The Tripods: Series 1&2 DVD

Out now! I bought mine today. Classic 80s sci fi.

Yes, pretty terrible, IIRC. They couldn't even bring themselves to finish it off - it was that bad. And that French(?) bloke had stupid glasses.

10 Rich Flair points to the first to remember whose house some of the Tripods was filmed at.

Ummmmmmmmmmm


Ian Levine?

Christopher Barry?

Christopher Trace?

sparacus?

It was my house.

Rich Flair wrote:Yes, pretty terrible, IIRC. They couldn't even bring themselves to finish it off - it was that bad. And that French(?) bloke had stupid glasses.

10 Rich Flair points to the first to remember whose house some of the Tripods was filmed at.

The Tripods was not terrible. It was a superb series and the failure to make series three was entirely down to TV's dumbing downer in chief Michael Grade.

It was filmed at the castle of someone famous - now dead, a vegetarian, loved animals, rather vain, played backgammon.

Rich Flair wrote:It was filmed at the castle of someone famous - now dead, a vegetarian, loved animals, rather vain, played backgammon.

Edith Piaf?

No, a male, bit of a shagger.

Max Mosley?

i was given the first series on dvd for my birthday some years back. it is unbelievably tedious as a few adric clones wander around rural france for what seems like several years.

i'm guessing alan clark for rich flair's quiz

Yes, you got it, daddio. It was filmed at Alan Clark's castle. He had gravitas.

Well I was close.

Have to say I haven't seen any Tripods when I've been wandering around rural France these past couple of years. Just goes to prove what a load of old baloney the show was.

Actually, the girls I know refer to me as The Tripod.

How many girls do you know?

None.

Rich Flair wrote:Yes, pretty terrible, IIRC. They couldn't even bring themselves to finish it off - it was that bad. And that French(?) bloke had stupid glasses.

Oi! A member of my family worked on that show. Martin Collinson, the Set Designer.