nandywell

Being a young shaver, I and others have missed many commercially unreleased television programmes that are destined never to see the light of day again. I suppose this is the best place to pose the question; what, in your opinion, are the best TV gems from the 70's, 80's & 90's? the more obscure the better.

batman

In no particular order ...

Public Eye
Hazell
Edge of Darkness
Big Jim and The Figaro Club
The Expert
The Borgias
A Question of Guilt
A Pin To See The Peepshow
We The Accused
The Riff Raff Element
The Devil's Crown
Private Schultz

... plus many more whose titles will come to me later.

"Boom boom a baby .... Banham Zoo .... Banana pants! Hahahaha"

nandywell

Cheers Bats, I'll sift through those lot.

Lord Brett

Although I'm generally a freak for 60s and 70s series, two of my absolute favourites started in 1990, Chancer and Jeeves and Wooster.

Not exactly obscure, I'll admit, as both are easily available on DVD, but I think Chancer is quite undervalued.

batman

Another one that I enjoyed was The Charmer.

"Boom boom a baby .... Banham Zoo .... Banana pants! Hahahaha"

Windthrop

Well it certainly had good source material from Patrick Hamilton

Thats the joke that killed the Music Hall !

batman

Indeed.

"Boom boom a baby .... Banham Zoo .... Banana pants! Hahahaha"

CaptainWaggett

One of my personal faves from the 1970s is A Family at War. It's been released on dvd but it never seems to get mentioned anywhere and has nothing like the cult following of Upstairs Downstairs or other WW2 stuff like Enemy at the Door. It must be one of the most ambitious British dramas ever with an absolutely huge cast and an incredibly complicated story structure. According to the production notes on the dvd, it was regularly getting audiences of over 20 million though it never turns up in lists of most-watched programmes.

HIPPIEDAVE

My parents recently watched A Family at War, my mum saw much of it first time around and they say it is brilliant.I have watched a few episodes and agree, far better than the crap they show now.Would like to see the Cedar Tree again, The Bell , How Green was my Valley,The Stars look down,This Year Next Year, Fallen Hero..

Harleybloke

'Flickers' anyone?

An early outing for Bob Hoskins if I remember proper.................but I'm knocking on a bit now...............

.....You couldn't hear it, if they were shooting at me with howitzers!

Harleybloke

and it wouldn't be fair to ignore 'I Claudius'. Class, pure class!

.....You couldn't hear it, if they were shooting at me with howitzers!

lordtednfs

I have many great classics in my collection and am awaiting the release of Family At War here, won't hold my breath.

Love watching Catweazle, am now on series 2, but in fear of moving on to watch the rest, currently on 3rd episode of series two with Gary Warren, as it will destroy those golden memories from those days of watching as a family on Saturday evenings. I will wait for my boys to get bigger so they can enjoy it with me. Don't mind starting again as I can watch their faces and see how they enjoy it.

Will send you a PM Dave.

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byebyebadman

common as muck was one of my favourites

Lord Brett

Similar title, Muck and Brass, an excellent (as I remember) serial from the 1980s with Mel Smith as a dodgy businessman.

wadsy

I remember "Chessgame"1983. Spy thriller with Terence Stamp in a rare

TV appearance. Also "Manhunt"1970 with Alfred Lynch & the lovely

Cyd Hayman!