This used to be on BBC2 about 6pm in 1981. Kirsty Miller is Maggie, and Michael Sheard (Mr. Bronson) is her dad. Based on books by Joan Lingard. Sorry, I don't have any more episodes.
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@BHCMax2 жыл бұрын
I worked in an electrical shop, Wm McWhirter &Sons, just around the corner from BBC. We used to supply stuff for various shows. One time they needed a bell wired up for the Maggie show. I did the wiring , it made a nice ring noise , anyhow come the program , Maggies Grannie is in bed, no well. my family is all round the telly waiting on her pressing the bell that I wired up. Instead of the loud ring ring, it went ding dong , lol. They must’ve changed it or put in a sound effect. Gutted I was lol
@vooveks Жыл бұрын
Touching 'claim to fame' pathos there, sir 🙃
@annadamsoneadie Жыл бұрын
I kept telling people about this series as we all watched it as a family...no-one else could remember it. We all loved it. I am beyond happy at finding this and like everyone else would love to see more
@nathantimpano637 Жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKqQlmd-f51lkK8
@Sol-Cutta Жыл бұрын
Do u rem the boy who won the pools ??
@damienbaker3955 Жыл бұрын
all episodes are here kzbin.info/www/bejne/gp-Zf5t-rpitedE
@anthonymusgrave569 Жыл бұрын
I hadn’t thought about this series in many years. I’d pretty much forgotten it existed. As soon as I saw the screen grab though, that fantastic theme song started playing in my mind, finding its way to the surface of my thoughts again after DECADES!
@Tokinjester Жыл бұрын
Yeah, BA Robertson certainly packed a lot of lyrics into a 50 second song there! 👍
@lingolarker9318 Жыл бұрын
Can’t believe I’ve found this. This is the last vestige of childhood TV which I’d been trying to retrieve. Sooo evocative! I remember this being on in 1981. I was 8/9. It’s funny how you don’t fully remember the theme tune. I don’t remember ‘Maggie’ looking quite as young either😆.
@joannedavies4958 Жыл бұрын
Oh my word! This just popped in my feed. I used love this show as a kid. Landed to see it again. It’s one of those shows no one ever talks about or seems to remember.
@oyotundookubegwa5202 жыл бұрын
Random American here. I had been searching for a different "Maggie" but ended up here. Makes me wish I were alive in 1981 Glasgow. No, it doesn't. But it does. But it doesn't. Great intro and theme. Thanks!
@Tokinjester Жыл бұрын
7:57 The flat in the left foreground is where I grew up 👍 it was a brutalist concrete jungle for sure and as much as the adults hated it, the kids loved it. I had quads like iron cables from running up and down 23 flights of stairs all day, every day 😅 I left there shortly after this was filmed, in 1981
@themistermillson2 жыл бұрын
This episode aired on Tuesday 17th February 1981 on BBC2 at 6.15pm.
@pussycats456 Жыл бұрын
I lived in the notorious RedRoad flats when I was attending Springburn College. It was quite an experience! Both the flats and the college are gone now!
@andrewbrammer5119 Жыл бұрын
So pleased to see this, happy memories of watching it as a teenager. Had searched for it for years and actually given up on ever seeing it again. Like going back in time, and just as I remembered it.
@simonesewitt1040 Жыл бұрын
Never seen something more Scottish in my life and I'm all here for it.
@mollybrown465 Жыл бұрын
That man - Maggie’s dad has the welshest Scottish accent I’ve ever heard
@SluttChops Жыл бұрын
That's Michael Sheard. He's from Aberdeen. Although, in the series, I think he's supposed to be from Inverness-shire.
@runforthehills7072 жыл бұрын
Wow I remember this and I can still sing all the words as if it was yesterday.....fantastic!
@Cjbx112 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe I’ve found this. I remember this being on when I was a kid but it’s a show that nobody seems to remember and I started to wonder if it was just figure of my imagination.
@jeffreykenny988 Жыл бұрын
Or even a figment of your imagination.
@billymcl632 жыл бұрын
Loved ‘Maggie’ , so good to see it again. I’d forgotten that ‘Mr Bronson ‘ from Grange Hill was her dad !
@johnmc3862 Жыл бұрын
Great spot!
