More like "Happy Birthday BAFTA" please ITV! November 8, 2007
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Hopefully this is the Grade effect, but I watched this show at 9pm last night and, had it not been for the ads (a very festive and expensive bunch incedentally), I’d have sworn this was a BBC production.
From Stanley Baxter to Victoria Wood and the choices of Parky and Lumley as co-hosts this just reeked the sort of considered class that ITV has lacked for years.
About the only ropey bits were the “Coronation St” fake retro pieces where Kim Ryder and Anthony Cotton were digitally imposed on old footage and the apparently obligatory Sharon Osborne appearance.
Great to see the “Upstairs, Downstairs” cast re-united (sort of) with the revelation that the first proposed spin-off was actually to feature Hudson, Mrs Bridges and Ruby running a seaside guest house – unfortunately Angela Baddeley died mere weeks after the final episode was broadcast.
Oh and special mention for the set – again a cut above what we normally see.
Doctor Who – "Time Crash" for Pudsey October 22, 2007
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Well the official BBC site and the next DWM have pictorial confirmation of Peter Davison’s brief return to the series for a “Children In Need” special next month. Entitled “Time Crash” it is written by Steven Moffat.
This raises a few questions for me, most obviously “will it be canon” ? (the 1983 and 2005 CiN specials were but few countenance the 1993 “Eastenders” crossover as canon for either series) , will they recreate the white ’80s TARDIS interior for Davison to appear in and will they use a companion actor (the 5th Doctor was never officially alone between stories – Big Finish used this to their advantage with Nyssa, Turlough and Peri expanding their ‘sole companion’ periods) ?
Tudor Totty – Jonathan Rhys Meyers September 25, 2007
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If the above three pictures (and those that feature in the new “Radio Times”) don’t lure you to BBC Two’s showing of “The Tudors” from next Friday (5 October) then the clip below from the season one finale might tip the balance. Wonderful direction here.Not to mention technique!
Splash it about ‘Enry!
Doctor Who – Back to the ‘Twenties August 24, 2007
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The BBC has released a publicity pic of the TARDIS pair as they appear in the as-yet-unnamed Agatha Christie episode. Donna (Catherine Tate) is in period gear.
Rumours also abound of filming abroad in Italy next month, for an ancient Rome themed story.
Philip Olivier – "Brookside" strip duo August 23, 2007
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Been trying to get my hands on this for years!
Joe Dallesandro – early nude film August 23, 2007
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“As a teenager, Dallesandro supported himself by nude modeling and prostitution, and appeared in at least one gay pornography film. Interviewed in later life, Dallesandro said: “My hustling days were more about trying to take care of myself. Having met those people kind of calmed me down. They showed me a different part of life. My attitude was that it widened my life experience… I realized later that I was looking for a father figure and someone to love me.”
Before Andy Warhol got his paws on him this is how ‘little Joe’ was paying the rent. Quite a cult figure in rock lore – he gets a verse in “Walk on the Wild Side” and his crotch is unzippable on the cover of The Rolling Stones’ “Sticky Fingers” album. In the 80s, the debut album from The Smiths also had him as cover-boy
More 1967 "Casino Royale" August 15, 2007
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Inspired by my post last week on a mix of the 2 films, I’ve discovered the final 7 minutes of the 1967 film, which remains one of my guilty pleasures. Basically it’s a frantic and random brawl in the casino itself … to music. Meanwhile Woody Allen’s hopless supervillain (Little Jimmy Bond) has swallowed an explosive pill and is hiccuping both he and everyone inside the place to certain doom.
It’s one you either love or hate and it was certainly a lengthy mess as far as the production goes. However it apparently inspired the “Austin Powers” series …
Moody Blues – Ride My See-Saw August 15, 2007
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I’ve actually had more luck tracking a proper version of this down on YouTube than on last.fm (which is my website obsession this week).
Probably my favourite Moody Blues track (like Genesis, there’s not many) illustrated here by a well groovy 1968 live TV performance. Dig those suits and cravats and spot the Dad dancer.
Get past the pretentious bit at the start – it’s from a concept abum …
Casino Royale: 1967 v 2006 August 9, 2007
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Basically what you get if you mix the opening titles of the latest version with the classic Herb Alpert theme of the 1967 romp.
Well I like it.
M&S: The "food porn" trilogy August 9, 2007
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I’m in a YouTube kinda mood today and I’ve collated the tracks which have backed the Marks & Spencer “food porn” ads over the last 3 years (helped by Dervla Kirwan of course).
For 2005 we started with Fleetwood Mac’s “Albatross”
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