Programs That Could Not Be Made Today

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  • AidanLunnAidanLunn Posts: 5,320
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    samwalk wrote: »
    .Crossroads - the wonky sets and wooden advertising are below modern standards.
    Dixon of Dock Green - not gritty enough
    It Ain't Alf Hot Mum - racist and gay stereotypes
    3-2-1 - Incomprehensible
    Midsomer Murders - male lead character

    Surely you mean "acting"?

    Crossroads was made again in the early 2000s and this time it looked much better. So you "could" make it again.

    Dixon of Dock Green could be made less gritty

    You could make It Ain't Half Hot mum without the racism and stereotypes

    3-2-1 - being incomprehensible isn't a barrier to it not being made again. The more mentally challenging the game show, the better, I think.

    Midsomer Murders only recently ended, I see no reason why it can't be made now.
  • AidanLunnAidanLunn Posts: 5,320
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    grahamzxy wrote: »
    The joke was on Alf Garnett, Eddie Booth, Blakey in the 1970s we knew they were stupid fools, very little racism ie we didn't laugh at the black man, the white man was actually the idiot - Porridge was racist/stereotyping on occasion, as a white male though it was hard to be offended on someone else's behalf - unless it was vicious bullying.

    Blakey I see as the one in OTB with sense.

    He actually enjoys being in the company of cultured Indians, and he tells two lazy randy middle-aged guys who somehow manage to gain the attention of every attractive, mindless female within 100 yards to do their job.

    Nothing wrong with that character.
  • AidanLunnAidanLunn Posts: 5,320
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    John259 wrote: »
    The Crystal Maze - too expensive to build the set.
    Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan) - too creative.
    An Unearthly Child - two teachers following a pupil home after school wouldn't be considered as even remotely acceptable.

    AN Unearthly Child is't a "series" - it's the first Doctor Who episode.

    Same with the Tomb of the Cybermen though - the inclusion of a black, simple minded strongman who bears no apparent intelligence is surely a candidate for the Alf Garnett Stereotyping Awards, surely?
  • AidanLunnAidanLunn Posts: 5,320
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    The Golden Shot - doesn't work with digital delays.

    How would it not work with digital delays? Surely an increased delay between a command of "move left a bit" - camera moves left and stops of its own accord would not affect it?

    You'd still be as likely or not to hit the target, just with an increased distance in time between the command and the command appearing on viewers' screens.
  • John259John259 Posts: 28,328
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    Anyone making a western might have trouble finding clear skies with no aircraft vapour trails just about anywhere in the USA or Canada.
  • AidanLunnAidanLunn Posts: 5,320
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    John259 wrote: »
    Anyone making a western might have trouble finding clear skies with no aircraft vapour trails just about anywhere in the USA or Canada.

    Easily painted out via CGI.
  • John259John259 Posts: 28,328
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    AidanLunn wrote: »
    Easily painted out via CGI.
    Fair point.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 622
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    AidanLunn wrote: »
    Surely you mean "acting"?

    Crossroads was made again in the early 2000s and this time it looked much better. So you "could" make it again.

    Dixon of Dock Green could be made less gritty

    You could make It Ain't Half Hot mum without the racism and stereotypes

    3-2-1 - being incomprehensible isn't a barrier to it not being made again. The more mentally challenging the game show, the better, I think.

    Midsomer Murders only recently ended, I see no reason why it can't be made now.

    Not the same though.

    And if you approach Midsomer as an entirely new series rather than an extension of an old one you come up against the BBC policy of having fewer male detective leads and more female ones.
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    Cyclist wrote:
    Monty Python, too much gratuitous nudity
    You are kidding, right?

    Phil Jupitus was quite clear that he used to watch in hope of boobs. Funny though the shows were a key feature was randomness and it would be hard to justify the topless and nude scenes to a stony faced PC morality committee.
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    How about The Young Ones? When they show the repeats they have to cut the racism cut out and it makes even less sense then it did originally.

