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TerriBull Sat 05-Apr-25 09:30:16

Does anyone remember this series from the late '80s starring Keith Barron, Annette Crosbie and Maggie O'Neill? The premise a rather desperate affair between a married taxi driver and unhappily married younger woman. It was quite a hit in its day, I remember being quite rivited by it at the time. Somewhat dated now, cringe worthy sexist banter, clunky noisy cars and really dated computers. No mobile phones, although those brick like affairs may just have been launched. It's still worth a watch, just to remember those times. Available on BBC IPlayer.

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Calendargirl Sat 05-Apr-25 10:12:56

Yes, I do remember it.

Same sort of vibe as the original ‘Bouquet Of Barbed Wire’ which was very racy at the time.

Does anyone remember ‘McKenzie’, late 70’s? Starring Jack Galloway, rather attractive and having various affairs if I remember rightly.

They would all appear ‘clunky’ nowadays, perhaps we were easier to please back then?

(And more naive?)

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J52 Sat 05-Apr-25 10:29:55

I really like McKenzie. After it was broadcast, I found out that Jack Galloway’s wife was someone who I chatted to at our Mums and Toddlers group. Our little lads played together!
I don’t recall anything else he was in.

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TerriBull Sat 05-Apr-25 10:40:14

I'm racking my brains to remember McKenzie, maybe it was one I didn't watch but do remember Bouquet of Barbed Wire, glued to it, I was grin What about Howard's Way for clunky,?that made my Sunday evenings way back in the time of shoulder pads.

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Silverbrooks Sat 05-Apr-25 10:53:29

You can watch Andrea Newman's Mackenzie from 1980 on the Forgotten British Television channel on You Tube. Looks like episode 11 is only a fragment but the rest is there:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9QXLNNUEA&list=PLcOKn2Ebnf7m5aanfLpsuGhmqQYhKl1Q4&index=1

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Calendargirl Sat 05-Apr-25 13:18:23

I re-watched Howards’ Way when it came on the Drama channel I think, last year.

OMG!

The clothes, the hairstyles, smarmy Ken Masters, the ridiculous plots!

But we were glued on a Sunday night.

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Primrose53 Sat 05-Apr-25 13:31:33

I remember it too and Howard’s Way.

My favourite programmes were Shabby Tiger, When The Boat Comes In and Love for Lydia. I found them all recently and how disappointed I was this time around! Sound was terrible, acting very wooden and background music awful yet at the time (70s) I adored them all.

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JdotJ Sat 05-Apr-25 14:22:37

Oh I loved Howard's Way back in the day.
Saw a clip on YouTube (I think) recently and gosh, was it dreadful.
Jan Harvey owned some posh boutique selling nautical clothes (naturally) and her mother kept popping in & out giving her opinion.

I loved it when it came out originally

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Jane43 Sat 05-Apr-25 14:27:40

Take me home was filmed in Telford where we live there was a lot of excitement here at the time and we were trying to identify where the scenes were shot..

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Calendargirl Sat 05-Apr-25 21:15:49

JdotJ

Oh I loved Howard's Way back in the day.
Saw a clip on YouTube (I think) recently and gosh, was it dreadful.
Jan Harvey owned some posh boutique selling nautical clothes (naturally) and her mother kept popping in & out giving her opinion.

I loved it when it came out originally

Oh, Jane’s mother.

Fussy, bossy little woman, always pushing in and interfering in her family’s lives.

Think she modelled herself on the Queen Mother!

Actress Dulcie Gray in real life.

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