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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I agree, but they are older and 'softer' dramas in the main. I record from there from time to time but I am not interested in most of their output.
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They were clearly better than the stuff of today. In as much as I take little to no interest in them too I find myself watching them from time to time if I can get a hold of episodes on thing like soap operas. (Yes, I am that much of a dweeb of a loser - watching old re-runs of soaps).
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Today's output, for example, includes Casualty, Juliet Bravo, The Bill, Lovejoy, Last of the Summer Wine, Hi-de-Hi, Are you Being Served, London's Burning, Soldier, Soldier, Lovejoy, Judge John Deed, New Tricks, Birds of a Feather. So the programming itself is not bad, but most of it is old or the formats are looking rather tired these days. Worth keeping an eye on for the occasional goodie though, particularly at weekends.
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All of that used to be shown on the old UK Gold format before they moved to just GOLD, right? Then they lost the drama and some of it moved to "w" like The Bill, but the old re-runs of neighbours and Eastenders did stop which kind of pissed me off.
The rest (if they have a finite ending) are usually available on DVD, right? (Comedies etc). The copyrights on soaps is tough to get round, though.