@SpookyElectric319 Жыл бұрын
I forgot about that and with a great Glaswegian accent. Pure braw, so it is!
@mjclark641 Жыл бұрын
@@SpookyElectric319it's not a Glaswegian accent! Maggie says he came from Inverness, the Highlands.
@SpookyElectric319 Жыл бұрын
@@mjclark641 that’s a Glaswegian accent. I’m Glaswegian, Glasgow born and bred. Maggie is from Glasgow, it’s set in Glasgow. Her grandmother (also Maggie) is from Inverness and speaks with what we Scots call a ‘Tuechtars’ accent.
@mjclark641 Жыл бұрын
@@SpookyElectric319 I don't think you read my reply properly! I was referring to the father.
@Stiffd12 жыл бұрын
Glasgow. Prime 80s caught in a capsule of time! JL always does write along topical themes. Also recall her northern Ireland novels.
@shoutingstoneАй бұрын
I had a vague childhood memory of this show but never knew where it came from before now. That memory being Maggie climbing arse first down a playground ladder in the intro! :D
@bigmart88512 жыл бұрын
I have lost count of how many years I have searched for this, even if it is only the one episode - thankyou so much
@sisigpapi2 жыл бұрын
Episode 18 is apparently now up, in case you haven't seen it as well
@annadamsoneadie Жыл бұрын
Me too 😊
@stephenconnelly16452 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is a great find. Thank you for sharing, record of the heart being torn out of Glasgow, in story form.
@claremccann49692 жыл бұрын
Waited 39 years to seethis
@GarethColquhoun Жыл бұрын
Me too. Had to make do with the theme untill now lol
@kegalormoon Жыл бұрын
Can anybody remember letty another show the girl in the wheelchair?
@alcamus1973 Жыл бұрын
Never a favourite of mine, same stock actors in every Scottish tv production. Good to see again though, if only for the outside shots 🙂
@Standing_on_the_word Жыл бұрын
Me too lol 😆
@FrankJCarver Жыл бұрын
I used to see Kirsty Miller (Maggie) in the 1990s, when she used to 'sign-on' at Anniesland job centre.
@candjim Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed watching this back then. A real gem from the past.
@Highland_Moo Жыл бұрын
I’m 45 and I didn’t know this existed. I’m from the highlands and we read The Clearances in first year in high school when we were doing history about the Highland Clearances. Awesome book.
@redbeki2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for putting this up. I remember it, but mainly the theme tune. I didn't realise it dealt with the clearances and high rise. One of the most atrocious things to happen to the working class communities of Britain, in living memory.
@zetametallic2 жыл бұрын
I remember the titles to this. I was 5 when it was transmitted but the next door neighbour who was in her early teens would come to visit me, we'd watch this. X
@psla6595 Жыл бұрын
Watched this when I was about 11 and me and my mate would always discuss it at school next day, sadly he died many years ago but this brings back happy memories. I've sung the theme tune for years. Thanks for putting this on KZbin.
@barrypoupard7009 Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness does this take me back to another time and place. This is the 1st time hearing BA Robertson's theme song since watching the series on TV so very long ago .... me in another world and only 21 years old fancying Kirsty Miller like mad ....
@alastairross62272 жыл бұрын
It’s great to see this again. I watched all the episodes, in the early 80’s and also bought the 4 ‘Maggie’ paperback books back then too. I’ve never seen the series repeated again and don’t think it’s available to buy on DVD etc. either? It would be brilliant to see some other episodes on KZbin. Thanks for posting.
@stephenmorrison7037 Жыл бұрын
Been trying to find this show Maggie for years..always remember watching this as a kid. BBC 2 tea time viewing.
@Dougiesclubie2 жыл бұрын
I watched this when I was 13 or so but I couldn't recall Maggie being scottish & its set in Glasgow I thought she was English but the signiture tune i do remember. I loved this & Maggie at the time. X
@Dougiesclubie2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't the dad not wiggy in Grange Hill ? At about the same time
@dessysmith2514 Жыл бұрын
Fabulous, it was a refreshing change back then having something purely Scottish... I'm English and I loved it.❤❤❤❤
@julieadams85602 жыл бұрын
I have literally been desperate to find this tv series! I just remember the theme tune! I was 9 at the time lol
@DubCHEQ Жыл бұрын
I remember this! It’s strange what hangs in our memories
@jerworth2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to see this again after over 40 years. Huge thanks for uploading...I've been hoping for years that someone would post an episode. Some top-drawer acting here, just as I remember.
