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Too Middle Class, Too Rural, Too Urban, Too...

"BBC Axed My Family for Being Too Middle Class.

I've seen reruns of this show on BBC America; it was nice. It reminds me of how, at the beginning of the seventies, TV networks cancelled many rural-themed sitcoms like Green Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies, some of which still had high ratings, and started a wave of gritty urban programs.

A List of British Movies Yet Unreleased on Region 2 DVD

A list from IMDb.com of British movies and TV shows made in 1977 yet to be released on region 2 DVD.

One can get a sense of the time just before Margaret Thatcher became prime minister.

BBC2 and Channel Four Closedowns from the Mid-1980s

The BBC2 announcer, David Miles, rhymes the second syllable in comrades with fades.