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27-10-2014, 08:48 AM
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Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch I believe. Where are they now?
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27-10-2014, 09:12 AM
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Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch I believe. Where are they now?
I'm afraid to look them up and find out. Was a time they were responsible for most theme tunes and lots of chart hits
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They did get married didn't they? Not that that means anything anymore.
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27-10-2014, 09:19 AM
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I must stay in more, never heard of any of these.
Come from a long line of couch potatoes and got a fair bit of my education from the beeb, esp BBC2. Loathed the Queen which meant my insomniac nights went in entertained! My kids were so lucky growing up with so much choice and quality, for the most part - no Crossroads for them (mind you, we did have Magic Roundabout too - I remember they had to put it on later because people coming home from work didn't want to miss it!) What a golden age we've had though with the likes of Sopranos, The Wire and West Wing.
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27-10-2014, 09:21 AM
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They did get married didn't they? Not that that means anything anymore.
Yes EZ they did but just checked and Tony lives in the sun with wife number 3. They are both still with us fortunately, mid-70s.
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27-10-2014, 10:52 AM
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Wow this brought memories back. Compact was about a magazine and its office staff. Ronald Allen played the son of the owner and everyone fancied the pants off of him
It ran from 1962 - 1965. The people who wrote it went on to write Crossroads. It was shown on a Tuesday and Thursday so it didn't clash
with Coronation Street. Also in the programme was the Australian actor
Vincent Ball. He will be 91 in December. The love interest for Ronald Allens character was Sue Lloyd. They married three months before he died in 1991 aged 60. Sue died 20 years later.
They made 373 episodes but only 4 remain in the archives.
So hope that helps people who never saw it. At the time in the 60's it was a new concept of watching people in an office and their private lives.
Seems tame now but it was a trend setter at the time.
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27-10-2014, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by BowieEyes ->
Wow this brought memories back. Compact was about a magazine and its office staff. Ronald Allen played the son of the owner and everyone fancied the pants off of him
It ran from 1962 - 1965. The people who wrote it went on to write Crossroads. It was shown on a Tuesday and Thursday so it didn't clash
with Coronation Street. Also in the programme was the Australian actor
Vincent Ball. He will be 91 in December. The love interest for Ronald Allens character was Sue Lloyd. They married three months before he died in 1991 aged 60. Sue died 20 years later.
They made 373 episodes but only 4 remain in the archives.
So hope that helps people who never saw it. At the time in the 60's it was a new concept of watching people in an office and their private lives.
Seems tame now but it was a trend setter at the time.
Thanks so much for the info
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27-10-2014, 08:01 PM
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I remember them all but thanks to U-Tube I`ve found this!! . My elder brother was a genius back then and inspired me with his knowledge of science and physics. Such a shame he turned out to be an emotional wreck and I am not far behind him. The evil one did every thing he could to make us feel small and yet crow around the village when we both got to University.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1UDaPtA9tU
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Gosh! That's amazing!
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Space patrol-I loved it,it was on before the git got back.
 
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