BBC Making Out, Series 1, Episode 1

Aired 6 January 1989.

[@karaloca]

The theme to this show went on to become my all time favourite New Order song, Vanishing Point.

[@madelinebryson]

Caught this on tv by accident last night for the first time ever. Loved it. Glad to find it on here

[@Neil_TheShiningMile]

This was a very underrated show. Loved it. Many recognised faces. A nice mix of comedy, pathos and drama.

[@lec0roh]

@@Neil_TheShiningMile yeah, it really stood out. It was grest to see it finally repeated late last year on BBC FOUR and to see it available on iplayer. Sadly, it will be taken down from there any time now, so get the rest watched if you haven't already.

[@neilbarnes7537]

I used to watch this with my late mum. We loved it. Thank you for uploading this

[@jennieross5985]

Me too 😭😭 I'm searching for the the scene that states "I says Barry how can you show me Aqua marine rouche when I've got my heart set on when I had my heart set on magenta swiss vestunde" or that's the way my 44 year old brain remembers re-enacting it and howling with my mum.😭❤️❤️❤️

[@jasanders5877]

WATCH on ( random roaming) all three series 🤔 are on their, why you thanking for this 😂😮😅

[@zoyablake9538]

We had just moved to Malaysia when this came on, but my friends raved about it. Thank you for giving me the chance to catch up!

[@samlarner3198]

my first job was in a place like this up north in the early nineties.....best job I have had, great times and good lasses.

[@katemaguire1717]

Watching this in 2023- reminds me of the good old days😂

[@pjl8119]

Looks like Victorian times combined with the Soviet Union. Doesn't get more grim.

[@origamipig]

Yay , I absolutely loved this series. Margi Clark was my favourite but the whole cast was brilliant. So great to see it again, thank you 🤩

[@volkers99]

Fantastic! One of my favourite dramas ever! So good to see it again. Thanks for posting!!!!

[@UncleMuncher]

OMG. I don't believe it. Like everyone else I have longed to see this again. Thank you so much.

[@jonnio365]

A brilliant series, loved it every Saturday night. Great cast, storylines and production.

[@kieron63]

Wasn't on Saturdays, or I wouldn't have seen nearly every episode on Fridays 🍺🍺🍺

[@dianewebb3343]

Er no. It was on Friday nights

[@JJONNYREPP]

BBC Making Out, Series 1, Episode 1 2228pm 29.11.23 dont think it was on saturday night... friday or thursday, perhaps? hmmmmmmmm..it's on BBC4. i think it'll be featured on the BBC website... if they recreated this it'd be gays and trans to the fore and would be far too overbearing to comprehend. this is the arse end of alleged gritty drama.

[@lec0roh]

Thanks for your comment - it's for people like you who appreciate this great program that I put this up. Cheers!

[@lllucky13]

i rember this.. cause i was a runner on this tv series. filmed in tameside.. which became clocking off

[@mikekaraoke]

I used to watch this back in the 80's + 90's :-]

[@terrycunningham7595]

What a brilliant show that was. Would love a dvd of that series.

[@emmalovestrev]

Wow! Firstly, a mahooosive thanks for uploading this. I have been trying desperately to see repeats of this or buy the box set fo't many years but it seems to have been overlooked by the BBC. This was one of the best drama series ever on tv a precursor to clocking off and playing the field but even better. Having just watched this as we approach 2014 making it 25 years old and it could have been released today. Thanks again it is brilliant! Xxxx

[@lec0roh]

Cheers for your comment - I love it too and think it is if not the best TV program ever, certainly the most underrated program of all time. I could watch it again and again.

[@juliawheeler8428]

Thanks for this loved it then and am watching over and over now brilliantly acted, written and so underrated.

[@helentucker6407]

Excellent to see this again ☺

[@squareeyes2010]

Thanks so much for uploading, the last time I saw this was when it was first broadcast. Loved this show all brilliant actors, not to mention the fact this was the first thing I saw Keith Allen (AKA Lilly & Alfie Allen's dad) in, also really loved the soundtrack too.

[@jdp123xxx]

yay, been looking for this series for years, thought i must have imagined it. something good to watch at last instead of soaps overload, DIY, baking and antiques.

[@amandaa5104]

I so loved watching this on a friday night at 9.30pm back in the day.

[@amandaa5104]

@Paddy Mongan On youtube type in Making Out full series and there are loads to watch.

