I have been watching a DVD box set of the 80s TV show Shelley. I found myself wondering what Josephine Tewson, the actress who played the landlady, Mrs. Hawkins, went on to do, so I looked her up. It turns out she did quite a lot that I had not seen and also was in […]
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Is this where prog rock actually started?
June 16th, 2020 · Comments Off on Is this where prog rock actually started? · Music
The other night I was watching a re-run of an old Sky Arts show from 2016 – Trailblazers. This one was all about prog rock. I have watched a few of these. They are entertaining enough, with lots of nostalgia-inducing clips and Noddy Holder’s distinctive voiceover, but ultimately they tend to promise more than they […]
Roll Credits
June 5th, 2020 · Comments Off on Roll Credits · Life
Another thing that struck me while working my way through the box set of the Goodies was the sparsity of the credits. We are so used to movies where it takes 15 minutes to scroll through all the many credits, though most of us give up before they start listing the PA to the stunt […]
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We Do Anything, Anytime
May 31st, 2020 · Comments Off on We Do Anything, Anytime · Life
Some time between Christmas and the start of the lockdown I treated myself to the box set of the complete BBC episodes of the Goodies. I expected I would binge-watch it all in no time at all, but actually only finished last week. Partly this was down to me just not watching much TV this […]
Passing the time in lockdown
April 8th, 2020 · Comments Off on Passing the time in lockdown · Life, Music
Some people are spending this period of lockdown being very creative, learning a new skill, taking up a new hobby, or catching up on books and TV they never quite had the time for previously. Others are bored stiff and looking for something to do. But some of us are fortunate (?) enough that they […]
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Thinking television thoughts
December 25th, 2019 · Comments Off on Thinking television thoughts · Life
I have been watching old episodes of Scorpion on Netflix over the last couple of weeks. It is a very annoying programme for several reasons, but quite entertaining. Apparently it was supposed to be a sort of drama version of Big Bang Theory, but I would have described it as like a group of MacGyvers […]
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And another thing. Or four.
October 2nd, 2019 · Comments Off on And another thing. Or four. · Life
Following on from last night’s moan about the Guardian’s 100 best TV shows, I remembered a few other shows that really should have been in there: Elementary – An alternative to Sherlock with a few twists: being set in New York, Doctor Watson being a woman, Moriarty also being a woman, and Sherlock’s dad heading […]
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Best TV of the 21st Century?
October 2nd, 2019 · Comments Off on Best TV of the 21st Century? · Life
The Guardian has been running a series about the so-called best culture of the 21st Century. One of the articles is about the 100 best TV shows of the 21st Century. Now I am no expert in TV and I know this sort of list is designed to stir up controversy, but even so I […]
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Desert Island Stuff
August 11th, 2019 · Comments Off on Desert Island Stuff · Life
I have spent an inappropriate amount of time thinking about this. The more trivial something is, the more thought I give it for some reason. I have bought houses and cars almost on a whim, but spent months comparing specs before buying my first DVD player and MP3 player. In the old days I could […]
Twin Peaks
May 22nd, 2017 · Comments Off on Twin Peaks · Life
There is a lot of hype about a new series of Twin Peaks, which is exciting a lot of people and I kind of wish I was one of them. The thing is, I never watched Twin Peaks when it first came out. It sounds like something I would have enjoyed, so I wonder why […]
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