Mark O

'Britain from the air'.......the first programme with Andrew Marr, taped the second one on BBC2.........I found it very interesting about People criss-cross the Country simply going to Work, and how the National Grid needs to be 'boosted' because of Kettle surge after Soaps!

Mark

Juniors Farm

Planet Of The Apes (1968)

A classic,must be 25 years since i first saw this movie,have watched it many times since, a firm favourite.

smudge

I watched it in the hope of seeing some good aerial shots of places I knew, but it turned out to be a telly version of those big old socio-political atlases we were always encouraged to study at school.

Fascinating though - and good use of technology...

Smudge

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ronald colman 1

A bit of shock really watched Disc1 of the Daily Mail free disc of Bleak House

I thought it was excellent as at the time of transmission I didnt rally fancy it.

Steve Crook

I didn't realise that it was on BBC1 first with a programme about the whole country, followed by the one about London on BBC2. So I only saw the London one. But I thought that was very interesting. Comparing recent photos to the aerial photographic record made by the RAF just after the war that recorded all the bomb damage. The attempt to totally re-build and reorganise London, which failed dismally like Wren's similar plan failed after the Great Fire in 1666. London is a continually evolving place, it's organic, not planned. The description of the expansion to the East into docklands. Great stuff

Steve

lupinpooter

Some fascinating graphics to represent the movements of planes, taxis, phone calls etc. I thoroughly enjoyed the second programme on BBC2 about London too. Interesting stuff

smudge

I didn't realise the BBC2 one was completely different and so missed out... I thought it was some sort of phasing in case the Olympics over-ran on the main channel...

Darn.

Smudge

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dpgmel

Rewatched for the umpteenth time Ken Hughes' excellent " Trials of Oscar Wilde", one of a handful of films I never tire of. Peter Finch and Lionel Jefferies in the lead are so worth watching and good cameo appearances from in particular Migel Patrick and James Booth.

A very moving film

Joe Fraguela

Last night's viewing consisted of Hindle Wakes from 1952 starring Lisa Daniely, Leslie Dwyer, Brian Worth, Sandra Dorne, Mary Clare, Ronald Adam, Joan Hickson, Bill Travers, Michael Medwin, Beatrice Varley, Tim Turner, Diana Hope, Ben Williams and Rita Webb.

Hindle Wakes is the remake of the earlier version filmed in the 1930's. Lisa Daniely plays Jenny Hawthorn, an attractive factory mill worker who along with her friend Mary played by Sandra Dorne who also works at the Mill decide to spend the weekend on a seaside holiday. Whilst there, Jenny meets Alan Jeffcote, who happens to be the Son of the owner of the mill where she works. They fall in love and decide to spend a week with Alan. When they both return they are in for a shock.

An interesting tale of the class divide system.

Following on was The Frightened Man, also from 1952 and released by Tempean/Eros Films starring Dermot Walsh, Charles Victor, Barbara Murray, John Horsley, Martin Benson, Ballard Berkeley, John Blythe, Michael Ward, Thora Hird and Annette D Simmonds.

It tells the story of Mr Roselli played by Charles Victor a respectable successful Italian antiques seller who deals in stolen goods from time to time. His Son Julius played by Dermot Kelly has been sent down from University. He enjoys the good things in life, but soon turns to crime.

Another well made british b-film from the 1950's.

lupinpooter

I watched Longford (2006) which was repeated on More4 last night. One of the best dramas I have seen in a long time: Jim Broadbent gives a masterly performance as a wholly believable, complex Longford, brilliantly complemented by Lindsay Duncan (as Lady Longford) and Samantha Morton, whose enigmatic portrayal of Myra Hindley makes the whole thing work. Superb!

Also The Real Life on Mars (BBC4), looking at the TV representation of policing in the 1970s (and beyond). Lots of top quality talking heads giving their two penn'orth on the reality versus the fiction of policing.

batman

The Man in the Back Seat - a superb B-thriller from good ol' Vernon Sewell and starring the great Derren Nesbitt. Vernon piles on the suspense as two young crooks decide what to do with an unwelcome passenger in their getaway car. Highly recommended.

Jingle bells Batman smells ... I heard that at school Daddy.

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Chevyman

I've recorded Longford; I've seen it before but I weant to store it.
Those names you mentioned all get my vote too......along with Robert Pugh (Harold Wilson) and Andy Serkis (Ian Brady)

I remember a thread on here only a short time ago concerning what a wealth of talent we have in the UK but how little exposure some actors are given in favour of, at times, very inferior talent?

A Happy and Healthy New Year to all

"Don't tread on Greta Garbo, as you walk down the boulevard?"

krazymother40

i watched greyfriars bobby,i love this film and iv even got my kids into it as well lol

MovieLover12

I watched the Daniel Craig Bond film: Casino Royale. For the 10th time, I love this movie, can't get enough!

Keechelus

" I watched LONGFORD (2006) ... One of the best dramas I have seen in a long time: Jim Broadbent gives a masterly performance as a wholly believable, complex Longford, brilliantly complemented by Lindsay Duncan (as Lady Longford) and Samantha Morton, whose enigmatic portrayal of Myra Hindley makes the whole thing work. Superb! "

Amen! Tom Hooper dared to tell this true story at a deliberate pace (not slow, but with time for reflection as it unfolded) and let us be drawn into lives of Lord and Lady Longford. Their very dramatic betrayal was more effective because it was not telegraphed in advance.

A good comparison is the thoughtful and frightening DEAD MAN WALKING (Robbins 1995); and an example of how LONGFORD could have gone wrong is the manipulative LIFE OF DAVID GALE (Alan Parker 2003).

Jim Broadbent ... one of Brit cinema's first-rank actors? I think so.