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My Main hobby is the collecting of vintage British Television Drama, the process of transferring them to different media (e.g. VHS to DVD) and British Television in general. This site features articles on these processes and the set-ups of how I achieve my DVD-Rs, interspersed with some personal opinions and random scribblings about Televison. The approach of this site is as a Video Archivist, an amateur Video Restorer and a Television Watcher. Welcome to ColeBox...

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Another One I Like Gets The Axe...

July 2009

There are four favourite television series, within the past ten years (ish), that have had the axe fall upon them very prematurely: Bugs, Strange, Ultraviolet and Crime Traveller. The series that was treated the worst had to be Strange where, after one short series, the axe fell; the story hadn't been finished and it was left with the hero of the piece, John Strange, in Hospital, after being beaten up. Very poor scheduling didn't help its case either. The likelyhood of Strange ever being finished is highly unlikely now as Iain Richardson, who played Canon Black, has passed away.

John Strange and Nurse Jude Atkins.

Bugs was also ended leaving a never-to-be-resolved cliff-hanging ending but at least it enjoyed four series before the axe fell. Ultraviolet and Crime Traveller just didn't get the second series they deserved.

And now they've gone and done it again...

During June, ITV announced that Primeval will not be continued. And in the true spirit of the sort of series that I like, it has ended with a cliff-hanger that our heroes will never escape from and so many questions will be left unanswered: What were the anomolies? What happened to make Claudia Brown turn into Jenny Lewis? How did the Future Predators take over? Where did the Clone Army go? Where did they come from? etc etc...

Professor Cutter and Stephen from series one

The ending of a series before it can complete was something that US television used to do on a regular basis. This is a relatively rare thing in the UK and why does always seem to be the tellyfantasy stuff?

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ColeBox's Homepage Scribblings... Another One I Like Gets The Axe... July 2009 There are four favourite television series, within the past ten years (ish), that have had the axe fall upon them very prematurely: Bugs, Strange, Ultraviolet and Crime Traveller. The series that was treated the worst had to be Strange where, after one short series, the axe fell; the story hadn't been finished and it was left with the hero of the piece, John Strange, in Hospital, after being beaten up. Very poor scheduling didn't help its case either. The likelyhood of Strange ever being finished is highly unlikely now as Iain Richardson, who played Canon Black, has passed away. John Strange and Nurse Jude Atkins. Bugs was also ended leaving a never-to-be-resolved cliff-hanging ending but at least it enjoyed four series before the axe fell. Ultraviolet and Crime Traveller just didn't get the second series they deserved. And now they've gone and done it again... During June, ITV announced that Primeval will not be continued. And in the true spirit of the sort of series that I like, it has ended with a cliff-hanger that our heroes will never escape from and so many questions will be left unanswered: What were the anomolies? What happened to make Claudia Brown turn into Jenny Lewis? How did the Future Predators take over? Where did the Clone Army go? Where did they come from? etc etc... Professor Cutter and Stephen from series one The ending of a series before it can complete was something that US television used to do on a regular basis. This is a relatively rare thing in the UK and why does always seem to be the tellyfantasy stuff? Recent Articles Another Advance In My Telly Experience! June 2009 They're Still Out There... February/March 2009 "Cracking Telly This Christmas, Gromit!" January 2009 A Shopping Channel Gem December 2008 BBC iPlayer and Stuttering Full-Screen Playback November 2008 A Worrying Potential Trend... October 2008 [back to top] No infringement of any copyright material is intended; Colebox is a non-profit making website. If any copyright owner wishes any item removed, please email me and this will be done.		About First time here? Here's a good place to start: what ColeBox is about, why ColeBox and other explainations regarding the site Telly Stuff A list of my TV archive recordings, formats and related articles Video Stuff The set-ups, software and artilces on how I achieve my DVD, VHS conversions etc Other Stuff Any other bits and pieces that didn't fit anywhere else on the site Colebox's Blog An archive of the articles that have previously featured on the homepage under ColeBox's Homepage Scribblings... Web Links Links to some of my favourite web-sites in no particular order... Email Please contact me for any information, suggestions, corrections or just to say hello Latest! July 2009 After a while off-air; a new look for Colebox to co-incide with not just a the seventh anniversary of the site but a move to a new host.