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From: Adam Lawrence Salter <adam@zooid.guild.org>
Subject: Re: HELP! I want Mr. Bean! Episode: "Mr Bean Rides Again"
Organization: The Zoo of Ids
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 06:19:34 GMT

In article <717572439.2325@zooid.guild.org>, adam@zooid.guild.org (Adam Lawrence Salter) writes:
>
>  Hello. I tried to record an episode of Mr.Bean here in Toronto, Ontario,
>Canada. I missed most of it because I was out and I set my VCR to record it
>and my cat turned off my VCR, at least that's what parents swear happened ;->.
>
>  Anyway I don't know the title of it but in this episode he revives a heart
>attack victim and flies on a plane with a young child. I want this episode!
>Does anyone have it?
>
>  Are any of them availble on NSTC? I've been told they aren't but the people
>who told me were unknowledgable. I want any episodes or information leading to
>episodes I can get! I GUESS I could pay a little tiny bit for it ;-> (that
>smilie does NOT mean I can actually pay alot).
>
>  Thanks for nothin! (I mean JUST READING this isn't helping me at all ;->)
>
>
>  Please reply to adam@zooid.guild.org and do NOT post replies as I won't be
>able to read them! Understand? E-MAIL ONLY!
>
>                                                           adaM salteR


  The episode name is Mr. Bean Rides Again. I'm still looking for it, I will
PAY more than a little tiny bit for it!

                                                              adaM salteR
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From: feldman@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Todd J. Feldman)
Subject: Mr. Bean / The New Statesman
Originator: feldman@Xenon.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 18:59:45 GMT


Can anyone tell me how many series there have been of "Mr. Bean" - I know
there was at least one with 6 episodes in it; has there been another?

Also, does anyone know if and when these will be repeated on HBO, along with
the Rowan Atkinson comedy special?

Lastly, does anyone know how many series of "The New Statesman" there have
been, including the new one being (or about to be) shown in England?

Thanks VERY much!

Todd
From: mark.leff@ehbbs.gwinnett.com (Mark Leff)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: FAVOURITE MYSTERY SHOWS
Date: 26 Sep 92 18:12:00 GMT
Reply-To: mark.leff@ehbbs.gwinnett.com (Mark Leff)
Organization: Ed Hopper's BBS - Berkeley Lake, GA - 404-446-9462

-> From: john@monet.uwaterloo.ca (John Robinson)
-> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
-> Subject: Favourite Mystery Shows
->
-> 5.Morse. I've put this in because I think the music's great, the

If memory serves, the composer is Barrington Pheloung - whose name,
along with that of pilot Hoof Proudfoot, is one of the more intriguing
among the obligatory end-of-show whodunits.

Cheers,
Mark
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From: smarties@nyx.cs.du.edu (simon marties)
Subject: Weddings
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix (sponsored by U. of Denver Math/CS dept.)
Disclaimer1: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University of
Disclaimer2: Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
Disclaimer3: control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 21:32:50 GMT


So.. Joe Mangel's got hitched. Thank God I missed it :o)

Doesn't stop me fancying Melanie though :o)

On the subject of weddings.. Sara Crowe. No! It cannot be!
It should've been me!

                           love from Elly's biggest Fan,
                                                        s
From: Christopher.Carne@brunel.ac.uk (Christopher J Carne)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Morse and Mystery!
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:22:59 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK

In article <Bv0vtv.199@brunel.ac.uk> Robert.Turner@brunel.ac.uk (Robert Turner) writes:
>gkushmer@jade.tufts.edu (Greg Kushmerek) writes:
>%Does anyone know if there are any more Inspector Morse shows coming to
>%Mystery!?  Is Zenith making anything right now?
>
>I can't answer the first question, but they are definitely filming more
>Morse - we had an invasion a couple of weeks ago here at Brunel, they
>presumably wanted a drab campus for some exterior shots.
>
>Rob

Ah so that's what they were doing. Brunel seems to be a favoured
place for this sort of thing. The library was used in the last series
of Rumpole. Supposed to be part of a long established university.
Mant of the extrior shots were done at somewhere far more elegant.


