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Post by RitaLittlewood on Feb 5, 2006 7:29:19 GMT
I started this because I saw Colette Mann today on a DVD I bought for my mum and boy does she look ancient! I can't believe she's 55! You can still tell it's her but she looks old.
Patsy
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Post by sootycat on Feb 6, 2006 12:26:53 GMT
Oh, good old Prisoner.........I loved that programme.
I wish they would repeat it.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Feb 22, 2006 12:04:48 GMT
So would I. Meridian never even finished it. I had to tape it from five and then I was away in Coventry when they showed the last ep so I had an even longer wait. LOL!
Patsy
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Post by sootycat on Mar 4, 2006 12:51:52 GMT
I saw it all the way through twice.
Once on Central and the second time on HTV.
And I would still love to see it again.i
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Post by valda on Mar 5, 2006 12:53:15 GMT
me too, I used to love Prisoner Cell Block H, our region took it off the screen`s and I do miss it a lot  . |
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Post by sallywebster on Mar 5, 2006 13:21:45 GMT
From what I read Meridian, London and Ulster all took it off around 100 episodes before the end. All the others showed it though and Central even started to repeat it but gave up after a while.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Mar 5, 2006 13:42:37 GMT
Books always mention the UK had it from 1989. But TVS had it in 1986!
Patsy
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Post by valda on Mar 5, 2006 16:46:18 GMT
our`s was border tv and took it off after 100 episode`s why I don`t know:( all I know it is a badly missed programme here I had watched it from the beginning. they took the high road off at the same time so unfair . |
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Post by sallywebster on Mar 5, 2006 16:54:11 GMT
I believe Yorkshire were the first to start showing it back in 1984 but only showed 1 episode a week so took until 1997 to get to the end. Central were the first to get to the end in December 1991 but they showed it 3 times a week.
Granada got to the end in 1994/5 and HTV in 1996.
I believe the reason Border skipped episodes was because they merged with Granada and started showing their episodes which were several years ahead. A simular thing happened when Tyne Tees and Yorkshire merged.
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Post by valda on Mar 5, 2006 21:56:47 GMT
oh great they merged with Granada but didn`t tell the viewer`s , that was nice of them:( I knew it was a long time ago but 1994/95 (help I can feel my gray hair`s  lol)even so I wish they`ed repeat it again but no they repeat everything else instead. |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Mar 5, 2006 23:53:26 GMT
I thought Border were still separate like Ulster, STV/Grampian and Channel. When did they take over?
Well the voiceover on Meridian said 'leave the ladies there for the time being'. They're still in limbo. LOL! There's a DVD, isn't there, featuring some eps?
Patsy
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Post by sallywebster on Mar 6, 2006 0:01:26 GMT
Border were owned by Granada from 1993 onwards I think, but im not sure. All I know is Border skipped loads of Prisoner to join up with Granada's episodes.
LOL! Do you know what the last episode Meridian showed was? I know ITV London axed it just before the big 600th episode.
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Post by valda on Mar 9, 2006 1:22:08 GMT
they skipped that many episode`s to catch up, it didn`t make sense after that . border must have merged with a lot after that. I think. where can I get that dvd? I might be able to catch up with prisioner cell block h again . when it got axed in cumbria old lizzie had just died (way behind I know ) |
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Post by sallywebster on Feb 24, 2007 22:02:58 GMT
I just got the Best of Prisoner on DVD. Id forgotten how good the Ballinger seige where top dog Myra Desmond was shot dead. I know most people seem to prefer the earlier episodes but I prefer the later ones with Myra Desmond and then Rita Connors as top dog. I also love Lou Kelly, and Lexie and Julie (who is now Susan Kinski in Neighbours of course!)
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Feb 24, 2007 22:34:33 GMT
Reb Keane is now Lyn Scully and her mum was Madge Bishop. There's a box coming out apparently featuring all the eps for over £500! Patsy |
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Post by sallywebster on Feb 25, 2007 11:32:26 GMT
Yes. Reb wasnt in any of the episodes on the DVD though. OMG I wont be getting that. I liked it and its good to see the occasional episodes but £500 |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Feb 25, 2007 14:05:58 GMT
Me neither. Maybe if they brought it down to £50.
Patsy
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Post by sallywebster on Feb 25, 2007 19:08:26 GMT
There are 692 episodes so I doubt it.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Feb 25, 2007 22:53:00 GMT
Maybe they'll need to shift them. LOL!
Patsy
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Post by sallywebster on Feb 25, 2007 22:58:44 GMT
How many discs will there be for 692 episodes I wonder.
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Feb 25, 2007 23:08:47 GMT
I dread to think. If 4 per disc maybe 173. If they released all existing eps of Crossroads I'd pay the money. I see Within These Walls series 1 is on DVD, which inspired PCBH. Patsy |
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Post by sootycat on Feb 26, 2007 12:15:20 GMT
Why can't they do us all a favour and repeat it.
I have still got the last 20 episodes on video, that I recorded years back when it was on Central.
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Post by sallywebster on Feb 26, 2007 12:27:42 GMT
Maybe 8 per disc so it wouldnt be so many! lol
Blimey that is a long time Sooty, Central were the first to finish in 1991! HTV didnt finish until 1996, and several regions never got to the end.
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Post by sootycat on Feb 27, 2007 15:04:54 GMT
I watched it on both Central and HTV. (We live in an area that can pick up both. )
This was before we got Sky. We have a Central and an HTV aerial.
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Post by Nick on Feb 28, 2007 18:22:44 GMT
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lol)even so I wish they`ed repeat it again but no they repeat everything else instead.