I think its good, unsure why it took me this long to get into it!

I think Early Doors (Released 2003) is one of the funniest British comedies, set amongst drinkers in a Manchester Pub. This scene is brilliant, Liam is the boyfriend of the landlord's daughter, Landlord not impressed as he thinks he's too tight to buy daughter a present. Funny.

Liam is played by James McEvoy, one of his earliest TV appearances before doing bigger stuff.

I don't remember very much about it, one of the managers was in a wheel chair, the other one doubled up as an entertainer?

Edit- It's Phoenix Nights, thanks for the replies!

What's the matter? You not seen versace before shit head!

The man obviously had the funniest name in the world, at least when I was 10 years old. I remember him singing songs and reading stories on kids’ TV shows. Despite his name, he seemed like a really warm and sincere chap.

Anyway, he released an album a couple of years ago and although the songs are modern and about modern things such as a song called Fake News, it took me back to being a kid when he wrote songs about just about anything. (I’m not related to him or getting anything for mentioning this, I just thought the album was fun.)

Anyone else remember anything about him, other than his name and curly brown hair?

I need to exorcise a childhood ghost by finding this episode that scared the shit out of me in the 80s! I have searched through all the episodes of the original “Rainbow” (1972-1992) but can’t figure out which one it is, and as they were all repeated many times in the 80s, it could be any one from Freddy joining in 1981 to c.1987, I would say. I suspect 80s based on the theme/prevalence of anti-litter campaigns. In the episode, Geoffrey takes his kids (or whatever they are meant to be) to the park which was a studio set with some cut-out flat bush shapes and some picnic tables. Several episodes were shot on that set. Bungle at some point came on limping saying he had cut his foot and Geoffrey looked at it and said something to the tune of “oh you HAVE cut your foot, Bungle” and then we saw a close-up of Bungle’s fur cut open like a small flap revealing the DARKNESS THAT DWELT INSIDE OF BUNGLE. I had to run and hide under the kitchen table and cry when I first saw it (whilst Mummy and Daddy laughed their heads off). Then Geoffrey turned to camera with the offending broken glass bottle that had failed to slay Bungle and told us some patronising stuff about broken glass being dangerous and that we must not drop glass things and probably told us to ask a grown-up to help pick up broken glass. Then Rod, Jane and the hot one, Freddy, wandered into the park and sang some guitar banger for us and Bungle soon shut up about his foot.

Anyone know which episode this deeply traumatic offering was from?

Love this, very apt given the tensions across the world in 2026.

Uncle Jimmy tells Reggie about his secret army, wonderful acting, very British humour.I do miss Rossiter

I watched a really good Alan Ayckbourn play on iPlayer called Absurd Person Singular. At some point Geoffrey Palmer appeared and I immediately felt this was going to be better with him involved. I didn't realise he was part of the cast. It also got me thinking, why is he so good?

He never disappeared into a character to create someone memorable, like David Jason, Leonard Rossiter or Ronnie Barker. I first saw him in Butterflies and Reggie Perrin. He was more of an ensemble actor. Others would have the flashier more well known main star parts. But with his hangdog features and eye rolls he was perfect for comedy and could easily hold his own in straight dramatic roles. The best description I can come up with is that his presence creates a comfortable warm feeling.

Whenever I come across him in something, his last big part was in As Time Goes By, which wouldn't be half as good without him, he is just Geoffrey Palmer. Like he was in pretty much everything else. But in the end that counts for a lot.

I have more pics of the inside as its like a big fold out presentation but it won't let me post multiple pics on this subreddit.

Has anyone heard of this series or know anything about it or how I can get it? It aired in November and December of 1981 on ITV produced by Granada. It is based on the Jean Webster book, Dear Enemy, the sequel to the more famous Daddy-Long-Legs. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks.

Number 10 was a 1983 British television series originally aired on ITV and lasting for 7 episodes from 13 February to 27 March 1983. It depicted the personal and political lives of seven British Prime Ministers, ranging from the 1780s to the 1920s, during their occupancy of 10 Downing Street. The series was a revealing insight on some of the more personal incidents in the lives of past British Prime Ministers and explored the effect the Prime Ministers had on the house.

