So we had a choice: a repeat of America’s Next Top Model or the finale of Torchwood. "Go on, you choose," says my wife. So I picked Torchwood.
That was a waste of a choice, wasn’t it?
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As usual, it’s time for our monthly (assuming there’s anything on) look at what’s coming up at the BFI that’s TV-related – you might as well join if you want to know all the film stuff, too.
The principal season this month is devoted to the weird world of NF Simpson. Never heard of him, but there’s three plays on the 14th, A Resounding Tinkle on the 9th and 20th and an episode of Crown Court on 28 May, so you can get fully acquainted with him if you want.
However, on the 2nd May, there’s something a tad more promising as far as I’m concerned: Robin Redbreast, which was a Play for Today in which a divorcee retreats to a remote house in the country and finds herself in The Wicker Man territory; but better still is Murrain, by Nigel Kneale of Quatermass fame (how have I never heard of this?):
When a mysterious virus plagues local pigs and a family goes sick, panicking farmers blame a frail old woman – the ‘witch’ who lives up the lane. An idealistic young doctor tries to dispel the rumours.
That’s me convinced. As always, you can can start booking online and at the box office if you’re a member from 7 April, while everyone else can book in person, by telephone and online from 11 April.
Chuck is starting on Virgin One soon and as a shiny offer, they’re letting people in the UK download the pilot episode (which I reviewed a while back) for free from iTunes until midnight on Monday 7th April. It’s about 500MB so make sure you have broadband.
Incidentally, just noticed you can buy episodes of Gavin and Stacey series two as well. If you don’t have Freeview, now’s your chance to own a slice of quality!
News will be taking a week’s break but will be back on Monday 14th April
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WTF! Not just one but four Horatio Caines in a crime lab doing girly science stuff! What can be going on? He hasn’t stepped foot in a lab full of chemicals in seven seasons – and CSI: Miami has only been on for six. How can this be? Well, it was continuity week this week and as well as bringing back a whole load of old plot threads and guest characters, they’ve clearly decided to remind us all that David Caruso can face other inanimate objects square on – and that Horatio’s supposed to have a degree in chemistry or something normally only fit for liberal nerds, not real conservative American heroes.
Actually quite an interesting episode this week I thought, not just for that cartload of continuity, but for having the most obviously deconstructable feminist/anti-feminist sub-text featuring ex-Showgirls star Elizabeth Berkley.
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