Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 `Down Your Way` - was that with Franklin Engelman? The bit they used and which I remember, starts at 1.13. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 847 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 #27. That looks very much like the wireless we had when I was a kid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 I'll bet you're pleased that you found out who nicked it at last. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Then we had the 'Adventures of P.C.49', a police contemporary of 'Paul Temple'. All good stuff that kept you glued to the radio of an evening.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 As a small kid, the only radio I remember was The Archers and someone called Walter Gabriel, who was always laughing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I always thought the interesting thing about the Archers was how they were reincarnated. Walter Gabriel, he of the gravelly voice, snuffed it but soon turned up again. Harry Oaks, Dan Archer, arose in similar vain. I don't know if they are still more or less immortal. I wonder if they're all Buddhists. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted November 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 The tune for Down Your Way is Horse Guards - Whitehall; composed by Haydn Wood. The image below is from the 2 CD set of such tunes for radio and TV. It gives the names of the tunes and the programmes that they were played on. You might have to expand the image to read the small print. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Didn't Walter Gabriel call his friends 'me old pal, me old beauty' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SPIKEISLAND9 46 Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Cliff #27 Thanks for that, I`d forgotten the tune having not heard it for about 60 years, but it came flooding back when I did. Problem is I cannot stop whistling it now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SPIKEISLAND9 46 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 He did indeed Katy, me old pal me old beauty! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted March 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Great news for those of us who were brung up in the 1940s and 1950s - Paul Temple is back on the wireless - yeeeaaahhh!! Beginning tomorrow, Monday the 14th through to Friday on BBC Radio 4 Extra. It will be broadcast four times a day - 6.00, 13.00, 20.00 and 1.00. The title of the series is Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case, first broadcast in 1954. For the film buffs, a couple of good 'uns on next Saturday morning/afternoon. At 8.35 am Forbidden Planet, one of the early sci-fi films; and at 2.20 in the afternoon, The Red Shoes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 I have no memory at all of Paul Temple. I suspect my Mum wouldn't have had it on. She didn't like any crime stuff. I certainly remember the Archers. Walter Gabriel .."Oh Dear, or Lor Oh Dear Oh lor...." but mostly the fire, and the classic line: "It's Grace... she's dead" And of course, Mrs Dale's Diary. "I'm worried about Jim...." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted March 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Cracking first episode of Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case today - full of intrigue. Still time to catch it at 8 o'clock tonight or on the iPlayer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 I always like the series of Father Brown mysteries. Good clean storylines tinged with a smattering of humour, great acting . All in all, a fine programme Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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