Doctormop Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Beesthorpe Hall in Nottinghamshire if memory serves correctlyThe lads go shopping in one episode for essentials including Beer, Bacon and ingredients for Barry's bread making; They used Asda in West Bridgford for that location, An ex Girlfriend and her mum were extras, think it was filmed in the summer of 1985. Burnside and The Reverend Bluejeans 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Jimmy Nail was a bloody good actor , no idea why he disappeared from TV , Spender was the last thing I remember him in I think he tried his hand at singing for a while.... Dick Longbridge and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Jimmy Nail was a bloody good actor , no idea why he disappeared from TV , Spender was the last thing I remember him in You'll remember the song but there was a short lived tv series called Crocodile Shoes where Jimmy's character tries his hand at country singing. ProgRocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Jimmy Nail was also in an episode of Minder series 4, ‘The car lot baggers’ in which he played a Gipsy character named Nathan Loveridge and drove a Jensen CV8, an excellent episode.... Stevebrookman, blakey79, pilninggas and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 You'll remember the song but there was a short lived tv series called Crocodile Shoes where Jimmy's character tries his hand at country singing. He did the C&W turn in an episode of Auf W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctormop Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjIvMzkqf_dAhXKIsAKHT49AuYQyCkwAHoECAIQBA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DniHzIzvouG4&usg=AOvVaw2fBoeUiOe8l-3-vCURMmYU Hope the link works,It should lead to Jimmy Nail as Oz singing 'I Can't be myself' midway through series two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Jimmy Nail was a bloody good actor , no idea why he disappeared from TV , Spender was the last thing I remember him inTeeVee Land can't cope with more than one famous actor with a regional accent and a novelty hit record, Jimmy was edged out of his job by Robson Green and his shit cover of Unchained Melody. ProgRocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Although I was too young to remember Auf Wiedersehen Pet first time round as I was born in 83, I've watched the series all the way through more than once over the years. It a great program of it's time and it always makes me smile every time I watch it. My favourite is when OZ thinks he saving Dennis from a beating as he chins Big Baz to the surprise of Ally Fraser. I've read Jimmy Nail Biography a few year back after a friend gave it me, I'm not into reading them normally but as we our both fans of the program and Jimmy later work i.e Spender it was a interesting read that I gladly recommend. It's a shame if none of the cars have survived. I heard that Wayne BMW ended it's days at a German Scrapyard where nobody knew the cars history and was just scrapped, but as mentioned a number plate off it survived as someone had hung it up on a wall. Did they mention anything about Neville Capri in series 2? Oh and going slightly off topic but with Jimmy Nail's Spender he did a feature length special in which he drove a K reg Merc 190 instead of his normal Sierra Cosworth. Well a few years back I read online that the Merc was still Taxed + Mot'd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Jimmy Nail was a bloody good actor , no idea why he disappeared from TV , Spender was the last thing I remember him inReading online I think he simply retired - around 2008ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Still Crazy is one of my absolute favourite films. 155V6, yellowperil and GingerNuttz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treehugger Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Jimmy Nail narrated those "Made In Britain" progs on telly very recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I can only vaguely remember AWP. I remember it being on telly one evening and the opening credits showing the chap driving the 5-series (sorry can't remember the characters names) and my dad giving me a 'say no to drugs' lecture as the actor had died from drug use. I assume my dad watched it as he was a skilled Bricklayer. It was repeated about 15-18 years ago and I remember getting quite excited on seeing the mark 4 Zephyr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clanger Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Jimmy Nail had a role in the film version of Evita with Madonna. In one episode of AW Oz sings country Bomber - "how can someone so ugly make a nice noise like that?..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 TeeVee Land can't cope with more than one famous actor with a regional accent and a novelty hit record, Jimmy was edged out of his job by Robson Green and his shit cover of Unchained Melody.i bought that on single cassette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Jimmy Nail and I were both born on March 16th. Pointless factoid. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I think he tried his hand at singing for a while.... Ain't no doubt... Clanger, Chris2cv, blakey79 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 i bought that on single cassetteDoes anyone else remember them being called cassingles? Random memory from something like Blue Peter or Tomorrow's World... Alusilber and Chris2cv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Ain't no doubt... Ah, ya bastard, that’s in my head now She’s lyin’ chaseracer, Clanger and blakey79 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I liked his rendition of ‘Love don’t live here anymore’ he goes on Top of The Pops dresses as Oz. The video shows him canning a triumph 2000 bizarrely enough. vonmon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Jimmy Nail and I were both born on March 16th. Pointless factoid.Wife was born on march 17th. Tenuous link! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 On 10/12/2018 at 10:19 PM, Matty said: On 10/12/2018 at 8:06 PM, cms206 said: Jimmy Nail and I were both born on March 16th. Pointless factoid. Wife was born on march 17th. Tenuous link ! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk I’m also in the 16th of March club. Ive heard that jimmy nail gained a reputation for being hard to work with on some series & that might have limited his work opportunities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc2100k Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 K95BRX FORD SIERRA Check another vehicle Colour Grey Fuel type Petrol Date registered 14 August 1992 First MOT due Unknown So the Spender Sierra didn't even make it to 3 years old... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 On 10/7/2018 at 10:02 PM, cort16 said: All I remember about Spender was he had a Cossie Cool. All the real top blokes drive black cossies. And when I say drive, I mean sit doing nothing but rot for the last 6 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cores Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Look Car Check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 On 10/7/2018 at 10:02 PM, cort16 said: All I remember about Spender was he had a Cossie I remember when they drove past Billingham , Spender looked out of the window with that look and said "shut the window man before we catch cancer" I don't know why he disappeared from TV but that was around the time he started releasing CDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 On 2/9/2020 at 2:13 PM, dc2100k said: K95BRX FORD SIERRA Check another vehicle Colour Grey Fuel type Petrol Date registered 14 August 1992 First MOT due Unknown So the Spender Sierra didn't even make it to 3 years old... I don't think it registers MOTs before 2005 so it might've been on the road until 2004 then scrapped before the new system kicked in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 On 10/11/2018 at 6:31 PM, meggersdog said: You'll remember the song but there was a short lived tv series called Crocodile Shoes where Jimmy's character tries his hand at country singing. Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc2100k Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Wack said: I don't think it registers MOTs before 2005 so it might've been on the road until 2004 then scrapped before the new system kicked in I know you can't get detailed MOT history before 2006 but I've seen some examples of the last MOT due in the 1980's showing on the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 I think Spender's Cossie was TWOCed and torched, IRL as well as on the telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Think this was from 1992 or 93. Jimmy seemed to have faded into obscurity after 'Crocodile Shoes' in the late 1990s. Perhaps he's enjoying a quieter life. Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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