In reply to "Tape.Player@home.org" who wrote the following:
> In reply to "|--Spike=-" who wrote the following:
>
> > On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 11:12:45 -0500, Redshift <buraku@sashimi.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you very much, Spike. This was a great show. Did Jack Hargreaves
> > > ever
> > > do
> > > more than the first series? I checked IMDB but the series is not listed.
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> > Hi Redshift. I don't know the answer to that and only knew of this one
> > after it was requested so will hope that someone else might be able to
> > answer your question.
> > Thanks for the feedback.
> >
> > For the people waiting for the rest of the series, the torrent
> > completion is now 86.2%.
> >
> >
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> > * If The Earth Didn't Suck... We Would All Fall Off !
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> >
> > |--Spike=-
>
> Hi
>
> He did many, many series. I remember watching it when I was younger, it used
> to
> be on at 1:30 on a Sunday.
>
> Not sure where you are both from but 'Out of Town' was produced by a local TV
> broadcaster (Southern TV) and then shown on the main network. Southern lost
> it's
> franchise in 1981 along with a few other broadcasters. as a result of this,
> 'Out
> of Town' then ceased to be made.
>
> From what I can gather, these shows were put together in the late 80s from
> Jacks
> own footage and the links produced in his shed!
>
> The original shows followed the same format but Jacks links were filmed in a
> TV
> studio with a shed mockup.
>
> If you're interested, Jack also appeared in a childrens factual TV series here
> in the UK called 'How!' for many, many years finishing in the late 70s.
>
> There were 4 presenters providing answers to various questions. They each
> 'specialised' in different areas. It was called 'How!' as each question
> started
> off with such things as 'How do you measure time with a crystal?' (Quartz)
> etc.
> Jack always dealt with the country / fishing type questions such as 'How do
> they
> get a ship in a bottle?'
Thank you for the information, Tape Player and Spike. 'Out of Town' is a
fascinating series, and Frank is a real character.
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