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theageofthetra

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The following tv shows are better known in the UK under their original or a different name - what were they?

Three's Company
On the Rocks
Sanford and Son
Één van de acht
All in the Family
Kaun Banega Crorepati
Steam Heat
Payne
Oh no! Not them.
Brilliant!
Hope Island
Stand by your Man
Reggie.
 

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Threes Company - Man About the House
On the Rocks - Porridge
Sanford and Son - Steptoe and Son
Ean van de acht - God knows but I think its a game show
All in the Family - Till death us do Part
Kaun Banega Crorepati - Who wants to be a Millionare
Steam Heat - Not sure
Payne - Fawlty Towers
Oh no! Not THEM! - The Young Ones
Brilliant - "Suit you sir" The Fast Show
Hope Island - Ballykissangel
Stand by your Man - Birds of a Feather
Reggie - Not see it but it must have something to do with Reggie Perrin
 

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Één van de acht - Family Fortunes.

I thought multipart questions were sorta banned a fair few pages back ?
 

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Deltic got nearly all so he can have the floor.

The only ones he didn't are-

Steam Heat- Rising Damp

Ean van de acht- The original Dutch show which became The Generation Game.

The oddest one is On the Rocks which had the Porridge scripts with only a few minor geographical/context changes but with a Puerto Rican playing Fletch and a massive black fella with 70's afro playing Godber. Its so bad its funny!
 

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The oddest one is On the Rocks which had the Porridge scripts with only a few minor geographical/context changes but with a Puerto Rican playing Fletch and a massive black fella with 70's afro playing Godber. Its so bad its funny!

You should watch the American Red Dwarf
 

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Apologies for the delay chaps, had a heck of a lot of business to attend to today, and I couldn't set the question I wanted to from my phone.

To nick a question format from other contributors. You will find a cropped picture attached, please name the Make and Model of the vehicle.
 

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Apologies for the delay chaps, had a heck of a lot of business to attend to today, and I couldn't set the question I wanted to from my phone.

To nick a question format from other contributors. You will find a cropped picture attached, please name the Make and Model of the vehicle.

It's a Jaguar Mk2, 240 or 340
 

deltic1989

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Daimler 250 ?

I can't click the image for some reason :/

This is the answer I was looking for. Although outwardly similar to the MKII Jaguar. The Daimler V8 Saloon, later known as the V8 250, had the Edward Turner designed 2.5l Small Block V8, as fitted to the SP250 Dart.
In some circles it is considered to be far better than it's more famous Step-Sister.
I have many fond memories of long driving holidays in one that my Dad owned (in the early 2000's, I'm not old enough to remember them brand new :lol: )

As for the picture, because the picture was of a fairly small size anyway, and I only cropped a small part of it, that may be why it won't enlarge.

You will find the original image attached.
 

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ComUtoR

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Loved that car when I was a little'un. I always got them confused with the Jag.

Who was the Mercedes that drove a Volkswagen ?
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Was there a difference in the rear door windows? That's all we could see.

I got it because you said Jag and deltics reply gave it away.
 

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Loved that car when I was a little'un. I always got them confused with the Jag.

I got it because you said Jag and deltics reply gave it away.

My point was that the two cars shared the same bodywork apart from a few details and even if there were a difference in the rear door window, door handle or trim it would not be visible in such a small picture. Having said that I'm quite happy that you, ComUtoR, have set the next question.
 

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♥♥♥ Dale ♥♥♥

I was sitting here about to happily pass it back to you.

Either way it is a great car which beings back some fond memories. Hopefully I set an easy one...
 

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I wish to apologise if my question was seen as a bit of a dirty trick. It was a failure on my part that the image was so small, I only realised that it wouldn't enlarge when it was too late and ComUtoR had already informed me of the fact.
The difference that would be visible from the original cropped image is not with the exterior but the interior. On photos of MKIIs taken from a similar angle, it can be noted that they were fitted with 2 reading lights on either side of the rear cabin. These are absent from my image as the Daimler was never so fitted, only having a central courtesy light.
If no-one had noticed that I was relying on it being a process of elimination type question, where a poster would give the obvious answer, and when informed they didn't have the one I was looking for, the same poster (or another as happened in this case) could come back with another suggestion. It is worthy of note that there are a few cars that look quite similar to the cropped image, 3 of which have been submitted as answers.

Once again I'm sorry if it was seen as a trick question.
 

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I wish to apologise if my question was seen as a bit of a dirty trick. It was a failure on my part that the image was so small, I only realised that it wouldn't enlarge when it was too late and ComUtoR had already informed me of the fact.
The difference that would be visible from the original cropped image is not with the exterior but the interior. On photos of MKIIs taken from a similar angle, it can be noted that they were fitted with 2 reading lights on either side of the rear cabin. These are absent from my image as the Daimler was never so fitted, only having a central courtesy light.
If no-one had noticed that I was relying on it being a process of elimination type question, where a poster would give the obvious answer, and when informed they didn't have the one I was looking for, the same poster (or another as happened in this case) could come back with another suggestion. It is worthy of note that there are a few cars that look quite similar to the cropped image, 3 of which have been submitted as answers.

Once again I'm sorry if it was seen as a trick question.

Thanks for that, I've learned something today, I didn't know about the courtesy lights. It's always a good idea to use Google image search tools to find a larger and higher quality photo when setting this type of question, I'd recommend >2MP (1600 x 1200) then you've still got a decent amount of detail after cropping.
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Who was the Mercedes that drove a Volkswagen ?

Is it the Hollyoaks character Mercedes McQueen?
 

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Is it the Hollyoaks character Mercedes McQueen?

No, but it is a character who appeared on screen just maybe not the small one. (and yes its a girl)




Mercedes - played by a young heather graham
Film - License to Drive

Open Floor
 
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Midshipman/Lieutenant/Commander Horatio Hornblower, Captain/Commodore/Admiral Edward Pellew, Boatswain Matthews, Boatswains Mate Styles.

Open Floor
 

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In Pokémon, what two words did the English dub have as a temporary placeholder for Misty to say after Ash was "killed" until the rest of the dub was completed ?
 

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