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From: Adam Lawrence Salter <adam@zooid.guild.org>
Subject: Re: I want Mr. Bean! And I'll kill to get it!
Organization: The Zoo of Ids
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 05:00:27 GMT
	<1992Sep28.004405.22577@emr1.emr.ca>

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 
>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 ;->.
>> ...  I want this episode! Does anyone have it?
>
>Join the club!  Here in Ottawa, at least, the first 10 minutes were 
>pre-empted by football.  *ARGGHHH!!!*
>
>Why can't the CBC stagger their programming for a stinking 10 minutes?


  Thank-you for telling me this!!! I was wondering if it was "joined in
progress". I guess I didn't miss much then. You're right, what damn difference
would 10 minutes that late at night make!?!

 adam
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From: pnm@milton.u.washington.edu (John Rahn)
Subject: Re: Hammer House...
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv.uk
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 18:49:28 GMT

In article <1992Sep22.113611.676@rtf.bt.co.uk> fletcher@rtf.bt.co.uk (Catherine Fletcher) writes:
>Hi
>
>Does anyone remember a series that "Hammer" made just before the Hammer
>House of Mystery and Suspence series back in about 1980?
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I think you mean the Hammer House of Horror, which was on ITV on
Saturday nights from 13 September to 6 December 1980.

>
>It was shown on ITV on Sunday nights, I think, and it was really good.
>I remember the first one starred Robert Hardy as a guy who had had a 
>car accident which had left him slightly brain damaged and with a stutter.

    [stuff deleted]

Hmm.  You wouldn't be thinking of the series called Supernatural, would
you?  It was on *Saturday* nights (not Sundays) from 10 June to 6 August
1977, and the first story indeed starred Robert Hardy, though I cannot
vouch for the storyline.  The series writer was Robert Muller, and it
was shown on BBC1, but I don't know if Hammer had anything to do with it.
Here's the series rundown:

1. "Ghost of Venice" (10/6/77) with Robert Hardy, Sinead Cusack, Isabel
    Dean, Elizabeth Seal.
2. "Countess Ilona" (17/6/77) with Billie Whitelaw, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, 
   Charles Kay
3. "The Werewolf Reunion" (25/6/77) with Billie Whitelaw, Ian Hendry,
   Charles Kay, Edward Hardwicke
4. [title unknown] (2/7/77)
5. [title unknown] (9/7/77) stars dramatist John Osborne
6. "Viktoria" (16/7/77) this one written by Sue Lake, starring Judy Cornwell,
   Lewis Fiander, Catherine Schell
7. "Night of the Marionettes" (30/7/77) with Gordon Jackson, Kathleen
   Byron, Vladek Sheybal.
8. [title unknown] (6/8/77)

   (end of series)

>
>There!  12 years later and I can still remember it perfectly ;-).  The thing
>is, I waited and waited for a repeat, but as far as I know it never happened.
>Did it ever happen?  Does anyone remember it too?  Also, what TV company did
>Hammer use? (So I can write to them).
>

As far as I'm aware, Supernatural was never repeated--at least not in its
entirety.  One or two of the stories may have been.  On the other hand,
there *was* a car-crash story in the Hammer House of Horror series mentioned
above, which may fit your story outline--but Robert Hardy wasn't in it.  It
was the twelfth story of the thirteen in the series, and was first trans-
mitted on Saturday, 29 November 1980.  It was titled "The Two Faces of
Evil", starring Anna Calder-Marshall as the wife who wonders if her husband
(Gary Raymond) has become somebody else after being hideously disfigured
in a car crash.  (All this according to the television page of The Times
for that date.)

If your memory is correct, however, then there must be another series,
of which I am unaware.

Jerry Kohl
pnm@u.washington.edu
From: banks@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Star Trek: TOS oddities
Date: 28 Sep 92 09:28:24 GMT
Organization: ISCA

"Either that or they would have altered into some ghastly out-of-fashion
garments"

Speaking of which, I noticed the other day that Kirk's mustard yellow
top keeps its shapely neckline by what appears to be a bit of elastic
in the neck band, the way school vests used to do.  Now, what I want
to know is what happened to lycra in the intervening centuries?  Did
someone discover in the 21st century that it gave you cancer?  If so,
the crew of the Enterprise have failed in their duty to transmit a
warning back to our lycra-dominated decade.

