Nudity in 1970's early 80's TV

[steve56]

i recall julia breck.DavidS wrote:

> Spike Milligan's 'Q9' featured some nudity. Some of the girls
> were very busty.

[steve56]

lots of cleaveage in "up pompeii" too.andy at handiwork wrote:

> There did seem to be a lot of it in those days. Can any of our
> older readers remember any particularly good examples? I dont
> just mean dramas, but also comedy, such as Spike Milligans Q9,
> Tarrants OTT, anything with Madelaine ( tits to die for) Smith
> in it, I could go on....

[colonel]

Julia Breck!

Unwilling to go topless/nude in later works- hence the debut on la Drew on mainstream TV.

Wonder how Spike did the audition....!wink!

[DavidS]

You are right, Steve, Julia Breck was extremely busty, but I cannot recall ever seeing her topless or nude.

[c.j.jaxxon]

DAVE ALLEN AT LARGE! Yeah it used to come on tv here in Chicago back in the day. I don't recall that sketch though. Used to have me in stitches as 12 to 14 year old.

[c.j.jaxxon]

Oh yeah! Another show that came on here in Chicago too! Up Pompeii! Yep and it had cleavage! That show was responsible for me female curiosity in the late 70s to early 80s. (again I was in my pre to mid teens then)

[c.j.jaxxon]

To tell you the truth, Dave Allen at Large, The Two Ronnies and Monty Pythons Flying Circus (especially) was a whole lot funnier to than Up Pompeii. I would only watch it for the nudity though. Over here they didn't show a lot of it. We used to see these shows on what they call here "public television" where the viewing public "pays" during telethons every year to see what we want to see on tv. Mainstream tv wouldn't be able to handle the british shows. As a kid watching these shows I would laugh. Now that I understand it more, I REALLY laugh now!

[steve56]

monty python was great i recall in 1971 i watched all the repeats and didnt know till recently they were shown out of sequence eg series 2 then 1.c.j.jaxxon wrote:

> To tell you the truth, Dave Allen at Large, The Two Ronnies and
> Monty Pythons Flying Circus (especially) was a whole lot
> funnier to than Up Pompeii. I would only watch it for the
> nudity though. Over here they didn't show a lot of it. We used
> to see these shows on what they call here "public television"
> where the viewing public "pays" during telethons every year to
> see what we want to see on tv. Mainstream tv wouldn't be able
> to handle the british shows. As a kid watching these shows I
> would laugh. Now that I understand it more, I REALLY laugh now!