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What TV’s on at the BFI in March 2013

The Mind of Evil

Now that the BFI has finally sorted out my membership, I can once again say that it’s time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in the month of March 2013. This month, as well as the continuing celebration of Doctor Who, which reaches the Pertwee years and a colour-restored version of The Mind of Evil, there’s a short season of TV programmes featuring monologues by the likes of Bernard Cribbins, Tom Baker and Alan Bennett, who’ll be there in person, a documentary on The Wizard of Oz, and a Flipside looking back at how the underground scene of the 1960s was depicted on TV.

Groovy.

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Wednesday’s “Courtney Cox and Matthew Perry Go On together, Channel 4’s super star dates and Seed fails” news

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  • Disney planning Star Wars spin-off films

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Tuesday’s “Blair Underwood is Ironside, Robin Williams returns to TV and no more Good Cop” news

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  • Edwin Hodge joins CBS’s NCIS: LA spin-off
  • Casting on NBC’s Sean Hayes pilot and HBO’s Masters of Sex
  • Jeffrey Tambor to star in Amazon’s The Onion Presents
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Question of the week: are you looking forward to the Thunderbirds remake?

News of the day is that Gerry Anderson puppet show Thunderbirds is going to be remade. For those not in the know (who are you?), this saw a team of brothers go into action as part of International Rescue to save people from usually very explosive danger, sometimes with the assistance of their London agent Lady Penelope.

Here’s the first episode for you to enjoy – as always, buy it if you like it:

This isn’t the first time the show will have been remade, of course, since there was a live-action movie version a few years ago (with none other than Sophia Myles playing Lady Penelope)…

…and there was an animated series, Thunderbirds 2086, more than a few years before that.

This time, not only does it have the blessing of Gerry Anderson, it’s going to combine models with CGI thanks to those nice people who did the effects work for Lord of the Rings.

So today’s quick question is:

Are you (or perhaps your children or even your children’s children) going to watch the new series when it comes out?

As always, leave your answers below or on your own blog.

Monday’s “Iron Man and Star Trek trailers, more NCIS, more pilots and Do No Harm flops” news

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