Been wanting to see this again for years, thanks for posting. This mirrored my 1983 in so many ways, college and signing on, jeans, T-Shirt & black bikers jacket were my clothes as well, no wonder it hit home with me. I’ve seen bootlegs for sale on the internet but haven’t risked buying, but maybe now I will. There were thousands of us ‘Tuckers’ leaving school in ‘82 and this series was frighteningly accurate. Phil Redmond’s observation was the truth.
The bootlegs are literally the same quality as this. It was only ever shown on TV once, and never got VHS or DVD releases. You may as well use a YT downloader to grab these.
@@user-John666 it was like Grange Hill tracked our school years, year-for-year and Tucker’s Luck was the point of life after school. College, YTS, an apprenticeship before the government scrapped them or the dole. My friends who went to the local Grammar school were expected to stay on 2 years at 6th form to do A-levels, then go to uni for 3 years. Back then only the 11+ pass kids were expected to get degrees. Now it’s a standard goal for everyone and further education is like part of the corporate sector!
@@thedrumdoctor Very true mate, pretty much nobody I knew went to Uni, it just wasn’t the done thing. Possibly some random course at college or something via the YOP but Uni? For posh kids or swots. Mind you, it actually meant something different to go to University then, now as you say it’s just the expected thing, regardless of academic leanings. I think the way it was for us prepared you better for the ups and downs of life and the realisation that not everyone is equal and there are losers in life. Cheers.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..
Actually, the last decade has featured the greatest television shows ever. You might not remember this but the mid 80s were a cesspool of unwatchable laugh-track gargbage.
I have a copy of the Tucker's Luck annual and I shit you not it has a section on how to apply for benefits complete with a full page UB40 (80's unemployment benefit claim form) and instructions on how to fill it in!
@@elliemccarthy3487 Tbh Thatcher's government did demonise benefit claimants, or shunted them onto sick pay to massage jobless figures, or told them to get on their bike and find work. Despite the government selling everything off or closing it down.
TheCosmicWarrior But there was still video recorders luckily back then which is how these were salvaged. I'd love for these to be released on dvd. But im wondering do the master tapes even exist anymore though? that's the thing. I know the BBC wiped a lot of stuff.
DJosephWells I cannot locate them on Amazon at all but have some Grange Hill on dvd.. as S1 & S2 only.... but I would gladly pay to collect the rest and this programme too.. Maybe someone, somewhere has the whole T L series on VHS that can be transferred to disk etc?
I think Todd Carry still dresses like that to this day, or maybe he just bought another leather jacket for the Grange Hill reunion on Loose Women* * a program I watch religiously, you understand...
yeah the 'Teenager' slot ...later on there was 'Rapido' ...and channel 4 used to show the cosby show and Desmonds ....-There was a lot of brainwashing for the future in this scheduling i can see now ! . .. . .
@Mark Richardson Exactly....lots of kids leaving school with little to no qualifications, no experience and ready to get shafted on some training scheme or by some unscrupulous boss...
Todd was me right pal. He got into the acid house scene a bit too hard . If you ever see T boy ( his nick name) just say to him fly monkey fly . He will stand chatting to you for ages
This was how it was . Bloody brilliant. Brought back great memories of playing out . Remember you had to be in before the street light came on lol the good old days .
Can’t believe I’m watching this again in 2021 at 49 years old. I was at school when this came out and I loved it. I don’t remember the acting being as wooden as it is, but then again I was a naive teenager who thought Dallas was the best thing ever. Cringe!!!!
Yeah, it might look wooden now but it all seemed like good fun at the time. I also remember Scully, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Super Gran and The Boy who Won the Pools. It certainly wasn’t worse than any of the stuff being shown now. It’s all pc nonsense.
i remember when this first aired.. bbc2 6pm.. a lot of us school kids had just left school and we used to watch this before meeting up at the roller rink in roichdale.. we often talked abot tucker and his pals and we often thought what we was going to do when we left school.. so many kids looked up to programmes like this.. As the years went on we found our long life school buddies from infant school to junior school to high school slowly drift away creating their own lives.. cherish the childhood memoreies people because one day its all you will have left
Never been on the dole unfortunately been working since about 6 weeks after I left school in 87.my dad said if I didn't find a job ( any job) he would chuck me out on the street. He meant it as well.
