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Post by Rogg » Sat May 15, 2021 1:59 pm

ooo a trailer for the final episode.


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Post by Rogg » Sat May 15, 2021 2:14 pm

Jimmi wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:59 pm
Rogg wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:45 pm Saying goodbye to Victor later unfortunately. First broadcast 20th November 2000... the only episode I saw on first broadcast I believe.

It clashed with the first millionaire on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' on itv.
I remember the conspiracy that ITV purposely leaked information about Judith Kepel winning the million, just so people wouldn’t watch OFINTG on the BBC.
Yes I remember a giant controversy about it. The only way to handle a clash in those days was to do a Randall and make a VHS recording.

Millionaire was a massive show at the time so it would have pulled across loads of viewers no doubt. A shame really.
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Post by Jimmi » Sat May 15, 2021 4:36 pm

Rogg wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:14 pm
Jimmi wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:59 pm
Rogg wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:45 pm Saying goodbye to Victor later unfortunately. First broadcast 20th November 2000... the only episode I saw on first broadcast I believe.

It clashed with the first millionaire on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' on itv.
I remember the conspiracy that ITV purposely leaked information about Judith Kepel winning the million, just so people wouldn’t watch OFINTG on the BBC.
Yes I remember a giant controversy about it. The only way to handle a clash in those days was to do a Randall and make a VHS recording.

Millionaire was a massive show at the time so it would have pulled across loads of viewers no doubt. A shame really.
Rands probably still has the VHS tapes somewhere.
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Post by Randall » Sat May 15, 2021 4:58 pm

Jimmi wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 4:36 pm
Rogg wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:14 pm
Jimmi wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:59 pm
Rogg wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:45 pm Saying goodbye to Victor later unfortunately. First broadcast 20th November 2000... the only episode I saw on first broadcast I believe.

It clashed with the first millionaire on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' on itv.
I remember the conspiracy that ITV purposely leaked information about Judith Kepel winning the million, just so people wouldn’t watch OFINTG on the BBC.
Yes I remember a giant controversy about it. The only way to handle a clash in those days was to do a Randall and make a VHS recording.

Millionaire was a massive show at the time so it would have pulled across loads of viewers no doubt. A shame really.
Rands probably still has the VHS tapes somewhere.
I got rid of all my vhs about 5 years back when my recorder broke
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Post by The Ginge Reaper » Sat May 15, 2021 5:03 pm

I have bad memories of that night as it was my job in the house to set the video for clashes and I did it wrong that evening. To this day I have never seen the final episode of OFITG in full.

I got a right bollocking at the time.
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Post by tungsten tossers » Sat May 15, 2021 5:15 pm

Randall wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 4:58 pm
Jimmi wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 4:36 pm
Rogg wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:14 pm
Jimmi wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:59 pm
Rogg wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:45 pm Saying goodbye to Victor later unfortunately. First broadcast 20th November 2000... the only episode I saw on first broadcast I believe.

It clashed with the first millionaire on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' on itv.
I remember the conspiracy that ITV purposely leaked information about Judith Kepel winning the million, just so people wouldn’t watch OFINTG on the BBC.
Yes I remember a giant controversy about it. The only way to handle a clash in those days was to do a Randall and make a VHS recording.

Millionaire was a massive show at the time so it would have pulled across loads of viewers no doubt. A shame really.
Rands probably still has the VHS tapes somewhere.
I got rid of all my vhs about 5 years back when my recorder broke
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Post by Randall » Sat May 15, 2021 6:15 pm

Had several films on vhs that have never made it onto dvd
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Post by Rogg » Sun May 16, 2021 7:33 pm

The last episode of OFITG. It's like a Steven Moffat Doctor Who but watchable. I'd forgotten how oddly structured is, jumping about all over the place... just an incredibly ambitious bit of telly, nothing like a sitcom as we knew them then. I love it so much.

What do we reckon then? Did Margaret murder her? Oh, spoiler. Well Ginge has had 21 years to watch it, see if care.
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Post by Randall » Sun May 16, 2021 7:57 pm

I must have seen the last episode but I'm buggered if I have any memory of it
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Post by Rogg » Sun May 16, 2021 7:58 pm

There was a OFITG Radio series, on Radio 2 I think. Just four episodes.

And one extra TV outing, Comic Relief 2001, which is interesting.


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Post by Rogg » Sun May 16, 2021 8:03 pm

Randall wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 7:57 pm I must have seen the last episode but I'm buggered if I have any memory of it
Do you remember how Victor dies at least?
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Post by Randall » Sun May 16, 2021 8:07 pm

Rogg wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 8:03 pm
Randall wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 7:57 pm I must have seen the last episode but I'm buggered if I have any memory of it
Do you remember how Victor dies at least?
He was ran over wasn't he?
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Post by Rogg » Sun May 16, 2021 8:12 pm

Randall wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 8:07 pm
Rogg wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 8:03 pm
Randall wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 7:57 pm I must have seen the last episode but I'm buggered if I have any memory of it
Do you remember how Victor dies at least?
He was ran over wasn't he?
Yep. In the rain, miles from home. A few months later, Margaret finds herself alone with the woman who knocked him down.
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Post by Randall » Sun May 16, 2021 8:17 pm

Rogg wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 8:12 pm
Randall wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 8:07 pm
Rogg wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 8:03 pm
Randall wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 7:57 pm I must have seen the last episode but I'm buggered if I have any memory of it
Do you remember how Victor dies at least?
He was ran over wasn't he?
Yep. In the rain, miles from home. A few months later, Margaret finds herself alone with the woman who knocked him down.
That was in the media so I knew that before seeing it
The whole thing is a blank
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Post by Rogg » Sun May 16, 2021 8:28 pm

Richard Wilson was only 53 and for a long while didn't want the part. Victor was supposed to be 60.

The top alternative for the role was Les Dawson.
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Post by Randall » Sun May 16, 2021 8:49 pm

Les dawson?
Fucking hell
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Post by Rogg » Sun May 16, 2021 8:57 pm

Randall wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 8:49 pm Les dawson?
Fucking hell
It's a mind bender, but it's absolutely true. Victor Meldrew was on the verge of being offered to Les Dawson. He died three years later btw.


'[Les] would have been my second choice,' Renwick said. 'It would have been a different character; he would have taken it in a different direction. But he had the lugubriousness and the attitude which would have worked. Anyway that didn't happen.'
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Post by Randall » Sun May 16, 2021 8:59 pm

I cant imagine him in the roll at all
David Jason wasn't the first choice for del
Not that i remember who was obviously
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Post by Rogg » Sun May 16, 2021 9:01 pm

Randall wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 8:59 pm I cant imagine him in the roll at all
David Jason wasn't the first choice for del
Not that i remember who was obviously
Jim Broadbent was first choice for Del, I believe. He later played the bent cop Slater in the show.
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Post by Randall » Sun May 16, 2021 9:21 pm

Rogg wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 9:01 pm
Randall wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 8:59 pm I cant imagine him in the roll at all
David Jason wasn't the first choice for del
Not that i remember who was obviously
Jim Broadbent was first choice for Del, I believe. He later played the bent cop Slater in the show.
Yes I believe you are correct
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