Fun to see Specsavers using Thunderbirds in their ads. Just not sure why… Demographics of glasses wearers? Something else?
Year: 2008
UK TV
South Wales location hunting: Gavin & Stacey
Awright there, blog reader? Awright?
After a week away on a “gym and spa” holiday in South Wales, I’m back and raring to write. After a couple of days staying not too far away from (unbelievably) Port Tennant in Swansea, we spent the rest of the week in Cardiff.
I’ll tell you something for nothing: you can’t move for stars in Cardiff. If I wasn’t bumping into Rusty T down on Cardiff Bay at every available opportunity, I was being stalked – stalked, I tell you – by Simon Callow.
All I have to say on that is this: Callow, you might be a Commander of the British Empire, have starred in movies like Amadeus and Four Weddings and a Funeral, have appeared in Doctor Who as Charles Dickens, and been Tom Chance in Chance in a Million, a delightful 80s sitcom that has left me with premature pronoun droppage to this very day, but no! That does not give you a right to follow me to breakfast, lunch and certainly not the gym while I’m on holiday.
Anyway, after a minor spot of Torchwood location hunting on my last visit, we did some Gavin & Stacey location investigation this time with a trip to Barry and Barry Island. Pics after the break.
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Monday’s political impersonations news
The latest news, plus a few things that happened while I was on holiday last week. Apologies if I left anything important out!
Doctor Who
- John Barrowman says Ecclescake was grumpy
- A picture from the Christmas special [spoilers]
Film
- Script review of Day The Earth Stood Still remake
- Warner to offer DVDs and VoD of movies on the same day in UK
- Natalie Portman to star in Wuthering Heights
- Thandie Newton to star as Condie Rice and Ioan Gruffudd as Tony Blair in Oliver Stone George Bush biopic
British TV
- Mitchell and Webb get a third series
- Lindsay Duncan to play Margaret Thatcher
- £15m remake of Ben Hur planned [free registration required]
- Wombles to save kids TV? [free registration required]
- Marc Warren, Alexander Armstrong and Keeley Hawes in comedy drama
US TV
- Fox picks up Ronald D Moore’s Virtuality movie pilot
- Tricia Helfer has secret Fox drama planned?
- Lost exec to be showrunner on JJ Abrams’ Fringe
- Scrubs’ Sarah Chalke might be back for another HIMYM
- Two of Patricia Cornwell’s novels to be adapted for Lifetime
- Oprah to be Tina Fey’s best friend on 30 Rock?
- George Clooney returning for final ER?
- Lost and Grey’s Anatomy to have extra hour for finales
The Flashing Blade
It seems hard to believe these days, but once upon a time, kids tea-time television was dominated by dubbed imports from French, German, Spanish and even Scandinavian TV. Who can forget Heidi, Oscar, Kina and the Laser or Silas.
Okay, well maybe you could. So as an aide memoire, here are the titles to The Flashing Blade, which is probably more famous for the re-dubbing done by those pranksters on On The Waterfront.
You can find out more about it over on the TV Cream web site.
UK TV
Review: Doctor Who – 4×1 – Partners in Crime
Three firsts for Doctor Who this year:
- I’m reviewing the first episode sober. No, you haven’t entered the Twilight Zone. It’s true, it’s real, and it’s happening right now.
- It was actually cute of all things. Sure, Big Finish has done cute but this is the first time I can think of that the TV series has done cute.
- Russell T Davies wrote the opening episode and I liked it.
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