Tucker was the only Grange Hill character to appear in his own show. When Tucker was in Grange Hill continuity was good as Phil Redmond was still writing, in later years after Zammo left, Grange Hill's continuity was as bad as Crossroads, with characters disappearing after a series and no mention of where they had gone or why. This happened even more in Grange Hill in the 90s
Loved this series when it came out, probs about 15/16 How effin sad thou Peter McNamara who played Passmore died in 2018, only 58 and he was from Enfield in north London where I’ve lived all my life and wish our paths had crossed, his character was so good and well acted. Met George aka Alan few years back at a mutual friends house and we had great chat about all the Grange Hill/TL days, top fella
This is a little bit before my time but I just about remember my older brother watching this and the same era of Grange Hill. I do remember the job centre being like this though.
So sad to hear of another Grange Hill actor dying, sadly this time it was the great George Armstrong R.i.P Tucker Jenkins best friend in the school drama series. Also it’s sad to hear of the death of Gwyneth Powell R.I.P the actress’s who played Mrs McClusky what a lovely lady and also a great actress she was, Gwyneth played in multi character roles in a lot of tv series, other than the most popular Grange Hill.
Yeah it's not something you realise until you bump into an old school mate and see how old he/she looks and then realise that this must be how you look to them.
Was a mere kid watching tuckers luck in 83, what a cool programme, though could not get away with alot of stuff in the series nowadays, Tucker was like a hero to me as a kid🤣 At school in grange hill and here, he always stuck up for his friends and people and the system for what is right, like a London's Clint Eastwood im guessing 🤣 Todd Carty is not a bad actor, shame never got Hollywood like he deserved to,unless he not chose that direction, he did a few films i see.🙂👍
Aww, I always thought he looked cute! And in the next generation to follow, Ant Jones and Robbie Wright were pretty hot, especially when you're 14 and dreaming about finding your first love!
Being a Grange Hill fan. I think GONCH's luck would have been a good spin off after Tuckers luck. Gonch setting up buisness in the Outside world with Ziggy in the show and all.
i drew dole , like Tucker ...wasnt allowed into Uni . . . . .now 'University' is comprised mainly of foreigners . . . .and Britain is a complete dumping ground ..to think , back in 80s we were told it couldnt get any worse !!!!! 😄😄😄😁
Thanks, just finished watching the whole series..thought the first series was far the best,the second series was good,but i thought by the third series it was lacking something...and where did the sister suddenly come from....?
@@terrilouis2702 Aw, I wouldn't say she had a sad life! It was certainly never boring though, haha. I do indeed, I saw her as often as possible and went to her funeral. She's a much missed woman!
Does anyone know where the 'Tucker' nickname came from ? i can't recall if it was ever mentioned? Same with Pogo Paterson and Gonch Gardener! Phil Redmond was obsessed with giving out loads of nicknames. He did it in Brookside too. Ducksy and Growler Rogers. Most lads at school were just called by their surname by their mates usually adding a bit ......e.g. Smithy in G&S !
Should have guessed that Passmore went to chavvy Brookdale lol. If this had been filmed 20 years later, he'd have been rocking the Burberry hat and sovvy ring lol.
Hi, could you reupload series 1 episode 2 please? I remembered watching it without audio missing. I guess its RUclips copyright stuff. I hate RUclips content matching!
Tommy Watson has a revised face since he left Grange Hill in series 4 in 1981. Tucker Jenkins is soulmates with Alan Humphries and Tommy Watson. Season one ☝️ is in 1983. 😃
I believe the filming for season 1 was done during 1982 for 1983 broadcast. Season 2 followed suit with 1983 filming and broadcast in 1984. (Yes, I need to get out more!)
