Talk:If You See God, Tell Him

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"Apparently the BBC's refusal to rebroadcast or release the series on DVD is due to the series final episode implying racism in the Police."

I might remove this as it sounds very unlikely, unless someone has a source. There are lots of TV series that haven't been repeated or had a DVD release, there's not necessarily any sinister reason behind it. JW 16:21, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

The scaffolding falls on Godfrey Spry's head in England and not in Spain. His wife is not killed by the falling scaffolding but is viciously murdered by rioting football hooligans on her holiday to either Hungary or Germany.

The reason why it was not repeated according to the British newspapers at the time was along the lines that it was 'too depressing' to be aired again. (Stu Woolgar, 31/10/2005)

It's probably because it represents real public broadcasting values: here advertising is life-destroying falsehood. At a time when the BBC is preparing to whore itself out to the highest bidder, manned almost entirely by people who would work for commercial TV if it paid them enough, it's an unpalatable reminder of how great they so recently were.

I agree - complaints about dead ducks (the duck was made of silk actually) and racism are contrived. The reason this gem is almost impossible to get hold of is simply its politics, which were fairly lefty and elegant at the time, and would now seem like Marxist TV, made all the 'worse' by being convincing and slickly done. Not allowed I guess.

The title, by the way, is a reference to the "If you see Sid, tell him" TV advertising campaign for the privatisation of British Gas. One of the writers told me that the cutesy, faux-chummy style used to promote privatisation prompted them to write the show.

Removed the BBC link because it's dead.Xcvzxcvzxcvxcvzxcv (talk) 18:05, 15 May 2008 (UTC)