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Post by felixdeburgh on Sept 15, 2017 8:50:55 GMT
Yes, brilliant as Billy Bats.
"Now go and get your f***ing shine box".
RIP.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Aug 26, 2017 8:17:40 GMT
The Man Who Haunted Himself is on the London Live channel (Sky ch.117) at 8pm tonight On again this afternoon at 3:10pm.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Aug 21, 2017 22:03:03 GMT
Yes, I always thought she was a good investigative journalist.
RIP.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Aug 20, 2017 12:48:58 GMT
The Man Who Haunted Himself is on the London Live channel (Sky ch.117) at 8pm tonight
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Post by felixdeburgh on Aug 18, 2017 21:38:09 GMT
Bruce and Hardwicke - Bruce was the first Watson I saw onscreen and I thought he was great. It was only later when I started reading the books that I realised he was nothing like the literary character. Hardwicke just seemed to have a bit more of a personality than David Burke so I went for his incarnation from the Brett series.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Aug 3, 2017 21:56:46 GMT
Luke has been a bad boy, having been arrested for 'inappropriate touching of a female cast member' and possessing some drugs: www.BBC.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40819816Hopefully there was a spectacular car chase before he was arrested.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Aug 3, 2017 15:45:17 GMT
I do hope the BBC show Malice Aforethought by way of tribute. He was brilliant in that.
RIP.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jul 31, 2017 5:30:30 GMT
Lemonade or Lucozade = spade = as black as the Ace of.....
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jul 25, 2017 8:54:27 GMT
Another story I heard from a witness about SRM recently was when Linda Thomson was in The Avengers on the next stage to The Saint she had a scene where she had to approach the door of a lighthouse and knock (All Done With Mirrors, presumably). The actor on the other side was supposed to make the sound of a few footsteps as if descending the stairs, then open the bolts top and bottom which made a clanking sound and open the door. SRM told the actor that there was a problem on the set and that he wasn't needed for a while so he stayed away from the soundstage. Linda approached the door and knocked and heard the sound of a few footsteps....then a few more...then a few more...followed by a lot more. By now she was getting a bit worried about what she should do because she was only supposed to be there for a few seconds before the door opened and the director would call cut. Still the footsteps continued until eventually...clank, one of the bolts was loosened. Then clank, the second one. And then....clank....clank....clank....clank...clank....clank.....clank etc. Eventually the door slowly opened - and there was Sir Rog with his pants around his ankles and holding a toilet roll in his right hand whereupon he said," Sorry for the delay, I was indisposed upstairs." It's also well known that he would spend his lunch break hiding in a wardrobe or cupboard on other productions' sets just so that he could step out mid-scene and get a laugh. So much so, that the other crews used to send him the bill for the film they wasted - and he was quite happy to pay
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jul 22, 2017 20:31:32 GMT
Tough one but Thunderbirds for me although I've got very fond memories of watching Stingray on weekday mornings during the school holidays in the mid-80's. I think the storylines of the later series were more varied and the longer running time allowed them to develop better.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jul 17, 2017 8:38:35 GMT
What a shame. A brilliant actor who I had the pleasure of meeting 5 years ago. He was spot on as Rollin Hand and in North By Northwest. Here's one of the photos I took of him on the fan-built Space: 1999 set with homemade Commlock: RIP.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jul 11, 2017 7:49:18 GMT
I'm surprised that this one isn't regarded more highly - I think it's great. The fight scenes are very well done and really evoke the atmosphere.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jul 10, 2017 15:14:09 GMT
I ordered the 2LP 'book version' of The Bunnymen's Heaven Up Here last Thursday and it was delivered on Friday. The seller very kindly included the standard version of the LP as well. I'm assuming it was a mistake but it would be a lot of hassle trying to return it.....
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jul 1, 2017 18:01:17 GMT
Saw him interviewing Sir Rog at The Persuaders! event a few years ago in that relaxed, easy going style of his. A very good interviewer. Also used to pass his house in Datchworth near Stevenage on a regular basis.
RIP.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jul 1, 2017 9:39:03 GMT
Great episode this - the scenes between Arthur and Terry where they fall out are brilliant and really show the acting skills of the two leads. For all that though, this episode is a Peter Child's tour de force. It shows how, like Chisholm, he's obsessed with getting Arthur banged up. The scene at the end where he's shouting at them as they leave while the rest of the nick watch on is superb. Best line goes to Arthur though where he's being interviewed by Rycott.
"Do you take me for a complete idiot?"
"Not a complete one, no".