I love the fact they were regular families working class mainly ; there was lots of stigma starting in the 80’s my bf lived in a council house & we suddenly had chats about her mum being able to buy it , I’m from a left wing middle class back ground , so when the girls talked about women’s lib & the writers getting wealthy that’s so true , I’m so pro women my family friends were those writers
Bmx's, go-karts, tree climbing, kite flying, jumpers for goal posts, marathon bars, zx spectrum, manic miner, conkers, beck jumping, huckleberry finn, zammo just say no, starskey n hutch, scrap after school, landlines, madness, 7 quid to get in the footie match, no crappy Facebook or mobile phone in sight. I do miss the simple life
RIP George Armstrong (1962-2023) who played Alan.
Ah never 😢
Sad to hear about George Armstrong, "Another Good 'un gone"!!
Been wanting to see this again for years, thanks for posting. This mirrored my 1983 in so many ways, college and signing on, jeans, T-Shirt & black bikers jacket were my clothes as well, no wonder it hit home with me. I’ve seen bootlegs for sale on the internet but haven’t risked buying, but maybe now I will. There were thousands of us ‘Tuckers’ leaving school in ‘82 and this series was frighteningly accurate. Phil Redmond’s observation was the truth.
The bootlegs are literally the same quality as this. It was only ever shown on TV once, and never got VHS or DVD releases. You may as well use a YT downloader to grab these.
@@thelastmotel I think it’s missing episode 2 though, because of music copyright. For the full-on teenage regression experience I need episode 2!!!!!!
Well said, I left school in 82 too and loved this as it rang so true. Brilliant
@@user-John666 it was like Grange Hill tracked our school years, year-for-year and Tucker’s Luck was the point of life after school. College, YTS, an apprenticeship before the government scrapped them or the dole. My friends who went to the local Grammar school were expected to stay on 2 years at 6th form to do A-levels, then go to uni for 3 years. Back then only the 11+ pass kids were expected to get degrees. Now it’s a standard goal for everyone and further education is like part of the corporate sector!
@@thedrumdoctor Very true mate, pretty much nobody I knew went to Uni, it just wasn’t the done thing. Possibly some random course at college or something via the YOP but Uni? For posh kids or swots. Mind you, it actually meant something different to go to University then, now as you say it’s just the expected thing, regardless of academic leanings. I think the way it was for us prepared you better for the ups and downs of life and the realisation that not everyone is equal and there are losers in life. Cheers.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..
Sick of that stupid quote now
No because it's a f**kin stupid thing to think.
Too true and they are mostly bad memories .
Sharp, witty and well acted. They really don't make em' like this anymore.
Thank fuck
Actually, the last decade has featured the greatest television shows ever. You might not remember this but the mid 80s were a cesspool of unwatchable laugh-track gargbage.
You are being sarcastic........ Surely...
They make TV about Blacks now ...not whites ...sad but true !!!!
@@Jeremy-ql1or But it was cosy TV and a simpler time.
I have a copy of the Tucker's Luck annual and I shit you not it has a section on how to apply for benefits complete with a full page UB40 (80's unemployment benefit claim form) and instructions on how to fill it in!
Yep, ive got that annual too. I remember a text story about Tucker having to wear specs cos of headaches, and having chocolate banned.
That's awesome. 😂😂😂
Lol that's fab
Because you were not demonised for needing benefits
@@elliemccarthy3487 Tbh Thatcher's government did demonise benefit claimants, or shunted them onto sick pay to massage jobless figures, or told them to get on their bike and find work. Despite the government selling everything off or closing it down.
Thanks for uploading this. Not seen it since it came out - when I too was young and on the dole. Fantastic and brings back memories
TheCosmicWarrior But there was still video recorders luckily back then which is how these were salvaged. I'd love for these to be released on dvd. But im wondering do the master tapes even exist anymore though? that's the thing. I know the BBC wiped a lot of stuff.
DJosephWells I cannot locate them on Amazon at all but have some Grange Hill on dvd.. as S1 & S2 only.... but I would gladly pay to collect the rest and this programme too.. Maybe someone, somewhere has the whole T L series on VHS that can be transferred to disk etc?
Tucker dresses as if he's on the set of Grease .
