Talking Pictures - Freeview channel 81

[winkywanky]

Agreed. The other thing I liked about The Sweeney was the theme music. The opening theme is quite strident and ballsy, with shots of cars skidding around, Regan scowling and Carter brandishing a gun.

Then at the end, the same tune but quieter and more reflective. Shots of the guys sitting around the office, having a smoke and then leaving the office to go home. Their day's work is done. Marvellous stuff.

Yes, beautifully written by Harry South (yes I did have to check, but I knew  ).

And right what you say about the reflective, almost sombre credits music at the end.

The opening music though, totally conjures up lines like: put your trousers on, your'e nicked!! as Regan bursts through the bedroom door of some lowlife criminal scum and his moll 

[houseboot]

Looking at the response to this thread it would be interesting to know the average age of members on this site.

74 and three quarters

 

[winkywanky]

74 and three quarters

 

I'm a mere youngster then 

[houseboot]

I'm a mere youngster then 

So am I 

[houseboot]

I'm not repeating anything of the dialogue, but I do recall one scene where a female protestor/agitator spat in his face, and got the back of his hand in no uncertain manner. I didn't watch Marc Warren's 2020 update, but I doubt if he was quite so direct.

Marc Warren took part in a very interesting film in 2003

[smiths]

Marc Warren took part in a very interesting film in 2003

Yes The Principles Of Lust, the early pub scene has the stripper played by a Lara Clifton do an open leg shot.

[mr.bluesky]

Sadly they changed the music and opening shots in later series. The other thing is the incidental music that was used. A prime example was in On The Run with  George Sweeney playing Tim Cook a total psycho, when he was about to blow his top the music cranked up.

The film re-make of the Sweeney  with Ray Winston was rubbish.   somethings are better left alone. A bit like the re- make of Das Boot. Not a patch on the original

[Beamer]

The film re-make of the Sweeney  with Ray Winston was rubbish.   somethings are better left alone. A bit like the re- make of Das Boot. Not a patch on the original

That was very watchable

[Thephoenix]

Looking at the response to this thread it would be interesting to know the average age of members on this site.

80 this year, but with a dick brain who thinks he's about 50.
I've not been feeding him with Viagra for about 5 months, so goodness knows how he'll react to that if I decide it's safe to punt again.
Maybe I'll just have to watch the old films on TP and remember the good ol' daze.
Perhaps my only EAS will be 'End of Active Service'.

[mr.bluesky]

80 this year, but with a dick brain who thinks he's about 50.
I've not been feeding him with Viagra for about 5 months, so goodness knows how he'll react to that if I decide it's safe to punt again.
Maybe I'll just have to watch the old films on TP and remember the good ol' daze.
Perhaps my only EAS will be 'End of Active Service'.

You've been feeding him Viagra for 5 months but not punting. You must be walking around with a permanent hard on.

[smiths]

The film re-make of the Sweeney  with Ray Winston was rubbish.   somethings are better left alone. A bit like the re- make of Das Boot. Not a patch on the original

It took years and years and loads of false starts to make that film, I agree it was rubbish. I would of preferred for it to have been set in the 70s with similar plots to the series but they wanted up to date flash.

[Thephoenix]

You've been feeding him Viagra for 5 months but not punting. You must be walking around with a permanent hard on.

Not been! 

[Thephoenix]

I much prefer the original 1958 Dunkirk film with John Mills, Richard Attenborough and Bernard Lee, than the modern version.
Being a war baby, I never tire of the old war movies.
'A bridge two far' was on again recently. My father was in The Irish Guards and fought in that campaign and I've been to Arnhem to see the bridge and the war cemeteries there, as well as all around the Normandy beaches.

A bit off subject..... Just reminiscing.

[wearegreat]

Just watched the 1st episode of William Tell from 1957. Gessler made William Tell (Conrad Phillips) shoot an apple of his son's head with a crossbow bolt. And the episode finished with the well known "William Tell Overture".
Very dated (tbf it is 63 years old) but happy childhood memories of this show.
And "The Four Feathers"from 1939 is showing now.
A great story made into a great film,and surprisingly it is in colour,not black and white as I expected.

[NIK]

Just watched the 1st episode of William Tell from 1957. Gessler made William Tell (Conrad Phillips) shoot an apple of his son's head with a crossbow bolt. And the episode finished with the well known "William Tell Overture".
Very dated (tbf it is 63 years old) but happy childhood memories of this show.
And "The Four Feathers"from 1939 is showing now.
A great story made into a great film,and surprisingly it is in colour,not black and white as I expected.

Yes, I recorded William Tell and have just watched it, as it was a programme I very vaguely remember as a very small child and I was curious. I assume it would have been either later series or repeats I recall, as I was a babe in arms when this first series came out.
I can't believe that even as a nipper I couldn't see that it was all filmed on sets and the scenery was totally unconvincing. We really have been spoiled by CGI.

