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04/01/12
If anything has marked out this Christmas as something out of the ordinary it's been the quality and variety of the films I've seen. As usual much respect to the great Dr Kermode for pointing me in the right direction for some of the less obvious choices. Some of these are DVDs Santa Beth gave me, the others are movies I caught on iPlayer. read more ...
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07/01/11
While laid up on the sofa today I watched the first episode of Zen on iPlayer. What a stylish bit of work. It's based on the late Michael Dibdin's novel Vendetta and is apparently the first of three they're televising over the next few weeks. read more ...
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11/04/10
Long time readers of my wibblings here know that we don't have a TV licence and haven't since before we moved here, something which has even got me into the New York Times in the past. read more ...
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13/12/08
I'd like to tell you what a lot of useful things I did today ... read more ...
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08/12/08
It's been a frustrating day, not least because the video and photo in yesterday's posting don't seem to be accessible to some... read more ...
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24/11/08
Did you know that a Bugatti Veyron can do 0-60 in 2.5 seconds? No, me neither but when you've got an 8 litre W16 engine with four turbos delivering around 1,000bhp ... read more ...
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24/10/08
I've not been well today but that did give me the opportunity to watch the last 2.5 episodes of Commander in Chief. read more ...
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06/09/08
Thanks to Malcolm I've found a new way to while away a few hours. The TV series Commander in Chief stars Geena Davis ... read more ...
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09/08/08
At the risk of turning into Alice Robert's fanboy I had a chat about her programmes to my mate Cindy last night... read more ...
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08/08/08
... I get to watch Dr Alice. Beth's gone off to Scotland for a long weekend leaving me to look after Jake so after going out for supper with the gang I'm now in the sofa ... read more ...
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