He was London's answer to the fonz in my mind
I think Todd Carry still dresses like that to this day, or maybe he just bought another leather jacket for the Grange Hill reunion on Loose Women*
* a program I watch religiously, you understand...
Indeed. I half expected olivia newton john to turn up and him start singing "Sandy" lol
@@SuperBartles in eastenders did dress the same too
It was a common look for a lot of teenagers back in 1983, especially after Wham! hit the charts.
This takes me back. Loved this when it was on just to see what scrapes Tucker and his mates got into
Wow what a blast from the past! Loved this back in the day. Fab upload
This is great. Thanks. A real blast from the past.
Thanks for the post, brings back great memories. Lovely to see the late, great Peter Childs as Alan's dad!
I liked Alan's dad. He was really good in Grange Hill although he was played be a different actor then.
@@Matt571 And Peter Childs was also a fire officer when Grange Hill caught fire and they had asbestos.
God this takes me back...Great memories
I’ve just read George Armstrong ( Alan Humphries ) has passed away aged 60 I’m so sad to hear this, RIP George.
You'd never get a CBBC show with the protagonist waking up with a hangover these days...
Stephen O'Donnell yeah or zammo chasing the dragon
That's because it wasnt a cbbc show its was on at 6.30 n BBC 2
@@georgecurtis5371 Oh, right. Well anyway, you'd STILL never get a CBBC show with the main protagonist waking up with a hangover these days...
yeah the 'Teenager' slot ...later on there was 'Rapido' ...and channel 4 used to show the cosby show and Desmonds ....-There was a lot of brainwashing for the future in this scheduling i can see now ! . .. . .
@@stephenmcconnell1000 My Parents Are Aliens were pretty edgy for a kids show even tho that's CITV
Rip Alan 🙏 legend
This was depressing,after Grange Hill you expected Tucker to take over the world.
He ended up dying of Aids you know
@@kimjongun1413 Wrong show.
john Doe he ended up being a wrong un and was charged with obscenity in a public place for wearing those shitty sunglasses he has on. 😂
@Mark Richardson Exactly....lots of kids leaving school with little to no qualifications, no experience and ready to get shafted on some training scheme or by some unscrupulous boss...
The crashing realities of Thatchers Britain came down on us all without silver spoons.
I always felt Todd Carty's natural charisma could have taken him to Hollywood and into action/comedy type movies.
01:06 that is all.
Todd was me right pal. He got into the acid house scene a bit too hard . If you ever see T boy ( his nick name) just say to him fly monkey fly . He will stand chatting to you for ages
Thanks for uploading - brings back memories.
My mates brother said I was like Tommy I need to watch this again , thanks
This was how it was . Bloody brilliant. Brought back great memories of playing out . Remember you had to be in before the street light came on lol the good old days .
Would have been ten elven when this came out. 9.30 had to be in by.
Can’t believe I’m watching this again in 2021 at 49 years old. I was at school when this came out and I loved it. I don’t remember the acting being as wooden as it is, but then again I was a naive teenager who thought Dallas was the best thing ever. Cringe!!!!
Yeah, it might look wooden now but it all seemed like good fun at the time.
I also remember Scully, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Super Gran and The Boy who Won the Pools. It certainly wasn’t worse than any of the stuff being shown now. It’s all pc nonsense.
Awful, there was one girl in grange hill susie i think, left after a few episodes, im sure she was reading out of a book.
watching it again & I'm 64......
you only live twice tho !
@@grantross2609 😂😂👏🏻👏🏻
Yes but in fairness i bet you had to watch what your parents did.. all four channels
Thanks for the upload have not seen these since I left the UK many years ago.
i remember when this first aired.. bbc2 6pm.. a lot of us school kids had just left school and we used to watch this before meeting up at the roller rink in roichdale.. we often talked abot tucker and his pals and we often thought what we was going to do when we left school.. so many kids looked up to programmes like this.. As the years went on we found our long life school buddies from infant school to junior school to high school slowly drift away creating their own lives.. cherish the childhood memoreies people because one day its all you will have left
Beautiful
Thanks for this upload. Legend. Haven't seen this in years.
