Out of town

[eggsarascal]

Those older ones, do you remember a TV show called, Out Of Town with Jack Hargreaves?

[htb]

No, sorry.

[Dan Maynard]

https://youtu.be/NALxm6m7dVI

[Dan Maynard]

I remember Jack Hargreaves but not too well, I always assumed he was the inspiration for the coughing bloke on the Fast Show.

[spuddog0507]

13 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Those older ones, do you remember a TV show called, Out Of Town with Jack Hargreaves?

Yes, it used to be on about half 12 on a sunday after the farming program on BBC1 i used to sit and watch it with my Grandad in the 70s, i have reacently discovered the program changed its name to the Old Country when i dont know but been watching some on youtube of late on a channel with David Knowels,,all programs where of a true view of country life, i think i have a box set  of DVDs some where,,

[eggsarascal]

4 minutes ago, spuddog0507 said:

Yes, it used to be on about half 12 on a sunday after the farming program on BBC1 i used to sit and watch it with my Grandad in the 70s, i have reacently discovered the program changed its name to the Old Country when i dont know but been watching some on youtube of late on a channel with David Knowels,,all programs where of a true view of country life, i think i have a box set  of DVDs some where,,

His stepson, Simon Baddeley has a Facebook page all about him with stacks of old footage, interesting fella.

[spuddog0507]

18 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

https://youtu.be/NALxm6m7dVI

Thats a episode i havent seen before, i dont think that shooting Pigeons like that could be shown on national TV today, but we did,nt live in a snowflake world back then,,

[spuddog0507]

10 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

His stepson, Simon Baddeley has a Facebook page all about him with stacks of old footage, interesting fella.

Jack Hargreaves was all so on a kids program called How back in the 70s with Graham garden, Bernard Cribbings and i think Fred Dineage,i suppose it was a early version of How its made or How do they do that, i will have a look for his stepsons page, cheers for that,,

[roys]

I have the dvd box set of Out of Town somewhere, watched it about 15 years ago.

[openspaceman]

24 minutes ago, spuddog0507 said:

Jack Hargreaves was all so on a kids program called How back in the 70s with Graham garden, Bernard Cribbings and i think Fred Dineage,i suppose it was a early version of How its made or How do they do that, i will have a look for his stepsons page, cheers for that,,

Yup that's where I first remember him from but I only remembered Dinenage