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TV programmes you wish they’d bring back

182 replies

UnagiForLife · 07/10/2022 19:56

I used to love Faking It, not sure why it stopped being made. The ones with the Cornish clog dancer turned street dancer and the classical musician turned club DJ were my absolute favourites and I still go back and rewatch them now.

What TV programme would you like to see brought back?

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FeralWitch · 08/10/2022 18:03

It was The Armstrongs! I loved it.

ChessieFL · 08/10/2022 18:04

Another vote for Byker Grove - but not a remake or new episodes, I just want to watch the original again from the very beginning!

And Hollyoaks repeated again from the beginning. I loved that when it started.

HuntingoftheSnark · 08/10/2022 18:04

Triangle
Dallas
Tales of the Gold Monkey
Blake's Seven

Bbq1 · 08/10/2022 18:05

Golden Girls but nobody else other than the original cast could play the
Characters

Utterlyexhausted · 08/10/2022 18:09

@Iamthewombat I loved that Alvin Hall show! I have his book somewhere...We could use him now!

AlecTrevelyan006 · 08/10/2022 18:42

Faking It was superb - Burger to Chef was my fave
After Dark - live and unscripted Channel 4 chat show
The Ambassador - BBC show starring Pauline Collins as the British Ambassador to Ireland

retractablerule · 08/10/2022 18:49

DaisyChristina · 08/10/2022 00:24

Home Fires

Agreed! That had a lot of great story telling to give and was a great 'women's issues' of the time drama. Loved it!

Halfarsedjingler · 08/10/2022 19:03

Gladiators! Fond memories of this on a Saturday night with my dad.

DareDevil223 · 08/10/2022 19:14

DomesticBlisters · 07/10/2022 22:32

Did anyone watch The Last Train? Must have been on in the 90s and I loved it but nobody seems to remember it.

That was the first thing I saw Nicola Walker in, great series -I love end of the world stuff (maybe not so much these days!)

For me it would be Whitechapel, I'm still furious about that being cancelled, it was so brilliant.

RugbySchmugby · 08/10/2022 19:20

Monarch of the Glen

HeidiWhole · 08/10/2022 19:22

Fame Academy!

retractablerule · 08/10/2022 19:26

Goodnight Sweetheart had a bit more mileage before the digital/social media world we live in now that would make Gary's claims impossible to maintain.

The good life. I just loved Margo so much I'd never tire of seeing how she reacted to the 'modern' world.

Londons Burning - very few programmes about the fire service and this was great (I know they are a victim of their own success, cars safer, hardly any chip pans, less smokers especially indoors etc etc) but they do some cracking stuff around securing properties from DV, working with hoarders, shutting down CSE and CCE hot spots on fire regulations, some areas being medical first responders so a lot of scope to work with.

A touch of frost - loved David Jason in this. Totally implausible from a police procedural point of view but I loved it and watch repeats whenever I see them.

The Bill - Reg Hollis was the hero of that show. I watch repeats on Drama and just love it!

Rev - Olivia Coleman and Tom Hollander were just superb and it didn't run for enough series at all. Would loved to have seen him sent to a naice country parish.

Home Fires as mentioned above.

I'd love the BBC to repeat The Monocled Mutineer. I have it on DVD. while it was historically inaccurate in many places and Percy Topliss was an all round wrong un I think it is a stark reminder of what happens when we have an elite and ruling class that remain unchallenged and laugh in the face of us plebs.

Iamthewombat · 08/10/2022 21:31

FeralWitch · 08/10/2022 18:02

There was one that was a reality tv series about a family-run double glazing company. It was totally compelling and could be very funny. I wish I could remember what it was called.

It was called ‘The Armstrongs’. They ran a business in Coventry called U-Fit. It was an insane programme and a really good watch. The eponymous couple who owned the business were trying to sell DIY self-assembly conservatories to a French customer but got their language a bit confused and said, “bricolage conservatoire” (DIY music school).

Iamthewombat · 08/10/2022 21:32

I still miss Scott and Bailey. And all the other well-written dramas set in the north (Clocking Off, The Street etc).

RightOnTheEdge · 08/10/2022 21:55

Londons Burning and The Bill.
Also Time Team but I hated that they only had three days and had to stop. I wanted them to keep going until they found everything.

Adviceseeker35 · 08/10/2022 21:59

Blake's 7

MissyB1 · 08/10/2022 22:05

Oooh just remembered “Waking the dead” that was brilliant!

tiddlywinks2 · 08/10/2022 22:20

DaisyChristina · 08/10/2022 00:24

Home Fires

Yes!! Can't believe they cancelled it! And on such a cliffhanger!

ContadoraExplorer · 08/10/2022 22:23

JustAJokeLikeOnTopGear · 07/10/2022 21:45

You Bet

Came to say this after a conversation I had last week.

Bichette · 08/10/2022 22:30

Fawllty Towers

Utterlyexhausted · 09/10/2022 00:17

The Filthy Fulfords!

MolkosTeenageAngst · 09/10/2022 00:20

Mr Blobby as he was causing mischief on Noel’s House Party. Didn’t really like the rest of the show but I looked forward to Mr Blobby’s bits every week, would love him to have a regular slot on something like Saturday Night Takeaway as something about him brings out some nostalgic joy in me.

avamiah · 09/10/2022 00:22

DCI Banks, i just loved it and Taggart as well, the good old days.

avamiah · 09/10/2022 00:25

MissyB1 · 08/10/2022 22:05

Oooh just remembered “Waking the dead” that was brilliant!

Oh yes I loved Waking the Dead.

Wichit · 09/10/2022 00:32

Faking It was glorious. My favourite was the guy from the burger van who became a restaurant chef. He was so sweet!

You can get Sunset Beach on YouTube but it's not as much fun watching it now as it was then.

Loved Holiday Showdown at the time but I did get bored of the "swap" format in the end. Wife swap, house swap, holiday swap ... blah. Now, if they did Face Swap or Body Swap, all John Woo and that ... that I'd watch.

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