Category: Film, TV & Radio

Gloves Off

I remember a BBC documentary about Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, broadcast in the last century. It was deferential and dull.

Man Overboard

It’s a nasty story. As a psychologist, lapsed since graduating in 1976, Maxwell’s character seems to have been scarred by his early years.

Ramblings

Ramblings is an apt description of this website. It is also Clare Balding’s radio programme.

Bonking Biographies

There are too many new books, films, television programmes for anyone to do more than skim. Yesterday I watched the first episode of Schitt’s Creek because it has just won  a record-breaking seven Emmys.

One of My Five a Day

I don’t often hear from Babs and when I do she is usually in a hole and needs help. No Time to Die isn’t the most auspicious title for her new James Bond film.

Times Radio

The Daily Universal Register changed its name to The Times in 1788. A new development in this venerable organ’s ability to adapt is the launch of Times Radio this year. It may fill a gap in the market.

Brief Encounter

Alessandro Cicognini’s name is not familiar outside Italy. He was, he died aged 89 in 1995, a prolific composer of music for Italian films – more than a hundred. David Lean’s name is definitely familiar.

Happy Birthday

We watch less than an hour of television daily, usually the news or Dad’s Army on catch-up; so it was Most Unusual to watch a live programme on ITV on Wednesday evening.