CHR$
From: sut@dsbc.icl.co.uk (Secure Unix Team KID01)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Eastenders Question
Date: 30 Sep 92 12:02:07 GMT
Organization: ICL Bracknell, UK

In article <1992Sep30.100220.29233@spider.co.uk> andrewc@spider.co.uk (Andrew Cannon) writes:
>
>This may seem like a weird question but.....
>Watching Eastenders last night gave me the strange feeling of missing an 
>episode
>Did we miss last Thursdays episode or what? I'm sure I watched it. Is this just
>crap continuity (something thats never happened on Eastenders before) or have
>they shown this Thursdays episode first ?
>
>Am I cracking up or did anyone else notice this ?

Phew, I thought I was going mad too, its not like me to miss an episode
either. There were other weird bits too like Rachel complaining that her mum
had been there two weeks. 

I reckon they either had last minute casting difficulties and had to make
do with the cast they had or we've been hood-winked.

calv "Bring back big Ron" Austin
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From: jhc@iscp.bellcore.com (Jonathan Clark)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk,alt.comedy.british
Subject: Huge selection of BBC videos in NTSC
Keywords: RD, HHGttG, Young Ones, Thunderbirds, UFO, many more
Date: 29 Sep 92 21:13:54 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Bellcore

I have just received a catalogue from:

	The Continental Shop
	1619 Wilshire Blvd
	Santa Monica, CA 90403
	(310) 453 8655

These guys have the most complete selection of BBC and other British
programmes on NTSC videotape that I have ever seen.  The catalogue is
30 pages of closely spaced type. Some of the programmes available are:

	Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
	Secret Agent
	Secret Policeman's Ball (3 titles)
	The ``Carry On'' movies (37))
	The Goons
	Young Ones (4)
	Tony Hancock (7)
	Mr Bean (2)
	Morecambe and Wise (9)
	Red Dwarf (4)
	Thunderbirds (18)
	U. F. O. (6)
	Fireball X. L. 5. (2)
	Steptoe and Son (2)
	Sooty and Sweep

and a pile of others, including sports, horror, and the regular stuff
like Dr. Who, Monty Python, the Avengers, Sherlock Holmes, and so on.

I have no connection with this place, not even as a satisfied
customer (I haven't ordered anything from them). I'd certainly
be interested to hear some feedback from anyone who has gotten
anything from them about tape quality. There is a note in the
catalogue that indicates that some of these are ``digital transfers'',
and they also mention that if they are out of stock you may have
to wait until new copies can be transposed. This suggests to me that
they may be using the quick-and-dirty PAL to NTSC conversion method
(for details ask in rec.video) and hence that the quality may not be
that good. But I'd love to be proven wrong.
-- 
Jonathan Clark
jhc@iscp.bellcore.com

The Englishman never enjoys himself except for some noble purpose.
From: Robert.Turner@brunel.ac.uk (Robert Turner)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Ghostbusters - victim of violent knife attack?
Date: 4 Oct 92 13:32:07 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK

With regard to the hacking of films, I can live with some of the cuts
that are made, but I would be prepared to KILL the producers of some of
the ITV movies. How dare they cut out the credits. Watching _The Living
Daylights_ yesterday, I wanted to know who one of the actors was.
Promptly after the last clinch, up comes the LWT logo. Not even a
mention of the top names. At least the BBC doesn't do this.

Rob

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From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk,uk.misc
Subject: Re: Ch4's Big Breakfast
Date: 30 Sep 92 12:48:31 GMT
Distribution: uk
Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.

dhd@exnet.co.uk (Damon) writes:
> >>To be honest though, I will be sorry to see the Ch4 daily go, definitely
> >>the best watch early in the morning, not so stuffy as the BBC, and not as
> >>female oriented and naff beyond belief as TV-AM is (but not for much
> >>longer, yay!).
> 
> Apparently they could only attract 200,000 viewers peak.

