I remember having a huge crush on Paula Wilcox when I was a kid in the 70s.
@iangascoigne8231
Жыл бұрын
So did I.
@63mckenzie
Жыл бұрын
@@iangascoigne8231 Many men of a certain vintage do. She was attractive, but not so much that you didn't think you had a chance with her! Women like Susan George, Raquel Welch etc were just way out of your league, but Paula....
@tonycoffey2485
Жыл бұрын
Who didn't?
@liamoconnor9487
Жыл бұрын
Me too.
@Digital_Ninja279
Жыл бұрын
I only discovered her recently and I have a crush on her now.
@alwaysbrokendown
Жыл бұрын
Paula wilcox has definitely been a legend in her lifetime, proper stood the test of time
@richardgale4827
Жыл бұрын
The whole ensemble cast of The Smoking Room were outstanding.
@briscoethecollie1510
Жыл бұрын
Y'would, though...
@atilllathehun1212
Жыл бұрын
Only one of those I remember is the Cuckoo Waltz, mainly as I had a thing for the lovely Diane Keen.
@briscoethecollie1510
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't she in summat set in a village in the early 80s?
@timzilla
Жыл бұрын
This channel is a treasure trove of well-deserved and rightfully forgotten garbage. I love it!
@bobacrey1068
Жыл бұрын
The Cuckoo Waltz was written by Sarah Lancashire's dad Geoffrey
@FatNorthernBigot
Жыл бұрын
Did Gareth Hunt really make a gay Santa joke ? 😀
@AtheistOrphan
Жыл бұрын
I’m afraid he did. (It was the 70s though).
@goweresque
Жыл бұрын
Miss Jones and Son: the good old days, when a person could ring their GP late at night and speak to them personally...........and even get them to come out and treat them!
@bluebyyou7504
Жыл бұрын
Yup, mone was Dr. Harvey
@turnercraig9953
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant channel one of the very best on KZitem!! Keep up the brilliant work
@richardgale4827
Жыл бұрын
A Small Problem: "Are you taking the mickey?" [...tumbleweeds... ...empires rise and fall...] "What me?" [Lone embarrassed laugh from an adjoining corridor; otherwise crickets] The secret of great comedy is ti
@robmortimer4150
Жыл бұрын
Glad it wasn’t just me who noticed that horrible gap
@craigdickinson1796
Жыл бұрын
Which one was that ?
@orchidcarpetcleaningrp6061
Жыл бұрын
Hooray for The Young Ones
@bob-sb2zu
4 ай бұрын
Cukoo waltz was very successful and fondly remembered by many
@mirage123451
Жыл бұрын
I remember the theme tune to The Misfits: Its not easy, livin' in the old UK, its not easy, but The Misfits do okay. Other than that and the Cuckoo Waltz I've never even heard of the rest...
@diogenesagogo
Жыл бұрын
Two brilliant actors in the last scene - Jonathan Pryce & Norman Rodway. Wouldn't have minded seeing more of that.
@steevobarker581
Жыл бұрын
I really like this channel. Commentary is just right. But even the so called bad shows remind me of how much fun the old days were . Thanks mate.
@EastyyBlogspot
Жыл бұрын
One thing i have noticed watching these vids....how often i come across actors and actresses that I recognise and have seen a lot over the 80s and 90s....but no idea the names lol
@TheDukeofMadness
Жыл бұрын
I originally came to this channel thinking I was so into the obscure television out there because I had seen Metal Mickey and nobody I knew could remember it. I now know I was an amateur.
@stephenwalker2924
Жыл бұрын
Same here. Great name, by the way...(insert 'Red Badge of Courage' wink-wink here...)
@TheDukeofMadness
Жыл бұрын
@@stephenwalker2924 Thanks. I was actually named after a cousin of my mother's but I do 'allow' the mystique to do with it.
@susanscott8653
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching Metal Mickey here in New Zealand in the mid 1980s.
@RalfyCustoms
Жыл бұрын
You know, I've no idea but I can't get enough of these, thanks for sharing 👍
@Twirlyhead
Жыл бұрын
Cuckoo Waltz was very popular. Deckchairs in the house.
@eggbod
Жыл бұрын
The first couple of 2009 Misfits series are great.
@larrydavid6852
Жыл бұрын
I liked A Small Problem. Supposedly it generated a lot of complaints at the time because people didn't understand that it was satirical. I think it aired on BBC2, on the slot that Red Dwarf eventually filled.
