Be interested to know if the Galton and Simpson Playhouse is available on DVD. Seem to remember Paul Merton made a respectful remake of some of them but when you consider original stars included Leonard Rossiter and Arthur Lowe I doubt if it was bettered.
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ August 26 2009, 10:33 AM BSTAuf Weideresehen Pet.
Although that may come under a different category I suspect.
Oh yeah. I'd vote for that if it's allowed. I used to laugh at Chance in a Million. Wasn't that an ITV show?
Catweazle. Geoffrey Bayldon is woefully underappreciated on this site and elsewhere. Followed by Only When I Laugh, Love Thy Neighbour, Bless This House and George & Mildred.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ August 26 2009, 11:27 AM BSTOh yeah. I'd vote for that if it's allowed. I used to laugh at Chance in a Million. Wasn't that an ITV show?
Great show, if only for the weid way the central character spoke.
Quote: Jack Massey @ August 25 2009, 11:09 AM BSTYes, probably the worst British sitcom of all time.
It actually got worse than Fresh Fields, with the follow-on sitcom French Fields.
Quote: chipolata @ August 26 2009, 11:33 AM BSTGreat show, if only for the weid way the central character spoke.
Yeah. Simon Callow. I have never seen it since it was first aired mind.
Quote: Kenneth @ August 26 2009, 11:38 AM BSTIt actually got worse than Fresh Fields, with the follow-on sitcom French Fields.
I didn't mind either of those shows, and I can think of far, far worse. They were gentle, and Anton Rodgers has a likeable charm.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ August 26 2009, 11:39 AM BSTYeah. Simon Callow. I have never seen it since it was first aired mind.
I don't think it's been repeated, and am not sure if it got a DVD release. It ran for three series, though. It also had Brenda Blethyn in. Not sure who the writer was, or if he did anything else of note.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ August 26 2009, 11:27 AM BSTOh yeah. I'd vote for that if it's allowed. I used to laugh at Chance in a Million. Wasn't that an ITV show?
I'm think it was a Channel 4 show.
Wasn't it a kind of a spoof of a sit-com in which Tom Chance would be placed into ridiculously contrived situations (a long lost relative of Curb your Enthusiasm?).
Can anyone remember any episodes?
Quote: youngian @ August 26 2009, 11:50 AM BSTI'm think it was a Channel 4 show.
Wasn't it a kind of a spoof of a sit-com in which Tom Chance would be placed into ridiculously contrived situations (a long lost relative of Curb your Enthusiasm?).
Can anyone remember any episodes?
I have a feeling it pre-dates Channel 4. Definitely ITV. I guess there are similarities with Curb, plot wise, although the dialogue was obviously much stagier and not in any way naturalistic.
Quote: youngian @ August 26 2009, 11:11 AM BSTBe interested to know if the Galton and Simpson Playhouse is available on DVD. Seem to remember Paul Merton made a respectful remake of some of them but when you consider original stars included Leonard Rossiter and Arthur Lowe I doubt if it was bettered.
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I've just checked.
Chance in a Million was Channel 4.
Broadcast in 1984 & 1986
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ August 26 2009, 12:58 PM BSTI've just checked.
Chance in a Million was Channel 4.
Broadcast in 1984 & 1986
Ah. Who wrote it? My brother and I spent a week annoying everyone talking like Simon Callow's character Tom(was it?) Chance.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ August 26 2009, 1:00 PM BSTAh. Who wrote it? My brother and I spent a week annoying everyone talking like Simon Callow's character Tom(was it?) Chance.
Fegen and Norriss wrote it I believe. They later created The Brittas Empire of course.
Quote: youngian @ August 26 2009, 11:11 AM BSTBe interested to know if the Galton and Simpson Playhouse is available on DVD. Seem to remember Paul Merton made a respectful remake of some of them but when you consider original stars included Leonard Rossiter and Arthur Lowe I doubt if it was bettered.
See Amazon product listing
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Quote: Dolly Dagger @ August 26 2009, 11:27 AM BSTI used to laugh at Chance in a Million. Wasn't that an ITV show?
Channel 4. But having adverts, they're more or less the same, so I'll allow it. 
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ August 26 2009, 11:39 AM BSTYeah. Simon Callow. I have never seen it since it was first aired mind.
Peculiar show. It's alright, but I don't think it's really fared as well over time as some of its contemporaries.
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ August 26 2009, 12:58 PM BSTI've just checked.
Chance in a Million was Channel 4.
Sadly, I didn't need to check. 
Quote: Aaron @ August 26 2009, 3:18 PM BSTChannel 4. But having adverts, they're more or less the same, so I'll allow it.
It isn't the same because I think Channel 4 have produced better sitcoms than ITV.