Category Archives: Film and broadcast

A date for your diary

Posted on 7 September, 2010 by Ian Cundell

Julie Mayhew’s play Stopgap airs on Radio 4 tomorrow, 8 September. 2:15pm. Oh, and the new VWC season starts at 8pm.

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Knowing why we cry

Posted on 3 July, 2010 by Ian Cundell

I have been thinking about last week’s finale of Dr Who (or rather the last two weeks, it was a two parter). I know what you’re thinking: a) you sad git and b) what’s that got to do with crying? … Continue reading →

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Memo to fans: let the storyteller tell it

Posted on 25 May, 2010 by Ian Cundell

The past week has seen the conclusion of two popular (probably influential, arguably seminal) TV series, the BBC’s Life on Mars/ Ashes to Ashes and ABC’s Lost. Both series dealt with strikingly similar themes (I’ll put them under the broad … Continue reading →

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Everything you need to know about why “The Phantom Menace” is such a terrible film

Posted on 18 April, 2010 by Jon Pinnock

(via @JM71 – I love the random stuff that people turn up on Twitter …) I think this is one of the most extraordinary things I’ve seen lately. I take it that most of us have seen “The Phantom Menace”, … Continue reading →

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Rage Against the Xmas Factor Spoiler Campaign

Posted on 18 December, 2009 by Kevin Bennett

People who know me might not be surprised to find that I have an opinion on this! You can read it at the Musicbrick website.

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Worth the licence fee – 1

Posted on 25 November, 2008 by Kate Allan

“This is Margaret. Can you guess what Margaret does?”

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Barbarians at the Gates

Posted on 23 November, 2008 by Jon Pinnock

The barbarians appear to be massing at the gates once more. I don’t as a rule read The Daily Telegraph, but I came across this piece recently (love the Abu Ghraib reference, by the way). In the wake of the … Continue reading →

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Ann Summers, Regency Outfitters

Posted on 22 September, 2008 by Jon Pinnock

This weekend I will be accompanying the lovely Mrs P to the Jane Austen festival in Bath. To be more specific, I will be accompanying her to the Regency Ball at the Jane Austen festival. I’m not entirely sure how … Continue reading →

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Kick ‘Em When They’re Down

Posted on 10 July, 2008 by Jon Pinnock

I was out on Tuesday night at the very wonderful Liars’ League – an event which I will almost certainly write about at another time. So I missed the opening episode of BBC’s new flagship drama series, Bonekickers. Fortunately I remembered … Continue reading →

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Does This Make You Smile?

Posted on 8 July, 2008 by CherylA

Sometimes we all need something to cheer us up (e.g. when our reading doesn’t go well at the Goat or St. Michael!) How about this? For full screen, click on first small screen above right. Oh, and these are the … Continue reading →

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