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From: Robert.Hartill@cm.cf.ac.uk (virtual user)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Number of Episodes in Brit TV Series
Date: 1 Sep 92 07:31:55 GMT
Organization: Computing Maths (COMMA), UWCC, Wales, UK

Kip J. Guinn wrote...
-|The local PBS station was running episodes of "Waiting for God" and
-|"Keeping up Appearances", and they stopped after about 6 of each.
-|
-|I realize these may be fairly new and not have many episodes to sell,
-|and I also understand that the Brits do their TV differently in terms
-|of the number of episodesper year, BUT:
-|
-|I don't understant how they can make shows that only run for 6-10
-|weeks per year.  Here in the US, most shows make about 24-26 episodes,

Why do the words QUANTITY and QUALITY suddenly 
spring to mind..

I think we're just starting the third series of 
Keeping Up Appearences. I only remember (want to 
remember) one series of Waiting For God.

Back to the number of episodes..

I used to enjoy Allo Allo in it's earlier years. 
Then when the American TV compaines bought it and 
demanded more episodes, the BBC started to make 
26 episodes a year. From then on, the show just got
worse and worse.

I don't think anyone can write comedy at this rate.
Most of the US comedies we see here in the UK seem
to confirm this theory.

Flame reducer : I'm not saying that only writing 6-10 
                episodes insures quality.
                

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From: tovah@panix.com (Tovah Hollander)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: To the Manor Born Episode Guide (spoilers)
Date: 28 Aug 92 20:19:51 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

>A poster recently asked for an episode guide for To The Manor Born.

This isn't the one which was posted before (because I've never posted
it before), but it is an episode guide (at least to all the episodes
shown in Los Angeles about 8 years ago).

Spoiler warning: If you read this, you will know what happens at the
end of the series.  Then again, if you can't figure out what's going
to happen at the end from the very first episode, this probably isn't
the program for you.

                       Episode Guide
                     To the Manor Born

Episode 1:  In which Audrey fforbes-Hamilton buries her husband and
            loses her manor to a grocer.

Episode 2:  In which Richard DeVere and Mrs. Polowicka move to the
            manor and the neighboring widow does not become his social
	    secretary.

Episode 3:  In which Richard does not go to church and neither does
	    Audrey.

Episode 4:  In which Audrey buys Richard a horse and he thanks her
	    with a mantelpiece.

Episode 5:  In which Marjory is asked to organize the Hunt Ball.

Episode 6:  In which Audrey goes to Spain alone, and Richard and Marjory
	    go to the woods together.

Episode 7:  In which Audrey bounces a check and Richard makes a commercial.

Episode 8:  In which Ned gets a temporary home, but almost loses his
	    permanent one.

Episode 9:  In which Richard loses a priceless vase and Audrey gets some
            pricey estimates.

Episode 10: In which Arthur the itinerant laborer gets 50 from Richard
	    and 50 from Audrey as well.

Episode 11: In which Podge Hodge isn't any longer.

Episode 12: In which Richard does not destroy the hedgerows and is not
            made a knight.

Episode 13: In which Audrey hurts her back and Richard learns to ski.

Episode 14: In which the Scouts and Guides get a new hut and Richard
	    goes punting.

Episode 15: In which Audrey saves the railway station.

Episode 16: In which Audrey sells Bee-Eater Honey.

Episode 17: In which Richard buys a helicopter for himself and a car
	    for Audrey.

Episode 18: In which Richard acquires a temporary English wife in order
            to acquire a permanent French business partner.

Episode 19: In which Uncle Greville helps out because blood is thicker
	    than water.

Episode 20: In which Audrey fforbes-Hamilton regains her manor and
	    marries the grocer.
-- 
Tovah Hollander
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From: minnear@ll.mit.edu (Bob Minnear)
Subject: East Enders 
Originator: minnear@ll.mit.edu (Bob Minnear)
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington MA
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 17:25:00 GMT


Is 'East Enders' still on anywhere?  I used to watch in Buffalo, NY
a couple of years ago, but haven't been able to find it anywhere
since then.  I'd love to at least have a brief summary of what happened.
From: pd@x.co.uk (Paul Davey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: A Very Polish Practice (AVPP)
Date: 4 Sep 92 18:58:24 GMT
Organization: IXI Ltd.


I saw a trailer for the above yesterday (for Sunday night coming,
BBC1).

It's a follow up to the womderful A Very Peculiar Practice with Dr.
Dacre (sp?) played once again by Peter Davidson. Now married with
children his former girlfriend played by Joanna Kanska is now his
wife.

The awful spiv Doctor (Robert not Bob) who's surname escapes me is
also back again.

I think it's a one episode play rather than a series.

