The Saint Volvo: 60th Anniversary Tribute
October 4, 2022By Film Historian Andrew Roberts MA PhD FRSA It is 8 pm Thursday the 4th of October 1962, and scheduled between Legends of the West and the news, is ITC’s adaptation […]
Cheaper Overseas: Multilingual Movies and TV
September 30, 2022By George Bass (Contributor New York Times | The Guardian | New Scientist) September 30th is International Translation Day, a practice many of us take for granted in our era of imported box […]
Men of Character: Robert Gillespie
September 16, 2022By Film Historian Andrew Roberts MA PhD FRSA During the 1970s, the discerning television viewer would relish guest appearances from Robert Gillespie. In the Long Shot episode of The Professionals, he […]
TV for the Haves and Have-Nots
August 26, 2022By George Bass (Contributor New York Times | The Guardian | New Scientist) It isn’t just Del, Rodney or Steptoe and Son who are caught in the TV poverty trap: for decades, […]
Stingray: Super Space Theater
August 5, 2022By Chris Dale In the early 1980s, Vice President of Creative Affairs at ITC New York, Robert Mandell, and consultant David Hirsch embarked on a project that aimed to raise awareness […]
Turning 25: Hot Film & TV
July 29, 2022By George Bass (Contributor New York Times | The Guardian | New Scientist) The first DVD was sold in March 1997, and Network weren’t far behind in opening up shop. While the […]
Thank You
July 22, 2022By Tim Beddows, Managing Director, Network Distributing Ltd Many, many thanks to everyone who took the time and trouble to reply to the public information film piece last week. It’s […]
Beware – Unconventional Road Ahead: How Network Got the Green Light
July 15, 2022By Tim Beddows, Managing Director, Network Distributing Ltd Even I was sceptical. And I like daft ideas. At the height of a massively overcrowded videocassette market, who, I asked, would […]
Best of British
June 24, 2022By Simon Ward (a writer whose books include The Wit and Wisdom of James Bond, Snowpiercer: The Art and Making of the Film, Aliens: The Set Photography, Okja: The Art and Making of the Film and Making Moon: […]