@MichaelCarroll
Жыл бұрын
"And on tonight's episode of Roger Doesn't Live Here Any More, the part of Jonathan Pryce will be played by 80s-era Chris De Burgh..."
@stuartedwards3840
Жыл бұрын
I recall a show called “hope it rains” about a poor man’s Madame Tussaud’s in some beach town. No idea why it sticks as it was pretty crap.
@Anthingll
Жыл бұрын
It starred Tom Bell and the actress who played Ace in Dr Who iirc.
@craigstratford5086
Жыл бұрын
@@Anthingll Tom Bell was brilliant at playing slightly seedy and unhinged characters. His Jack the Hat in the Krays was Superb
@andrewbowman4611
Жыл бұрын
The only reason I've heard of No That's Me Over Here is because Graham Chapman of Monty Python wrote for it, as did Eric Idle, in fact. Chapman also wrote two more Corbett sitcoms: Now Look Here and its sequel The Prince of Denmark.
@simonatford1
Жыл бұрын
And co-written with Barry Cryer
@cdeford
Жыл бұрын
I think The Cuckoo Waltz was quite popular. The only one on this list I remember anyway.
@CaitiffPrimogen
Жыл бұрын
I dont think I ever knew about these ones in the first place!
@ol1ver49
Жыл бұрын
No recall on 9 of them. However the Cuckoo Waltz seemed to be on Granada for some years (not in other regions perhaps) - recalled because the actors went on to other things (David Roper turned up in EastEnders) and production improved markedly from the clip you showed (the first episode I think)
@AndrewHalliwell
Жыл бұрын
I wonder what Lewis Collins did next.... How,that is a poser...
@lexiwilson9501
Жыл бұрын
We got it up here in Scotland.
@richardgale4827
Жыл бұрын
It seemed to get a fair run on Westward Television/TSW. I'm not convinced the rest of them made it to the pointy corner of the country.
@neilmurray7330
Жыл бұрын
The Cuckoo Waltz was written by Geoffrey Lancashire, Sarah’s dad. He also wrote many episodes of Corrie.
@michaelhurley7749
Жыл бұрын
I'd been trying to remember the title of the sitcom which had musical numbers in it. Thanks for including it. As I remember it, it had very few songs and they were repeated ad nauseam.
@MartysWhiteSuit
2 ай бұрын
Goodness. Jonathan Pryce. Local boy to me, though about ten years older, so we weren't at school together. They have a picture of him up in the local Wetherspoons as a local hero.
@sdmcustoms
Жыл бұрын
"Garreth hunt"....cockney rhyming slang at its best ...
@FranzSanchez-ky9up
Жыл бұрын
A Small Problem looks fascinatingly bleak. I just looked it up and even the theme tune gives me the shivers... and I'm 6ft 2in. I''m definately watching it over the weekend.
@CarlisleCultCinemaClub
Жыл бұрын
I loved a small problem when I was a kid
@bradfry5403
Жыл бұрын
I served Diane keen in a shop I worked in a few years ago, she still look gorgeous.
@AtheistOrphan
Жыл бұрын
Saw her in the early 70s sex comedy ‘The Sex Thief’ - quite hirsute.
@stephenwalker2924
Жыл бұрын
@@AtheistOrphan Everyone was quite hirsute in the early 70s. There are websites and things if you are interested in that kind of stuff...😉
@stephenwalker2924
Жыл бұрын
@@AtheistOrphan Just remembered. I should have just shouted: 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush' at you...
@AtheistOrphan
Жыл бұрын
@@stephenwalker2924 - ‘The horror, the horror.......’
@wearetomorrowspast.5617
Жыл бұрын
A Small Problem has proper "Get 'Em Out By Friday" vibe about it.
@michaelcampin1464
Жыл бұрын
Apartheight was originally a proramme by the Goodies many years before that programme
@jimmythebantam
Жыл бұрын
Also Cuffy, with Bernard Cribbins which was a Central sitcom, a spin-off from an ATV show called Shillingbury Tales
@AtheistOrphan
Жыл бұрын
I think The Shillingbury Tales is currently being broadcast on one of the minor channels, possibly Talking Pictures.
@elizabethmcpherson-lt9vh
Жыл бұрын
I love this bloke's accent!
@ca32
Жыл бұрын
Wow a list of 10 I've never heard of and am ambivalent towards.
@tonelemoan
Жыл бұрын
Yeah? Well I'm more ambivalent than you. Can't prove it though.
