French TV

Review: Engrenages (Spiral) 2×3

28 September 2009 Natalia Romanova 6 Comments

In the UK: Sunday 27th September, 10pm, BBC4. Available on the iPlayer

It’s episode three of the second season of Engrenages aka Spiral, and we have a new theme on top of the usual Engrenages tropes. We have the series’ continuing study of the misogyny prevalent apparently everywhere in France, whether it’s in the legal system or among the general populace, as well as the acknowledgement that good can be evil and evil can be good.

But in this episode, we also have a look at terror.

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Sitting Tennant

Monday’s Sitting Tennants: Being king of the wood elves and yodelling

28 September 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

David Tennant yodelling

Today’s Sitting Tennants come from the redoubtable Sister Chastity and Ms Rullsenberg, as per usual. Where would we be without them?

  1. Sister Chastity: 60.5
  2. Rullsenberg: 57.5
  3. Jaradel: 35.5
  4. Toby: 5
  5. Amy, Lauren: 4
  6. Rosby: 2.5
  7. Persephone, Sabine: 1

Don’t forget to think of a caption for Friday’s picture, too (although try to make sure it’s not mine). 

Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below or email me and if it’s judged suitable, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery.

Every photo displayed on Monday (one per person who sends one in) gets a point, with a bonus point if it’s from the latest DT production; the best pic in the stash each week will appear on Friday and get three points.

You can also enter the witty and amusing captions league table by commenting on Friday’s Sitting Tennant photo, the best caption getting 10 points.

The US version of Fawlty Towers: Payne

28 September 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Don’t you just love remakes? Well, usually, no. Sometimes, they’re good; more often, they’re not.

Fawlty Towers is a show that’s been remade on numerous occasions by US companies, and the remakes have always been crashing failures. This version is called Payne. See if you can see what the problems with it were, despite using most of the Fawlty Towers scripts.

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All 156 episodes of The Twilight Zone in 10 minutes

28 September 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Would you like to get the gist/twist of every single The Twilight Zone episode, but don’t have the time? Well, today’s your lucky day. Someone has thoughtfully cobbled together clips from all the episodes, so you can understand why it’s possibly the greatest anthology show ever made (although I preferred the bleaker first season of the original The Outer Limits myself).

Just remember guys: it’s a cook book.

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