The Hitman and Her

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The Hitman and Her

Post by No Ney Never » Mon May 18, 2020 12:40 am

Kick out time at the Ritzy, formerly known as as the Cats, dodgey burger from the bloke outside then home to watch Hitman and Her on ITV night time. Occasionally I missed it if I'd managed to trap off, but generally, I had to make do with Michaela Strachan for a bit of excitment on a Saturday night.
I once watched myself on tele the week after they'd filmed in Burnley, I looked a complete tw4t, but thought I was great at the time.

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon May 18, 2020 2:17 am

I think half of Burnley was in there that night !! packed out

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by Sutton-Claret » Mon May 18, 2020 9:44 am

I was in there and also saw myself on telly the week after.....

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by jamesisaburyfan » Mon May 18, 2020 10:17 am

There's a few episodes of it on YouTube, including one from the Roxy ("the Poxy) in Bury.

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by DCWat » Mon May 18, 2020 10:30 am

How many years did it run for?

Looking at old footage, it seemed to be from more mainstream nightclubs. Later on though, it tapped into the rave scene - an odd mix having Sasha playing in a club with Pete Waterman not having a clue what any of the songs being played were.

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by evensteadiereddie » Tue May 19, 2020 9:17 am

That scene in "Phoenix Nights" where Max and Paddy are confronted by the woman who paid them to kill her husband is brilliant - and the one where she asks them to "take him out"..........."The 'Itman and 'Er".

I've forgotten the actress' name, I think she was in Corrie but I had a real thing about her. Still do, tbh.



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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by Caballo » Tue May 19, 2020 11:20 am

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by Quickenthetempo » Tue May 19, 2020 11:42 am

I think it was Hitman and Her that brought Take That to play the Ritzy in Burnley.

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by Steve1956 » Tue May 19, 2020 12:25 pm

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Michaela Strachan...was the eye candy on the HAH back in my day a proper woman...not a stunner or a fish lipped bimbo just a nice plain girl ....she still floats my boat on Springwatch I wish woman still looked like this cant do with today's generation of plastics

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by Steve1956 » Tue May 19, 2020 5:00 pm

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Michaela or this,not much of a contest really is it?
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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by Steve1956 » Tue May 19, 2020 5:08 pm

The second picture looks like one of those blow up dolls that have been frequenting football matches recently.

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by groove » Tue May 19, 2020 5:27 pm

DCWat wrote:
Mon May 18, 2020 10:30 am
How many years did it run for?

Looking at old footage, it seemed to be from more mainstream nightclubs. Later on though, it tapped into the rave scene - an odd mix having Sasha playing in a club with Pete Waterman not having a clue what any of the songs being played were.
It was the dress to impress type nightclubs, no admittance without a suit and tie etc. It's really cringey now thinking back. I'm just glad the house/rave scene happened and I didn't have to go through it all.
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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by Sutton-Claret » Wed May 20, 2020 9:47 am

groove wrote:
Tue May 19, 2020 5:27 pm
It was the dress to impress type nightclubs, no admittance without a suit and tie etc. It's really cringey now thinking back. I'm just glad the house/rave scene happened and I didn't have to go through it all.
Hate to think what we used to look like..... suit and waistcoat, tie pins, cufflinks, Hugo Boss belt buckle from the lucky lucky man...... as 18/19 year olds. Those were the days!! :lol:

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by jamesisaburyfan » Wed May 20, 2020 11:42 am

groove wrote:
Tue May 19, 2020 5:27 pm
It was the dress to impress type nightclubs, no admittance without a suit and tie etc. It's really cringey now thinking back. I'm just glad the house/rave scene happened and I didn't have to go through it all.
My mate (we're both 39) made the very good point recently that we're the last generation who had to dress up to go out. Lemon btton-down Ralph Lauren shirt (from Tesco!), black suit pants, shiny black Frank Wright shoes with buckle. Man alive.

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by DCWat » Wed May 20, 2020 12:02 pm

jamesisaburyfan wrote:
Wed May 20, 2020 11:42 am
My mate (we're both 39) made the very good point recently that we're the last generation who had to dress up to go out. Lemon btton-down Ralph Lauren shirt (from Tesco!), black suit pants, shiny black Frank Wright shoes with buckle. Man alive.
I still see the odd person going out dressed like that. They invariably have a mullet!

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by jamesisaburyfan » Wed May 20, 2020 12:18 pm

DCWat wrote:
Wed May 20, 2020 12:02 pm
I still see the odd person going out dressed like that. They invariably have a mullet!
:lol: thinking to himself "I'm still relevant! I'm still stylish!"
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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by TheFamilyCat » Wed May 20, 2020 9:29 pm

I'm sure there's a story in Stan's book about him flicking through the channels late one night and seeing one of his players, who was out injured at the time, on the dancefloor on Hitman and Her.

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by dougcollins » Wed May 20, 2020 10:25 pm

Remember that weird head jerk dancing thing they used to do, which, irrationally, used to really get on my nerves.

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by yTib » Thu May 21, 2020 10:19 pm

don't ever remember them being at the cat's and i'm sure it wasn't even called the ritzy back then,

remember them at angels though.

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by dpinsussex » Thu May 21, 2020 11:10 pm

yTib wrote:
Thu May 21, 2020 10:19 pm
don't ever remember them being at the cat's and i'm sure it wasn't even called the ritzy back then,

remember them at angels though.
It was definitely the Ritzy spent many weekends in there in my youth

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Re: The Hitman and Her

Post by TVC15 » Thu May 21, 2020 11:41 pm

100% it was the Ritzy.

Not sure whether they did Angels too - I can’t remember they did but there’s a lot about my 20s that I have forgotten now !!!

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