Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Mean Mums + This Way Up

new comedy from New Zealand

new UK comedy written by and starring Aisling Bea 
with Sharon Horgan and is a Horgan-type comedy 
about those that can't function like 
responsible normal people

Deep Water (UK)


No idea if this is related to the same-name Australian series from a few years ago.

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Great Canal Journeys



Life on the water with Timothy West and Prunella Scales. Not your typical travel type documentary show hosted by some actor or presenter as it's as much about them as their journey and destinations.
The show has now ended. In April 2016 I posted a disc here containing the first 14 episodes, but the quality wasn't very good. All these files are new and from excellent quality HD recordings.

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Dad's Army - Lost Episodes


The 3 lost Dad's Army episodes from 50 years ago were recreated and aired last week. While the replacement actors were not trying to impersonate the original cast, they still could have probably done a better selection for some of the roles. I thought Kevin Bishop did a good job as Walker in the 2015 TV movie We're Doomed! To me, this time around,  the most obvious weak link was Robert Bathurst as Sgt. Wilson, whose performance was a flat as a first-draft script read-through. 

Sunday, September 1, 2019

Come Back Mrs. Noah + Oh Happy Band!


Two one-off sitcoms from about 40 years back by the team that gave us 'Allo 'Allo! and Are You Being Served?


Mrs Noah was previously available, but the complete Oh Happy Band! was not

Chewin' The Fat


The best bits from the 1999-2002 Scottish comedy sketch show edited for wide television and containing the six episodes both with hard-coded subtitles and without.

Keeping Faith - Series 2


The Last Song


Early 80's comedy from Carla Lane starring Geoffrey Palmer and Caroline Blakiston

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