Smoking On Tv.

[andy-hughes]

Watching, and very much enjoying the re-runs of Randal And Hopkirk Deceased, I am reminded just how common and indeed prevalent smoking was in TV series in the 1960's and '70's.

Jeff Randall smokes Galois cigarettes almost constantly, and the actor, Mike Pratt, succumbed to lung cancer in his early forties.

The Sweeney is another example, with Regan and Carter sparking up almost constantly.

Just shows how times have changed.

Oh, and on the subject of R & H, I also notice that Annette Andre's wardrobe gives Diana Rigg's Avengers outfits a run for their money in terms of fabulous chic designs in brilliant bright colours.

[-SharonA-]

I loved R & H. Marty was my fave.

[Buenchico]

Compo was always cadging ciggies off Blamire in the first series of Last of the Summer Wine.

[Hymie]

It was not only on TV that smoking was the norm.

Back in the 80s I used to regularly meet up in the pub with a group of around 10 friends for a drink on Friday & Saturday nights – I was the only one of the group who did not smoke.

[goodgoalie]

I used to go to a pub quiz in London on Monday nights in the late 90s. There was so much smoking going on that I used to come home and immediately take all the clothes I was wearing off, and put them straight in the washing machine.
Amazing to think that not that long ago you could smoke on planes!

[Jackdaw33]

Harold Wilson and Tony Benn, when being interviewed on TV, would frequently pause to light up their pipes.

[douglas9401]

This could be a very long list.

[Jackdaw33]

Talking of Harold Wilson, his wife is still alive at the grand old age or 102.

[Jackdaw33]

^^ of

[Hopkirk]

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[hellywelly4]

Doctors used to smoke in their surgeries while treating patients. I smoked like a trooper in the 50s and 60s and all the way through carrying my first baby. The top decks of buses were thick with smoke, as were the cinemas. We didn't know the dangers and thought it was 'cool'.

[Jackdaw33]

I remember that. My teachers used to smoke in their classrooms.

[andy-hughes]

Helly - // The top decks of buses were thick with smoke, as were the cinemas. //

I remember when my local cinema, in a nod to non-smokers, designated that the right hand side of the auditorium was for smokers, and the left for non-smokers.

That just meant that the non-smokers had to wait a little while longer for clouds of smoke to drift over and obliterate the screen and make breathing impossible!

[-Talbot-]

Just shows how times have changed.


Not in Germany it hasn't . I think every stubby that has been on the job smokes like there is no tomorrow.

[-Talbot-]

Subby

[hellywelly4]

Talbot - what is a subby?

[Hopkirk]

Sub contractor

[dave50]

Im sure I remember local news readers having a fag in an ashtray in front of them while reading the news in the late sixties, you could see the smoke.

[anotheoldgit]

No different to the wine, vodka and whisky bottles being brought out on each and every occasion on today's TV.

[andy-hughes]

AOG - // No different to the wine, vodka and whisky bottles being brought out on each and every occasion on today's TV. //

I think it is different.

In years gone by, including the shows I referenced, drinking, and sight of alcohol, was common, along with endless smoking.

Now, the alcohol remains, the smoking has virtually vanished - which was my observation.