March 2011 at the BFI

1 February 2011 Rob Buckley BFI events, Events, UK TV 1 Comment

Time for our regular look at what TV’s on at the South Bank in London in March. There’s not much, unless you’re an Alan Plater fan, in which case there’s an awful lot.

  • 2nd: Z-Cars: Brotherly Love + Softly Softly: Sleeping Dogs + TV World: The Truth Game
    Two episodes written by Alan Plater, followed by Plater discussing his writing techniques.
  • 5th: A Very British Coup
    All three episodes.
  • 7th: Smashing Day + Play for Today: The Land of Green Ginger
    Two plays by Alan Plater, including his earliest surviving work.
  • 16th: Capital Tales: Time of Our Lives
    Richard Harris stars in this story about five generations of East Enders.
  • 19th: Coming Through + Bookmarks: Selected Exits
    Biographies of DH Lawrence and Gwyn Thomas by Alan Plater.
  • 21st: Plater: The Man and His Work – a tribute and panel discussion
    Lee Hall, Barbara Flynn and David Rose discuss the work of Alan Pater.
  • 21st: Screen One: Doggin’ Around + ITV Playhouse: Short Back & Sides
    Two plays by Alan Plater.
  • 31st: Trinity Tales: The Wife of Batley’s Tale + Play for Love: The Party of the First Part
    Alan Plater updates a Chaucer classic and a comedy play.

Champions’ priority booking: 11.30am January 31
Members’ priority booking opens: 11.30am February 1

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.

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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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