Not only did tonight’s Broadfield Forum meeting finish early enough for me to be home and settled in before the new series of Life On Mars started, but immediately afterwards they showed episode two on BBC 4.
Episode one had Marc Warren playing a nasty piece of work. I spent the whole bloody hour trying to remember where I had seen him before, and had to resort to IMDb to tell me what I should have realised – Doctor Who. Elton Pope in the Love & Monsters episode. (He was also an uncredited extra in a 1989 episode according to IMDb)
Favourite line of the programme so far:
Don’t move! The building is surrounded by armed bastards!
Glad to see it’s back and on form. I’m glad the next episode is being shown on BBC4 so it means I can watch Battlestar Galactica without having to record it.
Mrc Warren is also in Hustle and played Mr Teatime in the disappointing Sky One adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld book Hogfather.
The feminist side of me knows I should despise Gene Hunt and all he stands for but he’s just so damned funny!
Is that a new Battlestar Galactica? Won’t be the same without Starbucks and that same stock shot of the same Cylon ship blowing up every episode.
I was going to say that I have never heard of Hustle – then it rang a bell. Somehow I watched it, enjoyed it, then forgot all about it.
I gave Hogfather a miss semi-deliberately.
The scary thing about Gene Hunt is that his part is not written very differently from how it would have been written in the 70s – except then it would have been totally without irony.
I only started working in 1980 (maybe very late 79) and even then everyone in the office was smoking at their desk. I can imagine anyone aged about 20 thinking the show is exaggerating that side of it. And thats just a small part of it.
Wait for the racism in episode 2… it is simultaneously offensive to the 21st-Century ear (unless that ear belongs to a BNP knuckle-dragger) and probably toned down a lot.
It’s the new veriosn of the show. Starbuck is a woman in this one and Baltar is a weak willed, self pitying worm. The original Apollo plays a part in the new series as a political prisoner turned politician. It’s a lot grittier and a lot less camp.
You did a wise thing missing the Hogfather. I enjoy the Discworld books but I get the feeling that they will not transfer well to the tv or the screen. Hogfather proved that point.
Well, Life on Mars is fantastic. Managed to get Jas to watch the 2nd episode, and she didn’t hate it.
Oh, and in case you didn’t already know, Hot Fuzz is one of the best films out for ages.
(the new BS sucks. We want CAMP!)
I’m just watching the new Battlestar Galactica and enjoying it a lot. So far it’s very classy – there’s plenty of plot, but it’s as much a character study. If you’re interested it’s best to start with the mini series.
I’m missing this Programme – 14 year old loves it. When is “Life on Mars” next on ? Which channels ? Thanks
I’m wondering why you haven’t asked your 14-year-old…
It is on Tuesdays at (I think) 9pm on BBC 1.
I am staying away from Battlestar Galactica. Even the series where they were circling Earth was too much for me. (Is my memory playnig tricks or did they have an invisble bike in that?)
It was the campness that made it so good in the first place.
Looking forward to Hot Fuzz tho. I was going to suggest going to it tonight then remembered that we have a guest for a week.
Our 14 year old loved the old series, but can’t get the time right – like his dumb Dad.
Isn’t it also on BBC 3 or something ?