[@amandaa5104]

@Paddy Mongan Your welcome enjoy.

[@bigfatplums]

I cant believe This is on youtube thank you so much mate. Brings back memories watching this.

[@haynorgaynar]

I had a walk on part in series one fantastic memories..

[@lec0roh]

Great - can you remember which episode(s) you were in, please?

[@RandyMandy8888]

I loved watching this...thank you so much for putting it on youtube.

[@macintosser]

Making Out long with The Loves and the Lives of a She-Devil, Brookside and The Widows were my favourite tv shows... I wish really the BBC would put Making Out out on DVD... Foulmouthed Margie Clarke, the forever classy Shirley Stelfox and the throbbing New Order music are just so fab. They just don't make 'em like that anymore.

[@adrianhendy]

It's on iplayer now!

[@davidspedding8349]

girl shows respect by resigning i like to see this in young players

[@lec0roh]

Cheers, glad you enjoy it! I remember I would cancel all other engagements to watch this program when it was on!

[@ronpepoli37]

Are there other episodes?

[@MrsLevinson175]

Thank you for uploading this ☺️

[@RaveDave871]

HEALTH ADVISORY: Play at 2.0× speed to half ya agony 😖

[@Mark-ij2nh]

Vanishing Point New Order quality song

[@greentorm5467]

I'll never forget Margi Clarke telling Chunky to take his teeth out😉

[@amandaa5104]

The bloke that played Rex is Keith Allen .....He is Lily Allen's dad.

[@lec0roh]

You're very welcome, I hope you like the rest of the episodes that are on here :-)

[@jasonleon1976]

Watched this as a 12 year old with my mum. Absolutely loved it. The theme tune mesmerised me👌

[@samlarner3198]

Thank you for this.

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

Haha, and this is the mechanic in Corrie who stole Mike Baldwin's car. Lol

[@bikerbisht110]

Many Thanks

[@terrycunningham7595]

I found it on that website thanks a lot.

[@RaveDave871]

Geez there 47 min 💤 of my life gone that i hope God forgives me for 🙏

[@cacampbell3654]

Your basic FORTY EIGHT HOUR WEEK! We've had a basic 40 hour week in Canada since at least the 1960s!

[@davenport151]

Wow. Great to see this again. #Quality tv. Thanx.

[@valuetraveler2026]

revolutionary in many ways- very FECUND that period

[@jeremyrawlins9943]

Love this programme. Do you have any episodes from series 3? The last 4 to be precise which are missing from you tube. I can’t wait to see what happens to them all in the end!

[@lec0roh]

Not on here but you should be able to buy it on DVD - if you do a search a link should come up to an online shop called Foundthatfilm.com

[@L1RW]

They are all on BBC iPlayer

[@rbitsandbobs]

i watched 3 episodes....went back to carry on watching the rest...and they have gone.....please dont tell me you have taken them down......wait 25 years to see it again...and to have them then taken down is pure crualty....sulk sulk sulk :( :( :(

[@h116a]

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[@noodlessurprise]

What a SHOW !!!!

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

5:28 And this is Jackie, Tryron's mom in Corrie!

[@snowbelle74]

05.30 Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Ms Margi Clarke, the Scouse Monroe.

[@markgreet3543]

It was gritty but very realistic

[@kimberlyk912]

Was the lady at the very end when they were working and doing hair in Keeping up Appearances?

[@lec0roh]

Hi - yes - the lady doing hair was Shirley Stelfox. She played Carol May in Making Out and played Rose in Series 1 of Keeping Up Appearances but was then replaced by Mary Millar. Shirley Stelfox was a great actress but sadly died in 2015.

[@dvdextras-byvincentcorani9136]

So many northern accents here its like i'm watching game of thrones.!

[@neilgoulding1484]

lily allens dads in this i forgot about that all in all good cast

[@ethelthefrog6572]

Best theme tune ever..

[@fr4001]

+Ethel The Frog The only reason I watched the aeries,,,New Order;s music.....well it was quite an amusing series too i suppose

[@gailmaxwell2352]

Love this

[@markgreet3543]

This was very good 👍 didn't the boss end up falling on hard times ??

[@noodlessurprise]

Fuck depressing this is life. Was life.

