Nearly Eighteen years from it’s original broadcast, the fantastic documentary drama Ghostwatch was long buried by the Beeb following it’s controversy – and the fact a lot of people fell hook, line and sinker for a smartly made drama. Well, The One Show, the BBC’s 21st century to Nationwide, but without the charm or the [...]
The Pass The Remote Guide to the New Season of Spooks
Episode 1: An officer dies and the team run around screaming a lot and avoiding explosions Episode 2: An M15 Officer dies, a new sinister Government Minister introduced, and lots of explosions Episodes 3 to 8: An M15 Officer dies, lots of angst in the ranks at the M15 Building, Harry sighs, and lots of explosions [...]
Blackeyes, Dennis Potter Drama BBC
Many years ago when I bought my first DVD Recorder, I went through many a video tape to archive onto good old DVD-R (not +R), it was a Panasonic. I tended to run tapes during the day when I was out at work, come back, initialise them at the end and basically store them away. [...]
Eastenders – End of the Vic 9/9/2010
Thought tonight’s episode was stunning. The fire itself actually more violent and virulent a force than I originally thought the BBC would do, being that the show is broadcast at seven thirty on a weeknight. Barbara Windsor is really pulling out the stops as her reign as Peggy Mitchell comes to a close (although I [...]
End of The Bill
So after some 25 years or so, The Bill ends tonight on ITV1. Heres my thoughts that I sent into the BBC earlier: Sad that the show has gone, but it sadly lost all that magic that The Bill had for years when it had the latest revamp. Gone were the ‘characters’ such as Cryer, [...]
Where Are They Now?
To think this was nearly thirty years ago:
What we’ve been watching this week:
Juliet Bravo – series 5 and 6. Fantastic series, beautifully written. The stories simple and straightforward but generally with a twist somewhere that you didn’t see coming. Strange to think I’ve never seen an episode featuring Stephanie Turner as Jean Darblay. For my childhood, Juliet Bravo was and is Anna Carteret, even though she was [...]
One of the strangest films ever….
Baby Love. It’s a strange viewing when you realise just what you have been watching afterwards. Definately 18+. And available for free from here: http://www.archive.org/details/Baby_Love_1968_Linda_Hayden Feel free to comment afterwards. I still don’t understand to this day what this film is actually trying to achieve though.
BBC Trust to open up on star salaries
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10468055.stm Hmmm, from a business point of view, do you really want to let your rivals know just what you are paying contractors, which I’d think 99.9% of actors, performers, presenters and such like would be in the professional relationship between the parties involved? But then on the other side, agents who may have been [...]
Axes and Returns?
So Heartbeat has finally got the axe from ITV tonight, according to Digital Spy. They have about 5,000 odd episodes already in the can so to speak so I’m sure it will last until the next millennium. An intriguing other news item tonight from the same site suggests that Gene Hunt could return in another [...]
