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Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

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    #452
    The Crowman
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    Marengo wrote: »
    The Year of the French 1982.

    About 1798 and the French landing in Kilalla under General Humbert.

    The highlight for 6 year old moi was the French and irish rebels giving the Red Coats a good licking at The Races of Castlebar battle.
    I remember that. It's never been repeated .


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    #453
    my3cents
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    scotchy wrote: »
    Its Friday....Its 5 oclock........


    Its Craaackerjaaack.


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    Don't ask me why but that would be on my most hated list :mad:


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    #454
    odyssey06
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    Earthworm Jim, the cartoon series not the game.
    Very knowing\postmodern sense of humour ala Futurama and lots of breaking of the fourth wall.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #455
    scotchy
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    my3cents wrote: »
    Don't ask me why but that would be on my most hated list :mad:

    I wasn't a big fan either.

    :o

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    #456
    Marengo
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    The Crowman wrote: »
    I remember that. It's never been repeated .

    Nor has The Treaty 1991. Brendan Gleeson as Michael Collins. Ian Bannen Lloyd George. Gleeson was the best Collins.


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    #457
    scotchy
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    scotchy wrote: »
    I wasn't a big fan either.

    :o

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    I also hated Fingerbobs

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    #458
    RMAOK
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Earthworm Jim, the cartoon series not the game.
    Very knowing\postmodern sense of humour ala Futurama and lots of breaking of the fourth wall.


    Remember one time, Jim got a replacement sidekick "lower back pain man" who was no help whatsoever and his catchphrase was "I'll be alright in a minute" :D


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    #459
    Marengo
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    I get that but just keep in mind on this thread it's "Pointless" rules rather than "Family Fortune"!

    ?


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    #460
    GottaGetGatt
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    Glued to Tour of Duty on Bravo when I was young. Great show.

    https://youtu.be/YdsUfcf6HoI


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    #461
    odyssey06
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    People still remember Dawsons Creek but there was also a short lived spinoff Young Americans starring Kate Bosworth and Ian Somerhalder set in a boarding school.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #462
    my3cents
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    scotchy wrote: »
    I also hated Fingerbobs

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    Are we seeing a trend here - I didn't like them either :D


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    #463
    New Home
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    People still remember Dawsons Creek but there was also a short lived spinoff Young Americans starring Kate Bosworth and Ian Somerhalder set in a boarding school.

    At times I thought I had dreamt up that series, glad someone else remembers it. :)

    Did anyone see "Starman"? Not the film with Jeff Bridges, but the TV series with Robert Hays. It was in the mid/late '80s, though.


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    #464
    scotchy
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    my3cents wrote: »
    Are we seeing a trend here - I didn't like them either :D

    Only watched it while waiting for Swap Shop:)

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    #465
    sweetie
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    New Home wrote:
    In fairness, most people would remember most of these.

    Good contribution


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    #466
    branie2
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    Action Station Saturday


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    #467
    sweetie
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    Summer mornings on school hols I remember watching eps of Shirley and Laverne. Think it was a Mork n Mindy spinoff


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    #468
    New Home
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    Another one very few people I know seem to remember was a cartoon from 1993, a Tim Burton/Steven Spielberg spin-off of "Amazing Stories". It was called "Family Dog", and it was absolutely brilliant.


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    #469
    DellyBelly
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    New version of Magnum is on Sky One tonight. Very impressive so far. Up there with the original


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    #470
    odyssey06
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    New Home wrote: »
    At times I thought I had dreamt up that series, glad someone else remembers it. :)

    Did anyone see "Starman"? Not the film with Jeff Bridges, but the TV series with Robert Hays. It was in the mid/late '80s, though.

    Film yes. TV no Im afraid.

    Young Americans... crazy show. Half the cast were in Dead Poets Society mode and other half of cast were in a farce of gender confusion and sibling confusion.
    Heavy use of Nick Drake songs was appreciated.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #471
    New Home
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    There was another series I remember (well, not the title, though), where a teenager (an alien? I think he had superpowers) had a black butler/helper/mentor type of person.

    And one more: "My Secret Identity", with a young Jerry O'Connell who could fly using spray cans to take off.


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    odyssey06
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    Wings. 90s comedy series about a one plane airline on Nantucket run by two chalk and cheese brothers.

    Not in same league as Friends, Mad About You, Seinfeld, Frasier, Cheers, Roseanne but worth a few laughs.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #473
    New Home
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Wings. 90s comedy series about a one plane airline on Nantucket run by two chalk and cheese brothers.

    Not in same league as Friends, Mad About You, Seinfeld, Frasier, Cheers, Roseanne but worth a few laughs.

    I loved that, too. :)


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    #474
    odyssey06
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    Going really obscure here.

    Wild Oats, short lived comedy series starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston.

    If the show hadnt been cancelled, we would have had a different Rachel on Friends. Rumour has it NBC deliberately programmed against it to kill it off and free up Aniston from her contract.

    Prey, a one season scifi show starring Debra Messing pre Will and Grace. Premise was that there was another human species who were superior to homo sapiens.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #475
    Dtp1979
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    DellyBelly wrote: »
    New version of Magnum is on Sky One tonight. Very impressive so far. Up there with the original

    Didn’t see it, has he the moustache?


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    #476
    Dtp1979
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    Anyone remember nowhere man or deadly games


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    #477
    odyssey06
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    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Anyone remember nowhere man or deadly games

    Nowhere Man yes. Had a Prisoner - The Fugitive vibe.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #478
    NewbridgeIR
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    Marengo wrote: »
    Rapid Roulette Quiz show with Maurie Taylor originally and then Maxi.


    Maurie Taylor was obnoxious. He was also in Hidden Curriculum, a 1985 feature length production set in Belfast: "In a disintegrating Belfast comprehensive school, a conflict develops between the two most committed teachers. Cairns, a well-meaning middle-class English teacher, clearly perceives the unfairness of the system, but his attempts to alter the opinions of his colleagues are thwarted. His protege, Dunn, a product of the same back streets as the pupils, opposes the system at every turn yet realises that his own academic success has inevitably distanced him from his own background."

    Anyone else remember it?


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    #479
    NewbridgeIR
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    Marengo wrote: »
    At the time it seemed reasonably entertaining but obviously very tainted now..The Cosby Show.


    Rewatched it all last year, one episode every weekday. The 25th anniversary DVD set (including commemorative booklet and postcard with drawing of and signed by Bill Cosby) was dirt cheap. Still hilarious.


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    #480
    NewbridgeIR
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    Used to watch Midnight Caller with my Dad.
    Gary Cole was excellent.
    Great intro.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT34D94JNUU


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    #481
    bobbyss
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    Manach wrote:
    Radharc, a thoughtful discussion on religious and historical matters before RTE got all woke.


    Catherine NcGuiness' husband Prionsaus McAonghasa presented or was that Feach?


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