Reply to: 80s TV drama with yuppies and a lion

[RichardCranium]

its distinguishing feature was there was a lion roaming round London at night eating people.
or did I just dream it?

Was it this?

[thunderlizard]

Don't think it was Chimera either - is that the one that had a scene with a very hairy baby in an incubator?

nope - I was thinking of First Born

[RichardCranium]

I think the majority of people on here would be classed as yuppies, IT contracting is a typical yuppie profession.

How can a contractor be 'upwardly mobile'?

Surely only permies can be yuppies?

[thunderlizard]

I don't think it was Drop The Dead Donkey (saw a lot of that anyway).

On yuppies: I was a kid in the industrial north, so to me that category would have included anybody white-collar in London. Don't think it was Chimera either - is that the one that had a scene with a very hairy baby in an incubator?

[Gonzo]

I think the majority of people on here would be classed as yuppies, IT contracting is a typical yuppie profession.

You are right. I have met several in person and can confirm that Board Game Geek is the epitome of the 1980s yuppie.

NickFitz on the other hand lives somewhere called the midlands and I have heard that that they don't have any aspirations up there. I don't know for sure because I don't like to go further north than London Wall, it's uncivilized and unsafe out there.

[Board Game Geek]

What is the name of this TV drama I'm thinking of? I was too young to stay up and watch it at the time and I want to find it. Set in the 80s (but might have aired in the 90s). It was mainly about a load of yuppies in London but its distinguishing feature was there was a lion roaming round London at night eating people.
or did I just dream it?

Chimera ? : SPOILER ALERT

[eliquant]

It sounds like DROP THE DEAD DONKEY on channel 4.

a satire on new / journalism set in London with a dark comedy slant, something in the back of my mind makes me think of a news item with a lion that was in one espisode.

[thunderlizard]

The lion is a "must-have" requirement.

re lion, yuppies and Thatcher metaphor: I only have a couple of dimly-remembered taster clips to go on, but I reckon the lion mainly ate homeless people and not a yuppie-based diet.

[NickFitz]

If that is the best you can produce then we really should stop paying for people to go through philosophy degrees.

It's by a folk band from Warwick called Black Crow, who led the audience in a rousing singalong at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 1987.

I think the majority of people on here would be classed as yuppies, IT contracting is a typical yuppie profession.

Given that I can quote songs I heard at festivals 22 years ago, I don't think the term applies to me - particularly not the "y" bit

[Pondlife]

Look, I've got to see my broker at 12.00, but after that we can do lunch, yah, and talk it over then ?

Ciao

Lunch is for wimps

HTH

GG.

[Churchill]

"Capital City"

Shane-Longman, a mid-size, up-and-coming investment banking house in The City (akin to WallStreet) in London prides itself on its youthfull staff, and an uncanny ability to come through innovative, yet more than usual unconventional financial solutions. Although all the characters in the series come to the spotlight at one point, some might say the series resolves around the relationship of the two primary characters Declan McConnachie, a young, high-riding trader on the primaries desk, and Michelle Hauptmann, a vibrant trader with Shane's German branch, who is temporarily located in England. This series features some other notable actors like Rolf Saxon as the American attorney Hudson Talbot the Third, along with an apprehensive, and almost timid Saira Todd, playing Hillary Rollinger, a new trader, who comes under the wing of Michelle Hauptmann. Who would've thought that Saira Todd would later play a key role in Channel 4's "Queer as Folk!" Through the series, topics such as stress, drug-abuse, insider trading, homosexuality, and black-market trading are addressed through the experiences of the staff.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Did these yuppies have a walk in wardrobe? and did the drama also feature a witch?Hmm, no, I can't think of anything off hand

I have no idea why , but I have just had a flash back of my life with ex-mrs HAB.

[OwlHoot]

What is the name of this TV drama I'm thinking of? I was too young to stay up and watch it at the time and I want to find it. Set in the 80s (but might have aired in the 90s). It was mainly about a load of yuppies in London but its distinguishing feature was there was a lion roaming round London at night eating people.
or did I just dream it?

Did these yuppies have a walk in wardrobe? and did the drama also feature a witch?

Hmm, no, I can't think of anything off hand

[HairyArsedBloke]

If that is the best you can produce then we really should stop paying for people to go through philosophy degrees. I think the majority of people on here would be classed as yuppies, IT contracting is a typical yuppie profession.

Methinks the Dinosaur thingie (I have no idea where that avatar comes from, apart from guessing it has something to do with B-movies) doth protest too much !

Hang on...I've got your broker on the line. He wants to know if you want to buy or sell ?

Star Trek original (and best) series.

FFS

Kids today. Where do they get an education?

[TheFaQQer]

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?