Saturday, March 17, 2012

Call Me Fitz


Call Me Fitz is a Canadian comedy. Filmed in Nova Scotia, it is returning for a third season in September.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call Me Fitz

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Roger & Val Have Just Got In

The second series of Roger & Val Have Just Go In has ended. A bit different comedy that takes place in real time during the first half hour Roger and Val return home from work....or something like that. Starring Dawn French and Alfred Molina.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger & Val Have Just Got In

Shameless

Shameless has wrapped up its 9th series. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shameless

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Wild At Heart

Wild At Heart has wrapped up its 7th series. No word yet on whether it will be back next winter for an 8th. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild At Heart

The Other 'Arf

The first 14 episodes (of 26) of the 80's sitcom The Other 'Arf.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Other 'Arf
http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/other/index.html

The Cuckoo Waltz


The Cuckoo Waltz was a 70's sitcom starring Diane Keen (The Feathered Serpent, Rings On Their Fingers, You Must Be The Husband, September Song, Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Doctors) and David Roper (Harry, EastEnders) as a young couple who take in a lodger to help make ends meet. The lodger was played by Lewis Collins (The Professionals, Cluedo) in the first 3 series and by Ian Saynor (The Mallens, The District Nurse) as a different lodger in the last series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Cuckoo Waltz

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive

Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive was a comedy that parodied quiz shows and was a show within a show with a format similar to the Larry Sanders Show. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive

For The Love Of Ada


I'm pleased to say that this gentle comedy from 40+ years ago is now not only complete, but entirely nice crisp digital video. For The Love Of Ada starred Irene Handl, Wilfred Pickles, Barbara Mitchell and Jack Smethurst and was created and written by the team of Harry Driver and Vince Powell who also did George and the Dragon, Never Mind The Quality Feel The Width and created and did some of the writing for Love Thy Neighbour and Bless This House. Harry Driver died shortly after For The Love Of Ada and Vince Powell went on to do Mind Your Language and the last three series of Never The Twain. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For The Love Of Ada

Friday, March 9, 2012

Stella

Stella is a new Welsh comedy-drama by Ruth Jones. James Corden, her former co-creator/co-writer/co-star of Gavin & Stacey makes an appearance in the final episode. Also with familiar faces such as Maggie Steed, Owen Teale, Elizabeth Berrington, Steve Speirs. And if you pay attention you'll even catch Deddie Davies from time to time....which certainly made me smile. It's been reported that Stella will be returning sometime in the future.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella

Prisoners' Wives

Prisoners' Wives is a new drama.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners' Wives

Kidnap And Ransom

Kidnap And Ransom returned for another 3-part serial.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnap And Ransom

Thanks

Thanks very much to everyone that has or is responding to my data loss predicament, particularly to those who made very generous non-reciprocating offers from the US to the UK to Down Under. It's much appreciated and recovery is progressing. I'm still looking for these titles. Some of them I'm not expecting to find, yet I know some of these titles have been quite popular with the readers of this blog. uktvfl@yahoo.com
After The War
Any Human Heart
The Cut (Australia)
Edgar Wallace Theatre
The Far Pavilions
Foreign Bodies
The Hollowmen (Australia)
Is It Legal (DVD rips)
The Jenson Code
Life Without George
Love Hurts (always seemed like it was a popular set?)
Lytton's Diary
Mad About Alice + Never Better
Our Mutual Friend
Party Animals
Road To Avonlea (avi format) (Canada)
Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
Then Churchill Said To Me
Time After Time
Up The Garden Path 
Will Shakespeare
Within These Walls


I received several e-mails from people looking for the new Whitechapel series. I'm waiting on the first series which was among the missing. Also, Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff. When Pramface finishes up on the 29th I'll put it on a disc with that. The new series of The Indian Doctor is another one. I'm waiting on recovering the first series. 
Again, thanks very much.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Coronation St. + Emmerdale + EastEnders



The latest from the big 3 evening drama serials.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Citizen James

The 10 surviving episodes, of the early 60's sitcom Citizen James, have been remastered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen James 

The Plane Makers



The Plane Makers was a 60's industrial drama with a lot of kitchen sink elements although the focus was on management. It ran for 3 series (58 episodes). Only the very first (of 16) episode from Series 1 survives. These discs contain that and the 28 Series 2 episodes. It's unknown if the 13 Series 3 episodes will find their way into the hands of the public at this time. Episode 22 from Series 2 is missing from the episode guides so I don't know if there was one or not. 
If you go on the "A-z" website you will see that these are not easy to come by and can be had only at a considerable cost. Mancunian Ken made a great effort to make these available. This show was continued as The Power Game which you can look for here in the future. The 96 or 97 47-minute episodes of Plane Makers / Power Game made it one of the longest TV drama productions of the 60's. Although little of this program takes place in a plane, I do enjoy the cavernous mockup they used for those scenes. If only passenger jets did have 10 foot ceilings! Looks like the inside of a C4-Galaxy. That's Wendy Craig serving drinks.