captain_70s Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 2CV girl... "...and the whole of the inside had scrunkled up..." GENIUS Car was last on the road in '98, wonder if it ran out of oil again... Wonder if she's married to Chris and has oodles of children and dogs yet. Lord Sterling, Rusty_Rocket and Angrydicky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
254575 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 yes i remember burning this on a DVD for a few people on here.... could any of you check if it includes the episode "Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry" i cant seem to find it anymore have the playlist of 4 or the 5 episodes on my shitetastic youtube channel.. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDBt1HWo1Rc_5b_zZypbe3chRLI3YFDTx fatharris, Lord Sterling and Craig the Princess 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Let's launch a campaign to find the rep in the Cavalier. Who is he? What became of him? Did he get the Calibra? Does he still sell industrial packaging machines? I'm guessing from the accent he'd be from the Leeds area? Dick Longbridge and Urko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 yes i remember burning this on a DVD for a few people on here.... could any of you check if it includes the episode "Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry" i cant seem to find it anymore have the playlist of 4 or the 5 episodes on my shitetastic youtube channel.. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDBt1HWo1Rc_5b_zZypbe3chRLI3YFDTxI believe I have said episode from yourself. Can upload it somewhere where you can download it from. Actually, I think I might have 2 DVDs of A to B. If so I'll send ya one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Let's launch a campaign to find the rep in the Cavalier. Who is he? What became of him? Did he get the Calibra? Does he still sell industrial packaging machines? I'm guessing from the accent he'd be from the Leeds area?I tried to work out their names from their signatures at the end of the episode to see if they're still alive. Dick Longbridge and Urko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 What's his name then? It'll be an Andy or a Mark. That's the default name for salesmen. warren t claim, Vince70 and Urko 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I bet the fat, self important prick with the 200e has shuffled his mortal coil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I bet the fat, self important prick with the 200e has shuffled his mortal coil.The 200E is still on a SORN and has been for couple of years since I first typed in the plate, so it's still about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Let's launch a campaign to find the rep in the Cavalier. Who is he? What became of him? Did he get the Calibra? Does he still sell industrial packaging machines? I'm guessing from the accent he'd be from the Leeds area?Those are the cooling towers at Tinsley on the M1 he drives past twice opposite Meadowhall. Don't think he was from Leeds as he says about driving though there and Sheffield so might be more south Yorkshire? Just watched the second one and I want to punch 90% of them. The first one I can belive they were all smug salesmen but the couples seemed to be made to argue or be petty Urko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Which one is the one where the family bemoan the recession meaning they gave up the montego for a cortina? It's got the reps name in the credits hasn't it though? Urko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I'm surprised that there hasn't been a retrospective. It's almost as legendary as John's Not Mad, which has been revisited at least twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Which one is the one where the family bemoan the recession meaning they gave up the montego for a cortina? It's got the reps name in the credits hasn't it though?https://youtu.be/rf3Z6Mq7HCk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I think we need to make a tribute to this series ourselves and post it on YouTube. dugong, Urko and Petrolize 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 No wonder, did you notice how much time was spent in silence looking at absolutely bugger all? I understand the 'From A to B' project was a collaboration between the BBC and the photographer Martin Parr - a lot of Parr's photography uses empty space and has a strange, observational quality to it. I'm gonna guess he had a fair bit of input into the framing of various shots. The accompanying book of the series is well worth seeking out - Amazon has used copies listed from a tenner up. http://www.amazon.co.uk/B-Tales-Modern-Motoring/dp/0563369841/ref=sr_1_1_twi_har_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1450195839&sr=8-1&keywords=from+a+to+b+tales+of+modern+motoring Hard to believe this was all screened 22 years ago!. I watched it at the time, and remember BBC4 screening it again over the winter of 2008/09, very late at night. Art meets chod. Nice. egg and mouseflakes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 My money's on Paul Matthews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Let's launch a campaign to find the rep in the Cavalier. Who is he? What became of him? Did he get the Calibra? Does he still sell industrial packaging machines? I'm guessing from the accent he'd be from the Leeds area?Now we know one of the guys filming was Martin Parr, could be worth asking him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Yes do you know him? Looking at the credits I've changed my mind I can see him being a Mark Fielding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Dunno how likely Martin Parr would be to respond, but it's possible to get a message to him through his website: http://www.martinparr.com/galleries-contact/contact-martin-parr/ Mind you, there's a chance that he might have some interest in shooting an Autoshite series - photos of cars and their owners that are admittedly shite, and in many cases shoulda been scrapped years ago, yet are driven daily with a mixture of pride and bloodymindedness? Just the kind of 'cultural peculiarities' he specialises in, I reckon. http://www.martinparr.com/introduction/ Dick Longbridge and trigger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I found this on his website. Lankytim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman Of The People Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 yes i remember burning this on a DVD for a few people on here.... could any of you check if it includes the episode "Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry" i cant seem to find it anymore have the playlist of 4 or the 5 episodes on my shitetastic youtube channel.. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDBt1HWo1Rc_5b_zZypbe3chRLI3YFDTx Has anyone ever posted the missing fifth episode anywhere online? I've been trying to find it for ages with no luck. Clanger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I'm uploading it to Youtube right now. The link should be active in about three weeks, once it's finished processing. Lacquer Peel, UmBongo, trigger and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Rickety Rentals. I love it! The guys wife wants to get a grip 'it's like a placard to say "we're poor!"'. Urko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairkens Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 We literally sat down and cried!!! There's nothing like a sense of perspective I do remember my dad was cock of the walk when he got a Mazda 626 in the late 80s ETA now I think about it, it was burgundy as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman Of The People Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Done. Thank you, sir! Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I've decided to keep going and put the rest on. The salesman one is up and the others are uploading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauserplenty Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Love this. It's static and contemplative, not OMGSHOTCHANGEEVRY2SCNDZ MTVSTYLEEYO.I guess that's why they only let them make 5 episodes? Or are there MOAR?Pity people's attention spans are egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmBongo Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 This seems so quaint now. It reminds me of when me, my brother and cousins travelled in my Uncle's old Saab 95 estates - he had two on the trot, one yellow and one red - and when we saw another Saab we would all shout SAAB!We would also shout ERF! if we saw one of these trucks because he drove one for a living. The kids all seem quite well behaved, even the one who tells the joke about the doctor and the 'boobs'. The family in the Volvo sitting down with their picnic next to a busy main road, lol, but at the same time it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. This is unusual for me. As George Orwell once said, I wish I could be Flaubert for an hour just to describe how I feel about this doc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmBongo Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Also, that guy with the Rickety Rentals Cortina definitely has the right idea. Although I know how Sonja feels, as my dad had a knackered, rusty old lime green Marina coupe with a red boot and a major problem with exhaust fumes seeping in to the rear cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 From what I can see a large proportion of the clips were filmed entirely in south and west Yorks, or in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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