[@WOODBINEXX]

Def Dukinfield we lived in newton at the time

[@RaveDave871]

Takes prize for clickbait title ! Didnt know it makin out limey style huh ☹

[@jasanders5877]

It's on ROAMING ONE, ALL SERIES 🤔 enjoy 🙏

[@jasanders5877]

WELL I don't know what you expect Sir. But thanks for the love 🙏💓🌺

[@williamf4544]

Mumsy always warned me about factory workers - thank goodness i listened it seems she was right

[@lec0roh]

Cheers for your comment mate.

[@roses9339]

I have trouble understanding the actors, I wish they used subtitles. Cheers Rosemary Perth Western Australia (71yrs)

[@macintosser]

You are very welcome;-]

[@srblundell]

Where did all the episodes go?? I was up to episode 15 and they've all disappeared. Absolutely gutted. I'm not even sure if they were uploaded by this user. Why have they been taken down? Is it for legal reasons?

[@lec0roh]

Sorry, I had the other channel and I was faffing around with the profile - I don't like the Google+ on the profiles so I deleted it then realised that it had deleted the videos as well. Sorry. You should be able to buy it on DVD.

[@rbitsandbobs]

lec0roh go onnnnnnnnnn upload the episodes again....just think of the happiness and joy you will bring to many by being a super dooper trooper and bringing them back :) go onnnnnn you know you wanna ;)

[@srblundell]

lec0roh Unfortunately the series isn't available to buy on DVD, I don't think it ever has been. That's why I was so surprised to find it on her. Where did you manage to get hold of all of these episodes?

[@lec0roh]

srblundell I bought it on DVD. Do a Google search and you WILL find it on there. There are a couple of online shops selling the DVD box set, even though it hasn't been released on DVD officially.

[@rbitsandbobs]

lec0roh so i take it you aint going to upload them again?.....cant afford to buy them....so im guessing thats that then!.....worst thing about youtube...you wait 25 years....get excited...then the bloody thing gets taken away!

[@sallyb1689]

Set in the days when housewives dressed like grannies and therefore looked more like their own husband's mothers.

[@sallyb1689]

*husbands'

[@dianewebb3343]

​@@sallyb1689heh?

[@gardenlover9663]

Eight minutes in. I hope I find out what the show is about soon.

[@bulldwang1931]

Thank you for sharing! Do you have any more episodes of this series?

[@lec0roh]

Hi, not on here. I have the unofficial DVD box set, you can order them at foundthatfilm.co.uk . Quality isn't great (and they sent me the wrong DVDs, had to email them to re-send) but it's the only place you can get them. You should order it.

[@jasanders5877]

😮 where's the rest 🥵🙄

[@corinnevanessa22]

It’s a shame it ended so abruptly with season 3. I wanted to know what happened with Pauline and the other girls. Does the book end like that as well? It’s how I got into New Order and was one of my all time fave shows. Watched it with my nan. Had quite a crush on Keith Allen aka sexy rexy lol 😍

[@lec0roh]

Hiya - I've got the book. The book is basically Series 1 in a novel, pretty much series 1 word for word. Actually, on the back of the book it says "now a popular TV series" so it would suggest that the book came before the TV series. I agree with you about series 3, there were so many storylines (especially Pauline, which wod have obviously been a sad ending) that could have been followed up in. Indeed, our Margi herself has often said that she wished that more Making Out had been made. It's good they put it on iPlayer, certainly not before time, either.

[@lec0roh]

Also, it's how I got into New Order as well AND I first started watching it with my Nan as well 😉

[@corinnevanessa22]

@@lec0roh Hi 😊 Thanks for letting me know 👍🏻 Still tempted to try and purchase a copy 📕 It’s so nostalgic watching it again and obviously is different watching it now that I’m older. I must confess, I’ve already watched it more than once 🙊 It’s just so fantastic! The acting, the writing 🩷 Yes it would have been awesome to find out what happened with Pauline and Jill etc I NEED MORE!! Thanks to this wonderful series, it seems that we both have fab musical taste too 👌🏻 Still love New Order 🥰 Big hugs xx 💋

[@lec0roh]

@@corinnevanessa22 yes indeed, agreed on all counts! Yeah you should try and purchase the book, I got mine from Amazon. Have you seen Margi's interview yet on iPlayer? It's pretty good, but like the series, I wish there was more of it! 🙂 I'm also re-watching series 1 as it's being re-aired on BBC FOUR, there are another few episodes on next Wednesday (15th). I'm hoping there will be series 2 and 3 re-aired as well, especially series 3 as that's never been repeated. It's funny but even though I've seen it, it was a real novelty actually watching it ON TV, and even seeing it in the TV listings seemed special! 🙂

[@tonystraightedgevegan4747]

Where is this set? Im from the North West and i can`t figure out where it is.