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From: hermit@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Ron O\'Dell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk,soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Stinkers!
Date: 30 Aug 1992 04:54:38 GMT
Organization: The Pen
Reply-To: keeper@deeptht.armory.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucscb.ucsc.edu


>:  "What are some of the shows in the UK we here in the US will never see?"
>: Noel's Addicts : Hosted by Noel Edmonds - an ex-BBC radio DJ who has
>:              hosted 'entertainment' shows in his own style for quite
>:              some time now.  Most of his shows may be described as
>:              "Madcap" by some newspapers, but most people with an
>:              IQ larger than that of a glass of water describe them as
>:              "Crap".  

Very interesting that you say we'd never see that in the U.S.


While it's undoubtedly true, Noel did in fact have a special (or two?)
in the U.S. during the mid- or late 1980s.  Apparently it wasn't well enough
received, as there were no more.

Actually, come to remember it, it was a week's worth of programmes he did.

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From: ajn@physics.wm.edu (Alastair Neil)
Subject: Re: Americanising of the UK, Now: British
Reply-To: ajn@physics.wm.edu
Organization: Rio de Caca Illuminati
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 01:27:50 GMT

In article 6186@rock.concert.net, gingell@rock.concert.net (Michael J Gingell -- Personal Account) writes:
>In article <2812@perl-sun.dwrsun4.UUCP> perl@dwrsun4.UUCP (Robert Perlberg) writes:
>>Public television has borrowed (almost depended) on the BBC for
>>as long as I can remember, and there is no trace of British TV on any
>>of the commercial stations.
>>
>
>There are one or two notable exceptions. Benny Hill has been on many
>newtwork stations. Also on cable channels like A&E (Black Adder), Comedy
>CHannel (Black Adder, Monty Python), Bravo (Lenny Henry, Fry & Laurie),
>Alias Smith & Jones was on late night on one of the national big 3
>network stations last year.
>
also The Young Ones and Comic Strip stuff on MTV


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From: graeme@abekrd.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: New Morse
Date: 1 Sep 92 14:56:23 GMT
Organization: Abekas Video Systems, Reading, UK.

In <1992Aug28.100926.3541@cs.hw.ac.uk> neilp@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Postlethwaite) writes:


>Just remembered from the weekend papers.

>The next series of Inspector Morse is going to be the last one. They are
>about to finish the shooting and the article was talking about the
>final episode which is going to be a real blockbuster one.

	Didn't they say that about the last series ? I thought we'd seen the
back of the man with the Jag :-(

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From: pjs@euclid.JPL.NASA.GOV (Peter J. Scott)
Subject: Re: Thunderbirds Episode Guide
Reply-To: pjs@euclid.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/Caltech
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 16:29:48 GMT

> >>    Is there any thunderbirds episode guides available
> >>    via FTP  or is there any book in print.

"_The Gerry Anderson Episode Guidebook_ - every episode listed and
discussed from _Twizzle_ through to _Dick Spanner_ taking in, of
course, _Thunderbirds_, _Captain Scarlet_, _UFO_, et al.  180 pages,
8 in full color."  \pounds 8.99, from Engale Marketing, 332 Lytham Road,
Blackpool, Lancs., FY4 1DW, UK.  Sterling only, so US customers probably
want to use credit cards (in which case you can let them figure the
postage for you, I don't have that amount here).

-- 
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From: vidynath@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyarath K Rao)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: 'Allo 'Allo episode list wanted
Date: 1 Sep 1992 10:03:49 -0400
Organization: Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: function.mps.ohio-state.edu


The title says it all. 

I have been watching 'Allo 'Allo on WOSU in Columbus. On one occasion, the
episodes were clearly out of order (based on Rene's monologue). When they
started repeating the episodes, the last episode shown seemed to be "in
the middle", with no finality. Now WOSU is nearing the same point in the
second run that I am watching. I would like to know if I have seen all of
the show.

Thanks in advace for any information.

-- 
Vidhyanth Rao			It is the man, not the method, that solves
nathrao+@osu.edu		the problem. - Henri Poincare
(614)-366-9341			[as paraphrased by E. T. Bell]
From: steve@apricot.co.uk (Steve Flavell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Stinkers: Dempsey and Makepeace
Date: 28 Aug 92 09:41:19 GMT
Organization: Apricot Computers Limited

pete@minster.york.ac.uk writes:

>John Francis (johnf@apollo.hp.com) wrote:
>: In article <1992Aug26.013128.27086@peponi.wcc.govt.nz> dunlop_f@med.wcc.govt.nz writes:
>: >We had D & M here in New Zealand. I reckoned it wasn't too bad. 
>: >I liked the Ford Escort one of them drove.
>: 
>: Cosworth Sierra, I believe.  What with that and Soo Lin . . . .
>: 
>: -- 
>: John Francis                                johnf@apollo.hp.com
>: The world can be divided into two classes :-
>:  those who divide people into two classes, and those who don't.

