Bristol City 1982 - World In Action Documentary

[Bedford Red]

Whilst i knew the story about Bristol City and how close they came to going bust in 1982, i found this video on-line today, being a World in Action documentary about it at the time. Different times watching that...

[4D]

Ah, that theme tune 

[JBZ]

Weekend World had the ultimate theme tune

[4D]

I'll raise you......

[Saxondale]

Whilst i knew the story about Bristol City and how close they came to going bust in 1982, i found this video on-line today, being a World in Action documentary about it at the time. Different times watching that...

Might well make an interesting comparison piece to 'Football Dream: the academy' starting on Channel 4 next week.  About Crystal Palace academy kids.

[4D]

Still gives me shivers 

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

1982...it really was a different world back then - Better in some ways, far worse in others. The documentary looks so quaint now and of course Alec Stock (then a director of Bournemouth) was the entire basis of Ron Manager, the Fast Show character.

The World In Action theme tune is absolutely fantastic - It's a great piece of music in it's own right (there were actually two - the opening theme and a more downbeat closing theme which was replaced by the Wurzels in that particular episode) but if you are of a certain age it is so evocative and really brings back some memories. Love the Weekend World theme as well.

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

Love both of these as well from the 70's...very different but equally evocative...

[Bedford Red]

I've got World at War on a DVD boxset, and you're right, it's an excellent theme tune.