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Fascinating extract fromt Jeremy Paxman’s interview with Russell Brand: I came across this on Barry Cooper’s website where he makes an interesting connection with Jonathan Edwards. He also highlights this particularly interesting quote: “Someone told me once that all desire is the desire to be at one with God in substitute form. So [...]  I’ve just been reminded of a Culturewatch article I wrote back in 2004 about soap operas, and thought it might be worth posting it here. Bear in mind that it was six years ago that I wrote it, so the references may seem a bit dated. Soap operas go back eighty years to the [...] This is a fabulous interactive infographic of all the Doctor Who monsters (not all of them are villains, really – the Ood, for example) since the first episode in 1963. Fascinating infographic of BBC spending. It puts the £2million spent on Clarkson and £6million spent on Ross into perspective – 50% more spent on Ross than on the Proms! via guardian.co.uk Posted via web from Tony Watkins youth from today from Stock Images Patrick Barkham (The Guardian, 14 October 2009) writes: Get out of our living rooms. This country is in danger of becoming a politically controlled nation closer to communist China. That’s all very well if you have three hours to wash the dishes, but some of us [...] This is very weird. On yesterday’s Blue Peter (available on BBC iPlayer until 9 June 2009), the team were making a film in 24 hours for this year’s ‘Me and my movie’. They had Anthony Head, of Buffy and Arthur fame, involved. At one point (8 min 20 sec in) he’s shown looking for inspiration in Idea magazine, from Evangelical Alliance. And there’s a very brief shot of him looking at my article on justice. [...] Monday 22 Merry Christmas (BBC 2, 1.40 pm) certificate 12Moving story of the ceasfire on Christmas Day in 1914, when British and German troops met and played football in no-man’s land. Finding Neverland (BBC 2, 5.55 pm) cert. PGStory of J.M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, and his friendship with the Llewelyn Davies family. [...] I co-wrote Back in Time: A Thinking Fan’s Guide to Doctor Who with Steve Couch and Peter Williams, which was published in November 2005. It mainly relates to the 2005 series, but with lots about earlier material too. With the 2006 series in full flow, now would be a good time to start thinking [...] |
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