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Has any UK program ever had a "flash back"/clip (?) show
Keiō Line
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I remember in the 1970s there were a number of US shows that had them, even to the point where we would groan and turn over when we realised it was "one of those episodes".
"flash back" or "clip" shows ???
"flash back" or "clip" shows ???
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I remember them looking up to the cieling as they do when reminiscing.
Mitchell and Webb did a sketch on this, naturally. It'll probably be on YouTube.
I know it's not exactly what the OP meant but a lot of shows are padding out their lack of content with this style.
With seasons often 20+ episodes long you can see the temptation for US programmes to sneak a cheap episode in, whilst UK programmes tend to be only 6-8 episodes a series so theres less to cull 'best bits' from and also it would stick out like a sore thumb.
Like the OP I'd groan and usually switch off when one did crop up.
That wasn't to clips of previous episodes though was it?
The OP is referring to those American filler episodes you usually get in sitcoms where they air them at a time when viewership is going to be low so they just do a cheap episode with all the characters sat talking about previous episodes.
I think there are a couple of episodes in UK shows like My Family, but in general we have less episodes in our series so we don't really utilise these kinds of things.
First one that springs to mind is "TV Offal: Prime Cuts", but I'm sure there's been more.
If you mean that kind of show the first one which comes to mind is last year's 'Weekly Wipe' where episode 6 was just a compilation of the best bits from the previous 5 episodes.
Because I don't think you just mean a drama where a character has a quick flashback to something earlier in their life and then it goes back to normal again do you? Because that is so common I'd imagine most series include that kind of scene.
If you do mean a drama show in which the entire episode is a flashback, didn't Eastenders have one of those a few years ago when Dot was remembering a story sequence set during the second world war?
Do you have a link? I have no idea what to search for.
Try looking for "the gift shop sketch" and "That mitchell and webb look"
Did the Eastenders episode show old footage?
The Simpsons have done it a couple of times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_It's_Come_to_This:_A_Simpsons_Clip_Show
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Simpsons_Clip_Show
South Park had a new take on it where they reminisced but the flashbacks were hyperbolised.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_on_the_Edge_of_Forever
As for UK shows - two pints of lager sort of did this at the end of each series, they'd show clips of the series at the end of the last episode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFtl2XXnUc
Dick & Dom's Funny Business on CBBC was an interesting one, it ran for one thirteen-episode series, which consisted of ten regular editions and three clipshows (the third also contained some behind-the-scenes footage).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_and_Dom%27s_Funny_Business
Thank you Radcliffe95, seagull_Mark and Shrike! Had a giggle at that
That's not what the OP means, they are talking about a show where in one of the episodes there is a little bit of new content but the rest is just clips of old episodes.
Mr. Bean did one of these which aired over Christmas (it's not new though)