Marcus Banks, Oxford
From: whitehec@cs.man.ac.uk (C J Whitehead)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Uk Gold/Doctor Who/Nov 1
Date: 1 Oct 92 10:25:33 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester


UK Gold, the BBC and Thames channel on Astra will begin transmitting
on Nov 1st.  It will initially be free, but will scramble at the
start of 1994. (No typo, 1994 not 1993.  I couldn't believe that
myself)

Anyway, the Mon-Fri schedule will be the same each evening with:
Eastenders (from the beginning), the Bill (from beginning), Dr Who
(from the beginning), Benny Hill, Terry and June, etc.

The weekends will have lots of other classics:  The Brothers, Shoestring,
Duchess of Duke Street, etc.

Sounds like an interesting channel, with just one drawback: Neighbours
will be shown from Episode 1 daily.  Aaarggh!
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk,uk.misc
Subject: Re: Ch4's Big Breakfast
Date: 29 Sep 92 10:12:02 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv.uk
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In article <BvB94C.96C@exnet.co.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.
>
>Damon
>-- 
I'm not sure what sort of market the BB is going for but so far I think its been
quite funny, it makes a change from watching clucky Lorraine Kelly coo over
pictures of kiddies celebrating their birthdays and then having to sit
through what seems like half an hour of "informative" cartoons. 

The interviews seem at best anarchic, bobby geldof this morning followed on
from a question about the Aussie PM's comments about the British to "I hear
you were in a band once?". The news is geared more towards Daily sport 
readers, they really are just headlines.

I hope it continues, especially the bit about finding Britains longest 
traffic jam and the "viz style" top tips.

ta-ra
calv

ps. Why on earth is "You bet your life" with Bill Cosby on at 9am, this
is peak viewing stuff, its really funny, its a pity I have to roll into work.
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Subject: Re: Favourite Mystery Shows
Date: 30 Sep 92 10:36:26 GMT
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What is all this Prime Suspect, S. Holmes prattle...you philistines..
it has to be G. Andersons..Dick Spanner

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From: andrewc@spider.co.uk (Andrew Cannon)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Ghostbusters - victim of violent knife attack?
Date: 29 Sep 92 07:41:32 GMT
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK.

In article <5867@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk> zzassgl@uts.mcc.ac.uk (Geoff Lane) writes:
>
>Am I alone in thinking that Ghostbusters broadcast the other night was
>somewhat hacked about?  There were a number of violent jumps in continuity
>and the fade outs for commercials seem to have been inserted at random -
>sometimes not even allowing a character to finish a sentence.
>

Yes, It was hacked to pieces although not quite as badly as Commando was. I
counted at least 4 badly edited bits and one missing scene in Commando.

I know ITV has to get their run time to match the adverts, but do they have to 
cut so much out ? The film was shown after 10 o'clock, so no kids would have
been watching (although I bet most kids have seen the video anyway), so why
do they have to cut out the gruesome bits (eg. The bit where Arnie throws the 
circular saw blades )

Its getting so that I don't want to watch the 'big name' films anymore on tele-
vision because of the appalling censorship. (remember Beverly Hills Cop with
the really bad overdubbing) I think I'll hire the video of the film and watch
it instead....or maybe get a satallite dish ???

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From: ft@nessie.mcc.ac.uk (Frances Teagle)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Obit B7
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:01:26 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre

In article <1992Sep29.001021.463@u.washington.edu> rhiann@milton.u.washington.edu (Sandra Hereld) writes:
SH> Yeah, Blake's 7 has some *terrible* plots.

It seems to me that a lot of those plots are elaborations of themes
from Dr. Who.  

     *  The inhabitants of a domed city preying on the savages
        who live outside (Power)

     *  Genetic experiments of various kinds (The Web, Animals)

I think many of the script writers graduated from that academy, as did
the composer.

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

The slanging matches are the best part of the series IMHO.

