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P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang on Film 4, 28 October 2006

posted 18 years ago by martinu-2
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Film 4 are repeating it on 28 October 2006 from 19:25 to 21:00 - hopefully without the signing-for-the-deaf woman! Get your video recorders set!

This will bring back so many memories. The only time I saw it (apart from very brief excerpts recently on a tribute programme to Jack Rosenthal) was on a tiny black-and-white portable TV with a dodgy aerial in my room at university in 1984. Now, 22 years later, I'll be able to see it properly in colour!

Remember Ann and her boyfriend intoning to each other in soppy voices: "Mañana, Mañana, Mañana's not soon enough for me"?

[–] GuderianKrieg 18 years ago

great to see this again,im 38 and was just a teen when it 1st came out,was as good as gregs girl.
C4 had a lot of classy films like this in its early days..videos getting it for keeps..

[–] martinu-2 18 years ago

Likewise. I didn't get chance to watch it while it was broadcast this evening because a friend called round unexpectedly, but after she's gone I watched the last couple of minutes of it as I was winding the tape back to the end of the film, and it brought back memories: Alan finally gets kissed (albeit a micro-second peck on the cheek) by Ann and saunters off feeling great, with John Arlott's commentary about "went out to bat as a boy and came back as a man".

I'll enjoy settling down to watch it soon so I can appreciate the wry humour and Jack Rosenthal's brilliant writing.

[–] a_heathen_conceivably 18 years ago

"winding the tape back to the end of the film"

You two still using tape? Mine's recorded straight to PC and with video-editing software I've
removed the commercial breaks and started on the menu! I'll chapter the scenes tomorrow.
It's only just over a DVD so it'll hardly need any compression...

"Oh look - a lovely spider! And it's eating a butterfly!"
'' ,,

[–] martinu-2 18 years ago

Yes. I may progress to a HDD/DVD recorder when they start bringing out more models with integrated Freeview tuner (you can get Freeview+DVD or Freeview+HDD but very few with Freeview+DVD+HDD). I've been toying with the idea for a while and found that up till now there haven't been the models available that will do everything I want such as to have a memory of the current counter position when playing a DVD so that if I put a different disk in and play it, and then put the original disk back, the player will remember where I was in the disk - or else that I can go directly to counter 1h 3m 27s or whatever. Panasonic included "go to counter" on their old players like my parents' but removed it from their DVD recorders.

For the moment, two VHS recorders serve me fine for recording programmes for time-shifting and recording to keep, but I'd like to progress to more modern technology. For DVDs I'm deterred by the supposed need to finalise discs, preventing me adding to an existing DVD and taking (so it is said) a long time after the recording has finished.

[–] GuderianKrieg 18 years ago

well i recorded onto disc but forgot Film4 do adverts,been its 24 yrs since I saw it last I can just about handle the grief..
Also ive got many VHS recordings over the last 20yrs and seen old adverts is sometimes fun.

[–] a_heathen_conceivably 18 years ago

I have a [stand-alone] Freeview box connected straight to my PC (which has video inputs so I don't have to use one of those awful PC tuner cards)
and I can therefore record direct to my computer's Hard Disk! For me it's the best thing until Hi-Def TV with HD or Blu-Ray recordable DVD.

"Oh look - a lovely spider! And it's eating a butterfly!"
'' ,,

[–] martinu-2 18 years ago

It's a shame that manufacturers have never defined an industry-standard control bus so recorders (whether VHS, DVD, HDD or computer) can switch a standalong box on and off, and select the required channel. It's a pain having to either leave my Freeview box permanently on ITV3 (that's the main channel that I watchn with it) or else set up timed events twice: once for the STB and once for the recorder. All it needs is a USB port on the decoder and one on the recorder - and/or a suitable pin in the SCART cable.

[–] a_heathen_conceivably 18 years ago

Yes, sadly I am unable to use the timer on my Freeview box as with my set-up it outputs in black and white
(I know why but it's a bit techy) but I can use that on my PC's PVR. So yes if I want to record something
whilst I'm out I have to leave the Freeview box ON, with the computer in 'Hibernate' mode (doesn't need
to be left on Standby). So I do this very rarely, generally for a film like this one (back to the subject matter!)
which isn't on DVD...

... but which will be soon

"Oh look - a lovely spider! And it's eating a butterfly!"
'' ,,

[–] andy-2107 18 years ago

Hello, is there any possibility that I can get a copy of P'tang Yang Kipper Bang from you - obviously pay for costs etc, Many thanks Andy

[–] benedict-c 13 years ago

The DVD is on sale at various online shops for a fiver or less.

[–] wears-alan 13 years ago

It's on Film 4 now !!

[–] Neil_Williamson 13 years ago

Just saw the last hour of it on Film 4 today for the first time. Slightly embarrassed to admit a tear or two was shed by the end!