I expect we will get Robin Hood, Richard the Lionheart and Ivanhoe soon. Maybe even Capt Pugwash! 

[wombat42]

Yes, I recorded William Tell and have just watched it, as it was a programme I very vaguely remember as a very small child and I was curious. I assume it would have been either later series or repeats I recall, as I was a babe in arms when this first series came out.
I can't believe that even as a nipper I couldn't see that it was all filmed on sets and the scenery was totally unconvincing. We really have been spoiled by CGI.

I expect we will get Robin Hood, Richard the Lionheart and Ivanhoe soon. Maybe even Capt Pugwash! 

Robin Hood is on now, the same episode shown twice a week. It is a fantastic program. Spot some famous actors/actresses in their early years such as Alfie Bass. External Link/Members Only)

[NIK]

Robin Hood is on now, the same episode shown twice a week. It is a fantastic program. Spot some famous actors/actresses in their early years such as Alfie Bass. External Link/Members Only)

Yes, I recall RH a bit better as maybe they made more or showed more. Barely recall William Tell and Richard The Lionheart, whilst I can't really remember Ivanhoe with Roger Moore at all.

[wombat42]

Yes, I recall RH a bit better as maybe they made more or showed more. Barely recall William Tell and Richard The Lionheart, whilst I can't really remember Ivanhoe with Roger Moore at all.

They made 143 Robin Hoods. As Talking Pictures are showing one episode twice a week, that should cover them for nearly 3 years.

[Thephoenix]

Just watched the 1st episode of William Tell from 1957. Gessler made William Tell (Conrad Phillips) shoot an apple of his son's head with a crossbow bolt. And the episode finished with the well known "William Tell Overture".
Very dated (tbf it is 63 years old) but happy childhood memories of this show.
And "The Four Feathers"from 1939 is showing now.
A great story made into a great film,and surprisingly it is in colour,not black and white as I expected.

My kids used to think the baddy was actually called Hamburger Gessler

[The Film Director]

Overnight tonight into Wednesday @01.55, TP is showing His Girl Friday one of the GOAT Hollywood (screwball) comedies, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell.  Based on the play The Front Page, made into a film later with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.

Ridiculous time to show one of the all-time great films, but still.....

[wombat42]

Overnight tonight into Wednesday @01.55, TP is showing His Girl Friday one of the GOAT Hollywood (screwball) comedies, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell.  Based on the play The Front Page, made into a film later with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.

Ridiculous time to show one of the all-time great films, but still.....

You not have a recordable Freeview box ?

[wombat42]

An item on this channel transmitted on BBC News Channel yesterday. It is a big lockdown hit with millions watching. Run by a father and daughter combo from their garden shed.

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[The Film Director]

You not have a recordable Freeview box ?

No, but I could record it if I wanted on my player hard disk, but have it on DVD anyway ('as should all thinking men (and women)', as Arthur Daley would say).

[Corus Boy]

Talking Pictures TV channel a lockdown hit

Family-run Talking Pictures is based out of a garden office in Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.

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[winkywanky]

Yes, I saw this item on BBC News. Very interesting. Talking Pictures is in my TV package and I've watched a few films on there.

Bearing in mind many of their viewers will be oldies with buggered hearing, it's unfortunate that they don't have any subtitles available at all. I'm not quite sure how it works, whether they're effectively 'embedded' into the video? But presumably they're added by whatever channel they're played on and Talking Pictures don't have the resources yet. I can see them becoming a very popular channel though, so perhaps this facilty will be added soon?

Also, I wonder how they operate? Do they do everything 'in-house' so to speak? Do they actually provide a constant streaming upload from the garden shed to whatever platform wishes to show their output? They must have good Broadband. I wonder what happens when the Virginman or the BTman comes to dig up the road and their link goes down? 

[Corus Boy]

Yes, I saw this item on BBC News. Very interesting. Talking Pictures is in my TV package and I've watched a few films on there.

Bearing in mind many of their viewers will be oldies with buggered hearing, it's unfortunate that they don't have any subtitles available at all. I'm not quite sure how it works, whether they're effectively 'embedded' into the video? But presumably they're added by whatever channel they're played on and Talking Pictures don't have the resources yet. I can see them becoming a very popular channel though, so perhaps this facilty will be added soon?

Also, I wonder how they operate? Do they do everything 'in-house' so to speak? Do they actually provide a constant streaming upload from the garden shed to whatever platform wishes to show their output? They must have good Broadband. I wonder what happens when the Virginman or the BTman comes to dig up the road and their link goes down? 

