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[Other Sport] Lord Lucan prog on BBC2

Is this a comedy or a drama?

  • Bezzadougal is solving the case

    Votes: 4 36.4%

  • What a pile of crap!

    Votes: 7 63.6%
  • Total voters
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Lenny Rider

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Sep 15, 2010
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aftershavedave said:
Well I can't stop laughing at this rubbish. The multi pack of Lacoste polos in every imaginable colour is a scream, let alone the rest of this junk!
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Times have clearly changed at the Beeb, when I went on Pointless with my lad in 2015, they made me take my Lacoste jumper off 😂

As for the prog, have watched the first two, I’m not sure it is Junk, his Mum was murdered and as a recall as a kid, and later mentioned in various documentaries, the victim was almost a side issue, it was about Lucan and his mates whisking him away after he did it, he’s only trying to get his own personal closure and some kind of justice for his Mum.

Obviously the Beeb will have paid exes, but I doubt, and hope they haven’t made money out of it.

Maybe Episode 3 will tell us everything we need to know?
 




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essbee1

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Jun 25, 2014
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We know a quite clever person (not with us any more sadly) who was a forensic scientist way back and was given Lord Lucan's diary
to try and work out where he might have gone. Clearly, it didn't contain much info.
 


aftershavedave

aftershavedave

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Jul 9, 2003
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as 10cc say, not in hove
Lenny Rider said:
Times have clearly changed at the Beeb, when I went on Pointless with my lad in 2015, they made me take my Lacoste jumper off 😂

As for the prog, have watched the first two, I’m not sure it is Junk, his Mum was murdered and as a recall as a kid, and later mentioned in various documentaries, the victim was almost a side issue, it was about Lucan and his mates whisking him away after he did it, he’s only trying to get his own personal closure and some kind of justice for his Mum.

Obviously the Beeb will have paid exes, but I doubt, and hope they haven’t made money out of it.

Maybe Episode 3 will tell us everything we need to know?
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Episode 3 is on the iplayer
 


Goldstone1976

Goldstone1976

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essbee1 said:
We know a quite clever person (not with us any more sadly) who was a forensic scientist way back and was given Lord Lucan's diary
to try and work out where he might have gone. Clearly, it didn't contain much info.
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Not Julius Grant by any chance?
 


1066familyman

1066familyman

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Jan 15, 2008
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My bet is that if it was the nanny that killed the parasite, this case would have been solved instantly.
 




Herr Tubthumper

Herr Tubthumper

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Stato said:
There was a nice news report shot of 1970s Newhaven taken from the A259 at the riverside with the Crown and New Bridge Inn/C&E Sports in the background. We had it paused for ages remembering a time when traffic went through the town and you could catch the bus from outside Unwins, instead of around the back of Woolworths, which isn't even Woolworths anymore. Oh the waft of buns from Acres the Bakers and buying Action Transfer Sets from Minimart! Now, what did I come in here for again?
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C&E, Acres the Bakers, Minimart….takes me back to my childhood.
 


Herr Tubthumper

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Dodgems

The Dodgems were a Brighton band from the late Seventies, best known for their song "Lord Lucan Is Missing". The group was formed in 1978 by Gary Turner (bass & lead vocals), Doug Potter (guitar & vocals) and Charlie Zuber (drums). All had previously gigged in a local four-piece called Jet-Slag...
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Anyone remember this band? Or the Vaultage albums?
 


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boik

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Herr Tubthumper said:
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Dodgems

The Dodgems were a Brighton band from the late Seventies, best known for their song "Lord Lucan Is Missing". The group was formed in 1978 by Gary Turner (bass & lead vocals), Doug Potter (guitar & vocals) and Charlie Zuber (drums). All had previously gigged in a local four-piece called Jet-Slag...
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Anyone remember this band? Or the Vaultage albums?
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Indeed. That's why I quoted their lyrics. Always associate them with Nicky and The Dots. Think I must have seen them play together, possibly at the Richmond. So many gigs in those days it's all a bit of a blur!
 




