or serials from the past would you like to see repeated or resurrected? Here are 10 of mine (with some omissions as I have some favourites on video/dvd.)

Roads to Freedom
Colditz
Old Grey Whistle Test
Z cars
Callan
The History Man
Who Pays the Ferryman?
The Wednesday Play
That was the week that was
Not only but also

Old Grey Whistle Test

I can't believe they haven't done it already!

Roads to Freedom - sorry but one dose of Sartre is enough for me
Colditz - yes brilliant, especially after Bernard Hepton was brought in
Old Grey Whistle Test - goes without saying!
Z cars - can take it or leave it
Callan - yes but only the best bits; it was very long and sometimes got tedious
The History Man - Dunno this one
Who Pays the Ferryman? - What was that all about again? The name rings a bell and gives me extremely positive vibes.
The Wednesday Play - Yes, often exquisite
That was the week that was - I liked a lot of it but found most of the musical stuff (Millicent Martin, Lance Percival) boring
Not only but also - Yeah but impossible to resurrect unfortunately

On my list would be Steptoe and Son, Blake's Seven, and Not the Nine O'Clock News. There must be others. I'll add them as I think of them.

We should get up a petition re the Whistle Test, surely.

Mr Head, 'The History Man' was based on Malcolm Bradbury's campus novel... Antony Sher and Geraldine whatshername.
'Who Pays the Ferryman' was a sort of mystery story set in Greece with fabulous scenery, and starring Jack Hedley who used to be one of my favourite actors

Yes but not the Anne Nightingale version please!
Whispering Bob was the business.

Who could front it now, then?
Not Jools Holland for a start

Surely the greatness of the OGWT was down to the artists who were around at the time (as well as Whispering Bobs doubtless contribution). I'm not sure it would be anywhere near as good if it were to be reamde. I think I heard that Jools Holland's late night music program is going to have additional broadcasts on tuesday nights which might be half decent.

As for Callan - excellent choice.

What about Budgie as well and does anyone remember Private Eye?

If he could be persuaded...

Play For Today
Young Ones
The Herbs
Bod
Shoot!
Rab C Nesbitt
Fawlty Towers
The Tube
Danger Mouse
Muppet Show

Mr Mars..good point..on the other hand there might be a cartload of talent around at the minute who don't get publicity just because there's nothing like the OGWT. Once you leave youth/student days behind you tend to lose touch of 'underground' stuff. I have, anyway.

Mt MJ, do you mean 'Armchair Theatre' ? Not heard of the other ones, I fear.

It wasn't called Private Eye - it was 'Public Eye' and starred Alfred Burke as Frank Marker, a down at heel investigator..

http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/550868/index.html

Fantastic stuff

Spitting Image. I reckon if it was brought back people might feel some kind of engagement with politics again.

Auf Wiedersehen Pet
Ever Decreasing Circles
Dear John
Boon
Tales of the Unexpected

Spender
The Gogs
John Doe
The Twilight Zone
Time Tunnel
Game On
Cracker

Stuart MacConie and Mark Radcliffe. Currently doing the best show on R2.

In term of repeats, OGWT (as we aficionados know it) has been done to death but the format was brilliant. You have to give Jules Holland his due, he's a nauseating little shit and his boogie woogie wants shoving up his jacksie wacksie, but he's knowledgeable and the line up is usually good.

And there's fook all else on British TV that showcases live current music of any merit.

Operation Good Guys
Spaced
Takeshi's Castle
BrassEye
Vic Reeves' Big Night Out
Arrested Development
Krypton Factor!!

The Goodies

I've got it on DVD. You can have it if you like - they're fucking shite

Yeah, funny as distemper in guide dogs training establishment.

I watched the full two series - the first series didn't age too well but the second is still comedy genius. I think Vic could still do it now - he's sold himself a bit short on recent exploits, even if he's still hilarious even if he just talks normally (a bit like Izzard really)

aye, Cow and Chicken - brilliant up the wall stuff. Funny as!!!!

Oh well, in that case Johnny Mars is right then, about OGWT being so good because of the quality of the music scene at the time. JH does get some good people on his show sometimes but in general his guests don't have anything like the charisma of the OGWT line-ups, in my opinion.
I'd assumed JH was on the whole main stream and that the decadent stuff must be elsewhere. Or perhaps I've just been unlucky..don't watch it every week

Hectors house
kung fu
Planet of the apes

The most unpleasant programme of all had to be Black beauty and that fkkking Dr gordon

I fully concur!

I REMEMBER IT WELL, he was a grade one gobshite, a rabid Marxist who was really just a nasty opportunist....he destroyed the one intelligent student who saw through him and wouldn't fall into line with his political views....he voted Maggie in in the end. lots of lovely irony.

Operation Good Guys & Brass Eye -great shout!!

How about League Of Gentlemen and Partridge.
Although some shows are diluted when they run into 4,5,6 series.

Right! Got it!

Bloody hell that is obscure. And ANCIENT!

well it was 1975 to be exact

Shame on me though for forgetting a mini-series that had both Geraldine Jones AND Isla Blair in it. Am I turning gay?

That's true. I was gonna say The Day Today too but I don't know if that'd work as well these days.

The Likely Lads (as long as they are not Ant and fooking Dec)
Game On
Citizen Smith
Rising Damp
S0ccer AM (with Tim & the boys back)

I was going to add 'Hancocks Half Hour', but sadly there's a key ingredient missing

Much as I enjoyed Citizen Smith at the start, as the series went on the characters turned out to be about as one-dimensional as it's possible to get and for me the whole thing became wash, rinse, repeat.

Yes, I forgot Rising Damp, too, tho I have a few episodes on dvd. And Hancock's half Hour ought to be repeated even if it can't be resurrected

I've got the full gadafi....best Sit-Com EVER!!!!!!!!

Love Thy Neighbour,
The Ratties,
Ripping Yarns,
Mary, Mungo and Midge.,

Obviously a classic and still underestimated I think. The film version was poor though - just a few episodes from the series hastily cobbled together.

But how could you possibly replace Leonard Rossiter and Richard Beckinsale

Ant and De....

Coat...

Leonard Rossiter was in the fillum though

Camberwick Green

The champions....... That luvelly Alexandra Bastedo would have slapped my face if she read my mind

'read your mind'... if books were brains, yours would be a Mr Men book...

Most of us were too young to appreciate it but 'When the boat comes in' is a great series. The first three at least, it got a bit silly in the last series.

"What am I doing here Sergeant? I said I'd dine at the Saville"

manhunt(early seventies series about the french resistance)i got to stop up late to watch this,seen my first naked ladies bum(cyd hayman)

I've just finished watching Secret Army on the box..... most enjoyable.

That's the one about the French Resistance? It was pretty good.

For some reason, a question that I ask myself from time to time is, supposing the need arose, would I dare do it?

yeah, I bet you'd dare watch it

It would be your duty to run a cell from the No Rarf's Arms, parmo