So it seems that currently, Sunday’s post about the Doomsday Code documentary is the top Google hit for “Doomsday Code“. Which is all very gratifying, but it does mean I’m attracting the nutters. Firstly I got an email from Niels last night assuring me that I’m completely wrong and that we are currently living in… Continue reading Doomsday Code Update
Category: media
An Inconvenient Truth
I’ve just got back from seeing An Inconvenient Truth. It was a well-made and interesting film. but not as life-changing as other people seem to have found it. The film largely consists of a lecture about climate change that Al Gore has given many times (he says over a thousand) over the last few years.… Continue reading An Inconvenient Truth
The Doomsday Code
Last night we watched Channel 4’s documentary, The Doomsday Code – which was one of the most worrying television programmes that I’ve seen for a long time. The programme was about the groups of christian fundamentalists who believe that we are now living in the end time predicted by the Book of Revelation and who… Continue reading The Doomsday Code
More Soap for Doctor Who
One of the things that I haven ‘t been too keen on in the new version of Doctor Who is the “soap opera” approach where we got to see altogether far too much about Rose Tyler’s mother, boyfriend and (dead) father. When they all got trapped in an paralled universe at the end of the… Continue reading More Soap for Doctor Who
“A Spin-Off Too Far”
Plans for a Doctor Who spin-off starring Billie Piper as Rose Tyler have been cancelled according to a story on the BBC. Plans for a Doctor Who spin-off show starring Billie Piper were scrapped at the last minute, series producer Russell T Davies has revealed. “It was actually commissioned by the controller of BBC One… Continue reading “A Spin-Off Too Far”
thirtysomething on More 4
This is why I love multi-channel TV. If you wait long enough everything gets repeated. I didn’t watch thirtysomething when it was first broadcast in the late 1980s (I was in a “I’m too cool to watch television” phase and didn’t even own a TV for a few years about then) but people whose opinion… Continue reading thirtysomething on More 4
Top Of The Pops
Top of the Pops So Top of the Pops finally finished on Sunday. It’ll be sadly missed. Though, of course, like everyone else I’ve discussed it with, I haven’t watched it for about twenty years. BBC Two celebrated on Sunday night with an evening of programmes (well, ok, two or three programmes) about the show.… Continue reading Top Of The Pops
Reading Richard Littlejohn
I should really know better than to read Richard Littlejohn’s rants, but they were discussing this piece over on Daily Mail Watch so I was drawn in and now my blood is boiling. In this article, Littlejohn’s subject is the general ghastliness of Britain and how it’s driving many of its finest citizens (i.e. Daily… Continue reading Reading Richard Littlejohn
Torchwood Press Release
BBC have issued a press release about their forthcoming Autumn season. The first programme mentioned is Torchwood. This autumn on BBC THREE sees a season of bold, contemporary programmes with Torchwood, the new drama from writer Russell T Davies, as its centrepiece. Starring John Barrowman and Eve Myles, Torchwood is a sci-fi crime thriller which… Continue reading Torchwood Press Release
Indy Front Page
The Independent front page today is wonderful. In fact I really can’t explain why I still bought the Guardian. Old habits die hard I suppose. The related story is online here until the paywall drops in a few days.