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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: Lozza on March 28, 2010, 08:31:31 am
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ITV has axed The Bill after 27yrs of saturday night viewing. :'( What do we watch now?
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Also in mourning. Good to see there was at least one other fan on the forum!
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We stopped watching The Bill about 2 years ago when the staff started to get involved with each other in more ways than one,cops and robbers where left out of the script.
utter pommy smut. ;) ;D
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The Bill lost me as a viewer when Supt Brownlow left and the dodgy Supt Tom Chandler took over. The storylines started to become soapy with various affairs within Sunhill station including June Ackland rooting Jim Carver. All too unbelievable and detracting from the original "fly on the wall" style of the show.
I watched it religiously since it's beginning (taping episodes if I was out) but haven't watched a single episode since Chandler topped himself in 2002. The show is a mere shadow of its former self and has gone way past its use by date in my humble opinion.
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Firko 2002 wasnt that when you got the play boy channel ? lol
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The change from the half hour to hour format was due to the outsourcing of production to a company who were responsible for Corronation Street etc etc, which was the beginning of the end.They seem tho switch from character based to storyline based, the enduring characters like 'PC Reg Hollis' made the show. Incidentaly Jeff Stewart who played Reg Hollis was not happy about his axing from the show, there was even a petition to keep him in the show !
I suppose the Beebe were between the provebial rock and hard place, the in house production would have cost a fortune , had a loyal audience but numbers not growing. Any 'revamp' by marketing types would drive away the loyal viewers. The attempts to dumb down the show and include elements of 'CSI' were very easy to pick.
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Aye - used to watch it all the time as a kid, but couldn't stand to be in the room when it was on in the last few years.
Bring back Burnside!
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CSI SUN HILL. It lost me several years ago. Loved it when it was a Cop show about everyday policing.
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Thank Christ.
Time for an updated 'Minder' I reckon. Arthur and Tel on the scam etc.
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Axed?! :o You're kidding right? I've watched almost every episode since maybe 1995 (and get a tad cranky if I miss it).
Sh1t! >:(
It certainly has changed from time to time and some eras are better than others.
But overall it's still my fave Copper show and much preferred over anything the Yanks (and us Aussies) can put together.
I think it was 'The Bill' that taught me cars don't always explode when they crash or get shot at - how's that for realism?!
They currently show older replays on the pay telly and with 27 years of footage in their archive I'll happily watch 'em all over again. ;)
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That'll upset a few, lots of people had their favored eras in that show. Mine was around the year 2000/2001, when you could hear in nearly every location shot a cruddy old four-cylinder Honda or similar with buggered pipes and a shot chain/sprockets, winding it on and whizzing round the nearby streets giving us an earful. I've no idea whether it was intentional or not, but it was suspiciously regular... ;)
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spose there's more room on TV for motocross now ;D
seriously though,
i thought something had happened to TMBill when i read the headline :D
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i thought something had happened to TMBill when i read the headline
Same here, i was worried until i opened the thread.
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Axed?! :o You're kidding right? I've watched almost every episode since maybe 1995 (and get a tad cranky if I miss it).
Sh1t! >:(
It certainly has changed from time to time and some eras are better than others.
But overall it's still my fave Copper show and much preferred over anything the Yanks (and us Aussies) can put together.
I think it was 'The Bill' that taught me cars don't always explode when they crash or get shot at - how's that for realism?!
They currently show older replays on the pay telly and with 27 years of footage in their archive I'll happily watch 'em all over again. ;)
Hey dude-- koowaabunngga .. :-* ..where have ya been-- so glad you are back on the screen 8)
Missed ya--stay a while ;D
cheers west Oz
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Yes Wombat - I too have wondered where you have been. We miss your witty comments ;D
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Don't worry, the ABC is preparing for an 'Encore Screening' of the Bill.
So by my calculations I will be 76 by the time that is finished… in time for a Classic Repeat [or 2].
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About time. ::)
I also stopped watching when it became a soap.....
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What is the Bill?? has that tow truck bloke from eN Zud been sacked?? or just bashed about the head a bit with a steel headed ,wood handled, chopping device??? ??? ;)
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I remember when Tosh died (in real life!)
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Yeah. He liked a little drinkie (hic)..... :P
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Paul McDerrmot and Mikey Robins when on JJJ mornings would have 'The Bill' trivia. With questions like can you name all the 'estates' and can you do your best radio call in "Serria three zero I'm in pursuit of an IC 1 male , last seen headed toward the Larkmede Estate, can you show us dealing over".
Successfull ABC shows usually get repeated on Ch 7 ad nauseum
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The final episode screened tonight with thankfully a return to the original character based police procedural format rather than some dodgy soapie.They must have draged some old writers out of the woodwork. Next week is a retrospective on the entire history of the show, they had a snippet of the careers that were launched from appearences.
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Axed my hairy arsehole!!! Fooking bills still appearing in my letterbox .!
At least ABC2 in replaying good old Scrapheap Challenge from the first episodes every week night ;)
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When Inspector Brownlow left and the evil inspector Inspector Tom Chalmers took over it turned into a soap opera and I stopped watching. I reckon it was at its best with Frank Burnside, pissy Ted Roach and dodgy Don Beech. ;)
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ITV has axed The Bill after 27yrs of saturday night viewing. :'( What do we watch now?
Pornhub.com ????.... or get with the times, I watch all my TV on line, movies the lot streamed to my door. Nothing like choice. Even our local Blockbuster is virtual these days, the DVD is dead. ;D