Or, what makes a ghost story frightening
Published at 9:17 pm on December 6th, 2020
Filed under: Artistic.
Keyword noise: ghosts, Christmas, Yuletide, ghost stories, M R James, The Tractate Middoth, O Whistle And I'll Come To You My Lad, Jonathan Miller, Mark Gatiss, television, BBC.
In which I rant about Being Human’s writers not being able to coherently plot from series to series
Published at 8:44 pm on October 23rd, 2011
Filed under: Media Addict.
Keyword noise: BBC, Being Human, drama, filming, ghost stories, Cymru, Wales, Casnewydd, Newport, television, vampire, werewolf.
In which there are updates on a couple of items
Published at 11:24 pm on May 10th, 2011
Filed under: Media Addict, Political.
Keyword noise: BBC, Bristol, coalition, Dirk Gently, Easton, electoral reform, Flight Of The Conchords, prediction, referendum, tea towel, television, voting reform, washing up.
In which a loose adaptation can be better than a faithful one
Published at 9:02 pm on December 31st, 2010
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we suspect that some TV cameras might be taking the train
Published at 5:48 pm on June 17th, 2010
Filed under: Geekery, Media Addict, Trains.
Keyword noise: BBC, Being Human, Bristol, drama, filming, First Great Western, ghost stories, railway, St Philips Marsh, television, Totterdown, trains, vampire, werewolf.
In which we plot to go on the telly again
Published at 5:39 pm on June 4th, 2010
Filed under: Geekery, Media Addict.
In which we have a jaunt off to Birmingham to see Flight Of The Conchords
Published at 7:54 pm on May 11th, 2010
Filed under: Media Addict.
Keyword noise: BBC, Birmingham, Bret McKenzie, comedy, Eugene Mirman, Flight Of The Conchords, gig, Jemaine Clement, live, live comedy, live music, music, National Indoor Arena, show, television.
In which Ipswich is apparently a suburb of Bristol
Published at 10:05 am on May 1st, 2010
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we spot some filming going on, so talk about something completely different
Published at 7:12 am on January 20th, 2010
Filed under: Media Addict.
Keyword noise: Ashton, BBC, Bedminster, Being Human, Bristol, drama, filming, ghosts, television, Totterdown, vampire, werewolf, Windsor Terrace.
In which we discuss the passing of The Doctor
Published at 7:06 am on January 5th, 2010
Filed under: Media Addict.
Keyword noise: anachronism, BBC, Cranmore, East Somerset Railway, ghost stories, Great Western Railway, Henry James, literature, Peter Quint, television, The Turn Of The Screw.
In which we read ahead in the schedules
Published at 6:25 pm on August 30th, 2009
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we spot something getting under way again
Published at 9:35 am on August 18th, 2009
Filed under: Media Addict, Photobloggery.
In which we discuss what it takes to make the local news
Published at 8:27 pm on July 21st, 2009
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we consider the Wensleydale Railway
Published at 9:07 pm on June 3rd, 2009
Filed under: Geekery, Media Addict, Trains.
In which we are overtaken by events
Published at 6:07 pm on May 13th, 2009
Filed under: Media Addict, Political.
In which we get annoyed by the media and press releases
Published at 9:12 am on April 27th, 2009
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we recommend some telly
Published at 2:13 pm on March 31st, 2009
Filed under: Media Addict, The Family.
In which we consider how “Being Human” ended
Published at 11:53 am on March 15th, 2009
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we ponder some Being Human world-building issues
Published at 3:25 pm on February 10th, 2009
Filed under: Media Addict.
Keyword noise: BBC, Bedminster, Being Human, Bristol, drama, ghost stories, Redcliffe, television, Totterdown, vampire, Warden Rd, werewolf.
In which we watched Being Human
Published at 12:00 pm on January 27th, 2009
Filed under: Media Addict.
Keyword noise: BBC, Being Human, Bristol, drama, fantasy, ghost stories, review, sitcom, television, Totterdown, vampire, werewolf, Windsor Terrace.
In which Doctor Who is getting silly
Published at 9:46 pm on April 9th, 2008
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we ponder the potential Christmas Number One
Published at 10:05 pm on December 17th, 2007
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we consider the perils of an updated adaptation
Published at 10:24 am on November 3rd, 2007
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we get wary of the talent
Published at 5:00 pm on July 5th, 2007
Filed under: Artistic, Geekery.
In which we barely recognise someone
Published at 7:04 pm on May 20th, 2007
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we’re both impressed and disappointed by the BBC
Published at 9:20 pm on May 18th, 2007
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we wonder what career choices someone had
Published at 2:19 pm on May 9th, 2007
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we recognise some music
Published at 6:28 pm on April 29th, 2007
Filed under: Dear Diary, Media Addict.
Or, an exercise in guessing the ending
Published at 8:10 pm on April 16th, 2007
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we get a bit pedantic
Published at 12:58 pm on April 11th, 2007
Filed under: Media Addict.
Keyword noise: Baconian, BBC, conclusion, drama, East Lancashire Railway, fantasy, finale, John Simm, Life On Mars, railway, television.
In which we are careful not to confuse “natural” and “beneficial”
Published at 1:51 pm on March 8th, 2007
Filed under: Political, Media Addict.
Keyword noise: BBC, cannabis, chemicals, conviction, drugs, fallacy, herbal medicine, marijuana, medicine, natural, Patricia Tabram, publicity, radio, side effects.
Keyword noise: Anne Atkins, BBC, bedsit, Big Dave, books, Books I Haven't Read, Christianity, Yuletide, Christmas presents, house hunting, House Of Leaves, literature, London, Mark Z Danielewski, presents, radio, reading, religion, shopping, studio flat, Thought For The Day.
In which we criticise the finale
Published at 9:41 pm on July 9th, 2006
Filed under: Artistic, Media Addict.
Keyword noise: Cybermen, BBC, Dalek, David Tennant, Doctor Who, His Dark Materials, Phillip Pullman, plot, plot holes, Russell T Davies, structure, television, The Amber Spyglass.
In which we watch the Tenth one
Published at 8:36 pm on April 16th, 2006
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which tastes seem to be changing in a worrying direction
Published at 9:11 pm on April 9th, 2006
Filed under: Artistic.
Keyword noise: Arthur Smith, BBC, Coldplay, easy listening, Ford Kiernan, medicine, pseudoephedrine, radio, remedy, sickness, swing.
Keyword noise: Yuletide, Christmas, criticism, David Tennant, Doctor Who, gifts, giving, presents, Russell T Davies, television, BBC.
Or, the BBC are exhibitionists
Published at 12:21 pm on September 6th, 2005
Filed under: Media Addict.