BBC4 comedy biopics - Page 2 - Britmovie

batman · 09-03-2008, 09:59 PM

Alfred Molina was superb in a nearlier Hancock biopic.

Meanwhile, back at Tarby ....

DB7 · 09-03-2008, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Joenoir

The only problem with these biographies is that it is hard to accept the actors as the performers, especially with this series where, to many people, they are so well known.

From the stills I think Phil Davis has facially captured Wilfred Brambell, but whereas Brambell was cadaverous - Davis looks portly. Stott looks little like Hancock and will probably have to perfect his speech and mannerisms to pull it off.

blacknorth · 09-03-2008, 10:50 PM

I find it all a little hard to take from the BBC - First they wipe the performances these actors worked hard to create, then they expend millions getting other actors to recreate those actors for what they are famous for - creating the performances which were wiped by the BBC as valueless ephemera.

DocRobertPepper · 10-03-2008, 10:46 AM

BBC4 are showing The Offer
a Comedy Playhouse episode from 1962 the very first Steptoe & Son
tonight at 8pm

tellingbone · 10-03-2008, 02:42 PM

Thanks for the heads up!

Carmel · 10-03-2008, 02:56 PM

There is a docu drama coming on tv soon about steptoe and son does any one know when its being aired i cant remember who is actually playing Harry H Corbet and Wilfred Bramble but i remember thinking they picked them great when i read about it.

dremble wedge · 10-03-2008, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carmel

There is a docu drama coming on tv soon about steptoe and son does any one know when its being aired i cant remember who is actually playing Harry H Corbet and Wilfred Bramble but i remember thinking they picked them great when i read about it.

Jason Isaacs as Harry and Phil Davis as Wilfred.

mariocki · 10-03-2008, 03:46 PM

It's on Wednesday the 19th at 9pm on BBC4.

hankoler · 10-03-2008, 05:00 PM

My favourite Steptoe is the one with the gay antique dealer who really fancies Harold ,but he doesn't seem to notice. I think Bramble is brilliant in this one.

Amethyst_Isle · 10-03-2008, 05:25 PM

My favourite Steptoe and Son episode is the one where they have that big argument and end up splitting everything up between them and Harold wants to watch the football on the tv and Harold can only see half his side of the screen.

It reminds me so much of some couples who act like that sometimes.

Husky · 10-03-2008, 08:00 PM

Personally, I don't like the idea of rooting about in these peoples' privates lives and presenting them as tormented. No doubt some aspects of their stories are overdramatised for the sake of making a good programme. Let's remember them as they appeared to the public, and appreciate the pleasure they gave, not knock them down.

Windthrop · 10-03-2008, 08:32 PM

Have just seen the advert of BBC4 for the biopics. Looks like they will be shown over four weeks possibly. What they can add to the Hancock docu-drama will Molina I do not know - suppose there has been a decent interval since it was shown.

Captain Casper · 12-03-2008, 01:54 AM

BBC - 19th March.

BBC - Drama - The Curse of Steptoe

Anyone looking forward to this?

Dave Rattigan · 12-03-2008, 08:07 AM

They called it "The Curse of Steptoe"? Ugh. What a cliched title.

Ah well, at least they didn't call it "The Boy Who Grew up to Be Steptoe" or something.

Captain Casper · 12-03-2008, 08:39 AM

Or, "Cor, Blimey".

Sorry, they already used that one.

09-03-2008, 09:59 PM	#16
batman is not Oliver Cromwell Chief Member OBME Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Norwich Posts: 15,205 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (10)	Alfred Molina was superb in a nearlier Hancock biopic. Meanwhile, back at Tarby .... __________________ I'm a water horse! BAT-QUIZ 6 HAS JUST BEEN POSTED IN THE COMPETITION THREAD - SATURDAY 5TH JULY 2008

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DocRobertPepper has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London Posts: 556 Country: iTrader: (8)	Steptoe & Son BBC4 are showing The Offer a Comedy Playhouse episode from 1962 the very first Steptoe & Son tonight at 8pm

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Windthrop has no status. Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: North Yorks Posts: 4,900 Country: iTrader: (0)	Have just seen the advert of BBC4 for the biopics. Looks like they will be shown over four weeks possibly. What they can add to the Hancock docu-drama will Molina I do not know - suppose there has been a decent interval since it was shown. __________________ That's the joke that killed the Music Hall

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Captain Casper is Having a beer in the Clam Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hull, UK Posts: 144 Country: iTrader: (0)	The Curse of Steptoe BBC - 19th March. BBC - Drama - The Curse of Steptoe Anyone looking forward to this?

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Amethyst_Isle is Very Happy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London Posts: 367 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (2)	My favourite Steptoe and Son episode is the one where they have that big argument and end up splitting everything up between them and Harold wants to watch the football on the tv and Harold can only see half his side of the screen. It reminds me so much of some couples who act like that sometimes.

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Husky has no status. Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: London Posts: 27 Country: iTrader: (0)	Personally, I don't like the idea of rooting about in these peoples' privates lives and presenting them as tormented. No doubt some aspects of their stories are overdramatised for the sake of making a good programme. Let's remember them as they appeared to the public, and appreciate the pleasure they gave, not knock them down.

12-03-2008, 08:07 AM	#29
Dave Rattigan has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 473 Country: iTrader: (1)	They called it "The Curse of Steptoe"? Ugh. What a cliched title. Ah well, at least they didn't call it "The Boy Who Grew up to Be Steptoe" or something.

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Captain Casper is Having a beer in the Clam Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hull, UK Posts: 144 Country: iTrader: (0)	Or, "Cor, Blimey". Sorry, they already used that one.

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