bandrui

Please don't say anything about Downton Abbey. We don't get it until January.

fulwood

Bandrui, Im in US and caught up on current series. It's brill and I won't divulge what happens. Thank God for expatshield! Just catching up today on this and Coronation Street..

bandrui

True confessions: every day I watch East Enders, Emmerdale and Corrie.

cheers

I saw that last Sunday or the Sunday before and they had Harry Secombe singing. He has passed away so it must have a clip from the past.

fulwood

I don't half miss some of those guys like Secombe, Morecambe and Wise, Les Dawson, Ronnie Barker. I think Wise is still alive. Also can't remember name of entertainer but used to love that game show where at end all items passed on conveyor belt like toasters etc and you had to remember as many items as possible to get them. Used to love remembering all the items then yelling when idiot could't remember everything. What's his name? Used to say "nice to see you, to see you and audience yelled out "nice".. getting old..

Mrs Sully

Was it Bruce Forsyth? He is still going!

Englishmum

Yes, it was "The Generation Game" and the host was Bruce Forsyth (and for a time, his much younger (now ex) wife, Anthea Redfearn).

He is still on TV as the host of the UK version of a dance competition, it might be 'Dancing With the Stars' or a similar name/format. Bruce received a Knighthood earlier this year.

I have no idea why this has just come into my head, (from around the same era - 1970s) I remember a game show which used to be on TV on Sunday evenings and the contestant had to shoot an arrow into a bullseye, the arrow being set up by "Bernie the Bolt"...I think it was "The Golden Shot"

bandrui

Was that Ken Dodd?

No, Bruce Forsyth. I looked it up.

Remember Freddie Frinton? A friend sent me this: (you can ignore the French subtitles LOL)

http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5zld2

Mummy in the foothills

The Golden shot with Bob Monkhouse. I loved that show when I was a little kid

fulwood

bruce forsyth it is..thanks..

mikelincs

Not nice for people who can't watch at the time due to it not being shown till later, if you feel the need to divulge the plot of the episode, well that's what the spolier button is for, and people don't have to look at it.

dontheturner

Hello Englishmum, Yes, and now Brucie has a new younger model!!!!! Don

mikelincs

well he has been married to her for 28 years, and she is 53, so if you can count that as a 'younger model' the Wilnelia Merced will fit, Anthea is 63 now

sallysimmons

I know someone was asking about The Box last week and thought it was too complicated for them, so I thought I'd mention my new discovery.

I've finally signed up for a service that lets me watch all the UK TV shows online instead of having to download it all from The Box.

I know some here use Expat Shield but it was no use to me because it doesn't allow you to watch Channel 4 and it doesn't work on a Mac.

So I did some research and found that, to watch all the channels, a proxy like ExPat Shield isn't enough. You need what's called a Virtual Private Network or VPN.

I signed up for this one last week and it's fantastic. It costs £5 a month but it's money well spent. I had to go through a very simple installation process on my laptop (took 2 minutes) and then I was connected to their servers, which means when I have it turned on, all my surfing goes through UK servers and I can see everything. It works for every channel and there are no delays.

Hope this helps someone who wants to watch all the great TV we're missing.

jasper123

Sorry bandruri and mikelincs ----- just wasn't thinking, I will be much more careful in the future.