@dickturban8706
Жыл бұрын
i seem to remember one called chints or chintz possibly michelle dottrice ( excuse spelling ) and rodney bewes
@annoldham3018
Жыл бұрын
God yes, that was a shocker!🤣🤣🤣
@dickturban8706
Жыл бұрын
@@annoldham3018 yes it was, im mistaken about rodney bewes how-ever, only 7 episodes made, thank you at least im not going crazy it really was out there
@brantnuttall
Жыл бұрын
you certainly did well today. i'd never heard of any of them
@David_Baxendale
Жыл бұрын
It's nice to see the general view of the Daily telegraph hasn't changed over the years.
@BudTheChud
Жыл бұрын
I’m waiting for you to cover The Happy Apple, starring Leslie Ash. I’ve searched for it and cannot find any references. It was about Nancy, a secretary working at an advertising agency. Am I the only one who remembers this?
@byronmills5952
Жыл бұрын
No your not. It was a really good show - also starred Nicky Henson. 40 year ago this summer as I type this - 1983.
@markchapman6800
Жыл бұрын
I've noticed on a few recent ones that he says a lot of people have mentioned various shows, but he's still included them - he's already knee-deep in the No Footage Available sitcoms though, so it's not looking good. _The Happy Apple_ seems unique in being remembered by so many people, all of whom are convinced that no-one else does!
@jimmythebantam
Жыл бұрын
Another one to mention, Mornin’ Sarge - kind of a pre-Thin Blue Line Thin Blue Line with Robin Driscoll, Tony Haase and Paul Brooke, all of whom have appeared in Mr Bean with Rowan Atkinson who was in Thin Blue Line!
@wagonsworld9592
Жыл бұрын
"Pie in the sky" I think.
@mirage123451
Жыл бұрын
Father Matthews Daughter starred James Bolam as a catholic priest who has to act as guardian to an orphan. I remember very little about it except it got terrible newspaper reviews... Bolam also starred as the cartoon character Andy Capp for 6 episodes in 1988.
@tonelemoan
Жыл бұрын
OK I got one: Cuckoo Waltz. That's almost the limit of my memory recall. All I remember before that is Play Away and Pipkins. Shortly after emerging, exhausted and traumatised from a gooey void.
@Gmackematix
Жыл бұрын
Of those, I was only aware of the mainstream one that had four series, The Cuckoo Waltz. Of that one I vaguely remember the theme tune, the stars and little else. Funny how there were only 3 to 4 channels in the 80s (and half the time BBC2 was showing the test card, snooker, old films or OU broadcasts), yet we seem to have had more forgotten sitcoms than there were weeks in the decade. PS. The 2000s Misfits wasn't that bad.
@prk55
Жыл бұрын
If a programme didn't turn out to be a good as was intended, or not popular, it would be shown at odd times. ITV in particular would show them outside of (what we know call) prime time. They had to protect their income by putting the most popular programmes in advertiser friendly slots. Some sitcoms would find themselves moved to after the late night news or weekend afternoons. Sometimes with big gaps between episodes. It's no wonder they aren't remembered .
@jamesmaclennan4525
Жыл бұрын
@@prk55 Funnily enough Diane Keene was later in an episode of the Professionals where she was shot by Lewis Collins as Bodie.
@philrob1978
Жыл бұрын
I remember "The Cuckoo Waltz" quite well - as for the rest of them - *shrug*. Though, "A Small Problem" - now, I'm not getting all judgemental, but yikes, who thought that was a good idea? Jesus.
@briscoethecollie1510
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Bodie from Professionals... girl was fit though
@fus149hammer5
Жыл бұрын
A Small Problem? The Goodies started that idea where there was a dictatorship of "Apart Height" where anyone under a certain height got rounded up and put away. They were out catching jockeys! The Goodies idea was a one off and madw you stop and think. Trying to make a series out of a single joke was never going to work.
@mrbrit1218
Жыл бұрын
One thing this channel has taught me that in years gone by, there were a great many new shows produced even tho the audiences and channels were considerably smaller, even if many of those shows were forgettable. These days we're lucky to get the occasional talent(less) show, or reality show and a million repeats. Is there any point in broadcast tv these days?
@AndrewHalliwell
Жыл бұрын
Um... The audiences are significantly smaller now than back then. Hundreds of satellite and cable channels, streaming services and KZitem... TV channels are lucky to get a tenth of the audience they did when there were only three channels and Nik internet.
