Brits - New versions of Minder/Reggie Perrin... arghhhhhhh

What's going on?

What on earth is Minder going to be like wivaht Arfur 'n Terry?

And Martin Clunes to play Reggie - dear old Leonard Rossiter must be spinning in his grave.




I didn't get where I am today by watching half-arsed remakes of classic TV....






Yours sincerely

DaveStrummer at the WinchesterClubUK

File under 'don't bother watching' alongside Paul Merton doing Tony Hancock and Ant & Dec slaughtering The Likely Lads...

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DaveStrummer at the WinchesterClubUK

Mindless triva , but the interiors for daves bar were filmed at the Bar inside the guiness brewery in Park Royal (London) a family member used to work there.. and no my mum wasn't the chief tester of the brew..haha

some of it the later episodes small bits were filmed at my work "work" place... which will remain nameless.

although it's really funny to see some of my area and around .. on the professionals / minder / Monty python and numerous other things.. my friends road looks like up north so has been used in shed loads of adverts / tv / pop videos

as for minder, Shane Ritchie is from near where I used to grow up.. used to go a local Irish social club where some of my family went.. I think he's rather over rated.. hhmm

some of the things might come across rather dated and were of their time... e.g. minder.. what he got away with in the 80's... with the dodgy cars.. well the DVLA would be on to him straight away..haha


VJ : I think shane richie sings it.. he worked in as a yellow/red coat before , so can errm "sing".
but Dennis still gets a cut of the wedge since he wrote or co-write the original? hehe

I can't help not remember the little Britain thing "write the theme tune.. sing the theme tune" hehe

only reason they re did it... Murdoch owns thames tv if I recall or bought it = free rights. he also owns channel 5... and they ship that stuff out globally .. esp to oz and spain for the ex-pats.. which is a bit of a money spinner.. I've seen allo allo in canada when I was there.. and my brother in law / sister were watching mind your language in India.. so go figure, they don't mind it there, but apparently it's not PC for here. Even my Indian friends at work remember as kids watching it

and who's gonna sing the theme tune?

Well, I wrote the theme tune, sang the theme tune..............

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and who's gonna sing the theme tune?

Well, I wrote the theme tune, sang the theme tune..............

Alright there Dennis - clever psodanym psueedonim psuodanymm psoodanym nickname

Is it true that, if I want to, you can change the situation?

It can be achieved - with the right people, right time, it's just the wrong location

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It can be achieved - with the right people, right time, it's just the wrong location

Have you got a good idea?

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what was funny was a young max branning (off enders) in the professionals a few months ago..

He he - I saw the bloke who plays Burnside in The Bill in something the other day - that was The Professionals * or Minder * or something on ITV4

Decent thatch and it looked he had Dennis Healy's eyebrows


* I record them you know

I could cook my stew.... stew... it's good for you.....

.oO(thats the right lyrics Garry)

steve , trigger out of only fools was in the professionals with a well funny haircut as well. loads have been in it

Timothy Spall will always be Barry to me..hehe

fess up Steve did you buy the record of the theme tune

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No, 'fraid not.

Mind you, at least they had the good sense not to let Jimmy Nail sing it a la Dennis Waterman

Yeah thats cos they wouldn't let him write the theme tune so he didn't want to sing the theme tune

Love the "Eddie the Eagle" avatar Strummy, a true British legend, wern't they making a film about him? Thats gone quiet.

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What's going on?

What on earth is Minder going to be like wivaht Arfur 'n Terry?

And Martin Clunes to play Reggie - dear old Leonard Rossiter must be spinning in his grave.


I didn't get where I am today by watching half-arsed remakes of classic TV....


Yours sincerely

DaveStrummer at the WinchesterClubUK

Sounds a bit (BIG) pants to say the least!

But Steve you haven't got time to watch TV . . . because (and very tongue in cheek) you DID get where you are today by making half-arsed remakes of classic Tunes....

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James following that logic, chas n dave should re-do the minder theme hehe.. I was watching rab C the other night.. maybe the proclaimers should do there theme

That bloke Mark looks familiar.. maybe it was the time years ago... when I got a new colour TV + fridge delivered

We'll all watch it I bet, very biased of course saying it'll never be good as the original.. hehe

Sorry, you lost me...following what logic? That was the theme tune (end credits) for series three, in 2002.

just watched the new minder...

over acted , unrealistic and awful about sums it up.. no wonder they show it on wenesday when nothing else is on..

Steve... Well think about it in sense of...

OK.. there are no disused warehouses in London + Crouch end and my area have changed = no professionals (it's funny to see some area's near me in that programme)
the sweeney = you can't act like that any more.. were the sweeney and we ain't had our dinna

it was laughable that he apparently has a warehouse in the west end of London in Minder. Not with the price of property he ain't.. All they did was say.. ok play alfie moon but add a bit of george cole... and it was woeful.

achie / arthur is WAY too young.. he should be older..Also the thing with jamie / terry.. he's way too clean cut in this version.

so for Londoners it's even more insulting due to the locations..

has Dave been replaced with "Dorris" ?!?!

it's a money spinner .e.g. ship it to oz and spain to the ex pats.. on murdoch's other channels that he owns.. remember he bought Euston Films (thames tv) years ago.. so even if he had to pay for production.. he's still paying his own company , or another branch anyway..

Lets face it authur wouldn't really exsist in the sense of what he's selling now.. back in the 80's fair enough.. most people would buy say a container of clothes from China etc.. as a lucky dip / job lot.. the catch being you don't know exactly what your going to get.

A guy on the radio said a friend of his used to do that.. buy a container of things from abroad £500 BUT he didn't know what he was getting... 500 silk shirts... flogged them £5 or £10 each to market people.. the market people were flogging them for £15-20... shop price £40+ for the same thing. so everyone was making a profit

to be honest with you I actually find Lionel Richie funnier.. you know the old story about him and Stevie Wonder in the studio?

so the session finished.. they go outside.. Stevie wants to drive.. gets in the car... even starts the car..and is about to drive off and doens't but asks Lionel "which way? " .

Shane, he grew up around the corner from me.. he seems about as genuine as a 9 bob note.. and his acting.. well are they gonna remake the wooden tops? hehe

it's that yellow / red coat mentality.. so false.. and I'm no where near the east end either.

i8ipop.. haha... I just thought .. CJ off here might think it's regarding him..hehe

what was the shop they started? grot? that was funny and it became a massive success. There was a squeeky chair in the office as well ?

Minder ep. 2 is on tomorrow , I guess Steve will be watching .. I might, but I'll tune in after the title tune, since it's been really messed with in a studio and the vocals sound ODD.