what tv show could bbc2 use as filler other than the good life

[Fellwanderer]

name='earlb']Thanks for that Bats, lovely to watch and listen to again.

Interesting to read a posting on that site which says " I laugh at how people always get up in arms about this shit. It's just entertainment. Thats all. Nobody got hurt with this, nor will anyone ever get hurt doing it.

If they ever do, it's because the other person is a close-minded f***, not the other way around.

I wish I had been so eloquent ( you will Oscar, you will)

No doubt Manning thought the same about his disgraceful material.

[Mr Cosmo]

Getting back to the original post - BBC has loads of copyright cleared Top Of The Pops which they could show - not TOTP2 with inaccurate and unfunny comments by Steve Wright - just the show as it was and as it should be seen. I know BBC4 canibalize 60s clips, but I understand there are still lots of 1970s and 1980s shows.

[batman]

name='Mr Cosmo']Getting back to the original post - BBC has loads of copyright cleared Top Of The Pops which they could show - not TOTP2 with inaccurate and unfunny comments by Steve Wright - just the show as it was and as it should be seen. I know BBC4 canibalize 60s clips, but I understand there are still lots of 1970s and 1980s shows.

How about Rock Goes to College or Sounds of the Seventies. They would be great to see again.

[BillTurner80]

Soe of the rarely seen stuff like I Didn't Know You Cared etc would be nice. On the subject of the B&W Minstrels, wasn't the last series performed by the guys NOT wearing blackface? Or did I dream it? Hmmm . . .

[johng]

No what you are thinking of was a programme called Masquerade where the boys appeared without blacking up, but it did not catch on in the same way as the Minstrels shows.



leaving the Minstrels aside which was not the subject of this thread anyway, why must the BBC on terrestrial and also on UK Gold and UK Drama persist in showing the same old sitcoms time after time. I doubt if many people now watch either channel.



For example, not so long ago we had the 3rd/4th repeat of Terry and June and it has currently appeared on another satellite channel. Why not bring out the earlier series for a change Happy Ever After? The same applies to other sitcoms. We keep on seeing the same dozen or so programmes repeated continuously. What about My Wife Next Door as a typical example.



The same applies to drama - we continually are bombarded with the likes of Poirot, the later Maigret etc. Nothing wrong with them but people are fed up watching them over and over again. There is plenty good drama in the archives which has not been wiped and yet it is never aired or issued on DVD.



I know that there may be contractual issues with certain programmes but these must surely be in the minority.

[Chevyman]

name='earlb']Thanks for that Bats, lovely to watch and listen to again.

Interesting to read a posting on that site which says " I laugh at how people always get up in arms about this shit. It's just entertainment. Thats all. Nobody got hurt with this, nor will anyone ever get hurt doing it.

If they ever do, it's because the other person is a close-minded f***, not the other way around.

I wish I had been so eloquent ( you will Oscar, you will)

My old mum, RIP, used to love them. Always caught her singing those songs.



I'd like to see some of the Old Grey Whistle tests and some of the excellent drama served up in the seventies and onwards

[MB]

I'd like to see 'Rising Damp', 'The fall and rise of Reginald Perrin', 'Butterflies (the only sitcom by Carla Lane I enjoyed, though), 'The Young Ones' and, actually I think it was a Channel 4 show - but I'd like to see it again - I think it was called 'Desmonds'.

[Mark O]

Terry and June.......great sitcom!

[Chevyman]

name='Mark O']Terry and June.......great sitcom!

Perfect Happy time



Would love to see Clochemerle again. What a cast

[bhowells]

Repeats of Dads Army in a filler spot would be nice, far better than My Family and Keeping Up Apperances.



I'd even settle for Diagnosis Murder.

[dremble wedge]

name='Chevyman']



Would love to see Clochemerle again. What a cast

Is Clochemerle the only entry on IMDB that has 'pissoir' as a plot keyword?



Splendid novel, never seen the series...