@mrbrit1218
Жыл бұрын
@@AndrewHalliwell The viewing audiences are very much smaller now than back then I agree, but I would argue that is perhaps linked to the dross often served up. Perhaps I wasn't clear in my wording, what I meant was maximum possible audience, as in number of pairs of eyes available to watch your product. There are some 10-20million more people living in the UK now than back then. No one is willing to take a risk on making anything 'new' to try and pull in large amounts of viewers.
@AndrewHalliwell
Жыл бұрын
@@mrbrit1218 Bit wrong, there. Good Omens was a huge success( and that was an Amazon/BBC coproduction). Vox Machina’s very good, too. Taskmaster, originally a Dave original, now on channel four, the list goes on.
@jackmoore6982
Жыл бұрын
The idea of a short problem sounds like it was ripped off from the Goodies episode "South Africa" (1975) where they have apartheight, discrimination of small people.
@MrSimonmcc
11 ай бұрын
@6:25 I'm surprised that writing partnership doesn't even get a mention.
@TheEulerID
Жыл бұрын
Kate Fahy, or rather Katherine Fahy, Lady Pryce, is the wife of (Sir) Jonathan Pryce, although they didn't exactly rush into the institution of marriage having had three children together before the tying of the knot in 2015. The first in 1983, having met in 1972, nine years before Roger doesn't live here anymore.
@Waynegee7
Жыл бұрын
I remember a sitcom called "Maggie and her" with Irene Handl and Julia Mckenzie (1978-79) which I quite liked really
@timothymorris4571
Жыл бұрын
Paula Wilcox was smoking hot. ❤
@ftumschk
Жыл бұрын
Agreed, and so was Diane Keen.
@FranzSanchez-ky9up
Жыл бұрын
@@ftumschk Even on Doctors years later (when she was in her 60's), I thought she was smoking hot. I gave up on that show after she left.
@ftumschk
Жыл бұрын
@@FranzSanchez-ky9up Agreed. Diane Keen has the kind of bone-structure that seems to confer an everlasting beauty. (See also Audrey Hepburn, Twiggy and, more recently, Natalie Imbruglia.)
@MichaelCarroll
Жыл бұрын
I remember really liking The Incredible Mr Tanner -- mind you, I'd forgotten all about it until today!
@invisibleray6987
Жыл бұрын
iconic stuff
@Sjmby95
Жыл бұрын
Who remembers Dixon of Dock green And Z cars
@fus149hammer5
Жыл бұрын
It might be from the seventies but does anyone remember My Wife Next Door with John Alderton and Hannah Gordon? All I remember is Alderton basically played Privet Hedges from Please Sir because that's really all he can play and Hannah played his estranged wife and they accidentally buy houses next door to each other. It's a will they get back together sort of comedy. The bit I remember most though is Hannah.......😘😉😋
@captaincodpiece3263
Жыл бұрын
No, total And complete unawareness of any of them. “Forgot about” assumes I knew about them in the first place!
@orchidcarpetcleaningrp6061
Жыл бұрын
Reginald Marsh and the blind lady from Don't look know
@Alison-qd2cm
Жыл бұрын
Miss Jones and Son caused a big fuss at the time because of the subject matter (single mum) probably from the Daily Telegraph and similar newspapers! Remember the Cuckoo Waltz, well the theme tune anyway
@alphabetaxenonzzzcat
Жыл бұрын
I actually thought you were going to mention the BBC 1 1990s sitcom "Side by Side", when Gareth Hunt was shown in the thumbnail. It's perhaps one to add in the future.
@tarik1050
Жыл бұрын
Who's doing the voice over to your vlogs ? As the voice sounds so familiar 🤔 Thanks
@jimmythebantam
Жыл бұрын
Couple more; Days Like These (which was cancelled halfway through its run ) and Side by Side with Gareth Hunt
@YorkshireBusGuy
10 ай бұрын
What about the AMAZING (rolls eyes) "According to Bex"
@fannycraddock99
Жыл бұрын
Good lord, how many horrors are there! Seems like they are never ending - lol!
@Toastrackman
Жыл бұрын
He's scraping the bottom of the barrel with this lot lol
@djmattblack
Жыл бұрын
I remember A small problem, i cant believe they werent able to find a better comedy vehicle for Christopher Ryan as he was a pretty funny comedy actor
@PINKKYLIELOUISE
Жыл бұрын
Here's one probably not heard of Sometime, Never staring those two from the Philadelphia adverts and Happiness starring Paul Whitehouse
@wearealldomed3565
3 ай бұрын
What was the comedy when the lady kept saying phenomenal.
