Ally Bongo Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Sergeant George Carter joins Inspector Jack Regan in the Sweeney upstairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 at the bar with Arthur and Dave at the Winchester club another passing of a childhood tv star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Superb in the best cop show on TV bar none - The Sweeney. A very versatile actor. Sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 (edited) Massively popular actor in the times of 3 TV channels ( 2 channels if , like me, you were not a child intellectual). The Sweeney and Minder both brilliant TV of their time. There cant be a person over the age of 55 that doesn’t know the words to this song. Edited May 8, 2022 by TDYER63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Always the Sweeney for me when I was a wean. Also if you go back a bit further Up the Junction is a cracking film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 1 hour ago, TDYER63 said: Massively popular actor in the times of 3 TV channels ( 2 channels if , like me, you were not a child intellectual). The Sweeney and Minder both brilliant TV of their time. There cant be a person over the age of 55 that doesn’t know the words to this song. I would have been 11 and i got my Auntie to buy me the single when she took me into Glasgow one afternoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 He looked like death warmed up in New Tricks and i dont think the new teeth/falsers helped Him and John Thaw did a power of smoking in The Sweeney and his character in Minder was a million miles away from his boozy lifestyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 3 hours ago, TDYER63 said: Massively popular actor in the times of 3 TV channels ( 2 channels if , like me, you were not a child intellectual). The Sweeney and Minder both brilliant TV of their time. There cant be a person over the age of 55 that doesn’t know the words to this song. never seen this vide before -but know the song really well ..... back in the days when celebs didnt take themselves too seriously and times were generally simpler just checking out his bio there ; as mentally was thinking bit of a gap between minder and new tricks .... which ive only recently seen re runs of , but seems to be pretty poor generally ? = a captains tale - a cracking short film about liptons world cup - had forgotten about that til now - but the WAFC i recall - and tim healy from auf wiederhsen pet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 19 hours ago, Auchinyell Sox Change said: never seen this vide before -but know the song really well ..... back in the days when celebs didnt take themselves too seriously and times were generally simpler just checking out his bio there ; as mentally was thinking bit of a gap between minder and new tricks .... which ive only recently seen re runs of , but seems to be pretty poor generally ? = a captains tale - a cracking short film about liptons world cup - had forgotten about that til now - but the WAFC i recall - and tim healy from auf wiederhsen pet I quite liked New Tricks when it came out almost 20 years ago, it was easy watching but not in the league of The Sweeney or Minder. I tend not to watch reruns of older favourite programmes anymore , as experience has left me disappointed 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Think i missed new tricks for some reason ; i moved out here in 2006 tho so a bit of a gap / catch up for a lot of stuff ( i only found Whitechapel last year but really liked it ) on last visit home ; when i had access to dave ja vu etc in hotels ; i d stick on professionals , minder etc for a trip down memory lane the quality on normal/council tv does seem to be sadly lacking tho for new stuff at home here we only have netflix / amazon prime / apple tv - no tv channels as such , news & sport etc-most channels rammed full of adverts - a 2 hr film would take 3 hrs.. so no real loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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