    It also has the added disadvantage of being lame and childish. Audiences have become immune to that sort of thing now.
  • gemma-the-huskygemma-the-husky Posts: 18,116
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    rising damp

    rigsby is always making racist comments about philip.
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    Kenny Everett
  • AidanLunnAidanLunn Posts: 5,320
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    samwalk wrote: »
    Not the same though.

    And if you approach Midsomer as an entirely new series rather than an extension of an old one you come up against the BBC policy of having fewer male detective leads and more female ones.

    Midsomer Murders is ITV . . .
  • AidanLunnAidanLunn Posts: 5,320
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    How about The Young Ones? When they show the repeats they have to cut the racism cut out and it makes even less sense then it did originally.

    But that was in a satirical view of "traditional" comedy and society of the time. The police officer making racist remarks towards an Asian sales man is a particular example.

    Spitting Image often used to poke fun at racists by satirising such people by having them use their racist terms in such ridiculous ways.
  • exlordlucanexlordlucan Posts: 35,375
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    Cyclist wrote: »
    Phil Jupitus was quite clear that he used to watch in hope of boobs. Funny though the shows were a key feature was randomness and it would be hard to justify the topless and nude scenes to a stony faced PC morality committee.

    I think most men did but the most we ever got was Carol Cleveland in scanty underwear.:(
    (not saying it wasn't a treat though)

    The only naked I can remember was Terry Jones sat playing an organ.
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    How about The Young Ones? When they show the repeats they have to cut the racism cut out and it makes even less sense then it did originally.

    It also has the added disadvantage of being lame and childish. Audiences have become immune to that sort of thing now.

    Of course TV viewers are soooo much more sophisticated now aren't they? :rolleyes:
  • ShrewnShrewn Posts: 6,824
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    Whacko! (Beating children with sticks may be seen as a no no these days)
    World of Sport / Grandstand (Sports rights are all over the shop these days)
    Treasure Hunt (Chopper fuel prob costs too much and environmentalists would moan)
    George and Mildred (Would prob have to be called George and George and be about a same sex couple living in perfect harmony next door to their agreeable lesbian neighbours)
    Not The Nine O’Clock News (Because it would have to be called Not The BBC News at Ten which doesn’t have the same ring to it)
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    The Morecambe and Wise Show
  • TerraCanisTerraCanis Posts: 14,099
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    I think most men did but the most we ever got was Carol Cleveland in scanty underwear.:(
    (not saying it wasn't a treat though)

    The only naked I can remember was Terry Jones sat playing an organ.

    The was the sketch of the "World's Most Boring Man" who passed through a number of "interesting" events on the way to the bus, without noticing any of them. One of those events was that the woman behind the counter in the newsagents was seen to be topless, and implied to be naked.

    I'm not sure whether she was Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth or someone else, but it was quite a surprise to the 13-year-old I was at the time!

    ETA: It was "The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker"
  • BelligerenceBelligerence Posts: 40,613
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    Can't imagine the Beeb commissioning 'Only Fools And Horses' now.
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    Tomorrow's World
  • TonyCurrieTonyCurrie Posts: 829
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    AidanLunn wrote: »
    How would it not work with digital delays? Surely an increased delay between a command of "move left a bit" - camera moves left and stops of its own accord would not affect it?

    You'd still be as likely or not to hit the target, just with an increased distance in time between the command and the command appearing on viewers' screens.

    No. There are multiple delays in the digital domain. The viewer at home sees a delayed picture from the camera. The digital telephone system introduces a delay in the viewer's voice getting to the cameraman. So, when the viewer 'sees' the centre of the target on his screen at home and yells "fire" ..... a) he's seeing what the cameraman saw more than a second ago and so the camera has by now gone past the target and...... b) by the time the command gets through the telephone network the camera may well be two or three seconds past the target. It is therefore quite impossible to make it work!
  • pete137pete137 Posts: 18,342
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    Mini Pops !
  • alcockellalcockell Posts: 25,160
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    pete137 wrote: »
    Mini Pops !
    Umm - that one couldn't be made as soon as Childline was up and running!
  • NosegayNosegay Posts: 520
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    Quality ones. The BBC seems to have abandoned the concept.
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