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"The Maggie"
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2016 11:17 pm
by Telo
The 1954 Ealing classic about the Clyde puffer and its crew is available on BBC iPlayer until Saturday coming -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... the-maggie.
Re: "The Maggie"
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 12:08 am
by Telo
There's also an interesting YouTube interview from 2001 with Tommy Kearins who played Dougie, "the wee boy" on "The Maggie" -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh_gPwgaiVE
This interview throws some light on the film locations.
Re: "The Maggie"
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 3:33 pm
by DaveS
Thanks for posting that - most interesting. I've got The Maggie on a videotape somewhere ....
Re: "The Maggie"
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 7:50 pm
by wully
Ar5e!
I'll be in Tasty Pastry land and will miss that
Re: "The Maggie"
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 9:15 pm
by aquaplane
I'm sure I have seen this before, either from a heads up like this one or it could have been on youtube, have you had aa search for it?
Re: "The Maggie"
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 1:44 am
by Gardenshed
Ar5e!
I'll be in Tasty Pastry land and will miss that
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All is not lost:
Download/install a VPN (
http://www.thetop10bestvpn.com/best-free-vpn-service) and then you can be "virtually" in the UK and watch iplayer when you are on your travels.
Re: "The Maggie"
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 9:47 am
by claymore
DaveS wrote:Thanks for posting that - most interesting. I've got The Maggie on a videotape somewhere ....
Betamax I presume.....?
Re: "The Maggie"
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 2:30 pm
by DaveS
claymore wrote:DaveS wrote:Thanks for posting that - most interesting. I've got The Maggie on a videotape somewhere ....
Betamax I presume.....?
No, VHS, although it's a while since I used it.