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The Prisoner (1967)
My Second Favourite TV Show
After Doctor Who I think The Prisoner has always been by second favourite TV show. I was 10 when it was first aired and after watching episode one I was well and truly hooked. It was the technology and 'hardware' which I really loved. The Rover balloons, the Mini Moke Taxis, the surveillance equipment but most of all those wonderful Penny Farthing badges the inmates wore. I would spend hours making those badges out of paper and cardboard and handing them out to my schoolmates (I was number 9). One afternoon my Mother took me to The Bodgers store in Ilford, Essex. Just before leaving the store we walked through the Toy Dept and it was there that my eye fell on a toy Prisoner Mini-Moke Taxi. After must begging and grovelling my Mother bought it for me. I went home a very happy little boy.
Chance in a Million (1984)
Very clever, very funny, very watchable.
I was first introduced to this superb little TV sitcom in 1985 when a friend recommended it (cheers Mike). Chance in a Million is not your run of the mill TV sitcom, it is very cleverly written, well acted and a little surreal. I am only surprised that Channel Four in the U.K. haven't seen fit to repeat it. It is far superior to a lot of so called TV comedy produced today. The show's actors, Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn have moved on to make other TV shows and movies but for me they will both always be remembered for their roles as Tom and Alison. The early episodes were the best and these are the ones I have watched the most. A new series would be very welcome indeed.