A-z Of Tv Programmes

[crazygirl]

A= absolutely fabulous .... it was ok just a bit daft

[Chris_2k11]

A= absolutely fabulous .... it was ok just a bit daftAb Fab was brill!!

Brookside - Brilliant show until after the Millennium... then it was all downhill from there... :crying:

[crazygirl]

coronation street....i dont watch it unless there is a good storyline

[Angeltigger]

Down to earth- it was so cool- i miss it :(

[Chris_2k11]

Emmerdale - Much better than it used to be.

[CrazyLea]

Friends! the best programme like EVER!

[samantha nixon]

gimme gimme gimme (fab program)

[CrazyLea]

holby city!! another programme im in love with :p

[Em]

Invasion - new but totally addictive

[Richie_lecturer]

Emmerdale - Much better than it used to be.
You obviously don't remember the days of Emmerdale Farm. :cool:
Still good now though. :)

[Richie_lecturer]

Jackanory - interesting in parts.

[pookie1968uk]

knight rider with david hasslehoff and the car called kit!

[pinkles14]

Law and order.. My partner watching this

[CrazyLea]

Murder she wrote.. my dad likes this (i think)

[crazygirl]

neighbours.......i never watch it anymore

[samantha nixon]

one tree hill *sis always watches it*

[Richie_lecturer]

Picture Box - an old schools programme when they were on ITV.

[samantha nixon]

queens nose - i used to always watch this

[crazygirl]

ricky lake.....used to watch it all the time

[~*~Leanne~*~]

stars in their eyes im watching that now

[Angeltigger]

titch- is about a small boy-it a children show- which i used to watched

[pookie1968uk]

university challenge!! is it still on?!

[Richie_lecturer]

Yes it's still on. I was on that once many moons ago, representing Cambridge v Bristol. It was a great day out. :)

[Chris_2k11]

Vicar of Dibley - An OK comedy show, not fantastic though.

[~*~Leanne~*~]

worst witch that is a cool programme

[kels257]

X-Files - used to be a great show!! :)

[~*~Leanne~*~]

Yogi Bear i like that programme

[crazygirl]

Zoey 101....the programme with britney spears sister in it

[Siobhan]

Ant and dec saturday night takeaway

[pookie1968uk]

Yes it's still on. I was on that once many moons ago, representing Cambridge v Bristol. It was a great day out. :)

youre showing your age now!!!
how about bod for the letter b, a great 70's kids programme!

[Richie_lecturer]

Countdown. Can I have a vowel please Carol?

[crazygirl]

dallas... i used to love it in its day

[Richie_lecturer]

Every Second Counts - presented by Paul Daniels.

[crazygirl]

friday night with jonathan ross

[neetamon]

grange hill.....................................

[Chloe O'brien]

hollyoaks soap opera on ch4 at 6.30pm

[Tamzi]

Inspector Lynley Mysteries
xxx

[crazygirl]

jackonary.....it was on when i was a kid

[bubblegum_fairy]

Keanan n Kel (I so remember this show 'I do i do i do' hehe)

[crazygirl]

love boat.................................

[pookie1968uk]

mary mungo and midge (now i am showing my age!!)

[Richie_lecturer]

Nationwide (showing my age as well :o).

[pookie1968uk]

open all hours, great with ronnie barker

[Richie_lecturer]

Playschool - remember Florella Benjamin?

[Bryan]

Queer eye for the straight guy

[pookie1968uk]

rhubarb and custard, recently brought back to tv!

[crazygirl]

scooby doo........................

[stacyefc]

the apprentice with sir alan sugar

[crazygirl]

U.S.A. Today ...........................

[Emmak2005]

The TV series/adaptation of Vanity Fair.

The launch of Britain's first official colour television service on BBC2 on 2nd December 1967 included a visit to Billy Smarts Circus, a new series featuring globetrotting reporter Alan Whicker, and the first colour drama series, Vanity Fair.

Hot on the heels of her success in The Forsyte Saga, Susan Hampshire was cast as the manipulative, selfish and deceitful Becky Sharp, the anti-heroine of Thackery's 19th century novel, which is set in the time of the Napoleonic wars, and is itself based on an idea by John Bunyan (in his allegory 'Pilgrim's Progress'), where he created a mythical fair in the city of Vanity, which had been established by Beelzebub. Thackery's inspiration is taken from the description of the fair being a place that never closes and where all manner of temptations are on offer, including titles, kingdoms, pleasures and lusts.

