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From: eia018@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr.A.Wilson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Harriet Walter Question
Date: 9 Apr 92 09:11:47 GMT
Organization: Department of Linguistics at Lancaster University, UK.

Does anyone know any biographical information about Harriet Walter who
has appeared, inter alia, in "The Men's Room", "Ashenden", and "They
Never Sleep"?

Andrew Wilson
Linguistics, Lancaster Univ.
email:  eia018@lancaster.ac.uk
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Subject: Re: BBC Video availability in the US/Canada
From: egertsenzon@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:57:51 EDT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Wesleyan University

In article <1992Apr13.210203.16476@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, umrice02@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Stephen Rice) writes:
> I was wondering if anyone out there knows how I could go about ordering BBC
> videos from somewhere in either the US or Canada.  I have a feeling that 
> LionHeart may distribute them but I do not have their address.  
> 
> I have a copy of the un-cut TV version of the HitchHiker's Guide but it is
> getting a little worn so I want to purchase a new copy as well as some 
> Doctor Who, Blakes 7, etc.
> 
> I would appreciate any help you may be willing to offer in this matter.
> 
> P.S. VHS Videos

I'd love to get this info, too.
I don't get on the news much, so please e-mail me!!!

-elena
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From: ccusrdt@brunel.ac.uk (Robert Turner)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Sleepers
Date: 14 Apr 92 12:24:13 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK

Hi

Watching _Sleepers_ last night, I wondered if anyone had read/seen any
other works in a similar vein (agents caught out by the ending of the
cold war). 

In case you havn't seen it elsewhere yet GET IT ASAP!!!!!  Brilliant
(especially the comparisons - CIA:MI5:KGB)!

Rob

(Long Live Maurice)

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From: marc@hemlock.cray.com (Marc Bouron)
Subject: Re: BBC Select - what a total rip-off !!!!!!
Originator: marc@hemlock
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 14 Apr 92 03:29:07 CDT


In article <1992Apr13.110212.1413@and.csc.liv.ac.uk>, rkl@and.csc.liv.ac.uk writes:
> I recorded a one-minute promo for "BBC Select" on Friday (just before Thunder-
> birds on BBC 2) and I had to play it back several times - I couldn't believe
> it !!!! Here's the synopsis:
> 
> The BBC currently broadcasts between 6.00am and about 1.00am (earlier on
> weekdays) the next day - leaving several hours inbetween where the station
> is off the air. From what I can tell (though the promo wasn't explicit about
> this), the BBC plans to use this spare time to broadcast SCRAMBLED programmes !
> They want people to buy a decoder (the size of a VHS VCR - huge in other words,
> unless it was a prototype they'd rigged up) and subscribe on a regular basis
> to the service.
> 
> I FIND THIS UTTERLY OUTRAGEOUS ! We Brits pay a licence fee to ENTIRELY fund
> the BBC (it has no ads) and why should we be expected to pay even more to watch
> programmes on the BBC ? Anyone else care to comment ?
> 
> Richard K. Lloyd,       **** This is a MicroVAX II running VAX/VMS V5.4 ****
> Computer Science Dept.,   JANET     : rkl@uk.ac.liv.csc.and [NEW address !]
> Liverpool University,     Internet  : rkl@and.csc.liv.ac.uk
> Merseyside, England,    Q: "What's the world's fastest home micro ?"
> Great Britain.          A: "The Archimedes A3000. 4 MIPS for under 800 pounds."

I couldn't believe this either.  I just hope that no-one patronises the Beeb in
this outrageous fashion.  Being asked to pay for something you've *already* paid
for is nothing short of criminal!

[M][a][r][c]
From: lkirby@axion.bt.co.uk (Lewis Kirby)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:23:23 GMT
Reply-To: lkirby@axion.bt.co.uk (Lewis Kirby)
Organization: British Telecom Research Labs


In article <1992Apr16.131315.2570@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, dnadams@isis.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams) writes:
|> 
|> lkirby@axion.bt.co.uk (Lewis Kirby) writes:
|>  >I know there was an American version of F&RRP, but called "Reggie".
|> 
|> There was??   I definitely never heard of it!

Well, it was shown over here in the UK.  All I remember about it was that Reggie was played by one of the lead characters from "Soap" and that the cat he talked to was a black stuffed one which wore a (red?) waistcoat.  I did not see much of it 'cos I did not think it was very good.

|> 
|> I am certainly a HUGE fan of FaRoRP though!  I thought it was/is a
|> totally *brilliant* series, incredibly well written and performed.
|> Leonard Rossiter was always fabulous, and the rest of the cast also
|> did a great job.

