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What TV show would you bring back?

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Ali1cedowntherabbithole · 30/08/2019 20:09

Just that. I was asked the same question in a survey earlier and chose "all creatures great & small" and was wondering what other people would like to see again?

I'd also love to see Blackadder, The Young Ones, Robin Hood, Cagney & Lacey, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and basically anything from the 80's Grin

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mintich · 01/09/2019 18:48

Big Brother but back to when they filled it with normal people

marvellousnightforamooncup · 01/09/2019 18:59

Top of the Pops and new series of Father Brown please and Seaside Rescue.

Totally highbrow here Blush

Totaldogsbody · 01/09/2019 20:51

Claracluck
West Wing with Sam as President such a great idea.

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NationMcKinley · 02/09/2019 22:55

Capital City

Mrscog · 02/09/2019 23:03

Challenge anneka, knightmare, gladiators oh and Catchphrase - ‘say what you see’!

DarlingNikita · 03/09/2019 14:40

cannycat20, I have been saying for ages that if we still had Spitting Image the Brexit ref might have turned out differently. It used to puncture posturing and silliness so well.

JayDot500 · 03/09/2019 15:15

Omg, the show with Anneka Rice and the Helicopter!!

DGRossetti · 03/09/2019 15:23

Time Team ?

Kuponut · 03/09/2019 15:34

Teachers (Andrew Lincoln era though - not the final crappy series)
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
Knightmare (although I can't imagine kids of this generation being as convinced to wander around 1980s graphics with the office wastepaper bin on their head)
Casualty in it's early "if you're in the first 5 minutes having a happy normal day you're so fucked" guise
House

shadypines · 03/09/2019 15:46

That's Life!

I really don't understand why this hasn't come back when they would be gifted material by the public. I could have provided them with umpteen stories, as could anyone I know.

100PercentThatBitch · 03/09/2019 15:56

@Eistigi

I LOVED Newsroom but got the impression the creator Aaron Sorkin simply got bored of it rather than it being deliberately axed, it really fell off in quality. Absolute waste.

It's a recent cancellation but The OA Season 2 ended on the kind of cliffhanger that implies the writers expected a renewal. It was a really DIFFERENT show and the news it had been axed really surprised me.

Feel similarly about Travelers

Retro stuff : Definitely Gladiators would rather watch that than X factor

Wish they would do a grown up Knightmare too the tech should be good enough to do it justice these days.

100PercentThatBitch · 03/09/2019 15:59

Wasn't there another Anneka one called Treasure Hunt. I liked that and the one for kids that was like a scavenger hunt with Cheggers and Joe from Neighbours

Blueoasis · 03/09/2019 16:25

Atlantic because they didn't finish it. Sad

Blueoasis · 03/09/2019 16:26

That should say atlantis.

bengalcat · 03/09/2019 16:27

The Kenny Everett show , Young Ones , Blackadder .

Penners99 · 03/09/2019 16:36

Firefly

JayDot500 · 03/09/2019 17:56

@100PercentThatBitch yes! I think the one I am thinking of us Treasure Hunt!

That sort of format, hunting for things in the real world, I love. Amazing Race being my current favourite!

YouJustDoYou · 03/09/2019 17:58

SeaQuest DSV....first season only. I miss you Lucas 😥

100PercentThatBitch · 03/09/2019 18:04

@JayDot500

Oh I love Amazing Race. I wish they showed it more in the UK/did a UK one, early series are better some right characters

findingmyfeet12 · 03/09/2019 18:04

The Bill - I liked the fact that it was ordinary bobbies on the beat with no fancy stuff.

Whitechapel - so atmospheric and a great cast.

JayDot500 · 03/09/2019 18:22

@100PercentThatBitch yes! Not many people know about it here. I'm lucky that we visit America every other year, so I get to catch up via Amazon Prime. Some of the older seasons are available there, but I long for a British version. Definitely enjoyed the earlier seasons (1-around 20 actually). Wish they'd give up with the social media influencer/Z list celeb turn they've recently done.

100PercentThatBitch · 03/09/2019 18:34

@JayDot500

Worst ones mostly men Ian, Jonathan, Colin, Lake

Flor was dreadful too though and should never have won, also the Sri Lankan twins

Colin came back in the last series and has spoiled it by going zen instead of screaming his donkey is broken

MulticolourMophead · 03/09/2019 18:39

Blake's Seven
Sapphire and Steel - there was talk of a revival about 4-5 years ago, but it all went quiet, sadly.

JayDot500 · 03/09/2019 18:48

Lake, was he the dentist with the stupidly bright teeth? All of those guys were terrible. But Jonathan, he was the worst. VICTOOOOOOOOOOOOORIA!

My favourites were Kynt and Vyxsin, BJ and Tyler, Flight Time and Big Easy, the Afghan Cousins, the girl scientist team and the girl doctor team. Dustin and Candice were evil scheming beauty queensbut I loved them too. The scheming in general is always the best/worst bits.

We really need a British Version. Maybe Anneka Rice would present it Grin

Kazzyhoward · 03/09/2019 18:52

Yes to all creatures great & small - I've got the boxed set DVDs and watch them every few years.

Also Fawlty Towers - they didn't make enough.

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