I enjoyed the original series , but they made a follow up series about 20 years later, and this must have been one of the worst programmes ever made. You had these two 40 somethings still going out on the pull each weekend. It just didn't work, I assume it was quickly dropped.
Well I watched the first one with Elizabeth Estensen and I'm not going to bother watching any more, its a shame Polly James decided to leave!
My sister and I used to love the episodes with Carol because her family (the Boswells) were funny - angry dad, mum always crying, Lucien and his rabbits.
I'm bumping this up as Carla Lane died last week and this is seen as her finest work. I'd say Birds was far better in the Polly James era as it was a bit like a female Likely Lads, them getting into scrapes and having relationship troubles, than the later ones that seemed to dwell too much on the Boswell family and Nerys Hughes becoming a vegetarian animal lover. That said any episode will bring a smile to your face and no one can forget the theme tune.
Our Lucien (Michael Angelis) narrated Thomas the Tank Engine after Ringo Starr didn't want to do it any more. Which is funny because his brother Paul was Ringo's speaking voice in the Yellow Submarine film.
When Michael stopped narrating, he was replaced by Roger McGough, who was previously in a band with Paul McCartney's brother Mike, called The Scaffold. They wrote and sang the theme tune to The Liver Birds.
It was all very incestuous back then.
When Michael stopped narrating, he was replaced by Roger McGough, who was previously in a band with Paul McCartney's brother Mike, called The Scaffold. They wrote and sang the theme tune to The Liver Birds.
It was all very incestuous back then.
I think that's a bit unfair
McGough was a name in his own right back then.
and McGear deliberately pertformed under a different name in order NOT to take advantage of his brother's fame
and McGear deliberately pertformed under a different name in order NOT to take advantage of his brother's fame
I wasn't suggesting nepotism/favouritism. Just pointing out that so much of the talent coming out of Merseyside in the 60s & 70s, seemed to be connected.
Along with Butterflies, about the only half-decent thing Carla Laine ever wrote.
For me Butterflies was the only half decent thing she wrote. It was the 2 stellar leads that made it. The Liver Birds was mediocre at best and Bread was even worse.
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Looking at Polly and Nerys in The Liver Birds looking so young makes it hard to believe that they are both now 73 and Elizabeth Estenson is 65!
Probably something to do with the famous Liver buildings
They are pronounced Lyver
Maybe Liverpool should be pronounced Lyverpool:cool:
My sister and I used to love the episodes with Carol because her family (the Boswells) were funny - angry dad, mum always crying, Lucien and his rabbits.
When Michael stopped narrating, he was replaced by Roger McGough, who was previously in a band with Paul McCartney's brother Mike, called The Scaffold. They wrote and sang the theme tune to The Liver Birds.
It was all very incestuous back then.
I think that's a bit unfair
McGough was a name in his own right back then.
and McGear deliberately pertformed under a different name in order NOT to take advantage of his brother's fame
I wasn't suggesting nepotism/favouritism. Just pointing out that so much of the talent coming out of Merseyside in the 60s & 70s, seemed to be connected.
For me Butterflies was the only half decent thing she wrote. It was the 2 stellar leads that made it. The Liver Birds was mediocre at best and Bread was even worse.
A photo of Nerys in todays paper at Carla's funeral, she is looking her age, not unexpected, but she was gorgeous when young.