Tag: bbc
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Trunk TV – old BBC intros
Lovely journey back in time to see rare TV title sequences from the BBC courtesy of Jonny Trunk. They don’t make ’em like that anymore….partly because the program would be over before the titles finished…long, much? Still better than the current ‘shrink em down and talk over them’ approach, that must be depressing for those…
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16 bit Doctor Who Theme
Love this chiptune version of Doctor Who! Talking of Doctor Who – more hunting around for other clips, I found that ‘More That 30 Years In The TARDIS’ is on Dailymotion in two parts (still didn’t find that BBC Radiophonic genesis of the Doctor Who theme clip I was looking for – maybe they cut…
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Vivian Stanshall – English as Tuppence
We Are Normal And We Love Burt Weedon! Why Does He Have A Rabbit Head On? What Do You Think About Shirts? Craig Torso Is Wonderful! A 3 hour documentary about Vivian Stanshall of the Bonzo Dog Band on the BBC iPlayer, presented by Neil Innes and with Adrian Edmondson. Been listening to this and…
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London on film
I’m on a local history kick at the moment, so watched the London on Film series from 2012, recently repeated. Love The Suburbs and East End ones, and West End for a view into am older Soho, long gone…funny to hear Jeffrey Bernard complain about advertising executives and film people spoiling the place, because they…
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The other Radio Clash – Joe Strummer & Clash on air
On Christmas Day the remaining members of The Clash got together to do a show called Radio Clash (no I don’t mind fellas, really…plagiarism is the first form of flattery etc :-p ;-). It’s really good but of course will only be up for a few days. As part of that 6Music is repeating some…
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Doctor Who Live and One Direction fans argue re-enacted
Apparently they were something to do with Day Of The Doctor – Doctor Who Live which sounds like another BBC event ‘fail’ (really like National Lottery, Jubilee etc. Auntie is very good at snatching defeat from the jaws of certain ‘can’t miss’ victory) so enjoy this re-enactment of two 1D fans arguing. It’s very funny…and…