I'd forgotten just how brilliant this was
Love it! Thanks👍👍🍺
I remember 16 and signing on. £27.50 per week. No hope of finding a job, Chicks were hotter in the 80s!
...not this particular **chick** though surely? Looks like a chipmunk
They were definitely more appealing than the entitled, trout pouting, top 10% man chasing trollops of today!!!
Never been on the dole unfortunately been working since about 6 weeks after I left school in 87.my dad said if I didn't find a job ( any job) he would chuck me out on the street. He meant it as well.
yes the 'Birds' were Gorgeous back then ...Now it seems They all have a face like a plastic Trout, its true !!!!😆
I don't know about that. The chicks back then were much smaller looking. Nowadays women in general are much curvier and fitter looking.
God I remember those job centres in the 80s...,we called it the joke shop.....
That's we called it down in Essex :D
Hey thats what we call them as well up north
I’m 53 and I’m glad to have found this on you tube
Tucker was the only Grange Hill character to appear in his own show. When Tucker was in Grange Hill continuity was good as Phil Redmond was still writing, in later years after Zammo left, Grange Hill's continuity was as bad as Crossroads, with characters disappearing after a series and no mention of where they had gone or why. This happened even more in Grange Hill in the 90s
It happens a lot in any education drama. It's the same in Waterloo Road. Kids and even teachers just disappear with no word as to why.
Not seen this for a while!!! Cheers for posting.
Tucker trying to get up is an accurate representation of me trying to get up from sleeping or just resting my bum on the sofa.
I can remember this series, the last time I watch this when it first came out
Thanks for posting this series it brings back happy memories. By the way Alans dads Rover JLH 199K is alive and well according to the DVLA.
Haha. I like to check things like that too. =)
Thank God!
You need to get out more fella?! 😳
The car at the beginning of the Sweeney is still going as well!
rockola111 What, still going around that roundabout?
Omg wow!!!!!brings back memories
Thanks for posting
Loved this series when it came out, probs about 15/16
How effin sad thou Peter McNamara who played Passmore died in 2018, only 58 and he was from Enfield in north London where I’ve lived all my life and wish our paths had crossed, his character was so good and well acted.
Met George aka Alan few years back at a mutual friends house and we had great chat about all the Grange Hill/TL days, top fella
Peter McNamara was an extra in "Quadrophenia", he appears in the Kitchener Road party scene!!
I also spotted Robert Glennister as an extra in the Cafe scene after the mods are told to leave!!
Don't expect me to piss on the pensioners when Passmore has set them on fire. I should piss on them when they're not !
This is a little bit before my time but I just about remember my older brother watching this and the same era of Grange Hill. I do remember the job centre being like this though.
So sad to hear of another Grange Hill actor dying, sadly this time it was the great George Armstrong R.i.P
Tucker Jenkins best friend in the school drama series.
Also it’s sad to hear of the death of Gwyneth Powell R.I.P the actress’s who played Mrs McClusky what a lovely lady and also a great actress she was, Gwyneth played in multi character roles in a lot of tv series, other than the most popular Grange Hill.
Great stuff , Grange hill with Tucker in was fantastic TV ...they should revisit the series
2:40 onwards, he looks like a very skinny terminator
Well he did say he'd be back, so ...
Jesus christ im getting old...
Yeah it's not something you realise until you bump into an old school mate and see how old he/she looks and then realise that this must be how you look to them.
Was a mere kid watching tuckers luck in 83, what a cool programme, though could not get away with alot of stuff in the series nowadays, Tucker was like a hero to me as a kid🤣
At school in grange hill and here, he always stuck up for his friends and people and the system for what is right, like a London's Clint Eastwood im guessing 🤣
Todd Carty is not a bad actor, shame never got Hollywood like he deserved to,unless he not chose that direction, he did a few films i see.🙂👍
That perm on Tommy was hideous.
Aww, I always thought he looked cute! And in the next generation to follow, Ant Jones and Robbie Wright were pretty hot, especially when you're 14 and dreaming about finding your first love!
I certainly used to fancy the bird out of this ....- a real piece of crumpet !!!!!!🙂😍😉
Mrs Jenkins?