[@lec0roh]

Hi, the mill where they work is on Park Road in Dukinfield. Much of the series is also filmed around Dukinfield and Stalybridge and Ashton-under-Lyne.

[@lllucky13]

lec0roh its tower mill in dukinfield copy the link below ;) mancunian1001.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/tameside-on-television/

[@SURRIE27]

+Darrell Johnson from my home time dukinfield. She passed away on Wednesday from cancer. R I P

[@bascet1]

Looks like Oldham, North Manchester area to me or Ashton, Dukinfield

[@susannahhunt100]

If there is only one episode then what is the point?

[@lec0roh]

Hi thanks for the comment. Try 60fixings.co.uk or do Google search of "New Lyne Electronics" and you should find it there. Please let me know how you get along with that.

[@WOODBINEXX]

@ 25 mins Oldham market

[@cruisepaige]

Crap I’d love to watch this cann’undersan

[@RaveDave871]

Life of gits

[@user-kl4bh4lq6r]

When was this made what year

[@lec0roh]

This, Series 1, was made in 1989. Series 2 aired in 1990 and the final series 3, the following year in 1991. 😉

[@dianewebb3343]

Brilliant. 35 years ago. Things have changed so much. The way Sally was spoken about her age would never be allowed these days and the girls fellas, jeez some of em are right whining twerps. Jill's bloke was a pain in the backside Pauline's a nasty brute.

[@lec0roh]

Glad you like it. Reminder that you may now watch ALL 3 series of Making Out now on BBC iPlayer.

[@dianewebb3343]

@@lec0roh Yes!! Its great to watch them again 👍im onto episode 3 Series 1 now.

[@lec0roh]

@@dianewebb3343 that's my fav episode. Lots of new storylines to come up, bht I won't spoil them for you

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

2:53 This man is the same man who pretended to be Toyah Battersby's dad in Corrie.

[@italodiscorevival]

Fucking class this. Makes Corrie look crude.

[@lec0roh]

I agree! None of the soaps have got anything on Making Out!

[@amyclarke41]

ok

[@dianewebb3343]

Brill drama. Poor Klepto with her horrible family. I couldnt get to grips with Keith Allen and Carol May. Was she 20 years older than him? Chunky made me laugh. Him in his Y fronts! And those tortoises!

[@lec0roh]

Yeah it's good innit! Couldn't help feeling sorry for Klepto, though thankfully her father mellowed later on. It was so nice to see them being repeated on BBC FOUR in November and December.

[@dianewebb3343]

Indeed yes. 😊​@@lec0roh

[@teetonball1]

The working class according to the BBC ..... hmmmmm.

[@Mark-ij2nh]

Manchester you can tell by the accent South yorkshire and New Order Yeah baby

[@helencolley1973]

New Order are from Manchester, but yeh still love em

[@davidcartmell2141]

south yorkshire my arse !

[@Mark-ij2nh]

@@davidcartmell2141 Sorry bud it's altered. I should know they are from Manchester as I got all of New Order's albums aswell🤦‍♂️

[@jasanders5877]

😂 I'm out. You just want people to watch you bus obsession 😢. Roaming chanel has all episodes 😮

[@essejd]

🙂👍

[@SandyYoung1]

Depressing shit

[@hoopenhanger]

These British dramas are always so depressing. The British lead very dreary lives.

[@hoopenhanger]

Jackie Linda Don't be so dreary.

[@hoopenhanger]

Jackie Linda I don't have a TV, you dreary old bag.

[@gautamajesus1552]

hoopenhanger Depressing? Maybe--but better than the US crap--fantasy lives-where everybody lives in mansions-look like models--and mostly get their kicks murdering each other.

[@hoopenhanger]

***** The Irish are a gregarious people who lead much happier lives than the dreary British.

[@nickscott9129]

hoopenhanger I am sure you will find this is a highly rated drama (and a comedy one to boot) about bleak factory humdrum life in Manchester suburbs. Doesn't take much of an education to figure it out, also doesn't take much of an education to know you come across as a xenophobe.