What shows would you like to see rescreened on tv ? either re-run or re-made .

Just finding my way round the site and posting on things that intrest me . TV being one , reading the threads made me think about what shows i would like to see again on tv either re-run or re-made .

Quick 3 ...............i will add more later

Tales of the Golden Monkey

Bring em back alive

Mannimal

ha i was just goin through the unfairly cancelled tv shows thread when you posted this.

Say the same, Outcasts. They owe us an ending

Also would like reaper and my name is earl too

TipToes88 wrote:ha i was just goin through the unfairly cancelled tv shows thread when you posted this.

Say the same, Outcasts. They owe us an ending

Also would like reaper and my name is earl too

I hate it when shows just stop with no logical ending .

Two series I remember fondly from my 'youth' and would like to watch again to see if they were as good as I remember are 'The Ritz' and 'Turtle's Progress'
I remember both as being brilliant, but that might just be nostalgia.

Was the Ritz the show about the bouncers ?

KINGKENNY7HEAVEN wrote:Was the Ritz the show about the bouncers ?

Yep, that's the one.
They also did a one of special set in Spain called 'The Continental' I think. Guest starred Frank Bruno IIRC.

Bottom

St Elsewhere - US '80s hosiptal drama. Brilliant stuff. They did re-runs on Channel 4 about two years ago but it was on at stupid o'clock in the morning. It is on their iPlayer now, but I'd still like to see it on TV at a reasonable time.

Kids of Degrassi Street/Degrassi Junior High/Degrassi High - class '80s kids drama. They recently did Degrassi: Next Generation which featured adults who were the kids in the original series. I'd like to see that on TV here too.

Heartbreak High - Aussie '90s teen drama - could do with a re-run as it was pretty good for an Oz drama. Never seen it on telly since.

All the original 1980s Top of the Pops in full.

I loved St Elsewhere , Denzil Washington Ed Begley Mark Harmon

KINGKENNY7HEAVEN wrote:I loved St Elsewhere , Denzil Washington Ed Begley Mark Harmon

I can't believe someone else has heard of it! The show was genius, and formed the basis of many that followed. I liked the in-jokes they had in the programme and the ongoing storylines. I notice Howie Mandel (he was Dr Wayne Fiscus) is on America's Got Talent now.

I would love to see them bring it back onto tv , haven't seen it for years .
It definatley had a lot of influence on other hospital dramas like ER

TipToes88 wrote:ha i was just goin through the unfairly cancelled tv shows thread when you posted this.

Say the same, Outcasts. They owe us an ending

Also would like reaper and my name is earl too

Yeah would love to seen Reaper start up again, you can't just cancel Poopie on people mid season.

Logans Run remade now with upto date special effects would be good . Would like to see StreetHawk rerun .

Would love to see Cheers re-run on telly. Loved that programme.

Also Thundercats, Around The World with Willy Fog and Mysterious Cities of Gold

Thundercats new series coming to Nick jnr , suppose to be good .

Really??? sweeeet!

crazygangwomble wrote:Really??? sweeeet!

Sorry got the channel wrong its on Cartoon Network , they have changed the look of the characters but it still looks good .

Nice one, i'll look out for it.

Cheers KK7H

No problem , theres a trailer for the movie knocking about aswell

The Watermargin , i loved this when i was a kid ..... made no sense to me what so ever but i loved it

Quite a few for me.

Airwolf
The Fall Guy
Streethawk(a personel favourite)
Crazy Like A Fox.

westisbest wrote:Quite a few for me.

Airwolf
The Fall Guy
Streethawk(a personel favourite)
Crazy Like A Fox.

I have just bought Streethawk and Automan on dvd ............. i loved them both !

After seeing what they did to Knight Rider, I'm not sure I want any of my childhood favourites remade.

I quite liked Airwolf, but the scope for a merc chopper pilot is somewhat limited.

Never quite saw the point of the Fall Guy...stuntman turned bounty hunter. Okay but never really grabbed by it.

Have to say I thought Street Hawk was rubbish, even as a 10-12 year old.

I think they could do a good remake of Magnum PI, but then again it'd probably be too similar to Burn Notice.

Part of me would love to see a new series of the A Team, but another part of me worries it'd be just like the movie.

Just had a thought.

Maybe they could remake the old Mission Impossible series. I'd also love to see a modern take on The Prisoner.

Kingkenny

May have to buy those myself.

I loved the theme tune to Street Hawk

Streethawk was £17 on Amazon , Automan i had to get off ebay as its not really on dvd to buy but some guy in america is selling them for £14.75 .

Cheers.

I normally get things off Play.com

Street Hawk bit more expensive at £28.

westisbest wrote:Cheers.