@@peternagy-im4be no , the tart ..
The girl with the ponytail in the jobcentre ended up as Lynn slater in eastenders
Ol whelk lips Tucker.wonderful memories and times.
I remember the job centre boards with the job cards. Happy days.
Being a Grange Hill fan. I think GONCH's luck would have been a good spin off after Tuckers luck. Gonch setting up buisness in the Outside world with Ziggy in the show and all.
Brilliant 🤣🤣
@@GarethColquhoun didn't have the charisma of Gonch
i didnt like ziggy .....earlier ones were best . . . . .
The life of Mark Fowler before he started selling fruit and veg and caught AIDs.
Cool...we can continue to follow Uncle Tucker a bit more
They are appreciated thanks,don't see the last episode of series 2 though..
I remember this... watched Grange Hill with Tucker Jenkins then moved onto this. I remember those Skinheads the villains of the piece.
great show when extremely well written tv for younger people was wide spread on British telly
I never watched the earlier days of Grange Hill with Tucker. Every time I see Todd Carty I always think of him as Mark from Eastenders.
British comedies are always the best
yes ....Sykes another example .....and On the Buses . . . . .the GREATEST !!!!!!😁😁😁😁
This isn't a comedy.
@@krishnan-resurrection714 It ain't Half Hot Mum is hilarious too. And Mind Your Language.
@@43658hgt nearest and dearest ..jimmy jewel and Hylda Baker .. - Brilliant 😁
Great stuff....Thanks for the uploads (just watched series 1&2 back to back) took me back to more innocent days.
Don't suppose you have series 3?
Throwing up , off the bus , Tommy’s a legend
Todd Carty looks like the centaur in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad.
Omg this is like going back in time with my friends looking for work , luckily I found work & went uni
i drew dole , like Tucker ...wasnt allowed into Uni . . . . .now 'University' is comprised mainly of foreigners . . . .and Britain is a complete dumping ground ..to think , back in 80s we were told it couldnt get any worse !!!!! 😄😄😄😁
Really enjoyed seeing that again, have you got episode 2 ?
Yeah, I remember 10am was ungodly early when you were on the dole in the 1980s : )
Unusually, Tucker's mum was played by the same actress who occasionally popped up as his mother in GRANGE HILL.
I think she was also the 'shake and vac' lady.
Really?
It's great to see a show that respects continuity instead of just making it up as it goes along.
Incorrect. But she did appear on ill-fated BBC soap Eldorado a few years later.
eon_flux wrong, she didn’t put the freshness back.
One of those girls, is the Slater sisters from EastEnders, in the black hair.
awesome been looking for these since uktvbox dissappered thanks :))
Memories
My god, eighties Britain was beige
lots of girls looked like michelle in the 80s
I like the piano version of the main theme at 19:45, goes nicely with the scene.
Alan Hawkshaw. The Hawk. Incredible talent and a great guy. RIP Big Al.
Thanks, just finished watching the whole series..thought the first series was far the best,the second series was good,but i thought by the third series it was lacking something...and where did the sister suddenly come from....?
I know! There had never been a single mention of her, especially not in Grange Hill either.
RIP George Armstrong.
My great aunt is Tucker's mum in this, hahaha. Bit before my time, but still interesting to watch.
Brilliant 👍
Is your great aunt hilary crane
@@terrilouis2702 Yep, Hil was my great aunt. :)
@@Equinoxxa Sad life she died 11 years ago but you probably know that
@@terrilouis2702 Aw, I wouldn't say she had a sad life! It was certainly never boring though, haha. I do indeed, I saw her as often as possible and went to her funeral. She's a much missed woman!
thanks
Flippin eck Tucker!
The sound of my youth
Does anyone know where the 'Tucker' nickname came from ? i can't recall if it was ever mentioned? Same with Pogo Paterson and Gonch Gardener! Phil Redmond was obsessed with giving out loads of nicknames. He did it in Brookside too. Ducksy and Growler Rogers. Most lads at school were just called by their surname by their mates usually adding a bit ......e.g. Smithy in G&S !
