60s/70s/80s retro TV, what do you re-watch from your youth ?

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r1flyguy wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:12 am
Potter wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 8:50 am Magnum PI
Used to love this... Always mesmerised by the Ferrari :)

The recent remake is utter poo.
The bus stopped to watch them film for a few minutes when I was on Honolulu in 1986
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On the previous telly I skipped between Heartbeat and MASH.

But HB isn't so good on the big telly, so mainly MASH. Nearly finished series 7.
Every episode is great.
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KungFooBob wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 8:52 am
gremlin wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 8:49 am One I remember from my youth was a ropey BBC production called 'Tripods'.
Couldn't watch it. Gave me nightmares.

There was a kids TV series about a boy and an alien, Chocky?

That gave me nightmares too.
Sapphire and Steel, bloody hell that was creepy, the story about the thing that lived on the old railway station and fed on resentment, jeez that’s terrified me, I’m typing this at the ripe old age of 52 and it’s still raising all my hackles and it feels like somethings just walked over my grave.
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Didn't have a telly in the 70s or 80s so my re-watching starts with Babylon 5! Stuff that's now on the drama channels - like Lovejoy (which I quite enjoyed :shifty: ) - is new to me but BBC4 looks like a replay of the 80s on some nights...Yes Minister, The Good Life, To the Manor Born :roll:
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wheelnut wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:19 am Currently on season 2 of Start Trek TNG in the background while wfh. Sad but wtf :D
Is it in HD? It looks great now!

Season 3 is when it gets good though :D
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Back to back Streethawk here on permanent repeat.
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Auf Wiedersehen Pet. Repeatedly. My favourite TV program of all time.
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Taipan wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:08 pm Auf Wiedersehen Pet. Repeatedly. My favourite TV program off all time.
Aye, used to love that.

It was on a Friday night IIRC. Some of my lightweight mates used to stay in and watch it :banana-dance:

I got to watch it later somehow.
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Yorick wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:11 pm
Taipan wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:08 pm Auf Wiedersehen Pet. Repeatedly. My favourite TV program off all time.
Aye, used to love that.

It was on a Friday night IIRC. Some of my lightweight mates used to stay in and watch it :banana-dance:

I got to watch it later somehow.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet?

How was that in your youth? The hoop and stick wasn't even invented when you were young, you old codger.
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gremlin wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 2:45 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:11 pm
Taipan wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:08 pm Auf Wiedersehen Pet. Repeatedly. My favourite TV program off all time.
Aye, used to love that.

It was on a Friday night IIRC. Some of my lightweight mates used to stay in and watch it :banana-dance:

I got to watch it later somehow.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet?

How was that in your youth? The hoop and stick wasn't even invented when you were young, you old codger.
We had black n white hoops.
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Callan, with Edward Woodward, the man with three planks on his head.
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cheb wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 4:44 pm Callan, with Edward Woodward, the man with three planks on his head.
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Fireball xl5
Stingray
Thunderbirds
Captain scarlet
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I’m old😀
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Not re watching as i do not have a telly...but talk about old...i remember torchy the battery boy.
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Torchy Torchy the battery boy. You must be older than me😳
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David wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 9:44 pm Not re watching as i do not have a telly...but talk about old...i remember torchy the battery boy.
He's a walking talking toy. Allegedly.
Even bland can be a type of character :wave:
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Potter wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:08 pmAirwolf!
Thanks. Now I've got the theme tune stuck in my head. :angry-cussingblack:
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Bill and Ben.
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Wscad wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:01 pm Torchy Torchy the battery boy. You must be older than me😳
It would not surprise me!
I also remember Muffin the Mule.
Apparently it is legal in Wales.
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Wscad wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 9:38 pm Fireball xl5
Stingray
Thunderbirds
Captain scarlet
4 feather falls

I’m old😀
You must be very old.
You missed out Twizzle and Supercar.