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What TV’s on at the BFI in August 2014? Bilko and a Moira Armstrong season

30 June 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

It’s time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in August 2014. Given that summer holidays are approaching fast, it’s no surprise that there’s less on this month, but there is a season of director Moira Armstrong’s work, as well as an evening dedicated to the awesome The Phil Silvers Show – aka Bilko. 

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What TV’s on at the BFI in July 2014 + The Wednesday Play: Schmoedipus (1974)

4 June 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

It’s time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in July 2014. Given that it’s the second part of a season dedicated to his work, this month can again best be summed up by two words: Dennis Potter. And why not?

But there’s also a preview of the second series of The Mill, and a couple of events dedicated to children’s TV throughout the ages as well.

I’ll leave you with this week’s Wednesday Play: Potter’s Schmoedipus, starring Tim Curry, Anna Cropper and Bob Hoskins. More on that after the jump, though.

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What TV’s on at the BFI in May 2014

4 April 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

It’s time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in May 2014. Edwardian drama is top of the bill this month – bet you didn’t see that coming? In fact, it’s the only thing on the bill, so savour it, since as well as a Q&A with Zoë Wanamaker, there are plays featuring Jeremy Brett, Sean Connery, Patrick Stewart, Ian Richardson, Jeremy Irons, André Morrell, Peter Vaughan, Annette Crosby, Timothy West, Anna Calder-Marshall and Colin Firth, to name but a few.

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What TV’s on at the BFI in April 2014

5 March 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

It’s time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in April 2014. Opera dominates the schedule this time, with a season of opera productions, both filmed and specially performed for television, and a Q&A with Mr Jonathan Miller himself about the future of opera on TV. But there’s also a season starting in April celebrating BBC2’s 50th anniversary, an evening devoted to April Fool jokes and a Missing Believed Wiped Special devoted to Michael Palin and Terry Jones’ The Complete and Utter History of Britain that will be introduced by Palin himself.

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