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What do you watch on tv nowadays ?

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jukebox said:
And we've had some pretty good Australian Programs - A Place to call Home, 800 Words (Pity they didn't continue after series 3), Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Doctor Doctor (Renamed 'The Heart Guy' over here) and of course Neighbours and Home and Away are still going!
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Hi Jukebox, yes we do have some good ones I did like A place to call Home and The Dr Blake mysteries, hubby also loves Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries . I am not a fan of the two long running soapies Home and Away and Neighbours but they are very popular.
Wendy
 
wendylee said:
Hi Jukebox, yes we do have some good ones I did like A place to call Home and The Dr Blake mysteries, hubby also loves Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries . I am not a fan of the two long running soapies Home and Away and Neighbours but they are very popular.
Wendy
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Half the people who watch those think they're documentaries.
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wendylee said:
Hi Jukebox, yes we do have some good ones I did like A place to call Home and The Dr Blake mysteries, hubby also loves Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries . I am not a fan of the two long running soapies Home and Away and Neighbours but they are very popular.
Wendy
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Wendylee I hope your soaps still follow the original storylines , I haven't watched any of our soaps for about 15-20 yrs . Our programme planners seem that wrapped up with characters in soaps beating or killing each other . I bet the expression" up top field" in Emmerdale was used about 25 years ago , the original title was Emmerdale Farm . Thats why I don't watch soaps
 
How about Love Joy great show back in the 90's but got to thinking about a series with Adam Faith can not recall the name but it was a good watch back in the 70's
 
Williamstreeter said:
Wendylee I hope your soaps still follow the original storylines , I haven't watched any of our soaps for about 15-20 yrs . Our programme planners seem that wrapped up with characters in soaps beating or killing each other . I bet the expression" up top field" in Emmerdale was used about 25 years ago , the original title was Emmerdale Farm . Thats why I don't watch soaps
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Ooops William I must say I did love Emmerdale Farm when it first started.:rolleyes: Younger and easier to please haha.
But I do understand what you mean, I see the shorts of the 2 soapies I mentioned, the story lines are so over the top and not very convincing. I dont bother with them now.
Wendy
 
wendylee said:
Ooops William I must say I did love Emmerdale Farm when it first started.:rolleyes: Younger and easier to please haha.
But I do understand what you mean, I see the shorts of the 2 soapies I mentioned, the story lines are so over the top and not very convincing. I dont bother with them now.
Wendy
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Good for you Wendylee
 
A little off topic what was the radio show that came on at night about 6 pm use to catch a ride with a guy home in his MK2 Ford Cortina it was what we call now a soap something to do with farming ? help it was on the Beeb radio 3 ?
 
Williamstreeter said:
The Archers a truly British Institution
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Thank you sir I was 15 years old and kinda looked forward to the show on the ride home it beat Crossroads Ha Ha

Just remembered the guy who gave me the ride was named Pete we worked for Patrick Motors on Dawlish Road Selly Oak he lived on Wolverton Road Rednal
 
Robert Ensor (bob) said:
Thank you sir I was 15 years old and kinda looked forward to the show on the ride home it beat Crossroads Ha Ha

Just remembered the guy who gave me the ride was named Pete we worked for Patrick Motors on Dawlish Road Selly Oak he lived on Wolverton Road Rednal
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Well at least with The Archers on the radio , you couldn't see the scenery move like you could in Crossroads
 
"Thank you for watching Talking Pictures TV". I always wait for the chap to say that after watching an old b/w British film. Sort of makes me feel appreciated.
 
