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Terry and June and other sitcoms in similar genre

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Charley1988 · 20/10/2019 10:38

I used to love this program and felt that this was the template for sitcoms if it's time and everything else was a variation on a theme - anyone remember the sitcom with Judi Dench playing opposite her real life husband - i think she sang the theme tune (before this became a joke in Littelt Britain) . Am I BU in being nostalgic for the days of this kind of TV - do you think these kind of progs would seem a bit dated now?

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ScreamingValenta · 20/10/2019 11:34

I agree, sitcoms of that type created a cosy world, and that was part of their appeal. There'd always be a Christmas episode - it was predictable and thus reassuring.

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Charley1988 · 20/10/2019 11:35

None of those Eggy surprisingly - anyone remember Spooners Patch??!

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Charley1988 · 20/10/2019 11:36

Screaming OH I know I wateched Terry and June Xmas from 1982 bank in about 2009 - just loved it - they had the boss round

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haverhill · 20/10/2019 11:37

I liked My Wife Next Door and The Good Life.
Rising Damp made me feel uneasy, it seemed so bleak.

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Charley1988 · 20/10/2019 11:39

haverhill totally agree on Rising Damo

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ForalltheSaints · 20/10/2019 11:40

Some comedies date, others don't. The problem with Terry and June as with My Family was that it was flogged to death. Most comedies have at most three series in them, perhaps with additional one-offs such as Christmas specials.

LIZS · 20/10/2019 11:43

Watching

MrsGrindah · 20/10/2019 11:43

I do remember The Happy Apple...she players Nancy a junior secretary?

Another one I liked.. Me and My Girl

I can remember the theme tune to most of these too.

I really must learn to,live in the here and now!

Ponoka7 · 20/10/2019 11:43

"I do think TV in general was a lot better in days gone by"

My Adult DDs watch classic coronation Street and EE occasionally, they much prefer the realism and depth of characters.

"Did Terry Scott and June Whitfield do another sitcome before Terry and June."

Scott on and Happy ever after.

Out of the new comedies, I've liked, BBC Ghosts, the derry girls and two doors down.

My youngest (22) has started to enjoy only fools and horses. She also liked, the good life and George and Mildred.

I'm eldest (34) loves all of them.

I don't think it's just the older viewers that are keeping the Gold channel going.

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Charley1988 · 20/10/2019 11:43

My Family was overdone I agree but to me it didn't have the magic of Terry and June

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StillCoughingandLaughing · 20/10/2019 11:44

Does anyone remember High Street Blues? It was about a row of small shops under threat from a big developer. Ahead of its time in subject matter - just a bit of a cringe-fest jokes wise.

JoyceJeffries · 20/10/2019 11:45

Duty Free
Just Good Friends

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Charley1988 · 20/10/2019 11:45

I loved Watching but to me it was very 90s and didn't have the early 80s magic of Terry and June and it's ilk

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ageingdisgracefully · 20/10/2019 11:45

I from South Wales and I was desperate to grow up and live in a Terry and June world ie in semi-detached suburbia. It was so kinda warm....

I've still got a teasmadeBlush.

I wasn't allowed to watch ITV, but DID get to watch On the Buses at my auntie's. I also watched Till Death Do Us Part. It was ripe even by 60s standards.

Loved:

Terry and June.
Are You Being Served.
Robin's Nest.
Likely Lads.
Good Life.
George and Mildred.
Please Sir!
Steptoe and Son.
Citizen Smith.

Glad to see Only Fools and One Foot are still going strong.

I don't enjoy comedy now. I think I must be too old for the current trends. Sad.

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Charley1988 · 20/10/2019 11:47

Loved Me and My Girl also Benny Hill show

On a different note I miss theThames TV and London Weekend Television jingles -also Yorkshire Television

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TroysMammy · 20/10/2019 11:48

George and Mildred. I was quite surprised that my Italian friend called her goldfish Moby because she watches George and Mildred. I wonder if it translates well in Italian?

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Charley1988 · 20/10/2019 11:48

Ah Robins Nest!!

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MissClareRemembers · 20/10/2019 11:49

To The Manor Born was brilliant. I have the box set and Audrey Forbes-Hamilton‘s opinion that Britain was much better before joining the Common Market are very topical!

Ever Decreasing Circle
The Good Life
Clarence
Sorry!
Butterflies
Three Up, Two Down
Nightingales

MissClareRemembers · 20/10/2019 11:51

Oh!

You Rang M’Lord
Dear John
Hi-De-Hi
Lame Ducks

weeblefeet · 20/10/2019 11:53

My absolute favourite is Goodnight Sweetheart

Thumbcat · 20/10/2019 11:55

Has anyone mentioned

Don't Wait Up
Sorry

Thumbcat · 20/10/2019 11:55

Just Good Friends

Clawdy · 20/10/2019 11:56

I loved the Liver Birds, but bet it has dated badly. I also liked Butterflies, but whoever said upthread that Wendy Craig meant gentle comedy must have forgotten the bit in Butterflies where she was on her own, bemoaning aloud about her boring life, and finished by shouting "I want to be raped!" Shock

MissClareRemembers · 20/10/2019 11:59

@ageingdisgracefully

We weren’t really allowed to watch ITV either!!!!

AnnaMagnani · 20/10/2019 12:07

Instead of saying 'couldn't be shown today' can we just name these comedies as misogynistic and racist?

DH and I watched a bit of The Two Ronnies and realised very quickly why it isn't repeated - the sexism was shocking. I sat there going 'but I liked this as a child and so did my feminist mum!'

Some of the attitudes about class as well are grim.

The Good Life though, that's fantastic.