Tangent 21 - Flashback TV: Due South.

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Keenangel

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09:28
Feb 03 2006

Flashback TV: Due South.

This is currently being shown by ITV3 weekdays at 7pm and repeated at 6am and around 3.30pm. Anyone watching it? Did anyone watch it the first time around?...am i completely alone in saying that i adore this show all over again?

Season One just got released on DVD on Monday and i'm already through all six discs and i have a craving for seasons two and three which apparently will be released sometime this year. I want them now!!!

My favourite episodes from the S1 set is the double episode "Victoria's Secret". The writing is amazing, the performances brilliant and the emotions are incredible. Loved it.

So please, tell me i'm not the only one loving this show all over again? (or even the first time around? )

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Sandia

You're not alone. Due South is one of my favorite shows of all time. I absolutely LOVED it when it was on here in the US. I was very upset when it got cancelled here after two years. I know they continued to make episodes, which were shown on Canadian television. But I don't think they were ever shown by a US network. Possible I just missed them.

I also agree about Victoria' Secret. That was an incredible episode. I taped it off the TV and have watched it over several times. Actually, I think I have most of the Due South episodes (from the first two years) on tape somewhere around here. Now that I'm thinking of it, maybe I'll dig some of them up this weekend and watch again.

Posted: 13:37 Feb 03 2006

Sydney You can lead the whore to culture but you can't make her think!

I vaguely remember watching it - when was it first shown on UK TV?

I know I liked it but I had no idea they were re-showing it. Must try and catch it at some point

Posted: 20:26 Feb 03 2006

Keenangel *Fourteen phonecalls a night??!!*

It was originally shown on BBC1 back in '94/'95 (I think) and there were two seasons made before CBS cancelled it. There was such a huge outcry in the UK especially, that the BBC stepped in and funded a third season before it was cancelled again. Apparently at its peak, it had 8 million UK viewers regularly on a Saturday night.

Posted: 00:25 Feb 04 2006

Kate "Have you been gargling with bong water?!"

Interesting thing. A quick Amazon search shows the R1 DVDs initially coming out in 2003 and 2004. They're quite expensive, but this new release seems to be in the same vein as the recent Buffy and Angel box set re-releases - much less on them so really really cheap. You can buy Due South Season 2 on R1 for $14.99, but the 2003 release is still $112

I guess it depends how much you love the special features...

Great show though. I totally fancied Paul Gross when I was 18 or however old I was... :month:

Posted: 09:39 Feb 04 2006

Keenangel *Fourteen phonecalls a night??!!*

I've been waiting for years for a R2 release as i don't have access to a multi region player. I'm just hoping Network aren't too lazy in releasing those other sets here.

And i still think Paul Gross is gorgeous, then and now and i was in my 20's when i originally watched 'Due South'

Posted: 01:08 Feb 05 2006

Maffrew In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight...

I seem to remember liking Due South, might be worth seeing it again and watching it with an older eye.

If it aired in 94 I was the ripe old age of 10, so I might have a different view of it now

Posted: 01:27 Feb 05 2006

PictureOfFlowers "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party." - Lt. Tuck Pendleton, Innerspace

I remember liking it when it was on originally. Both me and my sister would watch it every week. I don't remember much about it now except for Diefenbaker (sp?) the dog. Wasn't he blind or deaf or something..?

I get the feeling I wouldn't enjoy it as much now if I saw it again. It's that type of programme that nowadays I just can't be arsed to watch...

Posted: 02:43 Feb 05 2006

Keenangel *Fourteen phonecalls a night??!!*

Dief is supposed to be deaf... but there are times when you wonder. And i love Dief

Paul Haggis wrote the Due South series, who has since been Oscar nominated (not sure if he won) for 'Million Dollar Baby' and 'Crash'

Posted: 09:50 Feb 05 2006

Milky "Busted - Now that you're gone, I'm sleeping with the light on..." Pof, 2005

I loved this show...thats another set of DVD's to buy.

Posted: 10:04 Feb 06 2006

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