May 17, 2019
So-bad-it’s-brilliant pop musical Gonks Go Beat gets the blu-ray treatment in this brand new edition from Network. But what exactly is… or was… a Gonk? The truth has become muddled […]
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May 3, 2019
ITC – Home of Low-Budget International Men of Mystery Three days after ITV commenced broadcasts on the 22nd September 1955, ATV – the franchise holder for London at the weekends […]
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March 26, 2019
In the 1890s, when cinematography was in its infancy, Queen Victoria was one of the first monarchs to appear on film in what effectively marked the first royal newsreel. This […]
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March 21, 2019
Produced at the London Film Studios in Denham and released in 1937 and 1938 respectively, ‘Victoria The Great’ and ‘Sixty Glorious Years’ represent British pre-war film making at it’s most […]
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February 28, 2019
Fifty years ago today, the gates of the Luxton and District Motor Traction Company were rolled back for the first time to admit, onto an unsuspecting world, the Number 11, a green and cream double decker bus crewed by driver Stan […]
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February 14, 2019
‘This is Orson Welles speaking’ – but when Great Mysteries first aired in 1973 very few viewers could have confused that cigar-smoking figure with anyone else. The DVD box-set is […]
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December 17, 2018
As 2018 draws ever nearer its denouement, Network asked me if I’d look back over their comedy DVD and Blu-ray releases from the past 12 months and select the ten […]
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December 14, 2018
As 2018 draws ever nearer its denouement, Network asked me if I’d look back over their comedy DVD and Blu-ray releases from the past 12 months and select the ten […]
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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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So-bad-it’s-brilliant pop musical Gonks Go Beat gets the blu-ray treatment in this brand new edition from Network. But what exactly is… or was… a Gonk? The truth has become muddled […]
Read More
ITC – Home of Low-Budget International Men of Mystery Three days after ITV commenced broadcasts on the 22nd September 1955, ATV – the franchise holder for London at the weekends […]
Read More
In the 1890s, when cinematography was in its infancy, Queen Victoria was one of the first monarchs to appear on film in what effectively marked the first royal newsreel. This […]
Read More
Produced at the London Film Studios in Denham and released in 1937 and 1938 respectively, ‘Victoria The Great’ and ‘Sixty Glorious Years’ represent British pre-war film making at it’s most […]
Read More
Fifty years ago today, the gates of the Luxton and District Motor Traction Company were rolled back for the first time to admit, onto an unsuspecting world, the Number 11, a green and cream double decker bus crewed by driver Stan […]
Read More
‘This is Orson Welles speaking’ – but when Great Mysteries first aired in 1973 very few viewers could have confused that cigar-smoking figure with anyone else. The DVD box-set is […]
Read More
As 2018 draws ever nearer its denouement, Network asked me if I’d look back over their comedy DVD and Blu-ray releases from the past 12 months and select the ten […]
Read More
As 2018 draws ever nearer its denouement, Network asked me if I’d look back over their comedy DVD and Blu-ray releases from the past 12 months and select the ten […]
Read More
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