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Originally Posted by rhadin
BBC series films are excellent. I have and love the Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister series. Even though dated by political topic, they are still current excellent commentaries on government and politicians.
Also own and love the Rumpole of the Bailey series. I have watched them innumerable times.
Two other good comedy series from the BBC are the Hyancinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet) series (whose actual series name escapes me right now) and the Fawlty Towers series with John Cleese.
American PBS ran a series in the late 1970s called Meeting of Minds by Steve Allen. Unfortunately, except for 1 episode, they have not been released on video. They were excellent. The idea was to have a roundtable discussion of various topics with historical figures including Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, Marie Antoinette, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Paine, Francis Bacon, Thomas Jefferson, Voltaire and Charles Darwin. Several would sit around the table and Steve Allen would moderate the discussion.
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I have the Fawlty Towers series on DVD. They only made something like 12 episodes ... which is just so sad, because it was so good. I also purchased a book with all the scripts in it, as well as a lot of behind the scenes information.
I saw a few episodes of Rumpole, also of Meeting of the Minds. I know I've seen the show with Hyacinth Bucket in it ... but I can't remember the name of it either.
Mrs. Moon (the elderly lady who lives a few minutes walk from me) sets aside one night every week when she has to watch her "British Shows." There are several -- one after the other -- on PBS. Nothing budges her then. You do NOT disturb Mrs. Moon when her British Shows are on. No sir. Not if you value your life.