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  • smittims
    Full Member
    • Aug 2022
    • 4046

    Hi, Patrick, as I recall, the Hawkins film of Gideon was distinctly better than the TV series , which, though enjoyable, was limited (in my view) by the need to fit into a sixties-TV-entertainment format. I felt the same about 'Danger Man' and I think Pat McGoohan did too, which was why he wanted to make 'The Prisoner'.

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26516

      Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0v7yJIdzv4 ....based on Len Deighton novels...
      Ooo yes that’s the one

      Did you recommend it to me or did we each find it independently?

      Either way, loved it!

      PS welcome PatrickMurtha!
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • eighthobstruction
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 6426

        Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post

        Ooo yes that’s the one

        Did you recommend it to me or did we each find it independently?

        Either way, loved it!

        PS welcome PatrickMurtha!
        ....sorry stealing your THUNDER.....I'll hop on one leg for 5 minutes as recompense ( goodness all those years of Bristol accent make me think 'reconpense' )
        bong ching

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        • PatrickMurtha
          Member
          • Nov 2023
          • 111

          Originally posted by smittims View Post
          Hi, Patrick, as I recall, the Hawkins film of Gideon was distinctly better than the TV series , which, though enjoyable, was limited (in my view) by the need to fit into a sixties-TV-entertainment format. I felt the same about 'Danger Man' and I think Pat McGoohan did too, which was why he wanted to make 'The Prisoner'.
          I would like to see the film, certainly, not least because it’s John Ford! But I do find the series satisfying and nostalgia-provoking.

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          • eighthobstruction
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 6426

            Originally posted by PatrickMurtha View Post

            I would like to see the film, certainly, not least because it’s John Ford! But I do find the series satisfying and nostalgia-provoking.
            The other cop show of that time was No Hiding Place (TV series + film) - that starred Jack Hawkins + UK police cars with tinny bells....fabulous theme tune.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49cUs5ZNduk

            bong ching

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            • PatrickMurtha
              Member
              • Nov 2023
              • 111

              Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post

              The other cop show of that time was No Hiding Place (TV series + film) - that starred Jack Hawkins + UK police cars with tinny bells....fabulous theme tune.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49cUs5ZNduk
              The episodes of that on YouTube are very rough visually, alas. The Gideon’s Way eps are crisp, thankfully.

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              • vinteuil
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 12767

                Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post

                The other cop show of that time was No Hiding Place (TV series + film) - that starred Jack Hawkins + UK police cars with tinny bells....fabulous theme tune.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49cUs5ZNduk
                Raymond Francis, surely??

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                • Serial_Apologist
                  Full Member
                  • Dec 2010
                  • 37560

                  Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post

                  The other cop show of that time was No Hiding Place (TV series + film) - that starred Jack Hawkins + UK police cars with tinny bells....fabulous theme tune.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49cUs5ZNduk
                  I was old enough to be allowed to stay up to watch that with "the grown-ups" - just - 15 Years old!

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                  • Serial_Apologist
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 37560

                    Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post

                    The other cop show of that time was No Hiding Place (TV series + film) - that starred Jack Hawkins + UK police cars with tinny bells....fabulous theme tune.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49cUs5ZNduk
                    With an American touch of added Britishness!

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                    • JasonPalmer
                      Full Member
                      • Dec 2022
                      • 826

                      The panorama program about the fall of ftx is interesting.
                      Annoyingly listening to and commenting on radio 3...

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                      • Bryn
                        Banned
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 24688

                        A little OT but why does the Aldi Christmas TV advertisement feature horse chestnuts rather than sweet chestnuts?

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                        • Serial_Apologist
                          Full Member
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 37560

                          Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                          A little OT but why does the Aldi Christmas TV advertisement feature horse chestnuts rather than sweet chestnuts?
                          I hadn't noticed! Let's hope they aren't selling them as edible!

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                          • smittims
                            Full Member
                            • Aug 2022
                            • 4046

                            More information abouthe SkyArts broadcasts of Bruckner Symphonies. They were performed in S. Florian's by the Munich Philharmonic orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. It looks as if they aren't doing the D minor symphony known as 'number nought'.

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                            • Bryn
                              Banned
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 24688

                              Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post

                              I hadn't noticed! Let's hope they aren't selling them as edible!
                              The prickles on the 'shell' are the give-away.

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                              • Serial_Apologist
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2010
                                • 37560

                                Originally posted by Bryn View Post

                                The prickles on the 'shell' are the give-away.

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