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Month: April 2012
Sitting Tennant
Friday’s Sitting Tennant (week 16, 2012)
Thirsty work all this sitting around, isn’t it? And welcome back to the competition, Tobes!
- Sister Chastity: 30
- Hebbie, Shilohforever: 20
- Toby: 5
Sitting Board of Winners 2012
January
Hebbie, Sister Chastity
February
Sister Chastity
March
Sister Chastity
Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below or email me and if it’s judged suitable and doesn’t obviously infringe copyright, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery. Don’t forget to include your name in the filename so I don’t get mixed up about who sent it to me.
The best pic in the stash each week will appear on Tuesday and get ten points; the runners up will appear on Friday (one per person who sends one in) and get five points.
Each month, I’ll name the best picture provider and then at the end of the year, the overall champion will be announced for 2012!
Friday’s “Channel 4 finds Utopia, Bryan Fuller discusses Hannibal and William Petersen’s pilot” news
Film
- Tony Danza to play Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s father
Trailer
- Full trailer for David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis with Robert Pattinson
Canadian TV
UK TV
- Channel 4 commissions Utopia, from Dennis Kelly
- Sandi Toksvig joins Stephen Fry’s production company
US TV
- Wednesday ratings: ratings down across the board
- Hulu announces its new programmes
- Bryan Fuller discusses Hannibal
US TV pilots
- Cinemax orders pilot of William Petersen’s Hurt People
- Why there’s been so much recasting this year
Weird old title sequences: ITC shows (1960s)
Last time in Weird Old Title Sequences, we looked at some of the ITC shows of the 1950s. This week, we’re going to move forward a decade to the 60s.
Now ITC produced some of the most iconic TV shows – and title sequences – of the 60s. It was in this decade that ITC really flourished as a company and where the genre of show known as the ‘ITC show’ crystallised. I’ve already covered quite a few of those shows in some depth: The Avengers, The Prisoner, The Champions and The Baron. But that’s just the tip of the ITC iceberg. So after the jump, we’re going to run through some of the most popular ITC shows’ title sequences, as well as the sequences of some shows that are perhaps not as well remembered.
So brace yourself for the fabulous, iconic title sequences (with equally fabulous title themes) of Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Department S, Man in a Suitcase, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), The Saint, Danger Man, The Strange Report, and Jason King. There are probably more I could add to that list: what others would you include?
Incidentally, for a good(ish) overview of ITC shows, you could try Cult TV: The Golden Age of ITC, which I reviewed all of half a decade ago. Sigh.
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Teaser trailer for Homeland – season 2
For obvious spoilery reasons, don’t watch this if you haven’t seen all of the first season of Homeland (this means you, Channel 4 viewers). For everyone else, this hints at some of the questions that should hopefully be answered next season, which starts in September. No new footage in it as far as I can see, mind.
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