Monday night at 9pm

[wellpip]

Can anyone remember the days when the BBC used to screen a movie on Monday night at 9pm. I can remember the whole family would settle down to watch…… Ah those were the days lad.. Why does the BBC not show movies on the telly now anyway?

[jimw1]

name='wellpip' timestamp='1285011760' post='476021']

Why does the BBC not show movies on the telly now anyway?

Probably the main reason is Mr Murdoch's Sky TV and The pay per View Channels......nice signature wellpip.....

[paul kersey]

I think that the films used to start at 9.25 after the news finished. They would go on to about 11.30pm or so and in those days I would keep awake as well. I have a strong feeling that we are talking about the mid 70's here.

TV now has a ridiculous fixation with ratings for it's News broadcasts and so the News comes on at 10pm and doesn't finish til 10.30pm, meaning that it's too late to watch a film live.

[paul kersey]

name='paul kersey' timestamp='1285013287' post='476025']

I think that the films used to start at 9.25 after the news finished. They would go on to about 11.30pm or so and in those days I would keep awake as well. I have a strong feeling that we are talking about the mid 70's here.

TV now has a ridiculous fixation with ratings for it's News broadcasts and so the News comes on at 10pm and doesn't finish til 10.30pm, meaning that it's too late to watch a film live.

Thinking back, I seem to remember that Monday night was one of the better nights on TV.

Not only did we get a good film, including some of the first X certificate films that I got to see But BBC2 used to offer Alias Smith & Jones, Horizon and even The Waltons. ITV only had half hour of Coronation Street and so it could offer The Sweeney or possibly Hunters Walk, even World In Action had some classic programmes. I know that there are other forum members out there with access to TV listings magazines who can probably illustrate my point. (Cornershop still about )

[wearysloth]

Here's the 1975 selection of The Monday Film

1975

BBC1 9:25pm



30th June Tell Them Willie Boy is Here

7th July The Witches

14th July The Knack

21st July The Man with X-Ray Eyes

28th July King and Country

4th Aug The Man Who Haunted Himself

11th Aug Pressure Point

18th Aug Alfie

25th Aug The President's Analyst

8th Sept Al Capone

15th Sept The Killers

22nd Sept They Shoot Horses Don't They?

29th Sept Guns of the Magnificent Seven

13th Oct Kill a Dragon

20th Oct The Detective

27th Oct Pretty Poison

3rd Nov A Man Called Gannon

10th Nov Quatermass and the Pit

17th Nov Loving

24th Nov Journey to Shiloh

1st Dec Charly

15th Dec John and Mary



I think I saw nearly all of those...

[wearysloth]

1976 Offerings included:

BBC1 9:25pm



01/05 No Way to Treat a Lady

01/19 And Soon the Darkness

01/26 What's new Pussycat

02/02 Barquero

02/16 Banning

03/08 The Walking Stick

03/15 The Pawnbroker

03/22 Sam Whiskey

03/29 The Birds

04/05 The Kremlin Letter

04/12 Flareup

04/19 (at 9:30pm) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

04/26 If...

05/10 How Do I Love Thee

05/17 A Professional Gun

05/31 Lawman

06/14 Duel at Diablo

06/21 The Landlord

06/28 Charlie Bubbles



09/27 Little Fauss and Big Halsy

10/11 Start the Revolution Without Me

10/18 The Owl and the Pussycat

11/08 Taking Off

11/22 The Red Badge of Courage

11/29 The Thomas Crown Affair

12/06 Bananas

12/20 Shaft

[GoggleboxUK]

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12/20 Shaft

[sing]....You're damn right![/sing]

[paul kersey]

Many thanks to Wearysloth for illustrating the point perfectly. I would love to see those films on the box again.