Comments on: Whoops Baghdad

By: Valdor

Valdor — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:14:21 +0000

From Martyn,

Thanks Valdor and Harry for this contribution – the slide show really show cases Hilary’s perfect bottom .. well perfectly!

Last week after watching the excellent ‘over the shoulder’ carry of Stefanie Powers it triggered my memory of this scene that I had only seen once, by chance, when i accidentally had UK Gold on the TV one morning. I thought I would try and find it on Youtube and amazingly all 6 episodes of Whoops Baghdad had been loaded up in 10 minute sections. Luckily i remembered that the episode i had seen was the last of the series so quickly hunted down the relevant scene. It was a bit blurry – unlike the excellent shots in the slide show, but it was there for all to see. sadly, now it isn’t i checked before writing this and the poster of the series has been suspended.

It’s a great shame that Hilary died at a comparatively young age (54), on the Isle of Man which is where she had originally come from. All i can say is – thanks for the memories Hilary!

Thanks again V & H

martyn

By: Valdor

Valdor — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:10:38 +0000

Hi Edwin,
Glad you liked the slideshow. Whoops Baghdad was very similar to Up Pompeii with the setting moved from Ancient Rome to medieval Baghdad. However, it only had a single series of six episodes and is little remembered. Except by Martyn!

Yes I think it’s available on DVD

By: Edwin Arnott

Edwin Arnott — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:51:12 +0000

Great.A wonderful sketch of British humour.

I didn’t think we could get a DVD of the series. Is it’Up Pompii’?
I’d be grateful if you could let me know if this series is on DVD