[davidb]

name='Mr Cosmo']Getting back to the original post - BBC has loads of copyright cleared Top Of The Pops which they could show - not TOTP2 with inaccurate and unfunny comments by Steve Wright - just the show as it was and as it should be seen. I know BBC4 canibalize 60s clips, but I understand there are still lots of 1970s and 1980s shows.

they showed some xmas specials earlier this year ,great to watch .would be nice just to see them picked at random when theres half an hour spare in the schedules

[Steve Crook]

name='davidb']has anyone else noticed that over the last 5 or 6 years bbc2 has shown the good life in constant rotation ? much as i like it ,cant they show something else occasionally ? ,to the manor born would make a nice change .any other suggestions ? perhaps someone who works for the bbc might read this !

Getting back to the original post, when was the last time The Good Life was shown on BBC2? I don't recall seeing it for ages



Steve

[davidb]

name='Steve Crook']Getting back to the original post, when was the last time The Good Life was shown on BBC2? I don't recall seeing it for ages



Steve

over the last 5 or 6 years theyve used them as filler , sometimes not even in the schedules .the show that can be cancelled if the darts overruns ,or can be inserted if it finishes early , things like that .in constant rotation .about time they chose something else from the archives .just something to fill a gap in the schedule .

[Steve Crook]

name='davidb']over the last 5 or 6 years theyve used them as filler , sometimes not even in the schedules .the show that can be cancelled if the darts overruns ,or can be inserted if it finishes early , things like that .in constant rotation .about time they chose something else from the archives .just something to fill a gap in the schedule .

How many times in the last 5 or 6 years? Once, twice, hundreds of times? And when was the last time it happened.



As I said, I don't recall seeing it on BBC2, scheduled or unscheduled, for ages.

I thought they showed The Vicar of Dibley more often than The Good Life.



Steve

[davidb]

name='Steve Crook']How many times in the last 5 or 6 years? Once, twice, hundreds of times? And when was the last time it happened.



As I said, I don't recall seeing it on BBC2, scheduled or unscheduled, for ages.

I thought they showed The Vicar of Dibley more often than The Good Life.



Steve

86 times and the last occasion was 26 oct 2007 at 1930 hours when the snooker was cancelled due to the blue chalk shortage the nation was having at the time ... ....i dont know ! all i know is its the only show bbc2 can seem to rustle up at short notice if theres a gap needs filling . theyve got a big archive so they could delve a little deeper and come up with something else

[Steve Crook]

name='davidb']86 times and the last occasion was 26 oct 2007 at 1930 hours when the snooker was cancelled due to the blue chalk shortage the nation was having at the time ... ....i dont know ! all i know is its the only show bbc2 can seem to rustle up at short notice if theres a gap needs filling . theyve got a big archive so they could delve a little deeper and come up with something else

83% of all statistics are made up on the spot



And when has the snooker ever been cancelled? It seems to have been on continuously for the past 6 months



I just wish they would show The Good Life occasionally. As I may have mentioned, I haven't seen it for ages



Steve

[davidb]

ok then your right as usual . sorry for everyone whose contributed but steve hasnt seen the good life for a while so weve all been wasting our time . if you posted a reply on this thread and feel let down form an orderly que and steve as moderator will give you a refund ! !

[Chevyman]

name='dremble wedge']Is Clochemerle the only entry on IMDB that has 'pissoir' as a plot keyword?



Splendid novel, never seen the series...

I don't doubt it DW. There aren't that many left in France now. Global Warming?

[Mark O]

name='Steve Crook']83% of all statistics are made up on the spot



And when has the snooker ever been cancelled? It seems to have been on continuously for the past 6 months



I just wish they would show The Good Life occasionally. As I may have mentioned, I haven't seen it for ages



Steve

Me too Steve!........it's on UKGold fairly regularly but it's those flippin' lengthy and numerous commercial breaks on that channel really do get on my ****!!........



Come back to the BBC Margo, all is forgiven!



"ah, so we know French in Balham, but not Latin"