Meme of the week: favourite vampire (show)

9 September 2009 Rob Buckley TMINE 10 Comments

Bracing yourself for the sheer joy of The Vampire Diaries on The CW? Thought not. But, without wishing to seem too weird, might I ask:

Who’s your favourite vampire?

Or, if you prefer, show about vampires? You can go for books, movies, TV shows or a particular version of a vampire (do you prefer Frank Langella’s Dracula to Lois Jordan’s, for instance?). The list is vast, of course, what with Anne Rice, all of the Hammer Horror films, Dark Shadows, Ultraviolet, Being Human, BtVS, Angel, True Blood and Twilight to pick from, to name but a few, there’s bound to one that’s lodged in your mind.

Of course, if you can’t stand the nobs, don’t bother answering. I’m not sure whether I like Guy Flanagan’s Mitchell in the Being Human pilot or Corin Redgrave’s in Ultraviolet the best. I’ll have a think about it. I’m still reckoning Ultraviolet is top vampire show overall, though, even if Being Human is close competition.

PS please excuse me if I’ve spelt any names wrong – I’m in a rush!

As always, leave a comment with your answer or a link to your answer on your own blog.

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    I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.

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