November 9, 2018
From the mid 1950s until his untimely death in 1978 at the age of just 58, David Nixon was one of the most familiar faces on British television. Known as […]
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October 29, 2018
A few thoughts on Death Line (1972), a great British film directed by an American, Gary Sherman. The Establishment, handily represented by six foot five Christopher Lee in a bowler hat, has […]
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October 22, 2018
This year marks the 130th anniversary of a series of brutal killings that have gone down in infamy. It was in 1888 that the murderer known as Jack the Ripper […]
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October 19, 2018
‘I don’t know about you, but I’m not spending one more minute in this cemetery.’ This obscure, fringe effort from the early 1970s is a picture few saw it on […]
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October 15, 2018
Posh schoolgirl Tessa Hurst (Lesley-Anne Down), whose pink miniskirt seems inches shorter than her classmates’, takes a short cut home through a ravine called Devil’s End, where a thrumming electricity […]
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October 5, 2018
I’d only partially been involved with the creation of the DVD masters of Captain Scarlet – having cleaned-up a few episodes – so the chance to create new HD masters of […]
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September 29, 2018
Fifty years on to the day from his television debut, Joe 90 makes his first appearance in the medium of blu-ray, with the quality of these newly-restored episodes coming as a revelation. […]
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July 30, 2018
On 30 July, Thames Television turns 50. It’s fair to say that the Thames brand is a true landmark in British television (appropriately enough, considering the number of London landmarks […]
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June 22, 2018
A brief investigation of McGill’s choice of motors… Think of any TV detective or action hero from the ’60s or ’70s and you’ll almost invariably think of their car. Where […]
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June 15, 2018
It’s a question that every TV producer has to face… how do you end a successful series? Go out on a bang? End on a cliffhanger? For many years, Gerry […]
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From the mid 1950s until his untimely death in 1978 at the age of just 58, David Nixon was one of the most familiar faces on British television. Known as […]
Read More
A few thoughts on Death Line (1972), a great British film directed by an American, Gary Sherman. The Establishment, handily represented by six foot five Christopher Lee in a bowler hat, has […]
Read More
This year marks the 130th anniversary of a series of brutal killings that have gone down in infamy. It was in 1888 that the murderer known as Jack the Ripper […]
Read More
‘I don’t know about you, but I’m not spending one more minute in this cemetery.’ This obscure, fringe effort from the early 1970s is a picture few saw it on […]
Read More
Posh schoolgirl Tessa Hurst (Lesley-Anne Down), whose pink miniskirt seems inches shorter than her classmates’, takes a short cut home through a ravine called Devil’s End, where a thrumming electricity […]
Read More
I’d only partially been involved with the creation of the DVD masters of Captain Scarlet – having cleaned-up a few episodes – so the chance to create new HD masters of […]
Read More
Fifty years on to the day from his television debut, Joe 90 makes his first appearance in the medium of blu-ray, with the quality of these newly-restored episodes coming as a revelation. […]
Read More
On 30 July, Thames Television turns 50. It’s fair to say that the Thames brand is a true landmark in British television (appropriately enough, considering the number of London landmarks […]
Read More
A brief investigation of McGill’s choice of motors… Think of any TV detective or action hero from the ’60s or ’70s and you’ll almost invariably think of their car. Where […]
Read More
It’s a question that every TV producer has to face… how do you end a successful series? Go out on a bang? End on a cliffhanger? For many years, Gerry […]
Read More