I was a fan and I don’t know why

1983: Could THE DOCTOR be a WOMAN? | South East at 6 | Science Fiction | BBC Archive 1305pm 24.7.24 howard's way. i watched that every sunday and could not for the life of me see what the fuss was about. the boating fraternity are a bored or boring lot if howard's way was anything to go by..................................................................................... hot women or no.... the story's the thing.

Indeed they were

@@FrithonaHrududu02127 indeed....

@@JJONNYREPP I like the word indeed. It's a way of saying "I agree with you, but I also want you to realize that I have a much deeper, secret, knowledge of the subject I'm agreeing with you about" at the same time, y'know

@@FrithonaHrududu02127 Comments on ‘Did You See... ? Triangle (BBC2, 29 April 1983)’ 0600am 8.8.24 could easily suggest move on, this is boring or yes, i totally concur how about lunch....(?) or hypothetically speaking, i need to go but this subject is amazing... or.... or..... anyhow; it's the way one hypothesizes a topic which makes it worthy or morish... as for secret and furtive knowledge - that kindda denotes intelligence or deep and bonded trust. indeed..... yeah, ok...

It was shot on video tape on a real ferry ship to make it realistic and to cut costs, a 'Crossroads At Sea meets Dallas'. Unfortunately, it lacked the charisma of Crossroads and Dallas's enjoyable cheesiness, being hackneyed and clichéd and just plain dull. The cabins as studios were too cramped, making the direction of scenes flat and undramatic, and the North Sea's constant rainy and windy weather cast a grey gloom over them, making the 'glamour' aimed at impossible. The fact Triangle was the most watched imported TV programme in Germany, a nation known for its bad taste, tells how dismally the BBC failed to make a uniquely British, cheap and cheerful version of glamorous American TV sagas.

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hmmmmm................. they're probably trynna parody an american soap. they did the same with eldorado - wherein there was a realisation that if yer churning out 5 days a week scripts then quality is going to suffer - whether that be storylines or the desire to act that kindda cak out ad nauseam. i mean, you do the audience a dis-service, here, as most take this kindda thing for what it is. as opposed to discenring whether it's post modern, post ironic or just plain old trash...and if coronation street is the acme of all things soap then the bar isn't really set that high. it may have been 40 years ago. but then the gritty northern kitchen sink drama has died a death since tony warren or albert finney traipsed about being "northern".... gritty realistic northerners are a pain in the arse. just as mockney must be a pain to be saddled with if yer native to the regions we deem: down south.... take these sopas for what they are - mass produced entertianment. you either enjoy that kindda pap or not. personally speaking, it's the preserve of women, the soap, and since completing my media studies course over 30 years or so ago i could not tell you has murdered who or who actually stars in these things.....

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@@TS-1267 Comments on ‘Did You See... ? Triangle (BBC2, 29 April 1983)’ 1756pm 24.7.24 Dunno.... having listened to Cak i would say he seems very distant re: his own oeuvre and somewhat bemused or at a loss as to why he's speaking.... i wonder if, unlike myself, he has thought of something witty to impart - as i know i have yet to damn well think of anything remotely witty to say..... one hopes, though. one lives in hope.... funniest alexie sayle bits being: half time report re: his mad axe man routine.... brian damage hitting rik.... red wedge protest benefit gig in the front room... wearing a cactus atop his head suggesting it is an impression of little house on the prairie...... moussolini (sic) impression... i know he was chattin' about tv soaps but i think his own work can stand a bit of scrutiny... start with Cak if yer wondering...

I find him looking exactly like 41

That was the credit sequence that I had to cut because of copyright restrictions.

Did You See... ? Peter York on opening titles (BBC2 10 January 1986) 1311pm 24.7.24 ludovic kennedy seems to be synonymous with my job search whether it be late 80's...mid 90's or 2020's.... what a crock!!!!! he'll be turning in his grave ot note that i am still stuck between jobs. and will be forver deemed professionally unemployed as yet another bunch of ingrates drive specifically down here to slam a fucking car door...

No, it was just the version that I could get a copy of! We screened an unimpaired version at BFI Southbank in 2015.

It is. I discuss his performance in the article that this clip illustrates - forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com/2016/04/08/glance-gesture-and-inference-in-hunters-walk-itvatv-1973-76-acting-for-multi-camera-popular-drama-in-the-1970s/

I was about check IMDB, but your comment tells me everything I need to know: it *is* Frances White, as I thought!

He played William (Willy).

I found a copy of it recently under the announcement of Z cars with Malcolm McDowell. The site is not very serious so I hope someone else uploads.

No, at Elstree

@@forgottentelevisiondrama2750 Oh, okay. Thought I'd ask, since both were produced by ATV.

@@forgottentelevisiondrama2750 This was filmed in Rushden Northant's I should know cos I seen it being filmed

​@@lorraineclarke4868 The exteriors and locations were filmed in Rushden, interiors at Elstree Studios. There's a very evocative 'then and now' gallery of the locations from the surviving episodes on this site - sites.google.com/site/hunterswalk1973/

@@forgottentelevisiondrama2750 yh, no sane production would use the interior of the set location lol, itll disrupt business and be interrupted too much by the public

Yes - forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com/2015/12/04/pat-hooker-writing-for-television-in-the-1970s/

@@forgottentelevisiondrama2750 Great clip. I was wondering if The Golden Road has ever been commercially released. Would love to see the full programme.

@@davidhuggins16 It still hasn't, I'm afraid. A further set of 1970s Armchair Theatres was on Network's radar a few years ago, but I don't know if it will ever happen now.

@@forgottentelevisiondrama2750 Thanks very much for the prompt reply & info! That’s a shame regarding lack of a release. Perhaps it might be made available on a streaming service such as BritBox at some point.

Although made in colour, this episode only survives as a b/w 16mm telecine print.

I don't.

This is a really good episode from a really good series (it felt less studio-bound than a lot of the other Brit anthologies of the time). I saw it on KZbin years ago, but it seems to have vanished since. If you ever find it let me know, I'd love to see it again.

Four years later I know, but just wanted to say to thanks to the original post here, after watching this clip I sought out a copy and have just uploaded it on to my channel, minus The Beatles music of course ;)

We're lobbying for a DVD release of this series... It looks quite likely.

Did the dvd series end up getting released.???

@@thecloak5203 No - and now Network are no more...

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