The Channel 4 Daily had much more foreign news than any of the other
breakfast TV shows.  Doubtless that's why they failed to get viewers.  I
mean, what Englishman is going to want to hear about a load of bloody
foreigners who happen to be being slaughtered, when he can listen to in-depth
speculation about who David Mellor's shagging?


mathew
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From: zzassgl@uts.mcc.ac.uk (Geoff Lane)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Ghostbusters - victim of violent knife attack?
Date: 30 Sep 92 08:50:05 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre, Manchester, England, M13 9PL.

In article <38890081@hpopd.pwd.hp.com> apm@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Andrew Merritt) writes:
>The BBC obviously don't have the same problem with commercials, but they do
>show edited versions of films; Bull Durham on Saturday was 'edited for
>language'; I ask you, who says 'frigging' in moments of stress in real life?
>

The censorship of this film was weird.  The odd f*ck is deleted but the
entire `c*cksucker' argument was left in! 







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From: rhiann@milton.u.washington.edu (Sandra Hereld)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Obit. B7
Date: 29 Sep 92 00:10:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Sep29.001021.463
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

Yeah, Blake's 7 has some *terrible* plots.

It is terrible to admit, but I only watch B7 on tape with the
remote control in my hand, and if two characters who fight well
together (Servalan and Black or Avon yes, Servalan and any one
else no; Blake and Avon yes, Black and Vila no; etc) I watch,
if not, I fast forward.

Usually, I can pick up the plot from the fast forwarding, and the
verbal fighting, and I rarely feel I've missed much.

It probably takes me as long to watch an episode as it would
anyone else, since I will go back and watch a good (verbal) fight
two or three times. (Avon's "...wallow in blood up to your armpits;
and you can lead the rabble to victory, what ever that might be..."
I went back and watched over and over.)

Also, it is good to go back and watch TOS episodes and realize that
bad BBC effects weren't *that* much worse than bad hollywood effects.

Sandy
From: colins@praxis.co.uk (Colin Shield)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Ghostbusters - victim of violent knife attack?
Date: 6 Oct 92 12:54:31 GMT
Organization: Praxis, Warwick, U.K.

In article <j39qb8j@cck.coventry.ac.uk> mei172@cch.coventry.ac.uk (guru) writes:
>In article <38890081@hpopd.pwd.hp.com> apm@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Andrew Merritt) writes:
>> [Stuff about the TV not showing parts of films deleted]

What gets me about the TV companies editing films is the parts they
deem fit for 'family' viewing and the parts they don't. The example
that REALLY annoyed me was Beverly Hills Cop, as I'm sure you know the
one shown on telly was 'flipping dung'. They cut out the deaded F-word
every time. The part they didn't cut was the scene in the strip bar
when Murphey, Reinhold and the other guy were oggling a scantily clad
woman writhing up and down a pole. Which of these two things are most
likely to 'affect' our youth, hearing a word they say and hear
everyday in the school yard, or being brought up on the idea that
naked women are entertainment items, to be watched in a show?

Colin Shield
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From: jeana@cbnewse.cb.att.com (jean)
Subject: Re: I want Mr. Bean! And I'll kill to get it!
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:16:20 GMT
Keywords: New episodes

For The following posters -- and any other Mr. Bean fans:
In article <1992Sep28.122310.1479@dgbt.doc.ca> nur@dgbt.doc.ca (Nur Serinken) writes:
>In article <1992Sep28.004405.22577@emr1.emr.ca> lskinner@emr1.emr.ca (Lauren Skinner) writes:
>>In article <717572439.2325@zooid.guild.org> adam@zooid.guild.org (Adam Lawrence 

I'm in the process of trying to set up an interview with Rowan Atkinson
for STARLOG magazine and just found out from his agent that
he is currently filming more Mr. Bean episodes -- which means that
he may be to busy to give me an interview -- possibly bad news
for me -- good news for Mr. Bean fans.  They're supposed
to be calling me back shortly to let me know if he can work it in --
if anyone on the net has some questions they'd liked to ask him,
I'll be glad to consider them!!