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

And on a much smaller budget

Regards,



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From: mei172@cch.coventry.ac.uk (guru)
Subject: Re: Ghostbusters - victim of violent knife attack?
Organization: abUSENET, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:28:36 GMT

In article <38890081@hpopd.pwd.hp.com> apm@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Andrew Merritt) writes:
>
>The TV companies should either show the film at a time appropriate to its
>content or not show it at all; tinkering with the film can destroy the
>atmosphere of a film and remove some of the pleasure of watching it.  (As
>does showing it on TV anyway; again, ITV is the worst offender when it comes
>to cropping the film for the television screen; you often find two half heads
>talking to each other, or someone talking to themselves).
>

guru sez:
	this presupposes that TV companies show stuff because they want to,
	and not that their advertisers want a big audience. The BBC feels that
	this tuff falls within it's entertainment remit, and tend to be less
	squeamish about putting stuff on late to save delicate kiddies from 
	words like fuck and shit which they use all the time in the playground. 

	Patronising? Naaah....
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From: dj@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Brit Shows:  Tape 6 Episodes and Then...?
Date: 5 Oct 92 21:35:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: pixel.1992Oct5.213528.16425
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Kip J. Guinn (kguinn@zephyr.cair.du.edu) wrote:
: As a huge fan of British TV (think what you will :-), I have always
: been curious about one thing:
: 
: For some reason 6 is a very popular number with British TV.  John
: Inman (Mr. Humphries of "Are You Being Served" fame), he spoke 
: about it.  Apparently, British shows are filmed in 6 episode
: increments, for the most part.  Here in the US, shows usually go
: in 22-26 episode batches (the rest of the year being taken up with
: re-runs, specials, etc)
: 
: What confuses me is:  what do British networks do with all the weeks
: after the first 6?  Putting up a new show at the beginning of the
: season, running it for six weeks, and then...?  Awful lot of TV
: season left, isn't there?
: 
: Kip

Mostly they fill it with crap shows from the US...that, and other
6 episode seasons, sports specials, movies, sports, movies, sports....
They never seem to run and re-run their own good stuff the way people
would like, though....


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From: dj@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones)
Subject: Re: Sky One ? What's up with it ? It's...it's...looking good (shock) !
Organization: :noitazinagrO
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Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 15:54:54 GMT

Richard Lloyd (rkl@csc.liv.ac.uk) wrote:
: Has anyone noticed how Sky One's schedule next week (beginning 5th October)
: looks rather good compared to the mostly dire stuff that's been served up
: prior to then ?
: 
: It includes, for those who don't know:
: 
: * First UK showing of some interesting new US series, including "Gabriel's
:   Fire", "Anything For Love" and "W.I.O.U." [and "Melrose Place" at the end of
:   October]

New?  "Gabriel's Fire" - critics loved it, network didn't.  They
re-worked it under a different name and then canned it completely.
This happened at least a year ago.

"Anything But Love".  Sadly missed.  The quintessential
on-again-off-again comedy series.  A few episodes here, a few there,
then whoops, sorry, you're out, then well, you can take over from this
turkey we liked so much even though we never actually looked at it, and
oh by the way how'd you like to do a whole season (but get rid of the
fat dude with the funny English accent) except that we'll cancel you
halfway through that......   Who knows, it may come back, but nobody is
holding their breath.  Maybe 20 episodes altogether over a couple of
years?  Oh well.  Thats more than some UK shows have over their entire 
existence.....

WIOU: an oddball dramedy about a down-at-heels TV station.  Long gone.
Who knows how many episodes were actually filmed.

Melrose Place: actually, really new.  The Dirty Digger Network's attempt
to hold on to the Beverley Hills 90210 (rich kids in high school) crowd
as they get older (rich young adults in quasi-real life).
: 
: Other British 'classics' to be 'stripped' [huh ?] across the schedule each
Stripping is the practice of US TV stations of running old episodes of a
show at the same time 5 nights a week.  Naturally this requires
considerable episodes in the can if the cycle is not to repeat too
quickly.  60 is about a minimum (3 years of regular production).

: Till Death Do Us Part [racist crap],
Crap yourself.  Ever hear of satire??

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From: imc@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Ian Collier)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Young Ones actors
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:56:27 GMT
Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK
X-Local-Date: Thursday, 1st October 1992 at 3:56pm BST
Originator: imc@msc8.comlab

In article <1992Sep30.160942.7103@abekrd.co.uk>, graeme@abekrd.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths) wrote:

>in the rather splendid Carling Balck Label adverts over here, I seem to
>remember they are known as the Oblivion Brothers or summat. The tall one
>has appeared on Whose Line is it Anyway and so I know his name is Stephen
>Frost (I think) but I can't remember the other one.