I normally get things off Play.com

Street Hawk bit more expensive at £28.

no problem Amazon was the cheapest around when i looked and was delivered within 3 days

Thought of another show i'd love to see again .

Crocodile Shoes .... Jimmy Naill

Frasier!

Prisoner Cell Block H.

Cult, campy soap drama, and brilliant after-pub entertainment.

Doubleagent73 wrote:Prisoner Cell Block H.

Cult, campy soap drama, and brilliant after-pub entertainment.

I used to watch that , what was the theme song it used to make me want to slit my wrists .

KingKenny7Heaven wrote:

Doubleagent73 wrote:Prisoner Cell Block H.

Cult, campy soap drama, and brilliant after-pub entertainment.

I used to watch that , what was the theme song it used to make me want to slit my wrists .

"He used to bring me roses..."

...and so on, as the credits roll and the camera follows one of the non-speaking female prison officers walking through corridors, locking gates behind her.

Doubleagent73 wrote:

KingKenny7Heaven wrote:

Doubleagent73 wrote:Prisoner Cell Block H.

Cult, campy soap drama, and brilliant after-pub entertainment.

I used to watch that , what was the theme song it used to make me want to slit my wrists .

"He used to bring me roses..."

...and so on, as the credits roll and the camera follows one of the non-speaking female prison officers walking through corridors, locking gates behind her.

that was it , great call

Heroes

Prison Break ........ i loved that show .

Prisoner Cell Block H should stay consigned to history. Part of it's charm was it's cheap naffness with the sets and OTT acting. If they modernised it, it would be awful. They could repeat the old series though. I remember staying up until one in the morning on a school night to watch it! You can buy the best bits on a DVD boxed set anyway

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prisoner-Cell-Block-Best-DVD/dp/B0000AV3GP/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1314516203&sr=8-12

Cari wrote:Prisoner Cell Block H should stay consigned to history. Part of it's charm was it's cheap naffness with the sets and OTT acting. If they modernised it, it would be awful. They could repeat the old series though. I remember staying up until one in the morning on a school night to watch it! You can buy the best bits on a DVD boxed set anyway

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prisoner-Cell-Block-Best-DVD/dp/B0000AV3GP/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1314516203&sr=8-12

It was a guilty pleasure , i had to have a look on youtube to listen to the theme song after reading Doubleagents post

Friends would be great! to be rescreened could call it Friends:where are they now or something

TheBrahmaBull wrote:Friends would be great! to be rescreened could call it Friends:where are they now or something

There was a rumour they were going to do something like this but the cast wanted to much money per episode so it was shelved .

KingKenny7Heaven wrote:

TheBrahmaBull wrote:Friends would be great! to be rescreened could call it Friends:where are they now or something

There was a rumour they were going to do something like this but the cast wanted to much money per episode so it was shelved .

Just as well to IMHO. Friends was great but I think it reached its expiry date by the time they wrapped it up.


Frasier was another series I loved, but they'd have to pull off one hell of a coup to find replacements to adequately fill the shoes of Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce and Jane Leeves.

Seeing mention of Prisoner Cell Block H I think it would be possible to remake Porridge - though again it'd be hard to replace the genius that was Ronnie Barker. Richard Beckinsale and Fulton Mackay were also top notch.

CHIPS

Nah - that was as naff as TJ Hooker and Cagney & Lacey.

Hill Street Blues, on the other hand...

i liked all of them , never did have good taste

Cari wrote:Prisoner Cell Block H should stay consigned to history. Part of it's charm was it's cheap naffness with the sets and OTT acting. If they modernised it, it would be awful. They could repeat the old series though. I remember staying up until one in the morning on a school night to watch it! ..

I don't think they should redo it at all, I agree the cheapness and dated-ness are a big part of the appeal. But to be fair it was also pretty groundbreaking for its time too. They kind-of did an updated version with Bad Girls, though it was unrelated to the original production.

There were a couple of 'remakes' actually. 'Dangerous Women' was an early 90s American soap (starring a very young Casper Van Dien!) which used some of the early Prisoner CBH characters and storylines, but quickly moved the action out of the prison and into a hotel (no, really) where the characters ended up working.

There was also a German remake 'Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast' in the late 90s.

And let's not forget that Prisoner CBH itself was inspired by 70s British TV drama, Within These Walls.

Anyway, I'm ALL FOR them re-showing the original Prisoner CBH. I wish someone would!

Sopranos

GG wrote:Sopranos

It's being re-run now on Sky Atlantic ....... i had forgot how good the 1st season was .

My Mum would like to see Widows and Band of Gold re shown , looks like im going to have to buy her the dvds

I think they could remake Tales of the Unexpected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_the_Unexpected_(TV_series)

They'd probably remove the naked woman from the credits now though