What The Sm*g!

At last! I see that “Red Dwarf ” is coming back, a mere 21 years after it’s fIrst launch. Yippeeeeeeee!

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Where’s My Little Dorrit?

Please excuse me whilst I glow with incandesant rage. The BBC in it’s infinite contempt for millions of fans, has dropped episode 12 of Little Dorrit for a sensation seeking “The Sun” style expose of the faux kidnap story of the year. I’m not even going to link to that story, you can’t miss it, [...]

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Headroom – Time for Wellbeing

I just ran across one the BBC’s microsites called “Headroom” It’s purpose is simple, to encourage mental wellbeing. Very useful at the moment, when the current doom and gloom pressure just keeps building.  I took the “mind spa” survey and inspite of just discovering that our shares in HBOS are worth virtually nothing and that [...]

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The Beeb Kiss Off

Had an email from the BBC this morning, telling me that I am about to lose my beeb.net email and website. I have been with them for a long long time, so the notice was not a welcome one. The excuse offered seemed plausible enough, the Beeb wants to concentrate all their resources on their own [...]

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As Free As A Penguin In The Sky!

BBC iPlayer, what fun. Here is their latest advert which just happened to be launched on April 1st. Update: 24/09/08. Having had so many hits on this page from people trying to find the film which is no longer on iPlayer, here it is on youtube.

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Kevin Spacey – Mind Reader

Did Kevin Spacey read my mind? After yet another advertorial (or infomercial) on the BBC last night for their latest “find a star” project, I turned to the other half and exclaimed “Why the heck should I put money into a West End production’s pockets with this free advertising on a supposedly commercial free TV [...]

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Botswana Dreams

Last night I dreamt I was in Africa…….. No  its not the beginning of a novel, its just that I watched The No1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, yesterday. I must admit I sometimes cringe when I see that an “interpretation” of a favourite novel is about to be filmed, and when I heard that Richard Curtis was [...]

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No Sleep For The Wicked!

That’s why I’m a sound sleeper I slept through the great storm of ’87 even though I woke up to find half of Epping Forest on my doorstep, I regularly sleep through thunder and lightning, no problem. But last night I woke with a jolt. What the……..! No, nothing! I looked at the clock 00:57. [...]

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