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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Apr 10, 2020 17:43:27 GMT
Friday 10th April.
I've just discovered that once again, Talking Pictures TV are showing Van der Valk again.
Tonight is Series 1, episode 1, so I assume they are going to do as they did last year and repeat the whole series again.
Series 1 and 2 are from 1972 and 73, and DAFs feature a lot.
Silly story lines, but great scenes.
It's on Freeview Channel 81 and I assume satellite as well.
Pipe and slippers out and a glass of whatever?
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Post by andrew on Apr 10, 2020 18:13:39 GMT
I was given the entire boxed set as a present for my 60th! Pipe and slippers....not quite yet, but a bottle of of decent French wine and I'll be watching them ALL!
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Post by andrew on Apr 12, 2020 19:02:02 GMT
I've just watched Series 1, episode 1, which has some great action shots of yellow Daf 55 coupé! I also spotted a red Daf 33, as well as (wait for it...) a Skoda Octavia Combi (and I DON'T mean the modern V.W. Passat lookalike!) The scenes of policemen smoking and drinking on duty is just SO 70s-I love it!
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Post by starider on Apr 13, 2020 10:09:24 GMT
Hi Andrew,
Missed the episode, will try to catch it this week,Which night?
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Post by starider on Apr 13, 2020 10:11:44 GMT
PS Hi Andrew, didn't read your post carefully enough,reading properly again I see it's Fridays!!
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Post by andrew on Apr 13, 2020 11:53:37 GMT
I'm watching them all on D.V.D., but I understand they're available on "catch up" TV as well.
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Apr 13, 2020 12:56:51 GMT
I've just watched Series 1, episode 1, which has some great action shots of yellow Daf 55 coupé! I also spotted a red Daf 33, as well as (wait for it...) a Skoda Octavia Combi (and I DON'T mean the modern V.W. Passat lookalike!) The scenes of policemen smoking and drinking on duty is just SO 70s-I love it! It is ace. Although some of the story lines are, well, pretty hard to follow and daft (see what I did there?), it's the general ambience, the street scenes with the DAFs of course but also in general, the home styles and furnishings and even the fashions. Oh and the things that will be non PC today such as the smoking of cigars - even getting one your underling officers to go out and get some for him. And in a few episodes time, the DAFs feature even more, including with liveried police cars! |
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Post by andrew on Apr 20, 2020 19:27:26 GMT
We're getting through the lockdown by watching more episodes of this! The first DVD contained the first series of 6 episodes and we're onto the second series now. The opening sequence of the second series shows Van Der Valk (Barry Foster) driving around in a white Daf 66 SL. Also featured is a Police ('Polite" in Dutch) Daf 66, complete with blue lights and continental-style 3 tone police horn! A red Daf 66 SL also gets a look-in! Also spotted were numerous Daf 33 combis; these seem to have been very popular in Holland! Loving the Daf action!
The 1970s.... Police officers drinking ON DUTY and IN UNIFORM! I can't imagine that ever being permitted here (pity!)
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