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Whingey Mon 19-May-25 17:45:17

Rowan and Martins laugh in. Lie detector. Did you see your lady friend last night. Beep. What did you do? We had a kiss. Beep. And a cuddle. Beep. And that's all. Beeep

HelterSkelter1 Tue 20-May-25 21:18:45

I loved Bilko, the Mary Tyler Moore show and the spinoffs which I am trying to remember. I will come back when I have googled them.

crazyH Tue 20-May-25 21:09:29

Loopyloo - National Geographic is on Sky 129.
I cancelled my Sky subscription,, so I don’t get it anymore. You may find some old episodes on YouTube

Deedaa Tue 20-May-25 20:56:13

Oh Hatcham I loved Chelmsford 123! I rarely find anyone who remembers it now.

NanKate Tue 20-May-25 20:51:14

Luther (seen series twice)
Endeavour
Peaky Blinders
Line of Duty

Foxyferret Tue 20-May-25 20:18:04

The Andy Williams show, only because of the cookie bear who came looking for food every week. He wore different disguises hoping to fool Andy into feeding him cookies. Also, Juke Box Jury and Thank Your Lucky Stars.

Hatcham Tue 20-May-25 20:17:56

Coupling
Chelmsford 123
Sunset Beach (so bad it was good)
Tomorrow's World
Burke's Special
Jackanory(proper version)

Karen22 Tue 20-May-25 20:03:30

When The Boat Comes In.
A really good drama 🎭

Bluedaisy Tue 20-May-25 19:35:58

Gimme gimme gimme
Absolutely fabulous
Only fools & horses
To the manor born
Till death us do part
Any big show from the London palladium and An audience with…..,
Every single good comedy show that you could have a good old belly laugh has now been cancelled and there’s never a really good show to watch anymore on a Saturday night that doesn’t involve wannabe’s ! The TV is so depressing nowadays and sick to death of the stupid warnings after every program!

BridgetPark Tue 20-May-25 16:57:04

Channel 4 friday night comedies I used to love...WKRP in Cincinati, Ellen, Two Girls a Guy and a Pizza Place. Friends, Frazier, Surgical Spirit.

Also Dalgliesh(the original), Bouquet of Barbed Wire, The Thorn Birds, Morse, The Sweeney, Within These Walls with Googie Withers.

Some great series long ago, but there are some cracking ones around now.

Gr8dame Tue 20-May-25 16:52:53

Loved the original Forsyte Saga, Dr Who, Startrek and Downton Abbey

Anniebach Tue 20-May-25 16:10:37

Lark Rise To Candleford it is repeated but it stopped abruptly
did Dorcas marry ?
Morse
Lewis
Dads Army
One Foot In The Grave

loopyloo Tue 20-May-25 16:09:50

Air crash Investigation .
Can't seem to find national geographic anymore.

valdavi Tue 20-May-25 16:08:44

Morecambe & Wise, One man & his dog, Harry Enfield

I did love the Virginian, & I coveted his black cowboy clothes & his horse.

Marmin Tue 20-May-25 16:08:16

Tiswas.
And being 10.

Lizziethelab Tue 20-May-25 16:06:13

I miss Bonanza, The Virginian and High Chaparral. My dad was a big western fan and it rubbed off on me I guess.

mabon1 Tue 20-May-25 16:04:40

Morecame and Wise

cc Tue 20-May-25 15:42:16

I miss Holby City too, but my husband hated it so I had to watch it when he wasn't there. We enjoyed Morse and Lewis, more than the earlier Inspector Morse series.

Ashcombe Tue 20-May-25 15:28:26

The Frost Report

saltnshake Tue 20-May-25 15:28:08

Campion and Mrs. Bradley Investigates

Vintagegirl Tue 20-May-25 15:25:53

Well back in the 50's there was The Lone Ranger and Lassie, then in the 60's a favourite was Dixon of Dock Green, Z Cars and Dr Finlays Casebook. Oh and Dr Kildare... Many great drama adaptations on BBC such as the Dickens books, Sunday night was a regular slot for good drama.

crazyH Tue 20-May-25 15:23:50

I miss Jeremy Beadle and Game for a Laugh

Magenta8 Tue 20-May-25 15:15:59

DollyRocker

League of Gentlemen. Not everyone's cup of tea!

I loved The League of Gentlemen. Fond memories of Tubbs and Papa Lazarou among others.

I watched all the episodes of Inside No 9 too. Very sad that the final No 9 has been aired.

SillyNanny321 Tue 20-May-25 15:15:20

Friends! Still watch re runs & still laugh!

Parsley3 Tue 20-May-25 15:05:11

Lots of stories about all kinds of shows being 'cancelled' by today's society, but it's hooey.
Exactly this. I am watching the early series of New Tricks with Amanda Redman. It's of its time.

OldEnough2noBetter Tue 20-May-25 14:55:11

nanna8

We still have Doc Martin here - old ones of course. Anyone remember David Frost and That was the week that was? Little Britain was funny but censorship these days would likely prevent it.

Little Britain is on iPlayer smile

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006q2zd/little-britain

Lots of stories about all kinds of shows being 'cancelled' by today's society, but it's hooey. If it's a BBC show, you'll likely find it on iPlayer. Channel 4 has a massive back catalogue of 'box sets' if you don't mind adverts (you have the option to pay a fee to get rid of them). itvx is another mine of oldies since they took over Britbox in the UK, and then there's

u.co.uk/

Plex www.plex.tv/en-gb/
and Pluto TV pluto.tv/uk/hub/home?lang=en
are two other free streaming sites worth investigating.

freevee titles are free with ads via Amazon but it's hit and miss trying to find titles. To search the database properly, you need to access it via an app on your mobile or streaming media player.