To my surprise this week I see that a new
Dec
25
The Best of Christmas TV 2009
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Alas, flicking through the channels this year in the hunt of that exciting “lift your spirits up” film or program, I did not find anything that grabbed my attention. That is until I came across Channel 2, which I have in fact been playing all week. I have no idea what type of programming the [...]
Dec
15
Goodbye Teletext
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Its the end of an era in British television history as it closes its Teletext service this month. In fact, by the time you are reading this its probably gone already. When teletext was first introduced I remember everyone being totally amazed by this service, you press on a button on your remote and the [...]
Oct
23
Time Tunnel
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I was really pleased to see the release of the Time Tunnel graphic novel on 23 September. This is one of the group of programs that Irwin Allen made in the 1960′s which included Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space and Land of the Giants. I didn’t even realise any comics [...]
May
14
Eurovision
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Never really been into Eurovision, I can hardly bring myself to observe it from afar because it is simply so dreadful. The one good thing about being in Canada is that I cannot see that is going to broadcast here – YES! Is it dreadful because it was previously hosted by Terry Wogan with his [...]
Jan
19
Bob May
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Seems like so many good people are dying right now. Over the weekend it was famous TV artist Tony Hart and today is was Bob May. Bob May played the Robot, often known at B-9, on the Lost in Space TV series. Bob controlled the Robot from the inside, how he fit into that small [...]
Jan
3
The Next Doctor Who
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Really taken by surprise this morning when I checked the BBC news which said it was going to announce the new Doctor Who to replace David Tennant. Later on today they said it would be Matt Smith. I thought that they would have surprised everyone until the very last moment. Anyway, I have read quite [...]