>End of an era - the Sierra Cosworth will cease to be manufactured at the end
>of this year. Blame the recession and insurance premiums.

Yes but Ford have just released the Escort Cosworth, an all together more   
powerful and good looking car than the Sierra.

Wait till you see one, the rear wing is even larger and it has huge bulbous
wheel arches to encase the wheels.

>Pete
>--
>*Peter Fenelon -- Research Associate -- Software Safety Assessment Procedures*
>Dept. of Computer Science, University of York, York, Y01 5DD (+44/0)904 433388
>EMAIL: pete@minster.york.ac.uk `There's no room for enigmas in built up areas'
From: pete@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: The Mary Whitehouse Experiance
Date: 3 Sep 92 12:08:21 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Timothy Emanuel (tex@cs.nott.ac.uk) wrote:
: 
: Tim "See that bloke who presented `Mainly for Men' on TV Hell, that's you
: that is" Emanuel

Stunning programme, Mainly for Men. I wonder why the presenter was never
seen again... obviously the market for Raymond Baxter impersonators was in
recession...

pete
--
*Peter Fenelon -- Research Associate -- Software Safety Assessment Procedures*
Dept. of Computer Science, University of York, York, Y01 5DD (+44/0)904 433388
EMAIL: pete@minster.york.ac.uk `There's no room for enigmas in built up areas'
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From: c8643631@cc.newcastle.edu.au (THE MAD DUCK)
Subject: The Bill question
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 01:56:18 GMT

Can anyone tell me what the situation is regarding 'The Bill'?

I had read recently (two months ago) that some other program would be
replacing it in 1993. 

I know Thames TV lost their licence, but I had heard they would still 
remain a production company and thus I assumed they would still be
producing 'The Bill'.

Please answer this vitally important question as I am going bald from the
worry of not being able to view my favourite (and what I believe the best
ever) cop show.

Thank you.

Edward Duck

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From: lskinner@emr1.emr.ca (Lauren Skinner)
Subject: The Chief
Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 15:02:17 GMT

Can anyone in the U.K. inform me when this will be telecast
in Britain?

Thanks,  Lauren
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From: johnf@apollo.hp.com (John Francis)
Subject: Re: Stinkers: Dempsey and Makepeace
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:53:49 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA

In article <1992Aug26.013128.27086@peponi.wcc.govt.nz> dunlop_f@med.wcc.govt.nz writes:
>We had D & M here in New Zealand. I reckoned it wasn't too bad. 
>I liked the Ford Escort one of them drove.

Cosworth Sierra, I believe.  What with that and Soo Lin . . . .

-- 
John Francis                                johnf@apollo.hp.com
The world can be divided into two classes :-
 those who divide people into two classes, and those who don't.
From: alan.kennedy@canrem.com (alan kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: coronation street
Date: 2 Sep 92 00:45:14 GMT
Reply-To: "alan kennedy" <alan.kennedy@canrem.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

Can someone please tell me how often Coronation Street airs in the UK?
I am almost positive it is just three times a week.

Here in Toronto, we are about four months behind (it is now April on the
show). They announced today that it will be on four times a week. I'm
wondering if they are just trying ot catch up, or if indeed there are
now four shows a week in the UK?

Thanks for the info!
alan.kennedy@canrem.com
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From: stig@edb.tih.no (Stig Wahlstroem,TIH)
Subject: The Dream Machine
Reply-To: stig@edb.tih.no
Organization: T I H / T I S I P 
Posting-Front-End: Winix Conference v 92.05.15  1.20 (running under MS-Windows)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:53:33 GMT

Do anybody have a copy of the serial from BBC, "The Dream Machine"???
It was shown on BBC sometime in 1990-92!!! (I think!!)

-or do you know how and where I can get such a copy???

Stig Wahlstrm

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From: Michael.Wheeley@mixcom.mixcom.com (Michael.Wheeley)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: ITC videos address request
Keywords: mail order
Date: 28 Aug 92 03:29:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: mixcom.1992Aug28.032918.10994
Distribution: usa
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.

In <25AUG199212391905@gallstone.bucknell.edu> jhill@gallstone.bucknell.edu (HILL, S JACKSON) writes:

>Can anyone please post or e-mail the address of ITC Videos, 

From the back of a SPACE1999 video which I bought in a video store over
here:
    J2 Communications,
    10850 Wilshire Boulevard
    Suite 1000
    Los Angeles CA 90024.

