I suppose we were going to take the Eurovision seriously eventually
Published at 7:58 pm on May 15th, 2022
Filed under: Artistic, Media Addict.
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.
When you can't use Google as a verb
Published at 5:27 pm on November 23rd, 2020
Filed under: Media Addict, Technology.
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 there’s a band you can’t avoid
Published at 7:56 am on January 14th, 2010
Filed under: Media Addict.
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 get annoyed by a TV advert
Published at 9:15 pm on June 9th, 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 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.
Keyword noise: Africa, archaeology, Ark Of The Covenant, Arras Culture, Britain, Channel 4, documentary, East Yorkshire, Harare, Hull, Iron Age, Israelites, Judaism, Lemba, Parisii, television, Tudor Parfitt, Wetwang, Yorkshire, Zimbabwe.
In which we consider how “Being Human” ended
Published at 11:53 am on March 15th, 2009
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we return to Tudor Parfitt, the Ark of the Covenant, and consider how archaeology has changed
Published at 12:44 pm on March 8th, 2009
Filed under: In With The Old, Media Addict.
Keyword noise: Africa, Ancient Britain, archaeology, ark, Ark Of The Covenant, The Bible, Biblical, British archaeology, British prehistory, Caitlin lectures you, change, Channel 4, cultural change, culture, Deuteronomy, diffusion, diffusionism, Exodus, Harare, history, Jewish, Judaism, Lemba, Moses, Old Testament, prehistory, Scotland, Scottish archaeology, television, telly, theory, Tudor Parfitt, tv, Zimbabwe.
In which we wonder what we know
Published at 10:15 am on February 24th, 2009
Filed under: Media Addict.
Keyword noise: Africa, Ancient Egypt, archaeology, ark, Ark Of The Covenant, The Bible, Biblical, Channel 4, Deuteronomy, documentary, drum, Egypt, Exodus, Harare, Israelites, Jerusalem, Judaism, Moses, Old Testament, relic, religion, reliquary, ritual, television, Torah, Tudor Parfitt, Zimbabwe.
Keyword noise: archaeology, Arrested Development, Atlantis, comedy, conspiracy theory, Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown, documentary, fake history, fake mythology, Freemasonry, Graham Hancock, history, Illuminati, Knights Templar, mythology, narration, Nostradamus, occult, Priory of Sion, pseudoarchaeology, Ron Howard, television, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail.
Keyword noise: Africa, archaeology, ark, Ark Of The Covenant, The Bible, Biblical, Caitlin lectures you, Channel 4, documentary, drum, Egypt, Harare, Israel, Israelites, Jerusalem, Judaism, Lemba, Moses, Old Testament, relic, religion, reliquary, ritual, television, telly, Temple, Torah, Tudor Parfitt, tv, Zimbabwe.
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 I remember a great animator
Published at 9:27 am on December 10th, 2008
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which my disbelief loses some of its suspension
Published at 9:27 am on December 9th, 2008
Filed under: Media Addict, Geekery.
In which we go and see The Mighty Boosh
Published at 10:18 am on December 8th, 2008
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which Doctor Who is getting silly
Published at 9:46 pm on April 9th, 2008
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we can't remember the name of something
Published at 8:55 pm on July 28th, 2007
Filed under: Media Addict.
Keyword noise: childrens tv, costume drama, fantasy, help needed, ITV, Keith Waterhouse, Lilliput, Lilliputians, period drama, television, telly, The Return Of The Antelope, tv, Victorian, Willis Hall, Yorkshire TV.
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.
In which we wish for the return of something from childhood
Published at 4:52 pm on April 25th, 2007
Filed under: Linkery, Media Addict.
In which the area is notorious for something
Published at 7:02 pm on April 24th, 2007
Filed under: 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 play “spot the plot hole”
Published at 6:57 pm on April 2nd, 2007
Filed under: Geekery, Media Addict.
In which we try to be misleading
Published at 6:05 pm on April 1st, 2007
Filed under: Unbelievable.
Keyword noise: April Fools Day, brick, carnivorous, distance, Doctor Who, Egypt, factoids, falsehoods, Kiev, Knights Templar, lies, Mission Impossible, pharoah, Priory of Sion, roadsign, silliness, television, trees, Tuthmoses.
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 real people, are, shock horror, not like fictional people
Published at 7:25 pm on June 12th, 2006
Filed under: Media Addict, Political.
Keyword noise: activism, bias, designer lesbian, feminism, Finn Mackay, gay, homophobia, Julie Bindel, lesbian, stereotyping, television.
In which we stay to the end of the credits
Published at 9:43 pm on May 18th, 2006
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we watch the Tenth one
Published at 8:36 pm on April 16th, 2006
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which things are true to life
Published at 2:46 pm on February 3rd, 2006
Filed under: Geekery, Media Addict.
In which Mario Reading tries to predict the future, and fails
Published at 8:54 pm on January 20th, 2006
Filed under: Media Addict, Unbelievable.
Keyword noise: books, future, George W Bush, literature, Mario Reading, marketing, news, Nostradamus, prediction, prophecy, prophet, psychic, publicity, reading, television, telly, tv.
In which we look up some rules
Published at 2:48 pm on January 7th, 2006
Filed under: Political, Media Addict.
Keyword noise: Yuletide, Christmas, criticism, David Tennant, Doctor Who, gifts, giving, presents, Russell T Davies, television, BBC.
In which we wonder if there are going to be UFOs on the telly
Published at 8:36 pm on December 16th, 2005
Filed under: Media Addict, Unbelievable.
Keyword noise: alien, Bentwaters, game shows, gullible, hoax, Johnny Vaughan, lighthouse, RAF Bentwaters, reality tv, Rendlesham Forest, Space Cadets, Suffolk, television, UFO, Woodbridge.
In which the TV is cruel
Published at 4:27 pm on December 8th, 2005
Filed under: Media Addict.