I Am A Swede

R.I.P Mick Aston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tava_bLh3k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM0pD5NbQKY

I can't stop listening to 60s music right now. A tv-channel here has just started re-airing "Heartbeat" from the very first episode, and it was such a fantastic show the first few years.....
It's just a little bittersweet when you know what's coming.....

A bit late, but so sad about Richard Thorp.

Alan was no longer a regular presence on the show towards the end of course, so his absence might not really make a difference, but he was one of the last ties to Emmerdale pre-Dingles.

Now I think Eric, Betty and Victoria are the only characters left from when Emmerdale was Dingle-free. And Victoria only in name, since she was born in 1994, the year when the Dingles first entered the show. A dark year in Emmerdale history, at least for me, since I intensely dislike that whole family. The Sugdens have been almost obliterated, but it feels like a new Dingle crawls out from under a rock (or wherever they come from) every year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuh0JGXg4uI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJgy3j5QuUI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ridUqEFixQ0

She's back!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w95WdpE6QAI

I just received the first volume of "Emmerdale Farm" on dvd, and it really was a completely different show back then. Everything, and I do mean everything has changed! Naturally the characters are completely new, and the village, but also the surrounding countryside. It was much more open and harsher back when the show started. Much more like I imagine Yorkshire, compared to what we see now.

So far 4 volumes have been released (I've already ordered volume 2) and I hope they continue releasing more. The show only aired twice a week back then, with seasonal breaks, so it shouldn't be impossible for them to release several years worth of episodes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRa8g-m4UNk

Pathetic.

http://tpmdc.talking...d.php?ref=fpblg

Oh dear.....

I must say I smiled a little at this: "The conservative Republicans warned that the international community is a scary place."

After reading all the articles and stuff posted in this thread leading up to the presidential election, I would say that it is the US that is a scary place.