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British spies season: more details emerge

22 August 2006 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

British Spies season
I gave the BBC press office a call yesterday to find out what was going to be in BBC4’s British Spies season. Well, I emailed them: they don’t take calls. Eventually, ‘Clive’ got back to me: at the moment, details are a bit sketchy apparently and they’re not quite sure yet. He’ll email me some more information soon, he promised.

So, to find out more, we’re going to have to use an advanced investigative journalist’s tool: the Radio Times.

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Feel the fear: Vanessa’s return

18 August 2006 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

We thought that you might be interested in FREE tickets for a brand new chat show with Vanessa Feltz recording from end of August in Covent Garden.

VANESSA’S REAL LIVES

The queen of the daytime chat show returns with her new series and she’s ready to ask the questions that other hosts won’t!!

‘Vanessa’s Real Lives’ will feature Vanessa Feltz and a variety of ordinary people whose lives are extraordinary.

We are looking for a wide range of lively people from all walks of life who might ask questions and contribute their thoughts in a provocative event with Vanessa!

The show will be recorded at ‘The Hospital’ on Endell Street in Covent Garden, London every Thursday & Friday at 1pm and 4.45pm from 31st Aug & 1st Sept until 28th & 29th Sept 2006. So, if you would like to join us for Vanessa’s return, and maybe share your own opinions, then apply now! Tickets are limited.

If you would like to join us for this event, then you may apply for tickets by calling 020 8684 3333

Top 10 – and bottom 10 – sci-fi title sequences ever

10 August 2006 Rob Buckley 7 Comments

An enterprising gentleman in the US has decided to organise troll bait top ten lists of the worst and best sci-fi title sequences LIKE EVER!!! To save you the effort of going there, they are, complete with YouTube links:

Best

  1. Firefly
  2. Space: 1999
  3. The Six Million Dollar Man
  4. Doctor Who (Tom Baker and Eccles Cake versions)
  5. Star Trek: Voyager
  6. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  7. Star Trek: The Next Generation
  8. Mystery Science Theater 3000
  9. The Greatest American Hero
  10. Battlestar Galactica (original series)

Worst

  1. Enterprise
  2. Cleopatra 2525
  3. Battlestar Galactica (new series)
  4. V
  5. Babylon 5
  6. Charmed
  7. Xena: Warrior Princess
  8. The Bionic Woman
  9. Manimal
  10. Land of Lost

Now, clearly the man has both atrocious taste in title sequences as well as a somewhat limited viewing range. Otherwise, how else did all those Star Trek sequences get in there? At the very least, the original series of The Tomorrow People should be in there, as should The Prisoner. On the other hand, he does correctly slam Charmed for mauling a classic Smiths track, and The Six Million Dollar Man titles are classics indeed.

What other title sequences should be in there, do you reckon? If we include serials, I’d definitely include The Day of The Triffids‘, and if we were to expand beyond SF, I’d add in Callan, Penn and Teller’s Bullshit (titles are about a minute in) and Touching Evil. But what would you include?