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[winkywanky]

Thanks for that CB, it must be coincidence that the films I've watched on TP haven't had them then 

[winkywanky]

...I'm also wondering now...I watch on Virgin TV and I use the subtitles button on my remote control to access them. I wonder whether subtitle functionality needs to be worked on by Virgin themselves?

Anyway, I shall make a point of at least watching one of the TP films which purports to have them, to check.

[Corus Boy]

Thanks for that CB, it must be coincidence that the films I've watched on TP haven't had them then 

I think that with movies the subtiles are made with ot after the movie and hand types to be added to the film.

Now days the technology is such that voice recognition software creates 'live' subtitles from the spoken word.

That leads to some real bloopers some of the time.

[winkywanky]

I think that with movies the subtiles are made with ot after the movie and hand types to be added to the film.

Now days the technology is such that voice recognition software creates 'live' subtitles from the spoken word.

That leads to some real bloopers some of the time.

I may well be wrong but I have to say, I'd assumed any modern, reasonably-sized budget film has subtitles added automatically as part of its post-production process now?

Of course with older films it will have to be added, Red Bee Media frequently getting the spellings and meanings wrong. And I don't think they're done with real-time software, I think they just have some useless people doing it.

[Corus Boy]

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[winkywanky]

But syncing them onto a film you're watching on your TV...?

[Corus Boy]

But syncing them onto a film you're watching on your TV...?

Not sure how it works.

I was looking for something else and up those pages popped.

[wombat42]

Many of the old films on Talking Pictures have sexist stereotypical roles for women. They are often dolled up with padded pointy bras and are sex mad. Yesterday there was a comedy called "The Big Job" which included Dick Emery, Sid James and Joan Sims.
 
"The only 3 women in this were all sex-mad superficial stereotypes."   External Link/Members Only

Almost all films shown on this channel have a warning at the start saying that the film may contain out of date attitudes.

[NIK]

Many of the old films on Talking Pictures have sexist stereotypical roles for women. They are often dolled up with padded pointy bras and are sex mad. Yesterday there was a comedy called "The Big Job" which included Dick Emery, Sid James and Joan Sims.
 
"The only 3 women in this were all sex-mad superficial stereotypes."   External Link/Members Only

Almost all films shown on this channel have a warning at the start saying that the film may contain out of date attitudes.

Yes, there was a hilarious one the other day when they said, 'Please note, the following film contains one offensive gesture which is used in a comic context. Some people may be offended, blah blah.'
Any saddo, lame brain who gets offended by this stuff should be locked up permanently for their own safety.  Or maybe they shouldn't even think about watching any of it.

Also, who decides what are and what aren't 'out of date attitudes?' Presumably, it's the self appointed 'thought police.'
We even have them patrolling on here. 

[Thephoenix]

Even Sunday Night At The London Palladium has those warnings.
It's no wonder watching Frankie Howard the other day....oooh yes... Oh no Missus!... Titter you not!... Don't mock the afflicted!
Very old school standup, but still made me laugh.
Some of the acts seem so corny now.

If you're interested they are repeated and there's some standout performances by Spike Milligan and Norman Wisdom who does a complete one man show with a bit of straight man by Bruce Forsythe

[NIK]

Even Sunday Night At The London Palladium has those warnings.
It's no wonder watching Frankie Howard the other day....oooh yes... Oh no Missus!... Titter you not!... Don't mock the afflicted!
Very old school standup, but still made me laugh.
Some of the acts seem so corny now.

If you're interested they are repeated and there's some standout performances by Spike Milligan and Norman Wisdom who does a complete one man show with a bit of straight man by Bruce Forsythe

The world get dafter with each passing hour. You simply couldn't make this pc shit up.
Yet some people swear by it. 

[wombat42]

Yes, there was a hilarious one the other day when they said, 'Please note, the following film contains one offensive gesture which is used in a comic context. Some people may be offended, blah blah.'
Any saddo, lame brain who gets offended by this stuff should be locked up permanently for their own safety.  Or maybe they shouldn't even think about watching any of it.

Also, who decides what are and what aren't 'out of date attitudes?' Presumably, it's the self appointed 'thought police.'
We even have them patrolling on here. 

The regulators Ofcom got heavy with them back in 2018: External Link/Members Only Obviously their broadcast warnings are OTT but they are covering their backs from possible closure by Ofcom.

[Corus Boy]

The regulators Ofcom got heavy with them back in 2018: External Link/Members Only Obviously their broadcast warnings are OTT but they are covering their backs from possible closure by Ofcom.

How long before it gets like the Cookie Warnings on the Internet?

You switch to a channel and a warning screen comes up listing the many ways you may be offended and a box telling you to press the Green Button on your handset to agree.

Followed by an "Are You Sure" message?

[NIK]

How long before it gets like the Cookie Warnings on the Internet?

