khwaimaisabai Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 carew66 said:It is shit. Hi carew, Well - it's not Shakespeare, but I always used to enjoy it. Khwai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carew66 Posted November 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 AFAIK - the first episode was a pilot called 'Woodentop' (it'll be on the link). That was pretty good. Then it became a series and at one hour a week it was very good indeed. When it went to a 30 min spot twice a week and then an hour every other day it started to get desperate. I stopped watching it around about 1990 when it started to look like a teenage soap opera with uniforms. As for Shakespeare - he didn't have a clue. He did make good fishing reels though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Hi C66 Is it as good as the Eastenders and Coronation street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carew66 Posted November 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 NOTHING is as good as the mighty Coronation Street! (Eastenders tries too hard although Shane Ritchie as Alfie Moon is showing the other so-called thesps how to actually act). Ah - The Street. I remember Minnie Caldwell (and her cat, Bobby), Ena Sharples and Martha Longhurst when they used to chill out in the snug of the Rovers... When Emily Bishop was plain Emily Nugent (and copped off with a Spanish waiter in the Street's 1976 excursion) - of course, then she had to go and marry Boring Ernie Bishop, who then got quite interesting when he was shot in a raid on Baldwin's Casuals. Mike Baldwin when he first came to the Street? He opened a shop called (I think) Western Front, possibly in Rosamund Street. He employed Gail Tyldesley (though she hadn't married Brian back then) and Cheryl something or other. WHY OH WHY is no mention ever made about The Yard? This was Len Fairclough and Ray Langton's workplace (even after Ray married Deirdre but before he went off to Holland). Then it became Evil Alan's base for his burglar alarm business - this was around about the time he was plotting to kill Rita. These days you never hear anything about the Yard. Presumably Rita still has the lease on it. Right - I'm off down the Red Rec to play footy and help Spider Nugent (nephew of the aforementioned Emily and all round good guy Eco-warrior - well until he left Weatherfield for India and then returned to open a juice bar in Battersea. I think Toyah Battersby ended up joining him in London on that venture). Curly Watts, Stan and Hilda, Eddie (who married Marian and moved to Oswaldtwistle), Norris, Derek and Mavis, Sally and 'the guuurrrls' "Come on Sophie and Rosie - yer beans on toast are ready", all 3 incarnations of Tracy Barlow - previously Langton of course as she was Ray's daughter but Ken Barlow married Deirdre and adopted her. This was before they split up and Deirdre ended up with that Richard Hillman fella that got her locked up in prison for fraud. .................... ...dragged away for injection and a nice sit down in the day room to watch Kilroy and Tricia.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_of_town_hall Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 The Bill used to be very good. I liked it when Tosh and Burnside were in it. Reg Hollis reminds me of VI. STH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carew66 Posted November 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 VI would make a good Fed Rep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokbutcher Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 And I have always liked the music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 great post Mr.C...... you have now confused some many members of the Forum,well done. BTW your reply to Rusty about his Policewoman ambition?. fucking brilliant response considering the 'in joke'(i think you know what i mean...... ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Mirror mirror on the wall whos the toughest balding cop of them all?--Burnside or Sipowicz --my dough is on Sipowicz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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