January 2010 at the BFI

Time for our regular look at what TV’s on at the South Bank in London in January. Highlights include a David Renwick season, Bernard Cribbins in conversation, a preview of the new series of Skins and Missing Believed Wiped, which offers a chance to see some newly returned episodes of Till Death Us Do Part and Top of the Pops.

  • 5th: Renwick & Marshall
    Includes episodes of End of Part One, Hot Metal and If You See God, Tell Him.
  • 9th: Missing Believed Wiped
    Two sessions, featuring a mix of recovered material once thought missing. Session will feature an episode of Til Death Us Do Part while the highlights of two episodes of Top of the Pops will be the centrepiece of the musical second session
  • 12th: Whoops Apocalypse
    The final episode of the Renwick & Marshall TV series, followed by the spin-off movie.
  • 15th: One Foot in the Grave
    The first episode, the finale and a vintage episode of One Foot in the Grave.  
  • 16th: Bernard Cribbins in Conversation + Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD
    Bernard Cribbins talks particularly about his work geared towards family audiences. Followed by the second Peter Cushing Doctor Who movie
  • 19th: Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Wasps’ Nest + Tragedy at Marsden Manor
    Two episodes of the David Suchet series, written by David Renwick
  • 20th: TV Preview: Harold Pinter: A Celebration + Q&A
    A recording of the tribute to Harold Pinter, filmed at the National Theatre in June, and featuring 25 of Britain’s leading actors. Followed by a Q&A with director Ian Rickson.
  • 22nd: Jonathan Creek: No Trace of Tracey + Tailor’s Dummy
    Two episodes of David Renwick’s murder-mystery comedy starring Alan Davies.
  • 25th: TV Preview: Skins + Q&A
    Episode one of the fourth series, followed by a Q&A with the cast and writers.
  • 25th: Researcher’s Tale with Emma Frost
    Screenwriter Emma Frost talks about writing for television and film (members only)
  • 27th: One Foot in the Algarve
    A special episode of One Foot in the Grave
  • 27th: David Renwick in Conversation + Love Soup: There Must Be Some Way Out of Here
    A David Renwick Q&A, followed by the first episode of Love Soup.

Champions’ priority booking by phone: 11.30am December 7
Members’ priority booking opens: 11.30am December 8
Public booking opens: 11.30am December 15

Prices
£7.60 (members)
£5.25 (member concs)
£9.00 (non-members)
£6.65 (non-members concs)
Under 16s £5.

All shows are £5 on Tuesdays. Conc prices are available to senior citizens, students, unwaged and disability visitors. Proof of eligibility may be required.

As always, visit the BFI web site for more details

Author

  • Rob Buckley

    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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