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Showing posts with label TV. Show all posts

Thursday, October 01, 2026

The Murgatroyd Band - magpie / 1971

 The Spencer Davis Group alias The Murgatroyd Band. TV series theme music. Not that many songs about birds.

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Rock Follies - episode 1 - starring Charlotte Cornwell, Rula Lenska and Julie Covington (1976)

 Rock Follies - Wikipedia. I didn't watch this but Susan did and enjoyed it. Probably because

The songs were written by Andy Mackay, a founder member of Roxy Music. 

Friday, July 17, 2026

The First Ever Episode! | Casualty 1986

 This medical drama series was filmed in Bristol so friends and neighbours were often extras. Brenda Fricker who sadly died today was in it. Casualty (TV series) - Wikipedia

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Shift the Thrift (2026) Season 1 Episode 6 - Midsomer Norton

 Recent tv show about Charity shops in Midsomer Norton where we live.  It's classic daytime tv fare but I think it shows Norton in a favourable light. 

Friday, May 15, 2026

1966 - On the Run - Jan & Dean - Unaired Pilot

 Jan & Dean starring in their pilot episode that was not aired in 1966 due to Jan's accident April 12, 1966. This show would possibly have had some crossover with "The Monkees"

Jan and Dean - Wikipedia

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

The Flashing Blade 1967

 French tv show I watched as a child. Theme music was the best bit. 

The Flashing Blade - Wikipedia

Dogtanian Three Muskehounds Intro theme Music 80s TV Cartoon

 So our eldest liked this. Had the song on vinyl. It is the time when we were reenacting the 17th century so that may have been influential. They made a movie of this which came out during the tailend of the pandemic and our daughter got free tickets and we had the cinema to ourselves. Ralphadeus: What was the last film you saw at the cinema?

Monday, May 04, 2026

The Day of the Triffids - The FULL British Mini Series (1981)

 The 1981 Day of the Triffids is the definitive screen version — the one that actually respects Wyndham’s novel and delivers that slow‑burn British apocalypse the way it was meant to feel.

DESCRIPTION: When a brilliant meteor shower blinds nearly all of humanity overnight, civilisation collapses in a single, eerie silence. Only a handful of sighted survivors remain — including Bill Masen, a triffid researcher whose bandaged eyes spared him from the catastrophe. As London descends into chaos, the once‑domesticated triffids — towering, venomous, and disturbingly intelligent — break free and begin hunting the helpless. The 1981 BBC adaptation unfolds with grim realism: abandoned streets, fractured survivor groups, moral dilemmas, and the creeping dread of a world where nature itself has turned predator. Faithful to Wyndham’s novel, this mini‑series captures the quiet terror of a civilisation undone not by aliens or machines, but by blindness, fear, and the slow march of carnivorous plants reclaiming the earth.

Friday, April 24, 2026

ITV PLAYHOUSE Casting the Runes 11th Season

 


Casting the Runes (Playhouse) - Wikipedia

Casting the Runes is a British supernatural television drama produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network in 1979. Running at 50 minutes, it is based on the story Casting the Runes by British writer and academic M. R. James, first published in 1911 as the fourth story in More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, which was James' second collection of ghost stories. Directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark[1][2] for the anthology series ITV Playhouse, it was first broadcast on 24 April 1979. Adapted by Clive Exton,[2][3] it reimagines the events of James's story taking place in the late 1970s and changes the central protagonist to be a female character.[4]

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

E1 Sharks - The Undersea World Of Jacques Cousteau - 8 January 1968

 Do you remember when you first got colour tv? I remember our Granny had one first and we would pile over to Radstock to watch Jacques Cousteau on Sunday evenings. This episode is about Sharks. Our Grandson is into Sharks. 

The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau is a documentary television series about underwater marine life, hosted by French filmmaker, researcher, and marine explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau. The first episodes of the series aired from 1968 until 1976. In the series, we see the scientific expeditions of the renowned sea explorer and the crew of his ship, the Calypso. They go around the globe exploring various regions of the underwater world and try to unlock its secrets and get them on film.

Monday, April 13, 2026

Pretenders Theme. HTV 1972 Kids show

 This show was a big influence on me. Mentioned Frome in the first episode. I had the novelization which at the time was like owning the video. 

Sunday, April 12, 2026

The Dustbinmen S1 Ep. 1 (1080p)

 This was a comedy which was popular in our house around then. 

1969-1970 SITCOM by Jack Rosenthal "Cheese and Egg, Heavy Breathing, Eric & Winston ... collectively known as the crew of corporation dustcart, Thunderbird Three. Their boss, Bloody Delilah, is constantly fighting a losing battle when trying to get them to do some work!" Starring Bryan Pringle, John Woodvine, Trevor Bannister, Graham Haberfield, Tim Wylton, John Barrett. Guest:- Denise Coffey

The Dustbinmen - Wikipedia

F Troop 1965 - 1967 Opening and Closing Theme

 60 years ago I loved F Troop. I used to think it was hilarious. 

Tuesday, April 07, 2026

S.W.A.T. Theme (Intro) 1975-6

Susan and I used to watch this mainly for the intro. This was about 79 after it was on late nights. Managed to get the theme on a 45. Did you used to watch it? Aired 2 seasons, originally Feb 1975 to April 1976. Theme by Barry De Vorzon, arrangement by Dominik Hauser.