Tag Archives: TV
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)
Creature Comforts election special?
Oh yes. (via everlasting blort)
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…
Under
I just had a rather unpleasant surprise: iTunes played me Thomas Newman’s theme music to Six Feet Under, and the effect was very similar to the onset of a panic attack — a feeling with which I am only too … 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…