Williamstreeter said:
Well at least with The Archers on the radio , you couldn't see the scenery move like you could in Crossroads
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You know I always felt embarrassed when ever the conversation turned to Crossroads the schtick I got for that coming from Brum I Know some folks loved it but it was a pass for me I have posted here before I use to work on Noel Gordens Rolls Royce
 
Robert Ensor (bob) said:
You know I always felt embarrassed when ever the conversation turned to Crossroads the schtick I got for that coming from Brum I Know some folks loved it but it was a pass for me I have posted here before I use to work on Noel Gordens Rolls Royce
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Bob 1969/70 an ATV technician who had an account with the company I worked for picked me and a colleague up from work one evening ATV had recently moved into their new studios in Bridge St from Aston . He took us on a guided tour of the Crossroads set also The Golden Shot set , I had real good eye opener with the Crossroad set doors being screwed to walls , the door to Megs office never opened at all cue Megs hand on office door change of shot across studio, Meg coming in door to her office . The most hilarious thing he told us was the amount of bookings the ATV got to stay there at the Crossroads, how gullible people can be
 
A new channel has appeared on my TV the ‘Smithsonian Channel’ and I’ve just watched the 85 day battle across Normandy which took place after D Day. It was a very hard fight.
 
Williamstreeter said:
Bob 1969/70 an ATV technician who had an account with the company I worked for picked me and a colleague up from work one evening ATV had recently moved into their new studios in Bridge St from Aston . He took us on a guided tour of the Crossroads set also The Golden Shot set , I had real good eye opener with the Crossroad set doors being screwed to walls , the door to Megs office never opened at all cue Megs hand on office door change of shot across studio, Meg coming in door to her office . The most hilarious thing he told us was the amount of bookings the ATV got to stay there at the Crossroads, how gullible people can be
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Gullible is indeed is the term, so I have a confession we use to wag it off from school and hang out at my friends house Tony but left before his folks came home, we would pick a name at random from the phone book and call, when some one answered we would tell them we were calling from The Golden Shot and they had been picked to be on the show, I can not tell you how many people we arranged to meet at the studios in Aston at 12 noon on Sunday to be on the show, and of course we just got better at the prank as time went on, (Lord Please Forgive Me)
 
oldMohawk said:
A new channel has appeared on my TV the ‘Smithsonian Channel’ and I’ve just watched the 85 day battle across Normandy which took place after D Day. It was a very hard fight.
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That's a regular tune in for me here in states along with the history channel and another AHC
 
Saturday morning watching a show called, Produced by George Martin dated 2011, who I think was infact the real 5th Beatle of course he is gone now but one funny thing he says in the show the TP paper had EMI printed on each square reminded me of Izal I wonder what it cost ? and I suppose it was to stop people Knicking a a roll or 2
 
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Inspector Montalbano is a series that I enjoy watching. The programme is on tonight BBC 4 at 9pm -10.55 pm. Have read some of the books too - quite a few to get through. I also enjoy watching Columbo.
 
anthea said:
Inspector Montalbano is a series that I enjoy watching. The programme is on tonight BBC 4 at 9pm -10.55 pm. Have read some of the books too - quite a few to get through. I also enjoy watching Columbo.
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I enjoy watching Inspector Montalbano even though I don’t normally watch subtitled programs. I like the scenery and sometimes amusing interplay between the characters.
 
Is there really anythink worth watching on TV today.Not a lot.Watched EVE tonight.How could anyone recover from the stabbing she was supposed to have had in the last series.Whant watch again. Back to Netflix
 
Edifi said:
Is there really anythink worth watching on TV today.Not a lot.Watched EVE tonight.How could anyone recover from the stabbing she was supposed to have had in the last series.Whant watch again. Back to Netflix
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Documentaries Edifi somthing educational thats what you want , none of this cloud cuckoo land stuff
 
Edifi said:
Is there really anythink worth watching on TV today.Not a lot.Watched EVE tonight.How could anyone recover from the stabbing she was supposed to have had in the last series.Whant watch again. Back to Netflix
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Enjoy Netflix while you can I think its going the way of the Do-Do bird they have cut back on the shows they produce, they are 12 billion dollars in debt and are up against other streaming services coming on line, the big one Disney it will be all about content and Netflix will not have it.
Netflix costs me $13.00 a month but the last time on I logged on most my English shows I like where gone.
We have a new service here in the States called Britbox it has a lot of English shows its some kind of partnership with the Beeb and Itv
 
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