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So the season four finale of Sherlock was last night – don’t worry no spoilers here. As to what I made of it? Well, what can I say? On the whole, I enjoyed it, it was a good romp. But…
Continue readingChristmas is a time for the confort and traditions. Some of these traditions are whole family traditions, and some are more personal and come and go. I was thinking about this today, because I’m making huge progress through Alan Bennett’s…
Continue readingHave just watched the BBC’s new adaption of The Borrowers. I came to this film with caution after, loving, possibly too much, the 1992/93 BBC series with Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton and Rebecca Callard, and maybe I was right to….
Continue readingSo, last night’ Doctor Who? Was it worth the anticipation? Actually, yes, most definitely. I have a love-hate relationship to the anticipation for Doctor Who and, in particular, the specials. Anyone care to remember the woefully lamentable and disappointing ‘Titanic’…
Continue readingWe like Chirs Packham. He’s a wildlife geek but he’s great. He’s just the right kind of balance between knowledgeable scientis and personable personality. I’m not about to knock Bill Oddie ‘cos I do like him, but I do think…
Continue readingEmma is off out tonight with the girls from work and so I will be left home alone — or be it with five cats, two fish (and two chickens in the garden) for company. I’m thinking that tonight will…
Continue readingI donât know whether youâve seen this programme, but Wild About Your Garden is brilliant. Bloody brilliant. 🙂 Kind of like Ground Force for people who dislike decking, but love birds.
Continue readingAfter the last two week’s of Doctor Who brilliance, and in particular the ‘truly-behind-the-sofa-mastery’ of Stephen Moffatt’s Blink episode, I feel let down by this week’s Doctor Who. John Simm is not a patch of Derek Jacobi in his role…
Continue readingOoh, how exciting! Well, possibly. It might all be a big, wet, squib but we shall see. A while back I expressed an interest in signing up to the BBC archive trial, and today I got an email that says…
Continue readingYay for echos of the past. I have just watched episode 8 of Battlestar Galactica season 2. After the high drama of the two-part story that preceeded it, this was one of those reflective episodes that you get mid-season, but…
Continue readingBack on the flip side of summer I tried to start watching the re-imagined series of Battlestar Galactica when Sky Three started showing it. However, for reasons best known only to themselves, the powers at be decided not to show…
Continue readingFor the record, I’m not watching the second series of Lost (currently showing on Channel 4. I’m not wasting my time on it anymore. I heard it was good. It look intriguing. I gave it a damn good go (I…
Continue reading…is their new album Takk (Thank you) the only one that the BBC have access to at the moment. Not only are they using track three, Hoppipoka for their trails of Planet Earth, but they are using it for the…
Continue readingThe nice man from ParcelForce did the exchange today in the postroom at work. I handed over the faulty Digifusion box, and in return, I got my Folio Society Books and my nice new Humax PVR9200T. Tonight I got it…
Continue readingWhy is it that whenever there’s anything half-decent to watch on tele, it clashes with something else good on tele? As has been aforementioned in these pages, tonight there is episode two of BBC1’s drama The Virgin Queen, ITV are…
Continue readingWell it seems that my Digifusion box is faulty. I haven’t spoken to the helpline yet (‘cos they’re not open at weekends) but it’s definitely not behaving as it ought (my brother has a similar model so he’s been guiding…
Continue readingMy Digifusion box arrived today, and now, to complement the wireless internet access in my house, the abode is filled with a whole new set of digital channels. Just how many of them I’ll ever watch we have yet to…
Continue readingI watched the first, double (at 1 hour’s length) episode of the BBC’s new adaptation of Bleak House tonight. It’s probably to early to really say, but it’s impressive so far. The kind of old school adaptation of classic books….
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