I don't know the British address of ITC though,

Regards,
Michael.
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Milwaukee Wisconsin. (Where's The Bubbler??)
Brit's across America.
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From: graeme@abekrd.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)
Subject: Gordon Bennett
Organization: Abekas Video Systems, Reading, UK.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 10:53:23 GMT


	Origins of the use of the term "Gordon Bennett" as a mild curse will
probably be wide and varied but heres mine just for the record. Many
Southern English residents will pronounce the word God as Gawd (well thats
southerners for you ;-) and as in "Christian" society this is frowned upon
a sudden exlamation of Gawd could be reworked to say Gawd-don Bennett thus
saving you from hell and damnation for all eternity for taking our Lords
name in vain.
	Whether or not there is/was a famour Mr Bennett (apart from the one
on "Take Hart" natch, anyway wasn't he called Tony ?) I don't know.

	Oh no I can here it now. All over the US there are netters brushing
up on their "Dick Van Dyke" cockney accents.......
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|Abekas Video Systems,12 Portman Rd,|    and there's nothing you say,        |
|Reading,Berks,ENGLAND.             |      that I want to hear....."         |
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From: linda@psy.uwa.oz.au (Sarah Connor)
Subject: THE PROFESSIONALS: Burning question
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 01:37:50 GMT

Does anyone remember this series?

Help!  A friend of a friend of a friend innocently asked the question
"What was Bodie's first name?" and, after numerous phonecalls around the city
we've discovered that no one can remember it.  Can anyone out there remember
what it was ?

Linda
From: andrewc@spider.co.uk (Andrew Cannon)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: The Mary Whitehouse Experiance
Date: 2 Sep 92 08:05:30 GMT
Organization: Back on the funny farm.


Nice to see the BBC repeating The Mary Whitehouse Experiance again. Will there
be a new series we ask ourselves ?

"Oh shit, I hate when they do that. Why can't they just leave you alone to read
the paper"

"Piss Off"

	     Andy "Oh no, what a personal disaster" Cannon
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From: arkhive@apusapus.demon.co.uk (Ailsa Jenkins)
Subject: Americanising of the UK, Now: British TV in North Ame 
Distribution: world
Organization: QLA - Quantum Leap Anonymous
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 23:17:46 +0000


In article <1992Aug27.194144.23480@ttinews.tti.com> jackson@soldev.tti.com writes:

> In Los Angeles we are watching "The House of Eliot". I am not sure why.

I watched all the first series in the UK and I'm not sure why either. I
think that Stella Gonet (Bea) and Aden Gillett (Jack) might have had
something to do with that. Lots of good cameo roles too (eg Anthony
Valentine).  Oh YES maybe the wonderful costumes - the best is yet to
come...
 
> ... Despite all the above I am sort of enjoying it even though the
> most interesting characters have a habit of suddenly being dissappeared
> from the series.

The case of the disappearing characters. Oh, boy! A pet subject of mine!

"Here's a great idea for a new series. We're pushed for time so let's get a
different person to write each episode." 

Do these writers ever talk to each other? Does the producer realise that
characters "all over the place" does not endear them to the public? Maybe
I'm just TOO critical/ cynical in my middle age? Maybe most of the viewing
public doesn't notice?

>  ...Wotsername was
> interviewed on the radio just before the series started and said it had
> been tremendously popular in the UK to the extent that a second series is
> being made.                                         

> I don't know when it was current in the UK, was it well received over
> there?

Wotsername (Jean Marsh) was exaggerating a little IMHO about the
"tremendously popular" bit. It ran Saturday evenings last autumn/ winter
on BBC1. I don't think that the viewing figures were particularly high. I
WAS rather surprised that it had gone to a second series (but then so has
"Trainer" with Mark Greenwood). Was it "Morse" it was up against? If it was
no wonder it didn't do that well. Detectives/ Crime stories tend to fair
better in the UK than "pretty" productions.

BTW The lovely Louise (Lombard) and Stella (Gonet) are on the front cover
of next week's Radio Times, (week 5 - 11 September) presumably heralding
the second series.
____________________________________________________________________

Ailsa R Jenkins (arkhive@apusapus.demon.co.uk) 134 Frankland Road, Croxley Green,
RICKMANSWORTH, Herts, WD3 3AU, UK

`I got me a mirror, and looked at my face and said, "Ain't life a bitch."'
    Ted Klausterman in "3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down"
From: toomer@med.wcc.govt.nz
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: WANTED: Coronation St Info
Date: 26 Aug 92 02:58:05 GMT
Reply-To: toomer@med.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ

please send me all the lastest news on coronation str,has mike got married,
mrs bishop gone mad and move into a home ? all other info would be greatful
-ly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Greg