Aussie guy, who grew up in the 70's and 80's, and loved British TV.
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Interesting to see Michael Aspel hosting a Thames Television quiz show, as Michael would also be presenting on their arch nemesis region of London Weekend Television, for their new Friday evening local show "Six O'Clock Show" from 1982, quiz show Child's Play, paranormal show Strange But True?, and his own talk show Aspel and Company.
The look of delighted admiration on Lionel's face when Brian Conley eagerly strode onto the stage and effortlessly pulled off The Flasher in only six seconds.
I loved that show Prisoner Cell block H. I think in Australia it was Prisoner. In America where I am, it was called CELL BLOCK H. Wonderful show. The only thing I did not like was the cruel guard, Ferguson in the late middle. They kept her until the end, and it became about her too much. But wonderful ending. MEG as she was known as, was great.; really GREAT.. When me and my sister first watched this show, we thought it was British. We found out later it was Australian. I saw the police with guns, and at that time there were no guns for the cops in Britain either. So I did research and found out. The internet back then really was very very new and not a lot of information . But Meg was part of a GREAT SHOW
62 here , mixed emotions happy because it is so hilarious, sad because real comedy has died a death over recent years. I just watched Young Franenstein . I was born with a twisted spine and a lump , was I upset ? Lol no! , I found Marty Feldman absolutely brilliant. So bollocks to all the virtue signalling twats out there 😂
If Nino Ferrati knew his music, then he would've guessed that Beatle song from the White Album...as Mike Reid was trying to give him heads up. Nino was and still is a DJ and music radio host. Mike Reid had an encyclopedic mind for music, evidently Nino didn't.
I'm unsuccessfully trying to find an early video of this without "Is this the Grange Hill theme" etc. Everyone on here has the internet 😂 To save people looking : a) It is the same music used for Grange Hill, but rerecorded for this show. b) The original was recorded a few years earlier than Grange Hill started, and not specifically for it. c) It was composed by Alan Hawkshaw and it's called Chicken Man. d) It was recorded for a music library for TV producers to find music for their shows, so it could have been used as incidental music on The Sweeney (which might have been interesting) So, to sum up, it wasn't written for Grange Hill, nor this of course. I find it a bit curious it was used here when GH was already very popular. Another good example is Approaching Menace, the theme to Mastermind. Monty Python used it for a sketch, but slightly before that, and only a one-off.
You can see the scar on Gordon Kaye's forhead after a terrible accident in 1990. A piece of wood came through the windscreen of his car. He died at 75 in 2017 of dementia related illnesses.