@thursoberwick1948 Жыл бұрын
Really? I can practically see them reading the lines off a script.
@secondchance6603 Жыл бұрын
@@thursoberwick1948 Sure you can lol.
@danielmoran9902 Жыл бұрын
40 odd years later and nothing much has changed. I had actually forgotten that this existed.
@gplunk Жыл бұрын
Seems very true to life of that time and place; the accents alone are worth the admission....
@suzannemccabe22092 ай бұрын
My father in law voice was in this programme reading the football scores on the Radio.
@Colin322694 ай бұрын
Am finally headed BACK to Scotlandn June..havent bin home since 1986
@yvonnescholey8972 Жыл бұрын
Great theme tune by BA Robertson good positive vibes😁
@melaniebrignell Жыл бұрын
THIS IS A GEM OF A FIND 👍🇬🇧
@MarkGenner-xz4zu Жыл бұрын
United Kingdom 🇬🇧
@davidmckirdy4063 Жыл бұрын
Haven't seen this in 40 years and I'm now 47
@DizzyDooDar Жыл бұрын
2:03 - "Do you want your bloody head smashed in?" Sounds like a night out in Glasgow, lol
@lingolarker9318 Жыл бұрын
I didn’t put two and two together when it came to the cast at 8 years old. Maggie’s dad was clearly Michael Sheard of Grange Hill fame😆
@stuartryan610 Жыл бұрын
He was also in auf wiedersehen pet series 1.
@stuartryan610 Жыл бұрын
I think he also appeared in secret army.
@iangrice329 Жыл бұрын
OMG I used to watch this religiously, loved it.
@alunjones6852 жыл бұрын
Lovely to see this again, watched the whole lot back in the day, memorable theme tune by Ba Robertson. Bit worried about Maggie's mum being stuck in the lift there, oh for episode 2...
@nathantimpano637 Жыл бұрын
All episodes kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKqQlmd-f51lkK8
@malcolmmclindon43882 жыл бұрын
I remember this. On BBC2 in the Evening.Great to see again.
@p1ranesi2 жыл бұрын
You're a star! I've been looking for this series since search engines were new.
@junkjournalgeek Жыл бұрын
I loved this show! Thanks for sharing - nobody ever knows what I’m talking bout when I mention it 😂
@U2QuoZepplin2 жыл бұрын
Within the first four minutes of this you can see the tone and quality of the writing and production of shows like this from way back when. This is why "nostalgia tv is such a significant phenonenon," now. Much higher quality story telling costuming and script. There's nothing worth watching on telly now. Nothing of this quality.
@user-jg7jo4gp8w Жыл бұрын
I agree this is high quality but I wouldn't be too dismissive of modern TV. We are going through quite a golden age of quality TV
@paulbrown98022 жыл бұрын
I caught a brief mention for this show on a BBC2 continuity clip, it caught my eye and I thought ‘I seem to remember that…’ (even though I was only 9 at the time!) and OMG I really do, right down to the BA Robertson theme!! And even though it was only a mention I searched and found this episode, and it’s absolutely brilliant! A very early appearance of Herr Grunwald/Mr Branson too, what’s not to love? Oh I do hope more episodes surface 💙
@lllucky13 Жыл бұрын
wow.. my dad was the bulldozer driver in this episode.. i remember him going to film it and he said he was gonna be a movie star haha
@misseryman1776 ай бұрын
what area of glasgow was bulldozed?
@ryokan9120 Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this in the early 80s on BBC 2 at 6pm. I seem to recall it was shown one day a week and on another day in the same week at 6pm BBC2 they would show episodes of "Monkey".
@0282Film2 жыл бұрын
Ace is this. Have never seen it before so thanks for posting. Bit young for it at the time (ala Johnny Jarvis, One Summer, Scully, Tucker's Luck), but it was all so relevant. Nice one 🙂.
@Stiffd12 жыл бұрын
Yeh has that similar style and one for Scotland!
@londonroulette8 ай бұрын
This looks quite interesting, looking back in the 80s, great!
