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As suspected, the British Spies season seems to end on Tuesday 5th with the final episode of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Either that or the very BBC4-sounding Meetings with Remarkable Trees has a very deceptive title.
‘Clive’ from the Beeb’s press office still hasn’t got back to me to confirm this though. This isn’t wholly surprising. If you’ve never dealt with PR people, you probably won’t be aware of this, but “I’ll get back to you with that information” or “I’ll email it through to you” is pretty much code for “You will never see or hear from me again. You will not will be able to find me. I do not exist. I am Jason Bourne. I am a ghost.” Clive probably isn’t even his real name.
Which is ironic for a spies season, isn’t it?
Broadcast is reporting that ITV is mulling over ITV1 slots for Raines, The Black Donnellys and Smith, should they become hits. At the moment, they’re scheduled for ITV3 and ITV2 slots, will possible repeats on ITV1.
Raines and The Black Donnellys are both mid-season shows, so we won’t know for a while if they’re a success, but Raines and The Black Donnellys are both pretty good shows, so this has got to be good news, both for ITV as a whole and UK viewers.
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.
Continue reading “British spies season: more details emerge”
God bless you BBC4. Every so often you’ll come up with a cracking idea for a season of programming, like last year’s Ghost Story season. Now we’ve got ‘British Spies Season’.
I can’t seem to find an in-depth listing of what’s in it, but there’s definitely a bit of Spooks, a bit of Smiley (don’t know whether it was Tinker, Tailor or Smiley’s People) and some decent documentaries.
It probably won’t include The Sandbaggers, that being a Yorkshire programme, but I live in hope. I’ll keep you updated as I find out more.
UPDATE: The trailer’s up on the BBC Four site.
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