The late LR was indeed brilliant.  In some episodes it looks as though his jitters will get the best of him or perhaps that his head might explode.  No wonder he went early.  As regards his skill, there are some parts where you can see him holding the scene together after someone has made a mistake (but you have to look closely).

I personally though he was wasted in Rising Damp.

Lewis G Kirby
From: proberts@informix.com (Paul Roberts)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Terry Nation's Survivors
Date: 3 Apr 92 20:51:51 GMT
Distribution: all
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

In article <11302@ecs.soton.ac.uk> lm89@ecs.soton.ac.uk (McIlhoney L) writes:
>In <CHARLES.92Mar31130150@netcom.netcom.com> charles@netcom.netcom.com (Charles R. Hoynowski) writes:
>>Does anyone know of a British series called "Survivors"?
>>It was a Terry Nation show that aired in England in 1975.
>
>Can't help with any specific details, but I remember just such a series
>at around that time, on BBC-1 in the evenings.  I think my Mum used
>to watch it just when I wanted to use my new VideoSport Mk II (Vid-Games
>had just been invented then).  All I remember is a lot of people without
>any electricity running around power-stations hitting each other on
>the head with spanners in a Blake's 7 kind of way.
>
>No it wasn't a comedy show, despite the way that last paragraph looks!!!
>

KTEH (San Jose) are showing it as we speak (well, on Sunday evenings
actually). I first saw it in England maybe 20 years ago ... I was in
love with the "Jenny" character then, and apparently I still am today.
Sigh.

Paul
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From: maura@pyra.co.uk (Maura Clark)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk,rec.arts.tv,alt.comedy.british
Subject: Re: >>Re: Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Keywords: Whose Line Is It Anyway, John Sessions, Sandi Toksvig
Date: 15 Apr 92 17:09:04 GMT
Reply-To: maura@pyra.co.uk (Maura Clark)

In <BMotGC.B6p@world.std.com> MDuPree@world.std.com (Micky DuPree) writes:

>>They have both been doing it since well before it got onto television
>>(I think it started at the Comedy Club (London)).

>What's the scoop on this?  Does anyone know the definitive history of
>WLIIA?  Did it go from live cabaret to radio to TV?  Was Anderson the
>moderator in the earlier incarnation(s)?

Anyone who finds themselves in London on a Wednesday or Sunday evening
should check out the original (from which I believe WLIIA was derived)
at the Comedy Store on Leicester Square. I was there last Sunday and 
the lineup included Josie Lawrence, Paul Merton, Richard Vranche, Jim 
Sweeney, Neil Mullarkey and Lee Simpson.  I have also had the pleasure 
of seeing Tony Slattery perform there on a previous occasion.

There is no fixed moderator at the live show, they all take it in turns.
It's a great night out. Doors open 7pm, show starts 8pm. Queue
starts building around 5:30pm. No tickets are sold in advance. 7 quid to
get in (I think Wed might be a little cheaper).

Maura.
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From: joeisham@sdf.lonestar.org (Joe Isham)
Subject: New "Whose Line?" season in US
Keywords: Whose Line, Comedy Central, improv, blancmange
Organization: sdf pub access UNIX, Dallas--anon logins & uucp avail, no fees
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 17:50:08 GMT


Comedy Central is now airing series 5 of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
in its regular weekday 1030 and 1700 (CT) time slot.

Time Out called this series "the one that finally banished the ghost
of John Sessions from the set".

So far we have:

5.1    Jim Sweeney, Steve Steen, Stephen Frost, Tony Slattery
5.2    Greg Proops, Paul Merton, Ryan Stiles, Josie Lawrence
5.3    Jim Sweeney, Paul Merton, Steve Steen, Tony Slattery
5.4    Jim Sweeney, Stephen Frost, Josie Lawrence, Tony Slattery


More to come.

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From: neilp@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Postlethwaite)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: New UK SCIFI series?
Date: 9 Apr 92 11:20:28 GMT
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland

In article <8663@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> km@mathcs.emory.edu writes:
>Are there any UK science fiction series more recent then the "classics"
>(Dr. Who, Blake's 7, Red Dwarf, Star Cops, Tripods), that may make it
>to US tv? I'm about "rerunned" out on the classics.

	Apart from Red Dwarf I can't think of any. The BBC and ITV don't
seem interested anymore. They would rather pump out more dreadful
sit-coms and game shows. Red Dwarf is up to series 5 BTW.

	Though I suppose the same goes for American TV too (or from
what I can gather). It is Star Trek:TNG, QL (sort of Sci-Fi!). I'm sure
there are more but I can't think of any.

