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« on: Wednesday, August 3, 2022, 21:35:42 »



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...
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, August 4, 2022, 09:00:45 »

Ah, that theme tune  Yes
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, August 4, 2022, 18:17:22 »

Weekend World had the ultimate theme tune
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, August 4, 2022, 18:48:26 »

I'll raise you......

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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, August 4, 2022, 18:51:42 »



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.
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, August 4, 2022, 18:55:22 »

Still gives me shivers  Cheesy

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« Reply #6 on: Friday, August 5, 2022, 14:39:51 »

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.

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« Reply #7 on: Friday, August 5, 2022, 14:47:24 »

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



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« Reply #8 on: Friday, August 5, 2022, 16:24:28 »

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