@TheRuthParsons Жыл бұрын
I loved this - I identified massively with Maggie.
@stereofidelic67 Жыл бұрын
Made about the same time as that French photographer went around deprived areas of Glasgow taking pictures.
@Ziegler-boothBlogspot2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! It made me feel quite homesick!
@kirkstmoritz5587 Жыл бұрын
Totally forgot about that but recognised the theme tune straight away. BA Robertson.
@belfastgypsy1 Жыл бұрын
Totally remember the tune- my babysitter watched it!
@SpookyElectric319 Жыл бұрын
God I remember this! The sights of Glasgow, living through the clearances. Thanks for finding this.
@garymcatear822 Жыл бұрын
I was 12 when this aired apparantly, i remember just about none of it apart from the theme song which i seem to remember all the words to....weird.
@victoriarogers9869 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant never seen Maggie before Any more 👍 🫶🏻🌟🏴
@dicksonia28742 жыл бұрын
This is like a social time capsule - amazing! Are mroe eps available, please?
@dobbiessock1050 Жыл бұрын
Oh wow! I remember watching this at about age 16, really enjoyed it.
@robertanderson67862 жыл бұрын
This brings back memories...hahaha...used to really like this programme when it was first tele-cast. Thank you for sharing friend.
@dollyrawlins5470 Жыл бұрын
This is great, wish it was released on dvd.
@hughzarie1860 Жыл бұрын
That’s Joe Mullaney aka Ronnie from Restless Natives from the joke shop. One of my fave films.
@teesman61 Жыл бұрын
My god, where's all that time gone. Remember this being on bbc2 around 6pm.
@Chris_34 Жыл бұрын
The opening theme song basically describes this girls entire life😆
@vooveks Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the lyrics are a bit on-the-nose. Not exactly Bob Dylan, but hey. 😁
@RaciePSB2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting! Hopefully someone out there will have other episodes. Love it! :-)
@decemberband19852 жыл бұрын
Thanks sooo much . Huge fans and thought it was lost forever.
@supersimon22 Жыл бұрын
Thanks v much for uploading. I too recall it well and enjoyed it, though the issues raised went over my 11 year old head.....
@shimmygirllinda9457 Жыл бұрын
id forgotten about this
@colinmacdonald5732 Жыл бұрын
I've no recollection of this and I'm a child of the 80's. But the opening scene, a sandstone tenement falling down, you know what you're getting! Compared with a lot of the garbage of that era it's aged surprisingly well.
@sjames6722 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy to see this, thank you for posting. I absolutely loved this series. Has anyone got links to the rest of it?
@ziriyab2 жыл бұрын
Me too....I was only 6 when it was on telly but the theme tune had stuck in my memory until today. Never thought I'd see it again!
@paulmiles91022 жыл бұрын
ive been after this for many years so pleased its on here would love to see the rest of the episodes its not even on dvd. i see the uploader dont have no more episodes but its just great to see the 1st episode it goes to show there are uploaders who do have them somewhere which is a bonus great job here.
@richardnorton8791 Жыл бұрын
I was about 8 or 9 when this came out. Great series and a great theme song. This must have been about 1981.
@DarkStar-wu9nq Жыл бұрын
This is amazing I forgot this but I remember being in love with Maggie for years Thank you so much for this
@stephenmcconnell1000 Жыл бұрын
I vaguely remember this, but was only five in 1981. The theme tune doesn't trigger memories, but I remember the programme because my sister who was two years older watched it. I remember a few years later; around 1985/86, there was another programme similar to this called 'Stookie' where the protagonist was male, but I don't believe it was repeated as I've never seen it since. I remember the theme tune though; 'Stookie- always ready to take a chance, Stookie- always the victim of circumstance...'
@THE_MAQ3552 жыл бұрын
It was a good wee show used to watch it every week never missed an episode..
@wailinsnorty3859 Жыл бұрын
ah....great to see this again. Had been looking for a while. Thanks for uploading.
@Tcoldsteel Жыл бұрын
I fancied Maggie, I was 10, but couldn’t understand most of what she said.
@kithale3162 жыл бұрын
Joan Lingaard books are great
@redjones8010 Жыл бұрын
Vaguely remember this. Certainly the theme tune. I didn't initially understand the programme because I didn't really watch it. I was waiting for the cartoons to come on.