One of the best of series 5 for me.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jun 18, 2017 6:04:33 GMT
This was a sloppy side of Minder in general- an awful lot of scenes one can see people watching filming, even staring and pointing. I don't think the directors ever reviewed the film before processing it! In the scene where Terry is driving JJ and JJ asks if Arthur is "still game for a lark", you can see a few kids running after the car in the background. Presumably the Jag was on a trailer and had just pulled away from stationary. The Sierra Chisholm drives (A62GLD) has a very similar number to the Mercedes owned by Micky The Fish (A64GLD) in High Drains Pilferer. I like this episode a lot and is typical Minder - a dodgy scheme with Arthur trying to justify it and some great dialogue. GC's acting ability shines through once again, particularly in the scenes with his accountant and also the VAT Man. I love the way Arthur slips out of 'character' when told he might find a watch in his lockup. The scene where Arthur tries to act all nonchalant when trying to evade Sprott who's looking at his Jag, is just brilliant. One thing that puzzles me though - if Sprott has just been sacked by the Old Bill, why is he still carrying his warrant card? Not quite the apex of the series but definitely a 4/5.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jun 9, 2017 13:15:45 GMT
It's great, isn't it? Such a brilliant thing for Network to have done. It was a very posh place so very much in keeping with the Lord Brett motif and having BS1 parked outside just topped it off nicely.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jun 8, 2017 21:42:28 GMT
I found my invite to the blu-ray launch event earlier which was an amazing evening: There were two types of ticket - a blue one with the Gold Napoleon which entitled you to a copy of the BD set and meet Sir Roger, and the red one which just gained you admission to the event. We had one of each but when we got there my wife was allowed to meet Sir Roger as well, despite only having a red ticket.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jun 8, 2017 5:32:51 GMT
I like this one - some great lines for Arthur such as the way he says, "Do you think there could be an earner in it?" to Terry after he's spent a while trying to persuade him to have nothing to do with it.
"This is a matter that needs to be treated with the utmost circumcision" to Oates
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"Grands I could've got. For Micky of course".
Great stuff.
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Post by felixdeburgh on May 31, 2017 22:55:19 GMT
I saw it again yesterday and it still makes me wince. Utter madness.
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Post by felixdeburgh on May 29, 2017 21:23:53 GMT
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Post by felixdeburgh on May 29, 2017 14:17:36 GMT
That footage of him climbing up Nelson's Column with no safety harness and wearing a pair of flares still makes my toes curl. Can you imagine a children's TV presenter dong that today? I'm not sure if he was incredibly brave or incredibly stupid but fair play to him for doing it.
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Post by felixdeburgh on May 28, 2017 23:02:00 GMT
I see that Sir Roger's family have called out that tw@t Neil Sean that he did the interview with on Talking Pictures a few months ago on his newspaper article. I always thought it was a strange decision to agree to be interviewed by him as he has some pretty controversial views on things at times. Anyway, in his Express article he claimed that when the interview was recorded Sir Roger leaned towards him and told him quietly that he had terminal cancer. Sean said 'it was their secret'. The family are saying that can't possibly be true as he wasn't diagnosed until very recently. He also claimed that his interview was the last one on tv that he did - ignoring the fact that he did one on RTE after the TP one. I think it's disgraceful that this idiot is using the very sad death of an icon to try and inflate his reputation.
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Post by felixdeburgh on May 28, 2017 21:14:00 GMT
I watched The Spy Who Loved Me this afternoon on ITV - his best Bond film in my opinion and I'm not ashamed to say I shed a tear during the during the opening titles. As a ten year old in '77 this was just the ultimate Bond film and Sir Roger was a big part of that. Like the death of David Bowie, I find it difficult to comprehend that he's no longer with us.
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Post by felixdeburgh on May 24, 2017 20:41:44 GMT
AHHH! No Eric Morecambe ! Help ! I must be brain-dead ! I considered him but I'd class him as more of a comic performer rather than a stand-up. I dismissed Tony Hancock for the same reason, even though he's one of my heroes.
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Post by felixdeburgh on May 23, 2017 13:52:35 GMT
Holy sh*t - that's a bolt out of the blue. I'm watching The Saint on ITV4 at the moment. One of my biggest heroes. I'm absolutely gutted.
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Post by felixdeburgh on May 19, 2017 22:44:38 GMT
I love the bit where Des suggests that they call in the police and quick as a flash Arthur comes back with something like, "Don't be disgusting, Des. It's coming to something when you have to call in the law." The delivery of this line and GC's facial expression show what a brilliant actor he was.
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Post by felixdeburgh on May 16, 2017 12:51:15 GMT
I like this one and it's one I remember seeing at the time of original transmission, mainly because of the spanking Terry hands out at the end. It benefits from having a decent back story as well, something I've mentioned was lacking in some episodes in this series like The Beer Hunter and Not A Bad Lad, Dad. When Arthur approaches the Roller towards the end, Kate obviously puts the window up and it's up during the journey as you can see the light reflecting off it but when he's dumped at the roadside the window is already down. It seems a bit lame to put the window down just so she can trap his tie in it when she didn't want him in the car in the first place. She could've done that when he first approached them! I'm sure this has been mentioned before but watching this online the picture quality is so much better so why are the transmission prints so poor? As I've been watching the daily ITV4 repeats of late, I think I'll stream them from now on and AirPlay them to my TV as they look so much better.
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Post by felixdeburgh on May 13, 2017 11:11:17 GMT
And here she is in The Avengers:
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Post by felixdeburgh on May 13, 2017 11:09:44 GMT
A welcome return to form this one after what are in my opinion, two weaker episodes. Arthur trying to mix in circles that he's not used to is always hilarious (shades of Tony Hancock) such as in Willesden Suite. Bettina's flat was Bodie's home in the 1979 Professionals episode The Purging of CI5 and her flat mate was played by Cyd Child, who was the stunt double for Diana Rigg and Linda Thorson on The Avengers. Here she is in Minder:
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