21, 2017 14:31:42 GMT
The Big Finish plays are great, the creepiest thing I thought was the sound of the woman thrashing about in the hospital bed. Dunno why but that just stuck with me.
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Post by rawlinson on Apr 21, 2017 15:04:38 GMT
I thought the church episode in series 1 was one of the best uses of the found footage style medium in the audio format, up there with a brilliant BBC horror play called Bad Memories. I'm really excited for series 2. It should be due out next week.
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Post by rawlinson on Apr 22, 2017 12:39:47 GMT
Love the amount of praise for the magnificent David Collings in the Sapphire and Steel entry. One of my favourite actors, he should have been a much bigger star. And his turn as one of the alternate Doctors in the Big Finish Unbound series is absolutely chilling.
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Post by scarred on Apr 22, 2017 18:36:36 GMT
I didn't write that bit but I'll pass along your thoughts!
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Post by rawlinson on Apr 22, 2017 19:50:28 GMT
Cool. Cool. Cool cool cool.
I'd highly recommend the M.R. James readings by Collings, he actually read the complete stories and he's an excellent narrator.
Bought so many dvd sets because of this book. Going to have to get 1990 as well I'm just glad I already had Survivors, Doomwatch, Tomorrow People, etc.
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Post by cromagnonman on Apr 23, 2017 20:37:26 GMT
Hm; I can see a gentle jog to the memory is evidently required here. Something subtle, nuanced and restrained. Ah, this'll do: As I said: anyone for Kinvig? I'm assuming it goes without saying that space will be made for the budget busting thrills of Manimal. But put my mind at rest and assure me that you will be covering Tales of the Gold Monkey and Matt Houston. Great and woefully underappreciated shows both.
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Post by helrunar on Apr 23, 2017 22:17:43 GMT
Gosh, Cro, you find the coolest stuff! I never heard of Kinvig--it might have run over here in the US but I was in a kind of spacewarp for much of the decade, which is why when I am asked about the Eighties, my usual response is "No comment." I found one clip on Youtube and the series looks like a hoot! I am surprised that Nigel Kneale wrote something like this since he always seemed so serious and doomladen. It seems as if the other material from the show that used to be on the Tube has been pulled. Here's a blog post I found--it says that Kneale wrote the series as a send-up of sci-fi fans and fandom: www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/2014/01/nostalgia_corner_kinvig_1981.phpLooks like it would be perfect for the Scarred for life series. cheers, H.
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Post by scarred on Apr 23, 2017 23:51:13 GMT
Great suggestions all, thank you. I vaguely remember Kinvig as a not terribly funny comedy but I'll have to revisit it to make sure. Just looked at IMDb and my interest was piqued by Patrick Newell (and not Prunella Gee) so that probably says something about me tbh.
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