Original BBC series Edge Of Darkness on tonight

[AndyRM]

Just watched the first ep.

"LEAVE IT!!" - felt the tingles down my spine. Blimey he was good.

However, the picture's distorted - they've got it on the old ratio. Bloody annoying. Still brilliant in spite of it.

You should be able to change your TV from 16:9 to 4:3, no? I've been able to do that for all the old stuff I've not fancied watching warped into an acid style nightmare.

Missed tonight's episode so will have to get iPlayer involved. Got the rest of them linked though, looking forward to it!

 

[slowmotion]

You can buy the whole series on DVD for under a fiver, including postage. I just did. I just spent ten minutes searching for a battered video cassette that I recorded in about 1990, five years after the original broadcast, without success. In 1985, it was the programme that people rushed home to see. We didn't have any means to record it, and we didn't want to miss a single second.
It jabbed at the Government, union corruption, the police, the Civil Service, the CIA, Special Forces, the nuclear industry, the intelligence community, and student radicals, and many more No one was safe from the searching spotlight of quiet gloom. It was just a magnificent series that suited the era.

 

[Ganymede]

You should be able to change your TV from 16:9 to 4:3, no? I've been able to do that for all the old stuff I've not fancied watching warped into an acid style nightmare.

Thanks Andy - I didn't think of this - I'm sure I can do this. I am a bit of a dunce at these things!

You can buy the whole series on DVD for under a fiver, including postage. I just did. I just spent ten minutes searching for a battered video cassette that I recorded in about 1990, five years after the original broadcast, without success. In 1985, it was the programme that people rushed home to see. We didn't have any means to record it, and we didn't want to miss a single second.
It jabbed at the Government, union corruption, the police, the Civil Service, the CIA, Special Forces, the nuclear industry, the intelligence community, and student radicals, and many more No one was safe from the searching spotlight of quiet gloom. It was just a magnificent series that suited the era.

Indeedy. I do actually have the DVD - bought it a couple of years ago when it was reissued (more than a fiver then!) - so I had seen the series recently. I watched it last night anyway, couldn't keep away. I was impressed by the camera work and also by the slow pace - every second filled with emotion - realisation - relationship - plot - atmosphere - intensity.

And Mr Gany saying "oh, isn't that old.... whatsisname" every five minutes, obv.

 

[AndyRM]

Thanks Andy - I didn't think of this - I'm sure I can do this. I am a bit of a dunce at these things!

No worries - you're after the aspect ratio setting. Dunno what sort of TV you have but it should be relatively easy to find.

 

[Ganymede]

No worries - you're after the aspect ratio setting. Dunno what sort of TV you have but it should be relatively easy to find.

Yeah, it's definitely got it, in spite of being an old bit of kit - I remember messing about with it once.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

[QUOTE 3157213, member: 259"]I felt the same bout Pingu.[/QUOTE]

Harsh My daughter is very keen to get onto a course at college very impressed that one of the tutors was a Pingu animator.