TV programmes that they should bring back.

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Just been watching repeats of the Crystal Maze. Highly entertaining, what with all the "GET THE CRYSTAL", "WHERE IS IT????", "OVER THERE", "WHERE?", "UNDER YOUR BLOODY NOSE", "oh yeah", "FORGET IT, COME OUT!!" those were the days.

― Mckenzie (Mckenzie), Monday, 7 October 2002 18:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Also, Richard O' Brien vs Ed Tudor Pole. The debate rages on...

― Mckenzie (Mckenzie), Monday, 7 October 2002 19:03 (twenty-three years ago)

I still miss The A-Team, * sigh *.

Mind you, they'd have to re-cast if they did bring it back. Darren Day could try and resurrect his career as Templeton Peck, ditto Michael Barrymore as Murdock and Jeffrey Archer would be a shoe-in as Hannibal.

― Alfie (Alfie), Monday, 7 October 2002 19:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Mr Belvedere (can't even find reruns!)

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Monday, 7 October 2002 19:16 (twenty-three years ago)

one of the channels here is re-running the a team, along with many other shows from that era.
i liked northern exposure actually, but wouldnt like to see a new series, its never quite the same really is it when they do that.

― donna (donna), Monday, 7 October 2002 19:16 (twenty-three years ago)

If the members of the A-Team were all parts of the human body, Face would be the, well, the face, Hannibal the brain, Mr T the Strength and Murdock, well, he'd be the nervous system. I just thought I'd tell you this to highlight how empty my life is.

― Mckenzie (Mckenzie), Monday, 7 October 2002 19:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Sports Night and the remake of Fantasy Island, even though the latter was often not very good.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 7 October 2002 19:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Last Christmas I managed to get hold of the first series of Northern Exposure on video and the very next day I watched all the episodes in one sitting and got televisual heartburn.

― Alfie (Alfie), Monday, 7 October 2002 19:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Columbo!

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 7 October 2002 20:09 (twenty-three years ago)

MANIMAL!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 7 October 2002 20:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh GOD, Manimal. Sci Fi Channel used to run it with VH1-style pop-ups.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 7 October 2002 20:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Teenage Mutant Turtles, yo!

― liz! (liz!), Monday, 7 October 2002 20:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Or Teenage mutant ninja turtles, whichever you prefer.

― liz! (liz!), Monday, 7 October 2002 20:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Muppets, Fraggle Rock, Spartakus, Babbapapa, in fact any early 80s cartoons, the nostalgia would be amazing.

― A Nairn (moretap), Monday, 7 October 2002 21:27 (twenty-three years ago)

strangers with candy (the one with the middleaged drugged-out sleezo lezzo back in high school), bagpuss, (NZ)mastermind, (NZ)krypton factor, Columbo, The Goodies, Monkey, the dog show (New Zealand show of people competing to get some sheep into a pen by rounding them up by whistling at their dog)

― spectra, Monday, 7 October 2002 23:04 (twenty-three years ago)

David the Gnome!

― liz! (liz!), Monday, 7 October 2002 23:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Re: David the Gnome,

I was just watching that the other day, my friend downloaded it. It was so melancholy, but in a good way.

― A Nairn (moretap), Monday, 7 October 2002 23:11 (twenty-three years ago)

jem, stingray, anything starring david mccallum especially sapphire and steel, the prisoner, the powers of mathew starr (cos i cannot remember a thing about it but i really liked it when i was 3), strangers with candy, freaks and geeks, daria, sailor moon, the muppets.

― di smith (lucylurex), Monday, 7 October 2002 23:11 (twenty-three years ago)

cue. *sigh*

― di smith (lucylurex), Monday, 7 October 2002 23:12 (twenty-three years ago)

terrorhawks!

― di smith (lucylurex), Monday, 7 October 2002 23:12 (twenty-three years ago)

The Ghostbusters of East Finchley!

(or at least repeat it, like, once)

― Graham (graham), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 02:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 02:12 (twenty-three years ago)

pee wee's playhouse

the galaxy rangers (sadly underrated anime style cartoon from the late 80's)

millenium- on the condition that carter stop differing and clarify the plot.

and i would at least entertain the idea of watching the first season of whatever lynch had in mind for "mulhulond drive".

― mike (ro)bott, Tuesday, 8 October 2002 02:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Newsradio. And Highlander! No one is even re-running that now.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 02:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Newsradio = constantly on UK Paramount Comedy channel.

― Graham (graham), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 02:32 (twenty-three years ago)

The Interceptor, obv (from the same stable as the Crystal Maze)

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 03:12 (twenty-three years ago)

metal mickey

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 04:05 (twenty-three years ago)

yes JEM!!!! Just reruns at 7 in the morning would suit me fine. Also more seasons of Freaks and Geeks.

