Put a shouty man of a certain age in charge of something important enough for long enough – a nation at war; British domestic security; the F-Word kitchen – and before you know it, he's a national treasure. Or at least that's what seems to have happened to Winston Churchill, Harry out of Spooks, and Gordon Ramsay, who's from that special breed of middle-aged male broadcasters that everyone...
Posted by Will Parkhouse With the BBC currently receiving complaints a gogo for daring to broadcast anything that might mildly irritate anyone – even about safe shows like Have I Got News For You (apparently you're not even allowed to call the Queen a "Kraut" these days without people bellowing) – it's hard to imagine the broadcaster commissioning a comedy like Campus. Thanks,...
10 million pairs of glasses across 500 stores While here at Pocket-lint we had our very own 3D week a little way back, Channel 4's 3D week is fast approaching on 16 November and the broadcaster's promotional partner Sainsbury's is now in full swing distributing the required glasses. The supermarket chain is going to be giving away 10 million pairs of 3D glasses for free to UK consumers so they can...
As we reported a few weeks back , Channel 4 is planning a week of 3D programming. The date has been confirmed, and 4's 3D week is set to begin on the 16th of November - If you want to be part of the Channel 4 3D week, pick up one of the 10 million pairs of 3D coloured glasses available now from Sainsburys supermarkets up and down the land. More on 3D TV: http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/3d.html
Here's the Channel 4 News item about the 'Cultural Olympiad', the artworks and artists choosen to represent the UK at the 2012 Olympics. If you watch all the way to the end, you'll see John McIlduff and Brain Irvine being interviewed about their Nest project and my Junk Metal Nest drawing used as the closing image. I'd also like to thank Kate Watkins for finding the link for me. Cheers Kate.
I'm a massive fan of Breaking Bad -- which is currently being shown on Five USA every Tuesday at 11pm . Season 1 has already been shown on FX, but Five have now acquired the rights and will get the UK premiere of season 2. Sadly, Five USA is still a minority channel, so this excellent series continues to lurk on the periphery of pop-culture here. It deserves a place on primetime Channel 4, if you ask...
If you click on the the link below and move the film right across to the end it will move to the second half of the news which features the Glasgow North East by-election. http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1529573111 I have been involved in this campaign and have been up there several times and will be there again before polling day next Thursday. The above news item is comical with the...
A welcome return for Channel 4's comedy pilot season, kicking off with a university-set retread of Green Wing . It's impossible not to think of that hospital comedy when watching Campus, as the same creative team are behind both, and Campus made no attempt to evolve beyond its progenitor. If you loved Green Wing, chance are you'll have your fingers crossed Campus gets a full series. If you hated Green...
An interesting take by the Guardian on the crescendo of poppyness as Remembrance Sunday approaches.. “An observer from another planet might suppose tomorrow’s Remembrance Day ceremonies would at the least be tinged with anger, and might provoke bitter protest. They will not, of course, despite the growing protests of some soldiers’ families. That is no thanks to the dubious new interpretation...
The witch-hunt begins. Three years ago Channel 4 newsreader Jon Snow was inches away from being publicly slain. His crime? Not wearing a poppy on-air. "There is a rather unpleasant breed of poppy fascism out there- 'He damned well must wear a poppy! '", he said , adding: "Well, I do, in my private life, but I am not going to wear it or any other symbol on air". On Wednesday, Mark...
This shocker was broadcast last night on Channel Four News. Notice how even the reporter accuses us of preying on people's fears as everyone gets a chance to condemn the BNP whilst not a single word is allowed from our own candidate. Instead Charlie is filmed looking as menacing as possible, surrounded by the forces of darkness menacingly stirring cups of tea. Dogs are seen crawling on their bellies...
Now Available from Acorn Media Steven Soderbergh's Oscar Winning Remake Since it's only been nine years since Steven Soderbergh's quadruple Oscar winning remake of the six episode miniseries Traffik was released in 2000, it'd be easy for most viewers to assume that the twenty year old original Channel 4 production would feel extremely dated by comparison to the gloss of the Soderbergh stunner. And...
By: John Gholson I'm not sure why, but Overture Films has chosen to downplay the "based on a true story" aspects of their high-profile new satirical film The Men Who Stare at Goats . The film finds Ewan McGregor as a journalist looking for a story in Iraq who stumbles across a former member (George Clooney) of a special platoon of psychics employed by the U.S. military. While many moments...
Winner of the Stonewall Award, which “… celebrates those who have made a positive impact on the lives of lesbian and gay people in Britain,” is the below Channel 4 news report on the so-called “corrective rape” of lesbians by men in South Africa. (h/t AFRICA IS A COUNTRY)
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