Sunday, 1 May 2011

Picture Book: 1955

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Often described as the inspiration for Jackanory, Picture Book was a BBC TV series that first appeared in 1955. It was the Monday programme...

Ted Lowe: 1920 - 2011: R.I.P.

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Former snooker commentator Ted Lowe has died aged 90, following a 10-week illness that had seen him hospitalised. Lowe, known as 'Whisp...

Bang - A - Boomerang!

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As a massive Abba fan I first came across this song back in 1975 when I was bought for Christmas, the Abba Greatest Hits album. This song w...
Saturday, 30 April 2011

Remembering George Raft: 1901 - 1980

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George Raft was an American film actor identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. Today George Ra...

The Too good to hurry Mints!

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Murray mints, Murray mints - The too good to hurry mints! Why make haste? When you can taste the hint of mint in Murray Mints (1955). Jingl...
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Classic Bond - From Russia With Love: 1963

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The massive success of Dr No (d. Terence Young, 1962) led to a significantly increased budget for the second James Bond film. The result, F...

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Riding high on the success of playing in the hit TV show Starsky and Hutch , David Soul returned to one of his early career choices as a sin...

The Kenny Everett Video Show: It was all done in the best possible taste!

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At a time when the British televisual comedy scene was happily basking in an entertainingly rich suburban rut of crowd-pleasingly play-it-sa...
Friday, 29 April 2011

The Third Man: 1949

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Many people consider The Third Man (1949) the Greatest British Film Ever Made, though its Britishness is complicated. It's one of the f...

Carnaby Street W1

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Carnaby Street is a pedestreanised shopping street in London , located in the Soho district, near Oxford Street and Regent Street ....
Thursday, 28 April 2011

Hell Drivers - 1957

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A vigorous, violent and thoroughly enjoyable ride, Hell Drivers (d. Cy Endfield, 1957) is saved from the B-movie graveyard by taut plot...