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 04:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Jim, metal mickey was shit.

― rainy (rainy), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 04:22 (twenty-three years ago)

If Robin's saying Interceptor then I'll say Treasure Hunt. But who would fill Anneka Rice's jumpsuit?

Jim, metal mickey was shit.

True, but they should bring back the other prog with a robot that goes "biddy biddy biddy", ie Twiki in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century!

― MarkH (MarkH), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 07:57 (twenty-three years ago)

rentaghost!

metal mickey was great!

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 08:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Rentaghost would require an almost complete recasting. A lot of the actors are dead; the guys who played Timothy Claypole, Mr Davenport and Harold Meaker. It's almost as bad as Dad's Army.

― MarkH (MarkH), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 08:05 (twenty-three years ago)

cgi rentaghost!

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 08:07 (twenty-three years ago)

"Night Music" w/ David Sanbourne and the dread Jools Holland.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 08:07 (twenty-three years ago)

lance link secret chimp

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 08:37 (twenty-three years ago)

I think there are plans to revive The Beachcombers. Your tax dollars at work!

(You're flipping channels and actually find an action show on the CBC....but there's no action....and the detective's a dog? The Littlest Hobo! )

― Miss Laura, Tuesday, 8 October 2002 08:46 (twenty-three years ago)

the adventure game = better than the crystal maze.

― michael wells (michael w.), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 08:53 (twenty-three years ago)

the adventure game (with lesley judd) vs. the adventure game (without lesley judd)

― MarkH (MarkH), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 09:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Challenge Anneka!

― Graham (graham), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 10:05 (twenty-three years ago)

The adventure game was v.cute in memory and prob. v. crap in reality. Grobbel Grobbel. What I liked was the way they all seemed to take it all so seriously. Happy, innocent days.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 10:41 (twenty-three years ago)

my boyfwiend says black adder should be brought back!

― liz! (liz!), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 11:43 (twenty-three years ago)

You should ditch your boyfwiend.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 11:43 (twenty-three years ago)

i never understood why bbc2 never showed "holding on" again

― bob zemko (bob), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 11:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Welcome Back Kotter

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 12:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Gamesmaster
The Krypton Factor
MTV Megamix
Lee & Herring (in general)
The Hitman & Her (haha)

― blueski, Tuesday, 8 October 2002 12:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Gamesmaster used to rule, especially with Dom Diamond.

― Mckenzie (Mckenzie), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 14:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Dominik Diamond surely v.annoying indeed?

― RickyT (RickyT), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 14:04 (twenty-three years ago)

He is an idiot who pretends to know about things he does not (also eg. football). The other day he said that "without Manic Miner you would never have even heard of Mario, Sonic or any of the other running and jumping loons of the future." even though Manic Miner was alredy copied from an Atari platform game.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 14:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, he seemed funny when i was twelve. Mind you, so did a lot of things.

― Mckenzie (Mckenzie), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 14:08 (twenty-three years ago)

dance energy w/ normski.

― michael wells (michael w.), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 14:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Normski is an interesting fellow. Did anyone see him on that late night 'street' discussion programme on C4 the other night?

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 14:16 (twenty-three years ago)

yeh N, what was all that about? it was strangely enjoyable

best Normskism: LET OFF!

― blueski, Tuesday, 8 October 2002 14:36 (twenty-three years ago)

The Flying Nun

The Snoop Sisters

The original Behind the Velvet Ropes with Earl Crittendon and Lauren Ezersky.

A show with just the Sour Grapes Gang from the Banana Splits.

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 14:37 (twenty-three years ago)

any relation, blueski?

― michael wells (michael w.), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 14:43 (twenty-three years ago)

I think Treasure Hunt *is* about to come back, MarkH! On BBC2 in a couple of weeks' time.

The Krypton Factor: how could I not have mentioned that? GRATE.

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 17:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 19:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Arthur, did you catch the Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman reruns that were on Lifetime about, um, 10 years ago?

― rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 21:19 (twenty-three years ago)

And Fernwood 2-Nite while we're at it.

ABC's In Concert was the best music show, forget Kirschner.

― nickn (nickn), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 21:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Also ABC's answer to SNL, Fridays, just to see Larry David's early years.

― nickn (nickn), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 21:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Raw Energy with the kentons

― spectra, Tuesday, 8 October 2002 23:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Arthur, did you catch the Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman reruns that were on Lifetime about, um, 10 years ago?

No, Rosemary, I didn't have cable at the time. Still don't, actually. But I'd get it for MH, MH!

NickN, yeah, In Concert was much better but I miss the Don Kirshner introductions. He was such a doofus! Remember when he had his son do the intros?