You switch to a channel and a warning screen comes up listing the many ways you may be offended and a box telling you to press the Green Button on your handset to agree.

Followed by an "Are You Sure" message?

Yes, I am sick of these cookie warnings. What happens if you don't allow them?

[winkywanky]

The regulators Ofcom got heavy with them back in 2018: External Link/Members Only Obviously their broadcast warnings are OTT but they are covering their backs from possible closure by Ofcom.

For Ofcom to be acting on the basis of ONE viewer complaint is frankly ludicrous. It's obviously to do with the nature of the offending word or action, and we all know what the 'usual suspects' would be these days.

Sounds to me like Ofcom actually need to get off their arses and come up with a detailed framework of what is to be allowed in 'historical films'. They might be wonderful films in every way but with something in the content which is unacceptable now. I think most people get that, these films were of their time, they don't suddenly become bad films with a bad message.

If Ofcom actually did their job and were confident of what was and wasn't allowed under broad-based and detailed rules, then there wouldn#t be the pathetic kneejerk shit which we've seen way too much of lately, from all quarters.

[David1970]

Yes, I am sick of these cookie warnings. What happens if you don't allow them?

You have the option to personalise them, that what I do, not sure if it make a diffrence.

[WARSZAWA16]

Suspect we are fast getting to the stage where there will be an announcement of some sort before every programme, just to cover their arses.
Some examples recently, for example:
An episode of The Golden Girls not to be shown because they used mud packs.
An episode of Only Fools & Horses with an announcement on the tv guide that it "might cause offence". The offence being Del Boy imitating an Asian accent.
An episode of Peep Show banned, I believe by Netflix but not by Channel 4, because they "blacked up".
And don't get me started on the movement to ban Uncle Ben's Rice and other such American brands...   

[wombat42]

Just watching "Please Turn Over" directed by Gerald Thomas who directed all the Carry On films. Joan Sims and the lecherous Leslie Phillips is in the film which is jammed packed with sex-mad women. Also "The Big Job", on a few days ago,  was directed by Gerald Thomas also full of sex mad women. Seems to be a theme. Gerald Thomas teamed up with producer Peter Rodgers. Please Turn Over is quite risque for 1959. Some Like It Hot also 1959 was risque as well.

[Showmeyourheels]

I much prefer the original 1958 Dunkirk film with John Mills, Richard Attenborough and Bernard Lee, than the modern version.
Being a war baby, I never tire of the old war movies.
'A bridge two far' was on again recently. My father was in The Irish Guards and fought in that campaign and I've been to Arnhem to see the bridge and the war cemeteries there, as well as all around the Normandy beaches.

A bit off subject..... Just reminiscing.

Apologies for being way off topic and resurrecting an old thread, but it is a topic close to my heart.  If you like old war movies, check out "Theirs is the Glory" about the Arnhem battle, filmed on location in 1946 and "starring" soldiers who fought in the battle.  It is currently available on Youtube at External Link/Members Only

There is also a dubious colourised version and some "making of" videos about the movie.  It only covers the Arnhem end of OMG - I am at an age where I automatically read OMG as Operation Market Garden...    I make an annual pilgrimage to Arnhem every September and will again this year if anyone knows any reliable WGs in or around Arnhem or a site to find same.   

[Coriniumstud]

Do watch Talking Pictures now and again
But Together TV (Ch 83) have great movies on at 10.00pm every night 

[Dickled]

Apologies for being way off topic and resurrecting an old thread, but it is a topic close to my heart.  If you like old war movies, check out "Theirs is the Glory" about the Arnhem battle, filmed on location in 1946 and "starring" soldiers who fought in the battle.  It is currently available on Youtube at External Link/Members Only

There is also a dubious colourised version and some "making of" videos about the movie.  It only covers the Arnhem end of OMG - I am at an age where I automatically read OMG as Operation Market Garden...    I make an annual pilgrimage to Arnhem every September and will again this year if anyone knows any reliable WGs in or around Arnhem or a site to find same.   

I think this is a truly great movie made about American ex-servicemen adjusting to civilian life, "The Best Years Our Lives", made in 1946...
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One was a non-actor and only ever appeared in this one movie. He lost both his hands in the war, and won the Oscar for his performance.

[WARSZAWA16]

The Footage Detectives on Talking Pictures on Sundays at 5pm is worth a watch for those of a certain age. 

[otoo]

Noticed a great addition to this channel on Saturday around 230pm.

Certainly takes me back to my childhood.

Looks like they are showing 'Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'

Have put it on series record. For those that remember its certainly worth watching again.

'We know that you can hear us earthmen'

[JontyR]

One was a non-actor and only ever appeared in this one movie. He lost both his hands in the war, and won the Oscar for his performance.

I am grateful you didn't say that he picked up an Oscar.