	Neil
From: gah@zoo.bt.co.uk (Geoff Hopson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Spitting Image
Date: 14 Apr 92 08:16:54 GMT
Reply-To: gah@zoo.bt.co.uk
Organization: BT Laboratories

In article 597@cs.hw.ac.uk, neilp@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Postlethwaite) writes:
>What did people think of the new series of Spitting Image ???
>
>I almost wet myself laughing at the Clare Rayner/With Wings sketch.
>
>The Neil/Glenys Kinnock in bed - That was funny (about Chris Patten).
>
>
>	Anyonne else ?!
>
>	Neil

Best sketch IMO was the Conservative voter on the rack being tortured to 
change his vote from Tory to Labour, and not giving in to all sorts of 
pressure (eg electrodes on his testicles). Until, that is, he is introduced 
to the new Tory candidate.....(Ref: Cheltenham)
From: shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Susan Hagan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Black Adder II & IV - Its Here!!!
Date: 12 Apr 92 16:38:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: gandalf.Apr.12.12.38.17.1992.18302
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


I just got the new Signals catalog and on the back page is the
entire Black Adder collection on tape.  Each series is $39.95.

Call toll free 1-800-669-9696.  The catalog numbers are:

BAI - 19611
BAII - 21295
BAIII - 16736
BAIV - 21301
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From: koumis@husc4.harvard.edu (Anthony Koumis)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: POLDARK
Date: 15 Apr 92 22:42:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Apr15.184202.11139
Organization: Harvard University Science Center


Does anyone know if the series Poldark from the 1970's is available on
American videotape, and if so where can it be found.

THanks.
From: howeg@p4.cs.man.ac.uk (Monty Mole)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: BBC Select - what a total rip-off!
Date: 15 Apr 92 10:07:03 GMT

I saw the ad for BBC select and I really think that it is a ripoff. Why
should we pay extra to watch programmes from the BBC to whom we pay a
license fee anyway!!!!!

Monty.
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From: v128juxa@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Schuyjuannah)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Black Adder in Buffalo
Date: 6 Apr 92 20:43:00 GMT
Organization: SUNY@Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


For those Black Adder fans residing in the Buffalo, NY area, you'll be pleased 
to know that BA is having its run on Ch. 17 Saturday at 10:30 PM. It debuted 4 
April (this past Sat.), and if aired chronologically by series, it should end 
by the end of September.

Happy watching......

Tia aka I made this post to alt.comedy.british also, in case you were reading
that group too.
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
From: mfoley@jarthur.claremont.edu (Why don't you try calling me your Snugglebunny and see what happens!!!!)
Subject: Re: Married With Children (Translation problem)
Keywords: Wanker, Bundy, translation, oops
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 05:59:19 GMT
Expires: 5/30/92

In article <stephenm.703433310@p4.cs.man.ac.uk> stephenm@p4.cs.man.ac.uk (M. B. Stephens) writes:
>Several times I have noticed that  Peggy Bundy's maiden name is Wanker.
>
>In British English this is not a very nice thing to call anybody.
>
>What I would like to know is: does this word mean the same in American
>English. (Wank = masturbate; -er = -or)


It means the same here in America as it does in England.
She's called that because she hasn't had sex in three years.
Hence the name 'Wanker'
;-)

Marty
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From: jsm@cs.nott.ac.uk (John Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk,alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Warning about BBC HHGTTG videos
Date: 7 Apr 92 13:30:42 GMT
Reply-To: jsm@cs.nott.ac.uk ()
Organization: Nottingham University

As many people may already know, the BBC have (finally!) released the 1981
TV version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on home video. For those
of you considering purchasing the videos - BEWARE! Although there is some
previously unseen footage (mainly on the second tape), the episodes
themselves have been re-edited into a compilation format - i.e. the start and
end credits on most of the episodes have been hacked out. Perhaps this
might not bother you; however it may well put some people off (I seem to
recall the head of BBC Video saying about 2 years ago that any subsequent
video releases from them would be in their original form, and not edited in
this way).

It should also be borne in mind that the 6 episodes are split into 2 separate
packs, as opposed to 1 double tape pack. This doesn't make a great deal of
difference to the tapes themselves, but it means that the set is more
expensive (double packs are usually 20 pounds or less, single tape packs
are 11 pounds each => you are paying 2 quid more).

