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Delusion – or the art of getting the wrong end of the stick

In the world of television it is an eternal article of faith that there exists absolutely no accounting for taste and no correlation at all between quality of production and popular success. Back in the days when I worked briefly in the UK television industry I soon lost count of the number of [...]

December 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Naked Truth

It falls to me over the festive period to organise the film selection for our family. Now we have grandchildren too, finding films that suit all is no easy task.  This year I decided to go for Brtish comedies 1958-1962. Two comedians dominated that era, Peter Sellers and Terry-Thomas and last [...]

December 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

Star Wars/ a contrarian view

I remember well going to see Star Wars in 1976 at the Empire Leicester Square. It was visually an exciting film, launched the career of Harrison Ford,whose furrowed brow enhanced many a blockbuster, and theatrical knight Sir Alec Guinness finally made some money out of his distinguished career. So [...]

December 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

Peter Pan at the Wimbledon Theatre

Yesterday I took Jamie for his annual treat to the panto. It was Peter Pan at the Wimbledon Theatre and by general consent not as good as previous years. The best thing about it was the dancing of the troupe Flawless but this had little to do with the main story. Indeed one of my critiques was the [...]

December 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

A regular unwelcome reminder

Call me an old cynic but one of the most dispiriting aspects of politics and current affairs is being exposed to the thoughts and opinions of the average British voter – though I don’t doubt for a moment that this observation could also be applied to any voter in any democratic country and [...]

December 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

The best of Homer

No apologies from me or the Rust for sharing with our readers today this piece on the website of The Daily Telegraph on somebody’s pick of the 40 best one-liner gags from the US cartoon series The Simpsons over the past quarter of a century, or whatever length of time it is since the characters [...]

December 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

Minder and the class divide

When I first started to re-watch Minder on ITV4 I was attracted by its humour both in dialogue and characterisation. Then I began to appreciate the quality of George Cole’s acting which he learned from his adopted father Alastair Sim, in particular his brilliant facial expressions. I then [...]

December 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

Bridge of Spies

Our editor is keen that we relay the experience of our field be it a restaurant dining or watching sport on tv or at the stadium. Thus Richard said to me “Neil, don’t go to the press viewing of Bridge of Spies, as you will be at the mercy of the marketing people and the critic’ [...]

December 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

Pied Piper/ Nevil Shute

Nevil Shute was a writer you regularly saw on bookshelves in the sixties with such popular bestsellers as On the Beach and  A Town called Alice. I had heard of him , for the least two but not the novel recommended by Harriet Gilbert on A Good Read, namely Pied Piper. Nevil Shute – like James [...]

November 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

BT FOOTBALL COVERAGE

Last night I watched the latest round of the Champions League on BT Sport. I have never been that impressed by their presentation but having acquired the rights they have certainly invested heavily in presenters. When I first began watching tv football in the sixties there were only two channels, [...]

November 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

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