The story opens when Amelia Sedley, the kind hearted but sheltered child of a rich City merchant, invites Rebecca (Becky) Sharp, the penniless orphaned daughter of an artist and French opera dancer, to come home for a visit. The two sharply contrasting characters had been resident at Miss Pinkerton's Academy for young ladies, where Amelia's student fees were paid by her father and where Becky paid for her education by teaching French to the other girls.

With her eye on the Sedley family assets Becky tries to force Amelia's oversized brother into a marriage, but when she is unsuccessful she turns her charms on Sir Pitt Crawley and becomes governess to his children. Becky becomes a favourite of Pitt's rich and capricious sister, Miss Crawley. When the old man's wife dies he proposes to Becky who then has to admit that she is already married to his younger son, Rawdon. The young couple immediately fall from favour with Miss Crawley, and have to learn to live on Becky's wits.

In the meantime, Amelia's lifestyle takes a downturn when her father loses all her money and her engagement to the vain and shallow George Osborne breaks down as a consequence. William Dobbin, who is George's friend and who is secretly in love with Amelia, persuades George to defy his father and go on with the marriage. This he does and is summarily disinherited.

George, Rawdon and William are all in the army and when news reaches them of Napoleon's escape from exile, they are called to duty in Brussels, where Becky has an affair with George and quickly becomes the toast of the town. This leads to arguably the big scene of the entire series, where the Duchess of Richmond arrives in Brussels for a great ball. The scene is recreated by the BBC in a way that is entirely representative of their deserved reputation for lavish costume drama during this golden television era. The scene is brought to an abrupt end by the sound of cannon fire and the news that Napoleon's army is at the gates.

George is killed at Waterloo, and Amelia, with her baby son Georgy, goes to live in poverty with her parents. In direct contrast, after the war Becky and Rawdon go to Paris before returning to London where they become the darlings of the society set, living, it would seem, well beyond their means. All this is shattered when Becky is discovered in a compromising position with Lord Steyne, who it turns out has been paying for Becky's extravagances all along.

After Becky and Rawdon part she takes up with Amelia's brother, Joseph, who dies in mysterious circumstances, leaving -quite conveniently, half his life insurance to Becky. This allows her to continue living in a wasteful and extravagant lifestyle on the continent.

For those looking for the moral in this story there is a disappointment. There is no moral, no hero and ultimately it is the untrustworthy, self-centred and scheming Becky who triumphs. And whilst the compassionate Amelia finally marries Dobbin, by the time they come together his love for her has lost much of its intensity. Thackery intended his novel as a satirical piece commenting on a sophisticated and materialistic society and to this end many of his observations hold true today.

The series was shown in the US under the Masterpiece Theatre banner in 1972 and Susan Hampshire won a deserved Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance in a Leading Role, Drama/Comedy Within a Limited Series. Eve Matheson starred as Becky in a 1987 remake and yet another version, starring Natasha Little, appeared in 1998 (each by the BBC).


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CAST
Becky Sharp SUSAN HAMPSHIRE | Amelia Osborne MARILYN TAYLORSON| Rawdon Crawley DYSON LOVELL| George Osborne ROY MARSDEN| William Dobbin BRYAN MARSHALL| Jos Sedley JOHN MOFFATT| Lord Steyne ROBERT FLEMYNG | Sir Pitt Crawley JOHN WELSH

I'd totally forgotten about this programme until I saw it on a tv programmes-based website.

[Emmak2005]

Found another one. Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane - another US teen show which I think Channel 5 have broadcast before.

[Emmak2005]

Another one for all us TV swots. Auf Wiedersehen Pet: Comedy. UK: 1983-86

[Emmak2005]

A fave of mine as a child was BABAR - the US animated show all about a young elephant and his family.

[Emmak2005]

For the letter 'C'. CADFAEL - a tv series shown in the uk on ITV starring Derek Jacobi in the lead role about monks. And if I remember correctly Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle in Emmerdale) also featured in this early 1990's TV drama.

http://www.steveconrad.co.uk/cadfael/images/sheriff.jpg

[Emmak2005]

Dalziel & Pascoe - about tv detectives I think - starring Warren Mitchell & the once gorgeous Colin Buchanan (my my he hasn't aged well! lol - sorry Col).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/images/colin_buchanan.jpg

[CrazyLea]

A fave of mine as a child was BABAR - the US animated show all about a young elephant and his family
I used to love Babar!!!!!! haha

E - Emmerdale

[chudge]

Just good friends was great in the 80's