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Anyone remember "The Upper Hand"

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    Glenn AGlenn A Posts: 23,885
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    One of the last shows made by Thames, and quite popular in its day.
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    Face Of JackFace Of Jack Posts: 7,181
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    IIRC, the theme tune was the same, or at least a re-arrangement, of Knots Landing's theme tune

    I remember noticing that! It was very similar to Knots Landing's slower theme tune! ;)
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    dorydaryldorydaryl Posts: 15,927
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    Would really like to know what happened to William Puttock, who seems to have given up acting after this. Have seen a couple of sites mention that he lives in a council flat and is a dustman in Ealing but I think it's a wind up.

    The show was cheesy, but I did enjoy it.
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    asp746asp746 Posts: 7,286
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    i was in my teens at the time - it was cheesy and overacted as hell. Not a patch on Who's The Boss
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    steven1977steven1977 Posts: 3,968
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    asp746 wrote: »
    i was in my teens at the time - it was cheesy and overacted as hell. Not a patch on Who's The Boss

    No it wasent.
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    Ella NutElla Nut Posts: 9,092
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    I had a soft spot for The Upper Hand. I remember thinking I soooooo wanted to live in that house.
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    GroutyGrouty Posts: 34,088
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    This starts today on ITV3, 5:15pm :)

    Just found out that Kellie Bright was Cassie Tyler in Bad Girls.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,043
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    I want to know when the boxset is out its long overdue.
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    jsmith99jsmith99 Posts: 20,382
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    .............Whereas the Upper Hand:

    "Both Caroline and Charlie repeatedly attempt to find love elsewhere. For years denying their blossoming feelings for one another, they lead the viewer on a will-they-won't-they chase lasting until the end of the sixth series. .............

    So they made six series based on only two plotlines:

    Plot A - she talked to another man, he got jealous;
    Plot B - he talked to another woman, she got jealous.

    My wife liked it, but I found it virtually the same week after week.
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    Bulletguy1Bulletguy1 Posts: 18,429
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    Diana Weston who played Caroline had an attractive eh ..personality.....
    I always had the hots for her.....very attractive woman. :D
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    owl61ukowl61uk Posts: 3,008
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    ITV made some terrible comedies during the 80's 90;s and this was probably the worst. A complete laughter free comedy, despite a decent cast
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    Steve_WhelanSteve_Whelan Posts: 1,986
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    Who's the boss had almost two hundred episodes, the upper hand only eighty odd, so why did they choose to use original material for the final series when all the previous series were re worked versions of who's the boss.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,043
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    owl61uk wrote: »
    ITV made some terrible comedies during the 80's 90;s and this was probably the worst. A complete laughter free comedy, despite a decent cast

    If its such a terrible series as you put then answer me this.

    How did it pull decent viewing figures for 6 series.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 484
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    Diana Weston who played Caroline had an attractive eh ..personality
    this is a pic of her in The Sweeney..maybe this should be in the Best Boobs thread

    th_830946278_diana_weston___feet_of_clay.mp4_snapshot_00.06_2012.06.16_09.04.28_122_457lo.jpg

    Just on itv 4 now!!!!! :p
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 484
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    Diana Weston who played Caroline had an attractive eh ..personality
    this is a pic of her in The Sweeney..maybe this should be in the Best Boobs thread

    th_830946278_diana_weston___feet_of_clay.mp4_snapshot_00.06_2012.06.16_09.04.28_122_457lo.jpg

    Just on itv 4 now!!!! :D
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    wuffleswuffles Posts: 45,798
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    I'm sure Kellie Bright played Del Boy's mum in Rock n Chips.
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    IzakIzak Posts: 3,452
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    Used to watch The Upper Hand with my Mum when I was a kid, we re watched it when it was shown on Granada Plus (before ITV scrapped it for the inferior ITV 3), it was a good sitcom
    Glenn A wrote: »
    One of the last shows made by Thames, and quite popular in its day.

    It was actually made by Central Television, I still remember their ident appearing at the end.
    wuffles wrote: »
    I'm sure Kellie Bright played Del Boy's mum in Rock n Chips.

    Yes she certainly did.
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    John DoughJohn Dough Posts: 146,818
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    owl61uk wrote: »
    ITV made some terrible comedies during the 80's 90;s and this was probably the worst. A complete laughter free comedy, despite a decent cast

    It was very twee and unbearable to watch.
    How it lasted so long is bewildering but then Eastenders keeps on being made too.:confused:
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    owl61ukowl61uk Posts: 3,008
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    Only the great British public know the answer to that. There are many terrible programmes in my opinion that have great audience figures, BGT, Eastenders,. Having great viewing figures is no indication that a programme for example is funny

    All down to individual choice


    If its such a terrible series as you put then answer me this.

    How did it pull decent viewing figures for 6 series.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 413
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    I used to love watching this as a kid with my mum lol don't think I've watched it in about 15 years.
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    pinkyponk34pinkyponk34 Posts: 1,244
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    Interesting that ITV can afford to give their old sitcoms an afternoon run yet the beeb sits on good stuff like 2.4 Children - Dear John - Sorry - Ever Decreasing Circles - Hi De Hi - Etc.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 930
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    This is bejabbers repeated on itv 3
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    CreamteaCreamtea Posts: 14,682
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    Yes. It was awful.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 930
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    Sorry. Noticed that my iPad was using predictive text again. I meant this was being repeated
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    Tangledweb7Tangledweb7 Posts: 3,890
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    I actually quite liked this series remember when it used to be on in the 90's i have since collected it all on DVD. :p I was just wondering does anyone remember or ever hear that Joe McGann was supposed to be having an affair with Diana Weston at the time whether it was true or false? :)
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