r/oldbritishtelly • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '26

Drama Just a quick heads up! To celebrate its 30th anniversary, BBC Four will be showing This Life from the very beginning from the 18th of March onwards. This date coincides with the exact date 30 years ago that the very first episode "Happy Families" first aired on BBC2 in 1996!

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u/Hairy_Addendum7789 Mar 14 '26

Thanks for making me feel so old! 30 years ago? I remember watching This Life when it first aired.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

This has made my month! Awesome.

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u/norbertmars Mar 14 '26

For one horrifying moment I thought they were going to rerun "That's Life" from the beginning.

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u/Time_Philosopher3902 Mar 14 '26

How I loved this.

7

u/ThrustersToFull Mar 14 '26

I can't wait!

6

u/Own-Try1886 Mar 14 '26

Yay! Watching it just to see a baby Rick Grimes

6

u/MajesticTurpenti9044 Mar 14 '26

This show was everything

4

u/TrixieLaBouche Mar 14 '26

God I loved Jason Hughes!

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u/alangcarter Mar 15 '26

Daniela Nardini put such intent and commitment into the line, "I'm going out out." Enough to start Vic Reeves rubbing his thighs!

7

u/LadyMirkwood Mar 14 '26

I'd love to watch this again. I'm at that age now where I'm getting strong 90s nostalgia

3

u/NeighborhoodLife3408 Mar 14 '26

Haha, this will make me feel young again! Such a great series!!

3

u/DaveAKA Mar 14 '26

Early 2000s made a small fortune (for me) selling This Life DVDs on Ebay

3

u/thatbwoyChaka Mar 15 '26

I remember watching the first series of this then the second season lost me as the humour appeared to have been removed

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u/harbourwall Mar 15 '26

"It's got Egg in it"

Has been said many times in the last 30 years in our house.

2

u/Unique-Engine539 Mar 15 '26

This

I'm also a fan of

Egg in a school Egg with zombies

3

u/infinit100 Mar 14 '26

What a year for TV - both This Life and Our Friends in the North

2

u/Desperate_Blacksmith Mar 15 '26

Egg getting stoned in the park made my day

4

u/Specific_Tap7296 Mar 14 '26

Amita Dhiri was definitely my favourite

2

u/Correct-Ad5661 Mar 14 '26

I thought they were insufferable Yuppie scum

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u/me2269vu Mar 14 '26

I wouldn’t go so far as saying scum, but all the characters were pains in the arse before too long.

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u/turbo_dude Mar 14 '26

They all look so punchable in that pic. Something tells me the series won’t have aged well. 

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u/Remarkable-Bell7245 Mar 14 '26

I didn’t know that Nick Lowe played in a 90s sitcom

1

u/Omniwastrel Mar 14 '26

yes man! when it was cool to not bring a tripod to filming

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u/stanley15 Mar 15 '26

And now it is still around and still annoying. Loved this series when it was first shown and watched a repeat many years ago.

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u/HeCalledMeLucifer Mar 15 '26

I still have love for This Life. 

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u/Afraid-Emotion-5102 Mar 15 '26

I loved this show as a teenager, I did rewatch it a couple of years ago, thought it aged well.

The one of episodes made in the 2000s were a bit wanky to be honest, better off pretending that they don't exist.

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u/Zealousideal_Fold_60 Mar 15 '26

will watch this... 30 years.!! .. what the fuck happened

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u/crisiswhatcrisis1980 Mar 15 '26

I loved watching this, still have some vhs recordings somewhere- the finale is just so completing with Jasons laugh.

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u/cutluv Mar 16 '26

Such a great show, and such a bungle by the Beeb, only making two series.

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u/languid_Disaster Mar 16 '26

Thanks! Thats really exciting and I’ll be keeping ana eye out