@alanknotts18442 жыл бұрын
I loved those old Corpy buses👍
@Jade_holloway Жыл бұрын
same!
@pootle5096 Жыл бұрын
So Dad's from Inverness and Maggie had a letter from James Fraser in Edinburgh. I have images of James Fraser from "Outlander" in my head!
@GriefTourist2 жыл бұрын
Don't remember this at all. Mind you in those days I left the house at least once a day.
@leejohnson3209 Жыл бұрын
Could you imagine any TV channel producing a show like this nower days? The chinless wonders that get into TV these days are all from the same background, the same circles. Non of them would know poverty or the modern day plight of the working classes.
@MartyMart134 Жыл бұрын
Don't make kids tv like this, I must have been 10 watching this, but remembered every word of the theme song , looking at it now, this is deeper and socially aware than most adult TV nowadays ...Man, I miss the early 80's! The saddest thing is a smart working class kid has even less options than they did back then...And it was the early 80's when the rot began with the dismantling of the communties by the Tories....
@pussycats456 Жыл бұрын
And social media ruined society!
@agfagaevart Жыл бұрын
@@pussycats456 No. The Tories did that.
@marcusoscottish4562 Жыл бұрын
Omg I've been searching for this for yrs sisters and brothers argued this never existed lol now I can prove them wrong
@flight101 Жыл бұрын
I was in a few uk shows too.. carried on acting here. I love it. You could contact the BBC ask if they have any way of helping you, don’t forget the royalties! ❤
@hetty722 жыл бұрын
Loved this as a child
@Goldi3loxrox Жыл бұрын
weird i was just thinking about this series a few days ago. Recommendations must be by telepathy now lol
@radiotowers1159 Жыл бұрын
And of course most of the new high rise are now flattened as well, used to hold my breath going up the lift !
@steveb1972 Жыл бұрын
I remember the theme tune very well.
@martynwilliams3765 Жыл бұрын
Forgot about this, loved it at the time.
@drewsimpson5967 Жыл бұрын
Gem! Seems actually pretty well written. I recall my sister having the same blue saerk and hairdoo as Maureen Beattie has in this episode. I think Michael Sheard should have played the faither as an Aberdonian
@thursoberwick1948 Жыл бұрын
It sounds more like a Galloway accent. Stranraer? Occasionally more Argyll.
@thursoberwick1948 Жыл бұрын
A couple of times he strayed into Lewis/Stornoway as well.
@johnmc3862 Жыл бұрын
Wow, even though it’s 80’s it looks like 70’s esp the decor.
@Rebelconformist82 Жыл бұрын
Early 80,s
@SluttChops9 ай бұрын
First series was filmed in 1980, aired in 1981.
@user-jg7jo4gp8w Жыл бұрын
Look out Maggie, yer da's Mr Bronson!
@stuartryan610 Жыл бұрын
Grange hill is being brought back next year.
@bryanboggiani Жыл бұрын
Those were the fastest cooking sausages in history 😂😂😂
@Cool2BCeltic Жыл бұрын
Yes, that's Michael Sheard of later Mr Bronson fame as Maggie's father. It's not generally known he was one of us Scots, from Aberdeen.
@alliemaria532 Жыл бұрын
My dad knew him
@sferris312 жыл бұрын
My brother and I were in this show, lost all evidence do you have any more episodes?? I was Alistair Scott.
@closethedoornow7538 Жыл бұрын
No the episodes with your brother and you were deemed to be not fit for public viewing and destroyed.
@andrewdaley5480 Жыл бұрын
What episode were you in I've found a channel showing more episodes. ❓
@BlookbugIV Жыл бұрын
@@closethedoornow7538 the directive came straight from MI6
@SpookyElectric319 Жыл бұрын
Oh fantastic!
@user-jg7jo4gp8w Жыл бұрын
@closethedoornow7538 can confirm, I smashed the tapes up whilst shouting "shitty Alistair Scott"
@dougmorgan112 жыл бұрын
Have been searching for this for years Thanks, anymore episodes please?
@janettetazare2281 Жыл бұрын
Watching this now hooked would like to watch the whole lot not dated at all well written