who remembers budgie ? tv series 1970s

didnt his wife have someone elses baby?

He nicknamed the child, 'Grudge', as someone had it in for him

Charlie Endell played by Glasgow man Ian Cuthbertson, I remember well tuning in as a young lad, (1971).

wheres sparrow?

What a handsome Man he was.I almost fancied him maself.

cockney wide boy budgie ,always lookin to make a few quid

sparrow will be flattered acey^^^

Why?

you almost fancying him acey

I have the boxset Lynn Dalby played his girlfriend Hazel Fletcher

Yeah almost?

im trying to picture acey choking the chicken over adam and jizzing on his 23" baird rented tv.

Radio rentals pal.

Wasn't Georgina Hale his girlfriend, thought he could have done a lot better, horrible voice and not the best looking imo.

Declared bankrupt in 2002 with debts of over 32 Million.

i'll take that back as sadly she passed away earlier this year aged 80.

mocking the dead..

Hale was a good actress.

Not mocking rico, just an opinion. Took it back when i realised she'd passed away. You probably wouldn't have known if i hadn't posted it.

i was at the funeral.

Might have guessed!

TBF Rico has been to plenty of funerals, all online!!!

As it happens Adam might not have done all that well financially from the series, having lunch one day in 1977 when he was singing live, the venue was a Chinese restaurant in Dundee!!

goergina hale was the brass in an episode of minder with arthurs mate from up north yorky , good actress

anyone else have the budgie jacket ?

Would I be right Foyles that in one episode he got a greyhound and took it to a council flat and spent money on feeding the dog better than his girlfriend, seemed to have been done again in Minder later?

Btw I met Ian Cuthbertson a fair few times and once before he hosted a Hogmany show for some TV company in Edinburgh, did not speak like Rab C tbh!!

Great tv series. I have an old one armed bandit like the one he stole from the cricket club in episode 1.

Big Ian was a very refined and cultured gentleman in real life. Great character actor.

tbh i cant remember many of the episodes ,watched most if not all but it was a long time ago .will watch on sat tho!

the old big deal episodes are on youtube well worth a watch if you can.

Actually, thinking back mac, did he have what we could call a cultured Kelvinside accent in the series and they tried to rough it u a bit?

I remember he was Charles Endel Esquire in the series intro?

In the series Charlie Endlell tried to speak posh and move in upper circles despite making his money from Soho strip clubs and porn shops, lol. Cultured Kelvinside accent would describe the character well CagliariG indeed.
Budgie was the failed small time crook. Good show it was at the time.

Budgie was a strange character by today's standards, almost an antihero. Good looking and charismatic but dishonest, submissive and with the IQ of a pencil sharpener, iirc. 1970s Soho was on point.

He would have fitted well to the 24/7 brigade here then ramruna? They would be seething tbf as few would reach the exacting standards outside of dishonesty?

And IQ I should add!!

Before my time but:
Series 1 Episode 1....

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8ag513

Looks like the full series is on there, series two as well.

Enjoyable series. Both of them.

Rico-Dangleflaps 28 Mar 24 15:22 
im trying to picture acey choking the chicken over adam and jizzing on his 23" baird rented tv.

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Even Rab C is nothing like his persona, very ( shakespearian drama )

In real life.

Do you mean Gregor GC or just trying to be clever as usual?

... Gregor Fisher, didn't think it would need explaining tbh.

I remember he had a few heart murmurs. He got checked out but they didn't find anything. His last words were, isn't that channel 5 ****!

I remember big deal,with Bobby box.they don’t make stuff like that anymore.

Hazel was pretty good.

Callan was the best. Nearly everybody with a tv set in UK watched it every week.

Re Big Deal, his girlfriend played by Sharon Duce was easy on the eye.

Terry Venables was co creator of Hazel.

Anyone remember Man In A Suitcase

Rewatching Hazell some time ago reminded me times were different back then, at least for actors. Hazell could handle himself; he was quite a hard man when necessary. Until in one scene he took his shirt off to reveal no muscle tone whatsoever and very little muscle. Nowadays we hear about how long stars spend in the gym, about Daniel Craig adding three inches of muscle to play Bond and so on. Not back then.

Also, that barnet!

Remember Adam Faith in Minder on The Orient Express with Arthur x Terry

Classic two words used by Iain Cuthbertson , aye Budgie 

Randall & Hopkirk , Annette Andre   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hekM9BFbzN0

Budgie and Big deal for me , we all had nicknames in those days , mine was ' Sam ' also good .

Man In A Suitcase was very good.

prospects starring gary olsen 80s or 90s drama was decent iirc.

Ironside wisnay bad either.

Danger Man with Patrick Mcgoohan

king and castle nigel planer (dopey hippy in the young ones ) set up a debt collecting agency and a\re not too fussy with the methods they use for  taking repayments

neil in the young ones^^^

still not openned my box set of BIG DEAL dvd,s

I know several people who are real Robbie Box's (Big Deal).

Loved Budgie.

First saw it when it was repeated on Channel 4 back around 1985/86.

My mum and dad were big fans of Iain Cuthbertson, having watched the series when it first aired in the early 70s.

I especially enjoyed the episodes in which Margaret Nolan ( aka Vicki Kennedy ) appeared. God, she was gorgeous... .

I remember Budgie being filmed at Rosemary Park in Hackney near where we lived, i think it was the one with all the money flying around. we went over there as kids and spoke to Jock the park keeper (Remember them ?). he said Faith was a nice guy.

Mar 29, 2024 -- 12:43PM, acey deucy wrote:

I saw Trevor Eve as Hughie Green in Most Sincerely. Was Very good as him

ian cuthbertson also palyed scunner campbell in supergran!

Ian Cuthbertson played Lord Hailsham in the film 'Scandal'.
I think he married the Australian Actress Esma Cannon, she was in loads of old comedy films.

Anyone remember The Baron starring Steve Forrest as John Mannering

There was one episode at Epson I sat next to Adam in the pub I backed a load of winners that day when I watched the episode I could hear the races in the background.

Smoky Hill 30 Mar 24 08:47 
Anyone remember The Baron starring Steve Forrest as John Mannering



Yeah, The Baron was one of my favs. Also the theme tunes to a lot of the old detective series were truly outstanding! The Protectors, The Champions, Department S , Jason King, The Avengers, Joe 90, Randall and Hopkirk, to name but a few

Must add I didn't watch joe 90 but just really liked the theme tune

Anyone remember Dinsdale Landon as gambler Micky Dunne? Sang over the opening titles

Mickey Dunne knows a horse
That should have won
But didn't even start
Broke a jockeys heart.

Some good tales  in that series and a few laughs.

The Chinese Detective anybody Remember that one set in West London early eighties

Dont forget ricos favourite Jason King.

Budgie was repeated on Channel 4 on Friday nights, late 80s or early 90s.  Never saw any evidence of it being outstanding TV myself.

David Yip.Was also in Brookside,think Sinbad fancied his sister in it.

Mar 30, 2024 -- 2:13PM, acey deucy wrote:

Peter Wyngarde was a proper character, suave and cool, and  liked a bet at both meetings.

Chinese Detective yes I watched that his gruff boss was someone who ended up in eastenders.

Johnny Jarvis is the drama I remeber fondly, it was fabulous, why has it never been repeated?

Both meetings?...Naw.

supergran!

Brilliant! 

Sutherlands Law another Ian Cuthbertson one.