[ For those of you wondering what the extended footage contains, I'm afraid
I can't help you. I must admit that I haven't actually seen the tapes yet -
I talked over the phone to a friend who had bought them, and who told me
about their hacked-together format. I _was_ going to buy them, but I don't
think I will now. Anyway, there's about 4 extra scenes included, but
someone else will have to post the exact content of these scenes. ]

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From: "dale clayton" <dale.clayton@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: all creatures guide
Date: 13 Apr 92 13:05:38 EST
Reply-To: "dale clayton" <dale.clayton@canrem.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

Does anyone have an episode guide for "All Creatures, Great and Small"
that they could post?

Thank-you!

Regards,
Dale Clayton
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From: ajnuttal@teaching.cs.adelaide.edu.au (Tony Nuttall)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Info on nice work
Date: 7 Apr 92 13:15:45 GMT

Was browsing in the ABC shop the other day ( retail outlet of OZ's
national broadcaster ) and I saw a novelisation of a series called
"Nice work" , starring Hadyn Gwynne and Warren Clarke.  As far as I
know, it hasn't been shown out here so can someone fill me in on it ?

thanks in advance
tony
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 how can I leave that behind ? '

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From: sjhill@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: A British comedy show hits NZ
Date: 11 Apr 92 21:04:12 +1200
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Just recently a new British comedy has come on air in New Zealand. Its
called "BOTTOM" and it stars Rick Mayall and Adrian Edmundson (of "The 
Young Ones" fame)

Its absolutely hilarious!  One of the most brilliantly funny comedy series 
I've seen since the last series of "The New Statesman" (which also stars
Rick Mayall).

What I'm wanting to know is, how long has "BOTTOM" been in Britain?  Does
anyonw know how many episodes will be, or have been, made? Is it being shown
in the US?  (Actually, was the Young Ones popular in the US?)

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From: martino@wpi.WPI.EDU (Robert Paul Martino Jr)
Subject: High Definition Television
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 16:35:59 GMT

Hello,
	This fall three of us here at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in
Massacusetts in the U.S. will be going over to London to work with the
Institute of Electrical Engineers to study the social consequences of
HDTV before it hits the market around 1995.

	I was wondering if anyone knew of specific organizations or 
induvidual people who we could talk to about HDTV, such as those developing
it, people at BBC, maybe social scientists at colleges who could give some
ideas and speculations about this new technology and its possible effects on
society.

	It seems that the biggest impact of HDTV will be its potential to be
merged with other industries such as computers and telecommunications, 
bringing about a new age of information sharing.

	I would be interested in hearing opinions of anyone who knows 
something about this at all- advantages/disadvantages, technologies that
may soon come about as a result of this, any ideas that you have.  (Yes,
this is going to be quite an open-ended research project!)

Rob

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From: gerry@seq1.keele.ac.uk (G.D.Pratt)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: I laughed till I cried
Keywords: Son of Randi The Magnificant
Date: 15 Apr 92 13:32:33 GMT
Organization: University of Keele, England

Not since the Glory Days of James Randi have I "enjoyed" a TV program as much
as Edward Woodward's IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. I really missed the:-

  Haa...Haa...Haa...Haa...Haa...Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...Hello...I'm James Randi

and if you ignored the sham science, lousy production, tasteless sets and the
pointless humilation of everybody taking part it was one hell of a programme.

Now we have the wonderfully dire "In Suspicious Circumstances" to bogle our
minds every Monday Night after a hard day at the keyboard. There was a great 
review in The Sunday Times which had something like:-

 "...out of the shadows comes a strangley bloated cloaked finger muttering 
  unintelligable words...and that's only the presenter Edward Woodwardwood!!"

Yes this program has it all - class, facts and great dramatic acting.
Unfortunately it all appears to have been edited out and we are left with
just the out-takes, the shadows and the dry ice. Rooooll on Mondays I say!!

gerry
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From: andrewc@spider.co.uk (Andrew Cannon)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Have I got News for You !
Date: 10 Apr 92 10:30:31 GMT
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK.

Hi,
    Did anyone see the Have I got News for You election special last night ?
I have'nt laughed so much in ages !

Also....is anyone watching The Big One ? Last nights episode was a classic. Lots
of witty one liners and smutty jokes...brilliant.

            Andy

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From: griffinb@unix1.tcd.ie (brendan james griffin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: World Snooker
Date: 16 Apr 92 09:56:34 GMT
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin

Good news for all snooker watchers. After last year's miserable coverage
this time the BBC have come to their senses and are giving the World
Championships excellent attention (for the first week at least). They
have around 48 hours for the first week alone- they had only 66 hours
for the whole 17 days of last year's event! Of course, you either like
snooker or you don't, but this is fantastic!

Brendan.