Monday, January 31, 2011

Hardware

Hardware was a sitcom starring Martin Freeman (Bruiser, The Office, The Robinsons, Boy Meets Girl, Sherlock, a bunch of films including the title role in the forthcoming The Hobbit), Peter Serafinowicz (How Do You Want Me?, Look Around You, Peter Serafinowicz Show, Whitechapel), Ken Morley ('Allo 'Allo!, Coronation Street), Ella Kenion (The Green Green Grass, Swinging), Susan Earl (Reggie Perrin, That Mitchell & Webb Situation, Never Better).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_%28TV_series%29

The Bill 1997 - Discs 2-3-4-5




The Bill - 1997 - Discs 2, 3, 4, 5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bill

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Peak Practice

















Peak Practice was a popular drama from Central/Carlton TV for ITV that ran for years, a total of 152 episodes in 12 series (note there are 3 missing episodes here...#108 is not missing even though the photo shows it as so), it finally concluded in Jan. 2002. Amanda Burton is probably one of the more well known actors to be in this. There's a list on the wiki page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_Practice

Being Human


Being Human is a supernatural horror drama currently in its third series. Here are all the episodes to date. The next 6 eps will be available in mid-March. This has vampires, werewolves, ghosts.....and the location of the 3rd series is Barry Island, Wales where some of Gavin & Stacey took place. Hey, Nessa and Bryn were enough to freak me out. Who needs vampires?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_Human_%28TV_series%29

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Skins




Skins is a juvenile drama / comedy. A lowlife training ground for Shameless? Series 5 just recently started but here's Series 1 through 4. These are the original TV episodes with the original music that was deleted from DVD releases due to the high cost of licensing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skins_%28TV_series%29

Murder Investigation Team


Murder Investigation Team (aka MIT in the UK) was a spinoff of The Bill.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.T.:_Murder_Investigation_Team_%28TV_series%29

Jennie - Lady Randolph Churchill

Jennie was a biographical costume mini-series drama in 1974. It was also broadcast in the US on PBS Great Performances. It starred Lee Remick in the title role and also featured Warren Clarke and Barbara Parkins (Peyton Place, Valley of the Dolls). Jeremy Brett, so well remembered for his Sherlock Holmes, appeared in two of the episodes. Jennie was the mother of Winston.

Dalziel & Pascoe











Dalziel and Pascoe was a long running crime series partially based on the books by Reginald Hill about two detectives in Yorkshire. Dalziel is played by Warren Clarke and Dalziel by Colin Buchanan with a very impressive list of one-off guest stars. These are TV recordings. I point that out as I believe most of D&P is available on DVD in the Region 2 part of the world while Episodes 1 - 7 (and 8 - 11 shortly) are available in Region 1 land.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalziel_and_Pascoe_%28BBC_TV_series%29 

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The Protectors




The Protectors. The "action-adventure-crime-thriller" starring a multi-national cast of Robert Vaughn, the late Nyree Dawn Porter, the late Anthony Anholt, with the late Anthony Chinn, and Yasuko Nagazumi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protectors

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Man In A Suitcase




Man In A Suitcase was another ITC production. This was supposed to fill the void of Danger Man (Secret Agent Man in the US) when Patrick McGoohan left that to do the cult classic The Prisoner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_a_Suitcase
You never know who might pop up in any of these ITC programs. Below top is Bill Owen and Rodney Bewes in the episode The Bridge. Below that finds them back together (with James Bolam) about 6 years later in Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?