Category Archives: TV
links for 2007-06-29: Ballard’s Thirteen to Centaurus
YouTube – JG Ballard’s Thirteen to Centaurus (Out of the Unknown) 1965 production of Ballard story. via Ballardian, of course (tags: jg-ballard youtube)
links for 2007-03-22: The Trap
BBC – BBC TWO – EVERYTHING – NOISE – The Trap The new Adam Curtis series, which sits somewhere between The Century of The Self and The Power of Nightmares, overlapping its themes with both of them. (tags: Economics history … more…
Self-portrait as South Park character
Create yourself a South Park character. You know you want to. I alternate between these two: Should you wish, you might equip your character from an exciting range of weapons, props and what-not… (via LifeHacker)
Battlestar Galactica
I don’t think I’ve ever posted a declaration of besottedness before here — at least, not about anyone living — but since there’s an actual story that hangs off it, I better declare an interest right from the start: Katee … more…
Penman on Extras
Just a quick one: Ian Penman has views at THE PILL BOX on Extras, Ricky Gervais’s latest thing. I was uneasy about the humour in The Office, but wouldn’t actually avoid it. Extras, however, pumps up everything about The Office … more…
Muppet Wiki
There is now a Muppet Wiki, and we are reminded of the adorable Sweetums. Its been a very long time since I encountered Muppets in the wild, and the details, and many of the characters are becoming cloudy, although I’m … more…
screenonline again: Terry Nation biography
I don’t think I ever knew, until I read in his biography just now, that before inventing the Daleks, Terry Nation had been a scriptwriter for “Terry Scott, Eric Sykes, Harry Worth, Frankie Howerd and Doris and Elsie Waters”, among … more…
SAS Jungle: Are You Tough Enough?
I have the sound turned down on SAS Jungle: Are You Tough Enough?, so who knows what post-everything, ironic spin may or may not come into play, but since when did human rights violations become a spectator sport? And on … more…
“They could take the pieces indoors and fit them together”
Sarah came home today with a copy of The Complete Clangers Series 1, among other fine things. Two hours of bliss, with a charming synchronicity thrown in. The case gave an address for an official Clangers site, which is kind … more…
Doctor Who resurrected
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | Lost Doctor Who show revived The Doctor Who episode originally written in 1979 by Douglas Adams and whose production was halted by industrial action, has been remade for webcast by BBCi … more…