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So why was it so good? What made it special?

rewatching it now. Up to S2 Episode 3 as the boys arrive at Thornley Manor.

last episode Oz chinned big Baz

this programme never ages.

looking forward to Arthur Pringle getting his door bricked up... ‘wall meet again...’

 

Has that bastad given in yet Dennis?

 

Wouldn’t be half the show without Oz, love his character.

 

Oz made if for me, especially early on.

 

I always used to hear Barry’s accent when I was a young lad hating that West Midlands accent. Where have I ended up 10 years later.. the West Midlands.

 

Great actors, great writing, great timing.

 

That car in the 1st episode, class

 

Would you like to come back to our hut?

 

I hated it as a kid.

Watch it now and thinking to myself wtf was I thinking. Sublime classic TV. So good because of the chemistry between the lead characters, the scripts and it was just spot on.

 

I think at the time of it coming out it was quite symptomatic of the state of the country and the North East. I watched it when it was originally aired but probably had no appreciation for it at the time but I still found it ****ing hilarious. I’ve watched it again several times since and within the last year (and will watch it again) and have much more of an appreciation for it now. Every character was absolutely spot on, from the main ones even down to Ray Winston and Michael Elphick and Happy Harry behind the bar they stayed at whilst doing Thornley Manor up. Like fools and horses it’s a timeless classic although for some bizarre reasons some of my mates who are originally from Dahhn Sahhf don’t quite get it. Whilst it’s full of geordies I don’t necessarily buy into the fact that you have to be from these here parts to actually get it and enjoy it.

 

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Episode 6 of season 2... the battle of Thornley Manor. Oz giving no ****s.

we all know an Oz.

handy as **** in a scrap.

 

Barry's little kick at the end

 

‘I’m a bleeder’

 

Not relevant to the show but finally can appreciate the "Dahhn Sahhf" comment. As a southerner myself (soz) I couldn't get my head around people typing "Darn sarf" cos there is no way we whack an R into those words, like darning a sock. "Dahhn Sahhf" works much better.

 

Agreed. I was living in Scotland when the first series originally aired and everyone of my mates loved it. The writing was so good that a lot of people could relate to it at the time, no matter where they were from.

 

You belongs to Bomber now !!

 

The shocker for me was that 'Young Nev' was the oldest one in the hut apart from Bomber