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An archive of blog entries about UK TV programmes and production.

Meme of the week: favourite repeat

24 February 2009 Rob Buckley 13 Comments

Didn’t we have fun with the last meme? This one probably won’t inspire as much, but it popped into my head this morning so I thought I’d pose it anyway.

What’s your favourite repeat?

I’m not a big fan of the repeat – I like new things. I don’t have many DVDs and those I have I watch infrequently.

But when I’ve run out of new things to watch, if I need something televisual to stimulate my brain, I’ll stick on the pilot episode of the US version of Touching Evil. I loves it. Dark, moody, brilliant direction, a cracking ending and the possibility everything’s in his mind – I can watch it over and over, unlike even some of my other favourite shows.

So do you have a programme or episode of a programme that you can and do watch time and again?

Answers below or on your own blog, please.

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Review: Sky+HD

24 February 2009 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Well, finally, after all that fun with the Sky+ competition last year, I have Sky+HD. As you may recall, I was this close to getting it when at the last moment, I found out you need two feeds from the satellite dish to be able to record a programme while watching another, so we never got it. Fortunately, at our new flat, there are two wall feeds from the communal satellite dish (even if one, for some strange reason that even the Sky engineers couldn’t fathom, is on the other side of the room from the other feed).

As it happens, I made a slight cost saving from delaying, since the cost installation and the box has gone down from £75 (reduced from £150) to £49. Bargain.

So, after a few days, what am I reckoning, apart from it’s all worth it just to see Ali Larter in high def on Heroes?

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Review: Sky+HD

24 February 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Well, finally, after all that fun with the Sky+ competition last year, I have Sky+HD. As you may recall, I was this close to getting it when at the last moment, I found out you need two feeds from the satellite dish to be able to record a programme while watching another, so we never got it. Fortunately, at our new flat, there are two wall feeds from the communal satellite dish (even if one, for some strange reason that even the Sky engineers couldn’t fathom, is on the other side of the room from the other feed).

As it happens, I made a slight cost saving from delaying, since the cost installation and the box has gone down from £75 (reduced from £150) to £49. Bargain.

So, after a few days, what am I reckoning, apart from it’s all worth it just to see Ali Larter in high def on Heroes?

Continue reading “Review: Sky+HD”

Today's Joanna Page

Today’s Joanna Page: Comic Relief

23 February 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Joanna Page and Ruth Jones at the Comic Relief launch

Today’s Joanna Page should have been This Year’s Love. But since she’s not in the cast list at the end, I’m guessing it’s something of a cameo appearance by Ms Page in said movie, so I’m actually going to have to sit through the whole film – Dougie Henshall’s kilt and all – to find out which five frames she’s in or whether she’s simply sitting on a cutting room floor somewhere. Apparently Richard Armitage plays “Smug man at party” in it, so there’s a double whammy for you.

So in the meantime, here’s a picture of her with Ruth Jones from the Comic Relief launch earlier this month. She’s going to be one of the Celebrity Apprentices, you know. And here’s a chat with her courtesy of Holy Moly. It’s quiet brief, but it is revealed that Tom Jones doesn’t know what a chocolate orange is.

Dick Heads

Dick Head (from Deb): Marple

23 February 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Richard Armitage in Marple: Ordeal by Innocence

Today’s Dick Head is from Marple: Ordeal by Innocence, in which Richard Armitage played Philip Durrant, the well-known bonfire night Guy. It was provided by Deb – thanks Deb.

On your marks, get set, haiku!

Got a picture of Richard Armitage’s head, preferably wearing a hat? Then leave a link to it below and if it’s judged suitable, it will appear in the “Dick Heads” gallery.