Articles by Rob Buckley

About 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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Meme of the week: Favourite title sequence

2 September 2009 Rob Buckley 14 Comments

Not that I’m randomly fishing for more entries in the Tuesday “weird old title sequence” slot, but:

What’s your favourite TV title sequence?

Something imaginative like Dexter‘s? Something impressively mood-setting like Touching Evil‘s? Something clever like Chuck or Penn and Teller’s Bullshit? Note, it doesn’t have to have a great theme tune, as well, just be a good title sequence.

I’m not sure I have a fave, but I do like The IT Crowd‘s, The Champions’ just makes me smile a lot, and Dexter‘s probably is the cleverest, even if the theme’s not that great. You?

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

Weird old titles: Star Maidens

1 September 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Imagine a world run by women, where men – or at least Gareth Thomas – are slaves.

No need. Germany has already thought of it for you and turned it into 70s rubbish, Star Maidens, a show with spaceships correctly shaped according to Freudian theory. Here, for your delectation, is the opening introduction that served as the titles to the marvel that was Star Maidens.

I dare you to avoid rolling your eyes once.

Holiday next week

28 August 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Blimey. I’ve hardly been back five minutes when I’m off again. This time I’m off to Norfolk, where I hear that have the Internet and I have an iPhone anyway, so who knows if I’ll be blogging while I’m away. But in the meantime, I’ve left you with RoboRob, your automated blogging friend, who’ll leave you with daily content. For some reason, though, he doesn’t work Bank Holiday Mondays either, which is a bit odd for a robot, but what can you do.

See you back here with the Daily News on Monday 7th, and hopefully I’ll drop by before then as well. TTFN!

Sitting Tennant

Friday’s Sitting Tennant (from Ms Rullsenberg): Learners

28 August 2009 Rob Buckley 10 Comments

Rullsenberg's Sitting Tennant

Last Friday Sitting Tennant for a fortnight – next week, Richard Armitage’s head will be taking over. Pray he’s not re-enacting Zardoz.  

However, this week’s award-winning picture of David Tennant choosing not to stand is from… Ms Rullsenberg, who manages to recapture her lead from Sister Chastity with this picture from Learners, I think. Anyone know what happened to Jaradel? Has she passed out from pleasure from too many pictures of David Tennant?

  1. Rullsenberg: 51.5
  2. Sister Chastity: 49.5
  3. Jaradel: 35.5
  4. Toby: 5
  5. Rosby: 2.5
  6. Lauren: 4
  7. Amy: 2
  8. Persephone, Sabine: 1

That gives you a fortnight to come up with an overwhelming witty caption. The surprise winner of last week’s captioning competition is Electric Dragon again, who managed to channel the spirit of Big Train on his second attempt to storm past Persephone with another 10 point bounty. Good luck this week everyone!

  1. Marie: 152.5
  2. Toby: 141.5
  3. Rullsenberg: 102
  4. Jane Henry: 70.5
  5. Electric Dragon: 51
  6. Persephone: 45.5
  7. Jaradel: 38.5
  8. Rev/Views: 25
  9. Scott 2: 14
  10. Joe, Sister Chastity: 10
  11. Scott: 3
  12. Aaron: 2
  13. almostwitty.com: 1
  14. Stu_N: 1

Remember, you can submit as many captions as you like for today’s picture, with the wittiest getting 10 points next Friday.

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, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery.

Every photo displayed on Monday (one per person who sends one in) gets a point, with a bonus point if it’s from the latest DT production; the best pic in the stash each week will appear on Friday and get three points.

You can also enter the witty and amusing captions league table by commenting on Friday’s Sitting Tennant photo, the best caption getting 10 points.