Todd Carty was the James Dean of my generation!!!! I had a major crush on the gorgeous Elaine Lordan.
SpeedbirdConcorde more like an aldi value imo
R.i.p George 😢
Should have guessed that Passmore went to chavvy Brookdale lol. If this had been filmed 20 years later, he'd have been rocking the Burberry hat and sovvy ring lol.
Kblogg 777 a true chav wouldn't leave the house without such tacky ittire lol
TheGodParticle a true chav cannot speak or spell properly?! 😂
😂😂
One of those girls in the jobs place looks like the one who played Lynn Slater in Eastenders
It is - Elaine Lordan.
Looks a little like her little sister in eastenders.
i was at middle school when this was first broadcasted in 1983
We have known the days♥️
When England was England.
Ugh you gonna copy and paste this crap comment all over our childhood faves? 🙄
No, not at all. Don't get the wrong idea.
C'mon Johnny... Them were grey hard-days all around.
lol. I suppose you're right then.. England being England.
How right you are .....more like Mozambique now . . . . . .. .🥶
@@moominmay😂😂😂
Wish this was in HD
RIP George ......it was also sad to realise that Peter Childs who played Alan's Dad also died of leukemia aged only 50 in 1989.
Kettles , flexes and plugs ..........tuker had it sorted!
I've got all 3 series on DVD. 1st series Deffo best.
+Steely666 where can you get Tucker's luck on DVD
Terry Sue-Patt was originally offered to reprise the role as Benny Green in Tucker's Luck but he turned it down as he didn't want to be typecasted,
+stingray4real RIP
stingray4real Sounds a bit arrogant to me. It's not like he would have had any other acting opportunities.
girlygirlyblonde that's what I was thinking, some people just don't realise a opportunity even if it hits them hard in the face like a ton of bricks.
It's not type cast if you're playing the same character!!
He turned it down because they wouldn't let him wear his Celtic/Liverpool scarf in the series.
Tommy's perm growing out at the back.......
Hi, could you reupload series 1 episode 2 please? I remembered watching it without audio missing. I guess its RUclips copyright stuff. I hate RUclips content matching!
Tucker.....the only kid in the world who was cool enough to get away with rocking a biker's jacket at school.
..he had left school at this point ...was now drawing dole . . . . .
Hilary Crane as Tucker's mother, much missed. Also in Eldorado' as Rosemary.
Tommy Watson has a revised face since he left Grange Hill in series 4 in 1981. Tucker Jenkins is soulmates with Alan Humphries and Tommy Watson. Season one ☝️ is in 1983. 😃
I believe the filming for season 1 was done during 1982 for 1983 broadcast. Season 2 followed suit with 1983 filming and broadcast in 1984. (Yes, I need to get out more!)
No-one prepared us for what happens after school. On hindsight, I also wouldn't have the heart to shatter a child's fantasy world
Alan's dad appeared in TL., but he was played by a different actor who portrayed him in Grange Hill.
Great show! Wonder what they are watching now. Ackley Bridge?
Kids now watch YT, not telly lol
@@thelastmotelor Gary's Mod stuff on YT xDDD. Time changed
@@thelastmotel My 14-year-old niece watches Ackley Bridge! (although on her laptop on All4, at a time to suit her!)
Those skinheads are about 35😂😂
I love the fact they were regular families working class mainly ; there was lots of stigma starting in the 80’s my bf lived in a council house & we suddenly had chats about her mum being able to buy it , I’m from a left wing middle class back ground , so when the girls talked about women’s lib & the writers getting wealthy that’s so true , I’m so pro women my family friends were those writers
Yuk
Bmx's, go-karts, tree climbing, kite flying, jumpers for goal posts, marathon bars, zx spectrum, manic miner, conkers, beck jumping, huckleberry finn, zammo just say no, starskey n hutch, scrap after school, landlines, madness, 7 quid to get in the footie match, no crappy Facebook or mobile phone in sight.
I do miss the simple life
Keeping away from the skinheads also..
Much better times back then.
Razzle, Men Only, Playboy mags under the bed.
Life was so good then
The incidental music sounds like something from ‘Minder’