Driving Me Mad - Please Help

[Paul Richardson]

I may well have blown a gasket but I am trying to track down what I recall was a really good TV series on angling that I'm guessing was aired in the late 80s or 90s
I think it was on the BBC
I think it was narrated by Bernard Cribbens
I think the opening scene was John Bailey wading at first light and hooking a barbel. I recall a Shimano stradic with a fighting drag.
I think there were several weekly episodes. It was well filmed.
The only other thing I can remember is a Pike special filmed on LLandegfed in it's prime with some BIG fish being landed and filmed from a distance.
Definitely not Passion or Total or Wet Nets or Rod Race
I've tried googling but cannot find anything. Did it exist or have I lost the plot.

 

[Ian Ashton]

No, you are not dreaming it.
No idea what it was called though.

 

[Ian Ashton]

Ohh, was it Go Fishing?

 

[Richard Isaacs]

Tales from the river bank??

 

[Ady Brayshaw]

Tales from the river bank??

It could be Richard. I have the book. Not at home currently to confirm. It's a BBC production.

 

[Richard Isaacs]

It was bbc 2 mid 90’s.
They only did 5 or 6 of them in the whole series.
Was good tv as I remember

 

[Paul Richardson]

Tales from the river bank??

Thats the one -thanks again Richard
Now to find it..Cheers

 

[Paul Richardson]

It could be Richard. I have the book. Not at home currently to confirm. It's a BBC production.

Some huge pike on it - I remember a manc lad called Neil Wheater being filmed with one

 

[Paul Richardson]

And it was Geoffrey Palmer narrating.

 

[Bob Gill]

The Complete Angler with Geoffrey Palmer and Rae. Borras

 

[Andrew Cook]

Cant find any links for these ?

 

[Marco Tokarski]

try ,

 

[Marco Tokarski]

myths and monsters llangdegfedd-the pikers pit

 

[Dave Collins]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gtn3m/episodes/guide

Tales from the river bank BBC2 (looks like no longer available)

 

[Ady Brayshaw]

Some huge pike on it - I remember a manc lad called Neil Wheater being filmed with one

I've met Neil Wheater and he used to fish the ROI a fair bit. As far as I am aware, he no longer fishes for pike. I've fished Llandegfedd on a few occasions and always enjoyed it. On two occasions I saw huge fish in there. One cleared the water and another followed my lure to the boat side. No longer what it once was apparently. Although there are huge bream shoals in there so there's always a chance as long as the trout keep going in.

 

[Richard Barnatt]

Bernard Cribbins was with Martin Bowler in "Catching the impossible"

 

[Gerry Giles]

you sure its not Catching the impossible series ??

 

[Mike Thompson]

I've searched for "tales from the river bank" to, but could not find it on any site. Did get a copy of the book, but have to say it was not that interesting. There are stories of catches from John Bailey and others, but it is written more to entertain non-anglers, rather than give information to keen fishermen.
Never saw the tv programmes, so cannot comment how informative they were.

 

[Neil Smart]

Tales from the river bank??

Bit harsh, seems a genuine request.

 

[Mike Hodgkiss]

Tales from the river bank??

No that had a rat and a daft hamster in it , and Jonny Morris was the narrator