Never to the dark side Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 is on tonight(TUESDAY)which is FIFTY years after the episode was first shown BBC4 at 20:30pm 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamin Groovy Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 England f……….. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Brian Glover the geezer trying to spoil their day. When he died, the Guardian obituary said he died of a Brian Tumour... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 21 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: Brian Glover the geezer trying to spoil their day. When he died, the Guardian obituary said he died of a Brian Tumour... I suppose, in a way, he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malago Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Brian Glover in Kes. 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendip City Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Thanks for the heads-up. Brilliantly funny even if a little “of its time”. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 1 hour ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: Brian Glover the geezer trying to spoil their day. When he died, the Guardian obituary said he died of a Brian Tumour... Back in the late 70s I was fortunate to meet and talk with Brian Glover when just occasionally he would have a drink in the Queens Elm at 241 Fulham Road. Sadly, like Brian, the pub is no more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 4 hours ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: Brian Glover the geezer trying to spoil their day. When he died, the Guardian obituary said he died of a Brian Tumour... He was a brilliant actor. Always remember him in Porridge, where like everyone else in the cast he was superb. Someone says to him “never judge a book by its cover” to which he replied “I do, I can’t read”. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Kes is a very good film probably in the cult bracket.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 3 hours ago, Malago said: Brian Glover in Kes. A bit before my childhood, but so much is the same. We had a PE teacher just like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Ant and Dec remade this episode several years ago. I avoided it just like the result! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, Norn Iron said: Ant and Dec remade this episode several years ago. I avoided it just like the result! Didnt reeves and mortimer do kes too NI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Malago said: Brian Glover in Kes. A wonderful clip from an excellent film. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton_fan Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 5 hours ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said: Back in the late 70s I was fortunate to meet and talk with Brian Glover when just occasionally he would have a drink in the Queens Elm at 241 Fulham Road. Sadly, like Brian, the pub is no more. I remember that pub from my student days, did a brilliant shepherd's pie and baked beans, that was the early 70s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southport Red Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Love how he avoids finding out the score, gets home, his wife says “Goodnight luv, enjoy the game… …you won’t see any goals though” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Kes was the first Ken Loach film I ever watched, although I wasn’t aware at the time that he was the Director nor, indeed, who he was. I was a teenager at the time, and I watched it at school, either in an English class or in our film club. I remember I cried, which was quite embarrassing as I went to an all boys school, so I received the usual teasing. I watched it again many years later, and, even though I knew the plot, I cried again - I was alone this time, so suffered no teasing. As I said earlier, though, an excellent film, as are most films directed by Ken Loach. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sheene Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 6 hours ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: Brian Glover the geezer trying to spoil their day. When he died, the Guardian obituary said he died of a Brian Tumour... Brian Glover is excellent in an episode of Minder called "The beer hunter" "Hello Chuffer" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 2 hours ago, GrahamC said: He was a brilliant actor. Always remember him in Porridge, where like everyone else in the cast he was superb. Someone says to him “never judge a book by its cover” to which he replied “I do, I can’t read”. Green it was. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 2 hours ago, GrahamC said: He was a brilliant actor. Always remember him in Porridge, where like everyone else in the cast he was superb. Someone says to him “never judge a book by its cover” to which he replied “I do, I can’t read”. Green it was 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 7 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: is on tonight(TUESDAY)which is FIFTY years after the episode was first shown BBC4 at 20:30pm Whatever happened to you? Whatever happened to me? What became of the people, we used to be? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 There was another similar footy story with Syd James and Tony hancock in 1959 about football pools There must have been a few more as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) Of course, these days, we have YouTube for such nostalgic trips Edited June 14, 2023 by CiderJar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Never to the dark side said: There was another similar footy story with Syd James and Tony hancock in 1959 about football pools There must have been a few more as well https://youtu.be/DhGGCXug3Hc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 And then there is this which has become a classic in its own right 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 1 hour ago, CiderJar said: Of course, these days, we have YouTube for such nostalgic trips I watched all of them recently on That's TV on Freesat, I think it's available on Freeview too. It was enjoyable and compared to other shows of the time it's comparatively enlightened, even the blatant sexism is reserved for the nastier characters. Almost anything written by Dick Clement and Ian Lafrenais was great comedy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Port Said Red said: I watched all of them recently on That's TV on Freesat, I think it's available on Freeview too. It was enjoyable and compared to other shows of the time it's comparatively enlightened, even the blatant sexism is reserved for the nastier characters. Almost anything written by Dick Clement and Ian Lafrenais was great comedy. Their film Water was very good too. They also rewrote a James Bond script....the remake of Thunderball due to copyright etc Never Say Never Again. They even used a classic line from Porridge in it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 14 hours ago, Barry Sheene said: Brian Glover is excellent in an episode of Minder called "The beer hunter" "Hello Chuffer" …and of course he tells the ‘Remember the Alamo’ joke in The Slaughtered Lamb pub in An American Werewolf in London. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 15 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Kes was the first Ken Loach film I ever watched, although I wasn’t aware at the time that he was the Director nor, indeed, who he was. I was a teenager at the time, and I watched it at school, either in an English class or in our film club. I remember I cried, which was quite embarrassing as I went to an all boys school, so I received the usual teasing. I watched it again many years later, and, even though I knew the plot, I cried again - I was alone this time, so suffered no teasing. As I said earlier, though, an excellent film, as are most films directed by Ken Loach. After school film club Phil, I was there. Showed some great films, Rosemary's Baby, Bonnie & Clyde and Cabaret were others iirc. I think a (comparatively) young teacher, Chris Beale, was in charge, also spotted him at AG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said: After school film club Phil, I was there. Showed some great films, Rosemary's Baby, Bonnie & Clyde and Cabaret were others iirc. I think a (comparatively) young teacher, Chris Beale, was in charge, also spotted him at AG. You weren’t one of those cruel bastards who teased me when I cried, were you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 15 hours ago, Southport Red said: Love how he avoids finding out the score, gets home, his wife says “Goodnight luv, enjoy the game… …you won’t see any goals though” When I was a kid, my stepdad () wanted to watch the Big Match on ITV Sunday lunchtime, round at his Aunt's. He went out of his way to avoid finding out the score, and when we arrived the first thing he said was "Don't tell me the score, Hilda, I want to watch the Big Match" She said "OK, fine. Bloody rubbish game anyway, weren't any goals" I swear I nearly died laughing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: You weren’t one of those cruel bastards who teased me when I cried, were you? Possibly if your blubbing prevented me hearing the film! Seriously, I doubt it very much, there was a fair sprinkling of unpleasant w*nkers at that school (must have been Rovers fans!) and although I'm sure I was far from perfect I'm pretty sure I didn't join in on ganging up on anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 15 hours ago, Barry Sheene said: Brian Glover is excellent in an episode of Minder called "The beer hunter" "Hello Chuffer" "Anorexic whippet" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 10 minutes ago, SecretSam said: When I was a kid, my stepdad () wanted to watch the Big Match on ITV Sunday lunchtime, round at his Aunt's. He went out of his way to avoid finding out the score, and when we arrived the first thing he said was "Don't tell me the score, Hilda, I want to watch the Big Match" She said "OK, fine. Bloody rubbish game anyway, weren't any goals" I swear I nearly died laughing. A mate had similar, Newcastle fan living in Newcastle, there were late extended highlights on of a big game, either Newcastle or England, I don't recall, and he had been out for the evening avoiding hearing the score. When he returned to watch it he said to his mum "Don't tell me the score" And she said... "It's alright, nobody scored." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 8 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: There was another similar footy story with Syd James and Tony hancock in 1959 about football pools There must have been a few more as well For the best odds, contact Ivan Toney at Bet232. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtucks Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 19 hours ago, GrahamC said: He was a brilliant actor. Always remember him in Porridge, where like everyone else in the cast he was superb. Someone says to him “never judge a book by its cover” to which he replied “I do, I can’t read”. I remember him saying, "I read a book once! Green it was!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 19 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said: A wonderful clip from an excellent film. I prefer the bits with kestrels innit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 On 13/06/2023 at 18:46, spudski said: A bit before my childhood, but so much is the same. We had a PE teacher just like that. I think we all had PE teachers like that. Ours were only interested in using the lesson like a boot camp. No one enjoyed it. They each had their favourite sport and didn't care about the other sports they should be teaching. None of them knew about cricket and used to ask me to teach the rest of the class as my Dad was a good player and taught me so much. The misery of rugby in the autumn term will never be forgotten. Apologies for going off topic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, Open End Numb Legs said: I think we all had PE teachers like that. Ours were only interested in using the lesson like a boot camp. No one enjoyed it. They each had their favourite sport and didn't care about the other sports they should be teaching. None of them knew about cricket and used to ask me to teach the rest of the class as my Dad was a good player and taught me so much. The misery of rugby in the autumn term will never be forgotten. Apologies for going off topic. Funnily enough, ours were opposite: loved cricket, not that interested in anything else, with football coming near the bottom of the tree. Athletics, my own personal area of excellence, was pretty much ignored and we just went off to do it ourselves. Luckily myself and one classmate were good enough to get extra-curricular coaching from international standard coaches based in Millfield, just down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I did actually manage to avoid all the football on the final day of the season and only watch unfold on one of those "timeline" MOTD's they do, the great thing about it was that it was the Man City AGUERO! year, and I was in complete disbelief at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 On 13/06/2023 at 15:30, Malago said: Brian Glover in Kes. His character would fit in well with the EFL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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