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 23:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Dear God, please can you make it go away

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 10 October 2002 10:29 (twenty-three years ago)

twenty years pass...

the serials from the observation round in the Krypton Factor

Sometimes, original serials specially produced for the show were used; such as 1990's Sam Smith: Private Detective (starring Gwyneth Strong), which saw the female detective investigating rather silly cases (which often featured her young chubby nephew, Wallace). Some guests in then Sam Smith stories included Derek Griffiths, Matthew Kelly and Keith Chegwin, who all appeared in the final instalment of the series. The 1991 series featured the saga Where is Don Day? starring Tony Robinson and Michelle Collins, about a bank manager whose dull life is suddenly changed when he accidentally becomes involved in a robbery from his own bank. 1992 saw Dead Ringer starring Tony Slattery; a thriller about a man suffering from amnesia trying to discover who he really is, whilst being hunted down by a hitman named Preston, played by Roger Lloyd-Pack. In 1993, the round featured Roy Barraclough and Annabel Giles in a collection of investigative police stories, with Barraclough playing a retired police detective.

Dead Ringer also featured Katie Puckrik

― he thinks it's chinese money (soref), Monday, 12 June 2023 11:26 (two years ago)

they should also bring back the early 90s Cluedo game show

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluedo_(British_game_show)#Cast

I think I'd go with series two as the best cast, but they're all very good

― he thinks it's chinese money (soref), Monday, 12 June 2023 11:30 (two years ago)

Makes me think of Whodunnit?, hosted by Jon Pertwee and featuring Kingsley Amis (!) as a guest on one episode:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/WhodunnitUK

― Ward Fowler, Monday, 12 June 2023 11:43 (two years ago)

Tom Baker played Professor Plum in the third series of Cluedo, and I think it might be the best single performance in the whole show, he pitches it perfectly.
There's a complete episode guide with details on the celebrity contestants here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Cluedo_episodes

can't see anyone as prestigious as Kinglsey Amis, but there is quite a lot of overlap with people who were in those Krypton Factor serials: Tony Slattery (taking on David Yip from The Chinese Detectives), Annabel Giles and Gordon Burns were teammates on another episode

― he thinks it's chinese money (soref), Monday, 12 June 2023 11:50 (two years ago)

after dark, obviously

― imago, Monday, 12 June 2023 12:01 (two years ago)

I liked how completely po-faced The Krypton Factor was. if it came back it would be with some cheeky stand-up comedy fuckwit with a sly grin.

― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 12 June 2023 12:02 (two years ago)

I liked it when they did the flight simulator where they had to land the plane and they had some incredibly dull looking veteran British Airways pilot observing them and making notes on how closely they stuck to regulations

― he thinks it's chinese money (soref), Monday, 12 June 2023 12:12 (two years ago)

I liked how completely po-faced The Krypton Factor was. if it came back it would be with some cheeky stand-up comedy fuckwit with a sly grin.

Richard O'Brien was obviously not taking the Crystal Maze 100% seriously, but it still worked, I think partly because he was more weird than cheeky and partly because the contestants did all seem to be taking it seriously. I like Richard Ayoade for the most part, but he doesn't work as the host of the revamped Crystal Maze, and the contestants always seem too keen to let you know that they're in on the joke (that the show is stupid)

― he thinks it's chinese money (soref), Monday, 12 June 2023 12:18 (two years ago)

I think the Crystal Maze needs a host like O'Brien or Ed Tudor Pole who will acknowledge the ridiculousness of it all while still throwing themselves into the ridiculousness, whereas Ayoade's thing is all about being stand-offish and deflating

― he thinks it's chinese money (soref), Monday, 12 June 2023 12:25 (two years ago)

I love Whodunnit, which is maybe most notable for not being able to leave the format alone and changes it every series.

My favourite episode of all is from the final season though, with Paul Darrow and Valerie Leon absolutely hamming it up for laughs while Norman Bowler tries to avoid being sexually assaulted by Anna Dawson.

On the negative side Edward Woodward is a dreadful presenter, and Cardew Robinson is an absolute chore as a guest.

― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 12 June 2023 12:59 (two years ago)

Had to google Norman Bowler tbh .. still with us at 90!

― Renaissance of the Celtic Trumpet (Tom D.), Monday, 12 June 2023 13:35 (two years ago)

Bad Girls
Footballers Wives
Night & Day
Sunset Beach
As If
Popworld
Finders Keepers
My Parents Are Aliens
Football Italia (just because of the theme)
The Chart Show

― boxedjoy, Monday, 12 June 2023 22:09 (two years ago)

Krypton Factor and Football Italia themes really are eternal bangers

― nashwan, Monday, 12 June 2023 22:54 (two years ago)

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