@tonycoffey2485
Жыл бұрын
What was that Richard Friffiths/Dennis Healy bollocks? The Bolton Evening News wet itself because Healy's 'character' was from Notlob! He even listened to tapes of Boltonians talking so he could get the accent right. He needn't have bothered. Frances DLT might have been in it too.
@AtheistOrphan
Жыл бұрын
Richard Friffiths?
@tonycoffey2485
Жыл бұрын
@Atheist Orphan G not an F - but you knew that. Didn't you?
@nationaltrevor255
Жыл бұрын
Richard Griggiths.
@stephenwalker2924
Жыл бұрын
Why oh why does everyone in these comments remember 'The Cuckoo Waltz' and nothing else? (I also only vaguely remember that and nowt else...)
@Your.Uncle.AngMoh
Жыл бұрын
6:25 Graham Chapman from Monty Python? I don't remember any of these being shown in Australia.
@AtheistOrphan
Жыл бұрын
Quite probably.
@russellstratton7065
Жыл бұрын
Kind of Living is/was a classic
@PtolemyJones
Жыл бұрын
I'll try again, any info on if Mulberry was popular in the UK? I loved it when it played in the US.
@CdEmm50
Жыл бұрын
Don't remember that, I was born 1960 and remember most comedy shows. We only had three channels untill channel 4 appeared in early 80s.
@PtolemyJones
Жыл бұрын
@@CdEmm50 It was in '92 and only had one season. The main character, Mulberry, is the son of death, and he is supposed to 'take' this sweet old lady. but he is too soft hearted. Hilarity did ensue.
@CdEmm50
Жыл бұрын
@@PtolemyJones ahh, ok ptolemy. I was not in England then, I was working in the middle East for a few years.
@PtolemyJones
Жыл бұрын
@@CdEmm50 that must have been interesting. If you get a chance see if you can stream it somewhere.
@Macho_Fantastico
Жыл бұрын
Modern Misfits was great in the first few series, it went down hill though.
@Macho_Fantastico
Жыл бұрын
A Small Problem is one of the strangest concepts I've ever heard for a sitcom.
@RichardPhillips1066
Жыл бұрын
Be more remarkable if anyone remembered them :)
@vermis8344
Жыл бұрын
Chris Ryan claims to be persecuted because of his height - you _do_ surprise me. 🤣
@scottandrewbrass
Жыл бұрын
Gareth Hunt was a right "Gareth".
@minicle426
Жыл бұрын
1:42 Didn't the Goodies do a skit similiar to that?
@tracysteele7652
Жыл бұрын
I only remember 1 the cuckoo waltz
@christinepage1523
Жыл бұрын
I counted 11.
@5340robert
Жыл бұрын
Another one. The beautiful people BBC2 2008-2009.
@mgthestrange9098
Жыл бұрын
Was that the one set in the 90s? Loved that!
@5340robert
Жыл бұрын
@@mgthestrange9098 It was yes. It`s never been repeated from what i can find. Also Olivia Coleman was in it before she was mega famous.
@WertyQ543
Жыл бұрын
I don’t think you’ve run out of the sitcoms and TV shows yet I think you’ve still got a long list to go there are a few decades that must be purged
@sidneygreen9120
Жыл бұрын
Some classic dross 😏
@ghtqwrrt871
Жыл бұрын
how about Rosie and Hope It Rains
@marksabin6201
Жыл бұрын
A touch of spice BBC1
@CdEmm50
Жыл бұрын
Nobody's perfect with Richard Griffiths, I think the start of each show featured cartoon style images of the cast.
@edmundblackaddercoc8522
Жыл бұрын
Didn't we watch some tripe?!
@martryan2060
Жыл бұрын
Shame you never did Brass ?
@wadefite
Жыл бұрын
This is Miss Jones then canned laughter. Why?
@brantnuttall
Жыл бұрын
you: Christopher Ryan. me: who? you: Mike from the the Young Ones. me: oh yeah (spud gun too)
@craigstratford5086
Жыл бұрын
He was little Dave Hedgehog
@brantnuttall
Жыл бұрын
@@craigstratford5086 yes indeed!
@mgthestrange9098
Жыл бұрын
And a Sontaran in Doctor Who, Matt Smith era.
@robertnewell5057
Жыл бұрын
Only ever heard of the cuckoo waltz, but they all seem awful. Hard to believe I even had a telly
@bobwallacejnr6852
Жыл бұрын
all failing comedies have 1 thing in common,,they have someone who has just been in a big hit comedy show and try to cash in.
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