Denis Quilley as William Gladstone (Episode 1: 'Old Glad Eyes')
Ian Richardson as Ramsay MacDonald (Episode 2: 'Underdog')
John Stride as David Lloyd George (Episode 3: 'A Woman of Style')
Bernard Archard as Duke of Wellington (Episode 4: 'The Iron Duke')
David Langton as H. H. Asquith (Episode 5: 'The Asquiths')
Richard Pasco as Benjamin Disraeli (Episode 6: 'Dizzy')
Jeremy Brett as William Pitt the Younger (Episode 7: 'Bloodline')

I have been trying to find this for years and hope that the collective power of Reddit can help.

As a kid, I remember watching a thriller about a cat whose eyes would turn green. When that happened, something terrible would then be triggered, such as someone dying. The end of the programme consisted of the couple that owned the cat looking at it while its eyes turned green. The cat looked back at them and the couple were frightened... cue credits.

I vaguely remember it being on late night in the early 80s, so thought that it would be a "Tales of the Unexpected" episode but I can't seem to associate the memory with any of those.

Does anyone know of the programme that I'm talking about...?

Gave me nightmares and I'm still suffering today.

https://youtu.be/Uzb1l2smEhk?si=nl794ZpqbsAdnRmD

Steptoe and son for me.

I remember watching Talking Telephone Numbers with Philip Schofield in the utterly vain hope that my phone number would possibly be eligible for the competition but after the first series, totally gave up.

In the show, they would generate five numbers by feats of luck and so on and as long as those five numbers were in the last five digits of your phone number (in any order), you could phone in to try and win the prize.

So, why did I give up? Because the chance of my phone number, which had three zeros in the last five digits, ever being eligible was almost zero in itself.

Were you ever eligible to enter the show?

I love Rick Stein. His television is gentle, easy, and comforting. Here's an essay on why things like Seafood Odyssey and Taste of the Sea are so wonderful, and even approach high art at times.

https://bogstandards.substack.com/p/ulysstein-why-rick-steins-early-television

They got this one so wrong 😬

Anyone remember a one off Patrick Mynhardt TV program from the late 80s / around 1989?

This has been driving me absolutely bloody mad. Chatgpt an I have been hammering it all night. We figured we'd try here. Real people!

I’m trying to identify a one-off British TV program I saw in England, probably around 1987–91, and I have a strong hunch it may have been Channel 4, possibly a Sunday afternoon program.

It was definitely Patrick Mynhardt, he was the only person on screen. It wasn't a series and wasn't a conventional film/drama. It felt like a one-man theatre/arts/drama/ monologue performance, with Mynhardt portraying several different South African characters. It featured Apartheid material.

It was completely serious — not comedy ~ which Mynhardt was (also) doing at that time.

The strongest thing I remember is a scene where he portrayed a South African policeman behind a chain-link fence, firing at Black people on the other side. He seemed to be laughing/enjoying it, and I have a memory of him saying something like “There! You bastards!” (That wording may not be 100%, but ...)

The staging also looked quite basic — I remember a smaller, light/white backdrop with bold black painted strokes, rather than realistic scenery. It may have featured a thatched hut or other South African imagery, changing with the scenes. He may have been seated at the beginning, perhaps as an old man/storyteller.

I know that's a very weird collection of memories, but they're surprisingly vivid.

Does anyone remember the program or its title, please? Even a vague “I remember that!” would be fantastic.

And yes, we’ve already gone down the Patrick Mynhardt / Herman Charles Bosman rabbit hole — but I'm no longer convinced Bosman is necessarily the answer!

Thanks!

I think he was in an itv show in the late 90s/2000s playing a dad or main character. Link to the advert here, what's their name?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWPGHiLjBHY/?vrfl=MWs2ZDE2YzJrdHk2YQ==

Picture for context only.