As mentioned in the previous review, Red Dwarf abruptly went off the air following transmission of its sixth season at the end of 1993. A criminal case involving actor Craig Charles and the breakdown of the working relationship between writer-producers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor proved disastrous, and although both problems were eventually overcome (Charles was fully exonerated; Rob Grant departed to...
By David Lambert - WHAT EVIL LURKS BEYOND THE WELL-TRIMMED HEDGES OF MIDSOMER?... The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries.... (more)
The Children's Mutual wins the Best Child Trust Fund Provider Award from leading financial advice magazine Moneyfacts Investment Life & Pensions for the fourth year in succession.
As Australia's population ages, our armed forces will struggle more and more to find willing recruits. So why not a few unwilling ones? suggests former ADF chief Admiral Chris Barrie .
The Children’s Mutual has won the Best Child Trust Fund Provider Award from leading financial advice magazine Moneyfacts Investment Life & Pensions for the fourth year in succession. The Children’s Mutual fought off stiff competition from more than 70 Child Trust Fund providers - including several national banks and building societies - to win the celebrated award. Based [...]
I popped on a UK horror comedy as I did some work on the day job this evening. It was prepping a release of the software. A bit of a follow the instructions thing really. As long as I end the evening with every step ticked on the list three times (don't worry why three times, I know) then I know I have completed it all. So anyway the film. I picked When Evil Calls. It's a low budget thing that features...
Is the age of the sitcom really over? Purists would no doubt argue that it is; pointing to once beloved shows like Fawlty Towers and Blackadder having been killed off by the rise of single-camera shows like The Office or The Peep Show . We don’t bother getting bogged down in pointless debates like these, far better to spend many happy minutes reminiscing about what it was that made classic sit-coms...
A cassette on the EMI label from 1990 - a compilation of songs from the satirical puppet series Spitting Image that was popular throughout the 80's and 90's on TV. Many of the voice artistes involved went on to become famous in there own right later on - people like Chris Barrie, Steve Coogan, Hugh Dennis and Harry Enfield to name but a few. "The premiere of Spitting Image opened with a puppet...
Plot: A element of a propertied British titled household, Lara Croft is a 'tomb raider' who enjoys collecting bygone artifacts from ruins of temples, cities, etc. Global, and doesn't intellect going from one side to the ot death-defying dangers to come b them. She is practised in hand-to-hand action, weapons coaching, and borrowed languages - and does them the entire in cramped outfits. Well, the planets
The day has started with early morning haar in Aberdeen, but this usually means glorious afternoon sunshine in Deeside - roll on my 2:15 pm tee time. After golf, it's back to the haar to see Neil Young at AECC tonight. Jo and I are going along - I've warned her about Neil's extended guitar solos - dentists' drills she calls them - hope she copes OK. It's going to be a long evening, standing - no seats...
Producers at the Discovery Channel are said to be holding crisis talks following the cancellation of the third consecutive ‘Shark Week’, after it emerged that they had broadcast everything there is to know about the marine predators. The channel has been forced to show back-to-back emergency filler material, including repeats ...
The Children's Mutual has won the Best Child Trust Fund Provider Award from leading financial advice magazine Moneyfacts Investment Life & Pensions for the fourth year in succession. The Children's Mutual fought off stiff competition from more than 70 Child Trust Fund providers - including several national banks and building societies - to win the celebrated award.
Plot: A element of a propertied British titled household, Lara Croft is a 'tomb raider' who enjoys collecting bygone artifacts from ruins of temples, cities, etc. Global, and doesn't intellect going from one side to the ot death-defying dangers to come b them. She is practised in hand-to-hand action, weapons coaching, and borrowed languages - and does them the entire in cramped outfits. Well, the planets...