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Old 24-11-2006, 12:31 AM
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I suppose you could add Up The Chastity Belt which is a spin-off movie of a spin-off movie. Not to mention the appalling Up The Front.

Rising Damp movie was just a remix of episodes and a practically word-for-word script. Christopher Strauli was terrible too.

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Old 06-12-2006, 01:55 PM
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Wasn't there an "Are You Being Served?" spin-off ?
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Certainly was, in 1977. It sees the cast on holiday in the Costa Plonka. It was ok if you liked the characters.
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For anyone who is interested in this thread, you may want to read a good article at Bright Lights Film Journal | British Sitcom Spin-off Films
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Funnily enough I watched The Likely Lads film last night and to me it was possible the only sit-com film spin-off that I can remember which didn't lose the charm, humour and appeal of the original TV series.
I think that's true, but it's more like Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads than the original. I really like the Porridge and Dad's Army films too. I thought the Steptoe and Son films were just too sad.
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For radio spinoffs you have Bandwaggon and ITMA and Hi Gang and what about The Huggetts?
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I remember seeing the 1972 movie spin-off of Father Dear Father starring Patrick Cargill on its first release and even then noticing that the film looked grainy as though it had been blown up from a smaller sized film to 35mm. Makes one suspect whether this was actually a feature film version or a cut-and-paste job using footage from the television show.
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The "Carry On" films went on to be a regular "Carry On The Prisoner of Spenda" etc. Arthur Askey's film "Band Wagon" went on to be a regular Radio series. Not sure if those are of any help!
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The "Carry On" films went on to be a regular "Carry On The Prisoner of Spenda" etc. Arthur Askey's film "Band Wagon" went on to be a regular Radio series. Not sure if those are of any help!
It was the other way around for Band Waggon (1940). It was a film made from the popular radio series.
The Prisoner of Spenda was an episode in the series Carry on Laughing. There have also been many TV clip shows made from the Carry On series

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Oh yes! Nearest and Dearest (1972): Oooh I must get a second hand for that clock... He knows you know... Have you been? Bloody Nora!

Those were the days.

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For radio spinoffs you have Bandwaggon and ITMA and Hi Gang and what about The Huggetts?
There is also Happidrome
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Certainly was, in 1977. It sees the cast on holiday in the Costa Plonka. It was ok if you liked the characters.

And was just an expanded version of one of the TV episodes where they are forced to stay at the Store overnight because of a mass transport strike.

They obviously hadn't heard of taxis....
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And was just an expanded version of one of the TV episodes where they are forced to stay at the Store overnight because of a mass transport strike.

They obviously hadn't heard of taxis....
Ordinary people didn't use taxis in the 1970s. They were comparatively much more expensive and the public transport was (usually) so reliable.

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au contraire

Ordinary people did use taxis, just not as frequently as they do now. But the premise of the entire staff staying in their workplace overnight, rather than club together to get a taxi does seem ludicrous.

Mind you, there wouldn't have been an epiosde without this premise
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au contraire

Ordinary people did use taxis, just not as frequently as they do now. But the premise of the entire staff staying in their workplace overnight, rather than club together to get a taxi does seem ludicrous.

Mind you, there wouldn't have been an epiosde without this premise
I briefly worked in a shop in the 70s, we couldn't have afforded to club together to walk home!

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