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Crispy Ambulance

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Herr Tubthumper said:
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Dodgems

The Dodgems were a Brighton band from the late Seventies, best known for their song "Lord Lucan Is Missing". The group was formed in 1978 by Gary Turner (bass & lead vocals), Doug Potter (guitar & vocals) and Charlie Zuber (drums). All had previously gigged in a local four-piece called Jet-Slag...
peel.fandom.com peel.fandom.com

Anyone remember this band? Or the
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Herr Tubthumper said:
peel.fandom.com

Dodgems

The Dodgems were a Brighton band from the late Seventies, best known for their song "Lord Lucan Is Missing". The group was formed in 1978 by Gary Turner (bass & lead vocals), Doug Potter (guitar & vocals) and Charlie Zuber (drums). All had previously gigged in a local four-piece called Jet-Slag...
peel.fandom.com peel.fandom.com

Anyone remember this band? Or the Vaultage albums?
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Yep. The Vaultage albums were all released on Attrix Records and featured local bands.

The first one, Vaultage 78, contained tracks by (amongst others) The Piranhas, Nicky and the Dots, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, and The Dodgems, and was probably the best of the 3 Vaultage albums.

Vaultage 79 contained a track by The Vandells, one of whose members was Marcus Vandell, aka Marcus Thirtle, the brother of a mate of mine at Stringer, Greg Thirtle.

Attrix was located on Sydney Street, and you could often find some of the band members (Bob Grover, etc) helping out in there.
 




BN9 BHA

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Crispy Ambulance said:
Yep. The Vaultage albums were all released on Attrix Records and featured local bands.

The first one, Vaultage 78, contained tracks by (amongst others) The Piranhas, Nicky and the Dots, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, and The Dodgems, and was probably the best of the 3 Vaultage albums.

Vaultage 79 contained a track by The Vandells, one of whose members was Marcus Vandell, aka Marcus Thirtle, the brother of a mate of mine at Stringer, Greg Thirtle.

Attrix was located on Sydney Street, and you could often find some of the band members (Bob Grover, etc) helping out in there.
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I’m sure you have seen this site

 












Herr Tubthumper

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boik said:
Indeed. That's why I quoted their lyrics. Always associate them with Nicky and The Dots. Think I must have seen them play together, possibly at the Richmond. So many gigs in those days it's all a bit of a blur!
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Apologies, I skipped a few pages so I must have missed it. I remember Nicky and The Dots, amongst other things, they had a rather iconic button badge.
 


Herr Tubthumper

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Crispy Ambulance said:
Yep. The Vaultage albums were all released on Attrix Records and featured local bands.

The first one, Vaultage 78, contained tracks by (amongst others) The Piranhas, Nicky and the Dots, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, and The Dodgems, and was probably the best of the 3 Vaultage albums.

Vaultage 79 contained a track by The Vandells, one of whose members was Marcus Vandell, aka Marcus Thirtle, the brother of a mate of mine at Stringer, Greg Thirtle.

Attrix was located on Sydney Street, and you could often find some of the band members (Bob Grover, etc) helping out in there.
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I remember the shop. It always seemed rather sparse and had little in the window. Good shop though. I think I bought my copy of Coloured Vinyl/Jilly from there.

Edit: the photo in the above link shows a very full window though. Maybe my memory isn’t good.
 










BN9 BHA

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Herr Tubthumper said:
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Dodgems

The Dodgems were a Brighton band from the late Seventies, best known for their song "Lord Lucan Is Missing". The group was formed in 1978 by Gary Turner (bass & lead vocals), Doug Potter (guitar & vocals) and Charlie Zuber (drums). All had previously gigged in a local four-piece called Jet-Slag...
peel.fandom.com peel.fandom.com

Anyone remember this band? Or the Vaultage albums?
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boik said:
Indeed. That's why I quoted their lyrics. Always associate them with Nicky and The Dots. Think I must have seen them play together, possibly at the Richmond. So many gigs in those days it's all a bit of a blur!
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Crispy Ambulance said:
Yep. The Vaultage albums were all released on Attrix Records and featured local bands.

The first one, Vaultage 78, contained tracks by (amongst others) The Piranhas, Nicky and the Dots, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, and The Dodgems, and was probably the best of the 3 Vaultage albums.

Vaultage 79 contained a track by The Vandells, one of whose members was Marcus Vandell, aka Marcus Thirtle, the brother of a mate of mine at Stringer, Greg Thirtle.

Attrix was located on Sydney Street, and you could often find some of the band members (Bob Grover, etc) helping out in there.
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Lord Lucan is Missing was played on Radio 6 this afternoon
 


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