Exactly right - they are Stephen Frost and "I can't remember the other one".
:-)  They starred in a bizarre sit-com as the policemen "Lazarus and
Dingwall".  I thought it was rather good, though I missed a couple of
episodes.  It has never been seen again on the BBC.  Anyone else remember
it? 

Ian Collier
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From: cmgrawbu@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER M GRAWBURG)
Subject: Are You Being Served???
Originator: cmgrawbu@c00577-1403br.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: cmgrawbu@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER M GRAWBURG)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 16:50:26 GMT





For some reason, none of my posts on this subject have come up yet.

So instead of typing out all that I had before---I'll cut to the chase.



Is Are You Being Served still taped??
When did it stop!

Where can the actors be sent letters???


I love this show!!


Chris
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From: jhc@iscp.bellcore.com (Jonathan Clark)
Subject: RE: Huge selection of BBC videos in NTSC
Organization: Bellcore
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 20:04:22 GMT

In article <9209300953.AA15050@deepthought.cs.utexas.edu>, EEC@PORTIA.UMDS.LON.AC.UK (Steve P eec@portia.umds.lon.ac.uk) writes:
|> From: jhc@iscp.bellcore.com (Jonathan Clark)
|>  
|> >         The Continental Shop
|> >         1619 Wilshire Blvd
|> >         Santa Monica, CA 90403
|> >         (310) 453 8655
|> > 
|> It seems like this shop is doing conversions themselves from UK Home
|> Video tapes in PAL.   This is illegal.   I imagine if the BBC and the
|> other relevant companies find out about this a prosecution will be
|> winging its way very soon.  Most of the tapes listed are not available in
|> the US.

This possibility occurred to me too. However, without actually having any
of their products in my hands I can't tell. Has anyone out there ordered
from this place? If so, did the tapes have that home-made look about them,
or did they look professional? Of course it could be hard to tell, but the
video quality should be a giveaway. If they are doing it themselves then
the picture will likely be horrible, but if they are going to a studio
with master tapes then it should be as good as you get with VHS. Anyone
care to comment?

Another person who replied to me mentioned that they had read about the
place in a magazine. If they are violating copyright then I'd assume that
Lionheart (the BBC's agent in the US) would be after them pretty damn quick. 
Then again, perhaps Lionheart is only interested in the big commercial
sellers and they have sub-licenced this place to do anything else.

|> I'd be careful about ordering from this place.  You never know whose hands
|> this store's list of customers will end up in.

A similar case in New Jersey earlier this year resulted in the closure of
the operation, but no action was taken against its customers. After all,
it's the reseller who is liable for the copyright fees, not the viewer.
And how would they know that the vendor wasn't properly licenced?

Jonathan Clark
jhc@iscp.bellcore.com

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From: graeme@abekrd.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Young Ones actors
Date: 30 Sep 92 16:09:42 GMT
Organization: Abekas Video Systems, Reading, UK.

In <1992Sep29.193922.22366@eng.ufl.edu> greg@irl.ise.ufl.edu (Greg O'Rear) writes:

>I realize this something of a huge request, but any portion thereof will be
>greatly appreciated.  I would like to know who the extra people are in the
>Young Ones.  For example, besides the five regulars, I recognize French and
>Saunders, Smith and Jones, Frye and Laurie.  But there are also faces I know
>but I don't know their names, and names I know that fly by on the credits but
>I don't know who is who.  For instance, the two policemen in the "I.Q. Shocker"
>are recurring in TYO, but were also in Black Adder.  And Ben Elton appears
>in TYO somewhere.  Anyway, you probably get the idea.  You can assume I know
>people as famous as Robbie Coltrane or Daniel Peacock, but is there anyone
>else I should know?  Spazpecker the Dull?  Collins of the Rag Mag?  Vyvyan's
>mum?  Thanks for anything approaching an episode guide or credit list.

The two policemen, who were in BAI (The withchsmeller pursuivant) are also
in the rather splendid Carling Balck Label adverts over here, I seem to
remember they are known as the Oblivion Brothers or summat. The tall one
has appeared on Whose Line is it Anyway and so I know his name is Stephen
Frost (I think) but I can't remember the other one.
Ben Elton was one of the opposing team in University Challenge (TYO -
Bambi).

Any help ?
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