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Previews of forthcoming events and reviews of past events.

What TV’s on at the BFI in October/November 2016? Including NW and A Black History of Britain

12 October 2016 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Stonkingly late as usual, it’s TMINE’s usual coverage of all the BFI events coming your way in the unusual BFI-created month of October/November (not to be confused with September/October). This month, most of the TV output comes as part of the BFI’s BlackStar season, looking at the contributions by black talent to movies and television around the world as well as in the UK. It includes a preview of the forthcoming NW, Black is the New Black and A Black History of Britain, a tribute afternoon to Cy Grant, a 10th anniversary screening of Shoot The Messenger, as well as numerous plays.

But also lined up is a preview of Television’s Opening Night: How the Box was Born, a recreation of the first ever night of BBC TV, as well as another recreation – an animated version of missing Doctor Who story The Power of the Daleks.

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Intu Bromley really, really likes HG Wells now

3 October 2016 Rob Buckley Post a comment

In June, my current home town of Bromley decided it was going to start celebrating HG Wells again, after getting rid of the mural to him that used to be here the best part of a decade ago. Well, I say Bromley but it’s actually huge corporate giant Intu, which took over the Glades shopping centre a few years ago and renamed it Intu Bromley. 

Since then, things have progressed. The Lego Time Machine has now been given a permanent home in a glass case at the foot of the ground floor escalators. 

And this weekend, in a probably temporary display, we got this:

The Intu Bromley HG Wells exhibition

HG Wells Time Machine

HG Wells war machine

So well done to the greedy giant corporate for doing what the council arguably should be doing. At least this weekend. I imagine it’ll be Santa’s Grotto  next week.

What TV’s on at the BFI in September/October 2016? Including The Fall, Inside No. 9, From The North and Inappropriate Behaviour

22 August 2016 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

A bit later than usual (for obvious reasons), a bit thinner than usual (for obvious reasons), and combining events for September and a bit of October (for not obvious reasons), here’s TMINE’s usual rundown of the upcoming TV showings at the BFI. Not much for TV aficionados, beyond an ‘Andrew Davies at 80’ event consisting of a chat and a showing of Inappropriate Behaviour, and a chat and documentary about Granada TV, but there is the excitement of two previews, one of series 3 of Inside No. 9, the other of series 3 of The Fall, complete with Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan… 

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What TV’s on at the BFI in August? Including Poldark, Young Hyacinth and Thunderbirds 65

7 July 2016 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Given it’s August and everyone’s going on their holidays, don’t be surprised that there’s not a whole lot of TV on at the BFI. However, it’s by no means a desolate wasteland. There are TV previews of the forthcoming BBC Sitcom Season, including Young Hyacinth, as well as the first episode of the new series of Poldark. There’s also a season of TV and film directed by Jack Gold, including Film4’s impressive Stalin satire Red Monarch. And for Cult TV lovers, there are three episodes of Thunderbirds 65. Full run-down after the jump.

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Come to Bromley and see the Lego time machine

28 June 2016 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

It has to be said there’s not a lot to come and look at in my (current) home of Bromley, SE London. There’s the Churchill Theatre, if you happen to like a lot of musicals and murder-mysteries. But that’s about it. Tourists – do not come here.

However, look what’s just showed up in the Intu (sic) shopping centre (formerly ‘The Glades’):

Yes, it’s HG Wells’ Time Machine fashioned out of Lego! Or at least a version of the version of HG Wells’ Time Machine featured in the 1960 movie The Time Machine.

Why? Well, HG Wells was born here. There’s even a blue plaque on the TK Maxx (formerly Allders) in the high street.

Of course, we used to have a mural to HG Wells in the High Street, featuring the three-legged Martian war machines from War of the Worlds.

Bromley's old HG Wells mural

That’s now been replaced by a mural of Charles Darwin, who used to live here. I’m not sure why. Perhaps it’s because that’s not actually a three-leggged HG Wells Martian war machine, but a Tripod from the BBC adaptation of John Christopher’s The Tripods.

Oh, Bromley…