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Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: on July 07, 2007, 10:38:28 pm
Marble just said this to me as she saw "Now that's what I call television" on the box.
Discuss?
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: loulou on July 07, 2007, 10:42:54 pm
 I%20Agree When i was younger I remember childrens tv being fun and entertaining and now it's pointless and full of violence. Saturday evening tv was always good and gameshows were always funny but now I can never find anything to watch.





Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: on July 07, 2007, 10:44:58 pm
Thank whoever for the tinternet.
I love watching Family Guy on You Tube.
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: Forth Bridges on July 07, 2007, 11:39:36 pm
Roland rat Saved Tvam Then it lost its fancsied pointless! 
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: goldencup on July 08, 2007, 09:09:32 am
I watched that programme and thought all it showed was that TV has got no worse.  It is amazing when you hear some of the old viewing figures though - how many did they say watched Aveline get married in Bread???
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: oldspice on July 08, 2007, 10:08:09 am
I agree that Saturday night TV is atrocious.  There should be a balance of programmes to reflect the taste of all viewers.  There is rarely a decent drama or documentary to look forward to.
 

I didn't have a TV when I was growing up so did not often see programmes like Z Cars and stuff. When I was a young adult however, I remember  enjoying dramas like Play for Today, Armchair Theatre and Within These Walls.  There is nothing similar today. I think the golden age ended when they stopped making things like Boys from the Blackstuff, GBH and similar.
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: on July 08, 2007, 12:03:10 pm
Although there are still some good TV programmes like David Dimbleby's 'How we built britain' TV has generally lost its way. It no loger provides mainstream family entertainment. Shows which used to be good like Last of the Summer Wine went on for a minimum of 15 years too long because many characters died and/or the remaining ones ran out of ideas.   There is nothing to replace such programmes because that style of comedy and the actors in it are from a bygone age or at least one which is at the very end of its time.  I think there is real case for saying that TV is now more informative than ever before but far less entertaining.  Dr Who is a notable exception.  

24 hour TV inevtably mean it will be filled with dross.  Fortunately we have an alternative.  It's called the radio.
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: smurfboy on July 09, 2007, 02:52:58 pm
Viewing figures may have been higher in the seventies and eighties, but back then there were only three (then four) channels to choose from. Now terrestrial TV has to compete with satellite, the web and games consoles.

Sad as it may seem, it 20 years time the kids of today will be having a similar misty-eyed conversation about the 'golden age' of Big Brother and Shipwrecked...

Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: goldencup on July 09, 2007, 03:17:33 pm
Yes that was what I meant.  There are so many more programmes now that they couldn't all be of a high standard.  People were much easier to please when there were a only a few channels to choose from.  You just have to be a bit discerning.
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: Forth Bridges on July 09, 2007, 05:04:38 pm
300 Channels and still nothing on! 
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: loulou on July 09, 2007, 10:14:16 pm
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300 Channels and still nothing on! 

250 repeats.
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: on July 10, 2007, 07:44:21 pm
This one is for Smurfy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crMacfExOws
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: Pussycat on July 10, 2007, 09:56:17 pm
I miss those good old family dramas like The Darling Buds of May and Shine On Harvey Moon. Lovely stuff.
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: Scarlet Passion on July 14, 2007, 10:14:48 pm
I loved Open All Hours and Dinnerladies, and thanks to Sky channels and UKTVGold in particular I can still enjoy them.
 

Fabulous.

And of course when there is nothing on I can always hit the off button and pick up a book.
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: loulou on July 15, 2007, 02:05:32 pm
I watch repeats of Only Fools and Horses on UKGold
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: on July 15, 2007, 09:58:20 pm
The repeats are good on digital TV, but there's very little new stuff coming out now. I used to like Play for today.  Abigail's party was a classic!  Oh for the 1970's.

Actually come to think of it, there's a good prog just started on BBC2 called Indian cookery made easy with these hot Asian chicks!
Title: The Golden age of TV has gone
Post by: smurfboy on July 16, 2007, 03:17:32 pm

Quote from: Scarlet Passion
I loved Open All Hours and Dinnerladies, and thanks to Sky channels and UKTVGold in particular I can still enjoy them.
 

Fabulous.

And of course when there is nothing on I can always hit the off button and pick up a book.


You have quite traditional tastes for one so young. Nice to see it's not just an age thing! LOL