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The State Within and the X-Files: Random Chance or is it a Conspiracy?

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

Just watched the sixth and final part of the excellent The State Within. One little detail struck me it may have been pure chance or a little nod from someone on the crew to conspiracy thrillers that have gone before. The hotel room that played a part in it was number 1013. Any X-file fan […]

Imagine

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Well all the usual suspects turned up on tonights Imagine. Look bloggers. One of them blogs about – GASP – sex! Look YouTube. Look Wikipedia. Look some bands from MySpace. The record companies didn’t make them! Yet not one mention of old fashioned pictures or words what are we 10ish years into the "revolution" (their […]

Inevitable TV Post

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

In no particular order: Torchwood Episode 3: Really enjoyed The State Within: Twisty. Interesting. Polished. Really enjoyed Never Mind the Buzzcocks: Wasn’t certain last week. Seems to have found its feet again with new, well, everything

Not the Usual TV Cooking Show

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection isn’t as polished as a Delia or an Oliver. Not as in-yer-face charismatic as a Ramsay or as passionate as a Stein. He sometimes appeared awkward presenting his recipes. This though is a new kind of cooking show. Torchwood joked about CSI Cardiff and the speed of a flying […]

Inevitable Torchwood Post

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Robin Hood men in Gap had me worried. I was concerned the creativity, box ticking types had taken over BBC’s new fun drama output. However I liked Torchwood. Epidsode Two may well mean it never gets a mainstream audience in some countries and it isn’t exactly a new idea although the little piles of ash […]

Robin Hood Just Not Right?

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

I can’t put my finger on it still but after 3 episodes of the new BBC Robin Hood I just don’t find it satisfying. Maybe it’s the anachronisms. Maybe it’s the desire to be modern and relevant to current events. Maybe I prefer my Robin to be a commoner rather than the Robin of Loxley […]

A Quick Note to the Makers of the Next Robin Hood

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

I’m going to reserve commenting in detail on the new Robin Hood for a few episodes to see how it comes on. I’m also going to ignore that Robin seems capable of using a 2kg long sword as though it were a throwing dagger. I am going to however make one small suggestion to the […]

The Outsiders: Liverpool doubles for… Everywhere

Friday, October 6th, 2006

One of the fun things with living in Liverpool is playing spot the Liverpool location in TV and films doubling for other places. I watched ITV’s The Outsiders that I recorded on Tuesday earlier. Lots of Liverpool to spot including some interior shots that I’m pretty certain were done in the building at the University […]

Enough Robin Hood Teasers

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

How many teasers for Robin Hood did the BBC make. Seems like every name character from the legend has one. When do we get down to peasant number 6 and 3rd Norman soldier from the left?

Spooks does A Very British Coup

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

A Very British Coup + Adrenaline + Lashings of Style = Spooks : Season 5 Episodes 1 & 2 I should have posted this last night and it is a little unfair as Spook’s plot wasn’t identical to A Very British Coup. Neither is it a huge surprise that a coup attempt would include riots, […]

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