Jean
From: ft@nessie.mcc.ac.uk (Frances Teagle)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Favourite Mystery Shows
Date: 28 Sep 92 10:06:29 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre

In article <GGZQBNTK@cc.swarthmore.edu> mshaner1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Melissa Ynes Shaner) writes:
>
>While I haven't seen Taggart or Lovejoy and I hate Morse, 

Hear Hear!  They like to hype Morse as "the thinking woman's crumpet" 
but this thinking woman finds him (i.e. the scriptwriters) boring and
pretentious.
>
>I can't, however, believe you're collectively omitting Edward Petherbridge's
>Peter Wimsey.  I admit to a certain bias, since here we have a combination
>of my favorite detective and one of my favorite actors, but the crimes are
>engaging and his portrayal of Wimsey is delightfully uncaricatured and true
>to the books. 

Yes, he's the best Wimsey I've seen.

> Harriet Walter makes a perfect match as Harriet Vane, as well.

However, they butchered "Gaudy Night" by leaving out almost all of the
most interesting characters (scriptwriters and editors again) which is
a pity as the book is probably the best thing D.L. Sayers ever wrote.

Regards,

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From: mjk31124@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The Mikester)
Subject: Mary Whitehouse and Harry Enfield!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 08:07:47 GMT



        Has anyone in the US heard or know of the comedy shows like the
Mary Whitehouse Experience or the Harry Enfield (sp?) show?  I caught these
in England last year and fell over laughing... seriously some really smart
comedy.  My favorites were the "Two old gits" and "Mr. Nice but dim" from
Harry Enfield... if you know about these shows or know if i can get them in
NTSC (any quality) please email me or post it here...

--thanks, the mikester... (email: mikester@uiuc.edu        )
                          (     : mjk31124@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu)
From: ekho@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (amanda rothman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Obit. B7
Date: 2 Oct 92 15:51:52 GMT
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida

dj@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones) writes:

> 
> So farewell, Blake's 7
> I tried to watch
> And I saw all those episodes I missed
> First time around
> So now I know how they got the Liberator
> And met Calli
> But the episode about the crazed mutant guardians
> Of the Space Capsule
> Was just too stupid
> For words.
> The director must be an Idiot
> Or a civil servant.
> From now on
> I shall waste my insomnia on something
> Else.
> Of course, it doesn't help that our
> PBS Station
> Shows it at 11:30 pm.
> 
> - E. J. Thribb (59 next birthday).

Alas, I hear a cry
Of a frustrated mind wishing for
Something better to relieve
The sometime boredom of
Everyday living.
I give you a secret, a key to open wide
Your imagination!
These people, yes, I say _People_
Are surrounded by a medium which was
Unable to always prove
Spectacular
But, think on the "set" as something
Adjustable.  Use your
Mind
And enjoy the People for
who they Are!
(One of them, a telepath who
Smiles at her name being mispelled... ;)
They can come alive in
Written stories and
Your imagination!

Besides, a little insomnia
Every now and again
Can be good for the
Soul...

  Stay Safe, and enjoy!

          Yours in Time and Space,

            Ekho (Killer Queen, Dynamite with a Laser Beam)
From: chardi@p4.cs.man.ac.uk (Ian Chard)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Bird of Prey - memories, anyone?
Date: 6 Oct 92 15:12:11 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester

I have vivid memories of an excellent drama series called "Bird of Prey" on ITV
several years ago.  I was quite young so the finer points of the storyline were
probably lost on me, but I remember that credit card fraud was involved.  The
title sequence consisted of a (fake) computer game resembling pacman but with
Red Riding Hood and a wolf in place of the normal participants.

