London's Burning S07E07 (1994 Pirate Radio Episode)

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London's Burning S07E07 (1994 Pirate Radio Episode)

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Re: London's Burning S07E07 (1994 Pirate Radio Episode)

Post by bristolpirates » Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:31 pm

Aside from the propaganda and obvious inaccuracies, the writing and acting is shite. How did this get to series 7?

I wonder if any of the Coronation Street, East Enders or Byker Grove eps will surface one day.

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Post by teckniqs » Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:05 pm

Oh did they have one on Corrie lol? I know there was also one on Neighbours... :D

Spot a younger doctor Trueman from Eastenders as the DJ. :tup

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Post by shuffy » Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:20 pm

teckniqs wrote:Oh did they have one on Corrie lol
There was a CB related storyline in the early 80s, that's all I know! :lol:

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Post by thewisepranker » Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:57 pm

The music is absolutely terrible!

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Post by bristolpirates » Thu Oct 06, 2016 4:49 pm

teckniqs wrote:Oh did they have one on Corrie lol? I know there was also one on Neighbours... :D

Spot a younger doctor Trueman from Eastenders as the DJ. :tup
Yeah, I spotted Dr Trueman :D

As for Corrie, I Googled it - http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wiki/P.C._Betts

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Post by SundayGroover » Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:08 am

Pirate radio in soaps is usually terribly researched and presented, I remember The Bill had an episode in which at one point they stated that the pirates were using 'the same channels as the emergency services' !!!! Also in Eastenders I remember two numpties discussing their pirate 'transmitter' and sitting there with it on the table looking suspiciously like a Maxcom 4E CB radio!!

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Post by s2000 » Sat Oct 08, 2016 7:37 pm

Yes I remember the awful eastenders pirate story and yes it was a cb radio and they actually talked into a cb radio microphone lol I couldn't attach the pics of the characters on here for some reason but it was huw edwards and des coleman that 'run' the station from memory :lol:

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Post by mrillusion » Tue Oct 11, 2016 3:00 pm

terrible choice of block considering what was useable round there back then too lol

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Post by teckniqs » Tue Oct 11, 2016 5:19 pm

mrillusion wrote:terrible choice of block considering what was useable round there back then too lol
Do you know what block that is?

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Post by mrillusion » Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:19 am

keeling house, looks a lot different now though - its private and very swanky

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Post by teckniqs » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:05 pm

I just Googled it and I'm sure I've seen it before but it's more of a low-rise around those ways so not so noticeable lol.

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Post by pirateaddict » Sun Nov 20, 2016 3:00 pm

I remember watching that.. One deck wizards... And why would you pull up to a block to listen to a pirate.. Mind you broadcasting with a TV yagi wouldn't get ya far, would it? And remember the corrie one as well..The mcdonald brothers had a transmitter int arches..Jim mcdonald got it for them and used a sharp cassette radio as the audio source...

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