The only other thing I can remember is that it was _EXCELLENT_ (and so was the
title music)!  Any ideas where I can get to see it again?

Ian.

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From: dj@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones)
Subject: Obit. B7
Organization: :noitazinagrO
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 14:29:15 GMT


So farewell, Blake's 7
I tried to watch
And I saw all those episodes I missed
First time around
So now I know how they got the Liberator
And met Calli
But the episode about the crazed mutant guardians
Of the Space Capsule
Was just too stupid
For words.
The director must be an Idiot
Or a civil servant.
From now on
I shall waste my insomnia on something
Else.
Of course, it doesn't help that our
PBS Station
Shows it at 11:30 pm.

- E. J. Thribb (59 next birthday).

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From: simpsong@dns0.bham.ac.uk (Glyn Simpson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk,uk.misc
Subject: Music from advert..
Date: 28 Sep 92 10:52:10 GMT
Reply-To: G.Simpson@bham.ac.uk
Organization: The University of Birmingham, England
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Ok, quick question - someone out there must know the answer. I'm after the
name of the piece of music used in the diamonds advert - the one which has
shadowy figures and bright diamonds being placed on hands, ears and necks.

Anyone ?

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From: MDuPree@world.std.com (Micky DuPree)
Subject: WLIIA: Tony Slattery on "The Full Wax"???
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv.uk
Summary: Did anyone see/tape Slattery on "Full Wax" Sept. 6?
Keywords: Whose Line Is It Anyway, Tony Slattery, Mike McShane
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 03:31:37 GMT

Did anyone see or tape Tony Slattery on the Sept. 6 installment of "The
Full Wax" on A&E?  I got the earlier one with fellow "Whose Line Is It
Anyway?" regular Mike McShane, but I was out of town for the Slattery
episode and had no one to change the tapes for me.

Not that I care for host Ruby Wax.  She seems to have been chosen in
order to confirm Britons in their stereotypes about Americans: vulgar,
venal, and shallow.  But I did want to see what Slattery got up to with
her, since he's a past master at the off-color.

-Micky
From: miriam@seismo.gps.caltech.edu (Miriam Jackson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Continental Shop report, was Re: Huge selection of BBC Videos in NTSC
Date: 5 Oct 1992 15:55:25 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: earth.gps.caltech.edu

I went down to the Continental Shop in Santa Monica on Saturday to see what
it's like.  First of all, they have a great selection of British videos
to buy or to rent.  They also have a load of crap - 10 million episodes
of Coronation Street and the Trooping of the Colour, parts 1 to 893.
Lots of football (soccer) videos as well.  They also sell a lot of
British food and sweets, so we stocked up on Ribena and flakes, as well as
the usual Royal trivia that Americans are into.

Back to the videos - they get the tapes in Britain and do the conversions
themselves at the shop.  They said the quality is the same as the original,
and the ones I saw being done while I was there seemed to bear this out
(except for one which was blurred, althought the original was, too).
It wasn't clear to me if they do ALL their tapes themselves, or get
some from BBC/PBS and fill in the gaps themselves.
The videos for sale had what looked like the proper 'sleeves', but most of
the rentals had either photocopies or none at all (looked just like home
tapes that someone had made).  They will transfer stuff for you if you 
take it in, 20c for a minute (min $12), and they can handle PAL, NTSC
and Secam (?).

If anyone has any more specific questions about this place, let me know
and I'll see if I can help.


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From: fletch@camelot.bradley.edu (Alan Lurie)
Subject: Are You Being Served?
Organization: Bradley University
Date: 28 Sep 92 17:54:55 GMT


	Does anyone have an episode guide for ARE YOU BEING SERVED?  I really
love that show.  It's televised on the public telivision station here in
Illinois.  Thanx in advance.

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