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Post by profbooboo on Sept 27, 2019 22:33:34 GMT
October
4th - Sparrows Can't Sing (16:20-18:10)
Stars Barbara Windsor and James Booth with appearances by Roy Kinnear, Yootha Joyce, Brian Murray and written by Stephen Lewis.
Highly recommend this. I watched it on Talking Pictures a while back and fell in love with it.
4th - Morgan A Suitable Case For Treatment (23:45-01:45)
Stars David Warner and Vanessa Redgrave.
I don't know much about this, but have been looking to watch it for a few weeks.
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Post by HoraceCoker on Sept 29, 2019 16:34:36 GMT
..that the Stephen Lewis who played Blakey in On The Buses...?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2019 16:38:42 GMT
Yes.
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Post by profbooboo on Sept 29, 2019 20:35:26 GMT
..that the Stephen Lewis who played Blakey in On The Buses...? That's the one, he also appears in it as a caretaker along with Bob Grant (Jack in One The Buses) |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2019 20:44:29 GMT
It was originally a play that he wrote in 1960.
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Post by profbooboo on Oct 10, 2019 21:11:08 GMT
Fri 11th Oct at 01:00 (repeated 14th Oct 01:50)
Modesty Blaise
Based on a comic book and directed by Joseph Losey. This is Dirk Bogarde's 4th film with Losey after The Sleeping Tiger, The Servant and King & Country, and then Accident after Modesty Blaise.
Wed 16th Oct at 22:00
Town on Trial
A woman is murdered which begins a police hint, John Mills plays the detective.
Sat 19th Oct at 20:00 (repeated 24th Oct 22:00)
A Taste Of Honey
Part of the Dora Byran day. It stars Rita Tushingham as a pregnant woman who shares a flat with Murray Melvin. Deals with race and sexuality.
Sun 20th Oct at 22:00 (repeated 31st Oct 00:15)
The Naked Civil Servant
Stars John Hurt as Quentin Crisp based on his autobiography.
Tue 22th Oct at 12:00
The Rainbow Jacket
Directed by Basil Dearden. A banned jockey helps a young jockey in the business.
Wed 23rd Oct at 22:00
A Kind of Loving
Directed by John Schlesinger. Stars Alan Bates and June Ritchie as a couple who get married when she become pregnant. Brilliant film. Alan Bates at his best.
Sat 26th Oct at 23:35
The Servant
Directed by Joseph Losey and starring Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles and Wendy Craig.
Bogarde plays Barrett, the servant, to Fox's Tony. Eventually the roles become reversed when Barrett starts to take over the house and Tony's life. I brought The Servant on DVD last week but will still end up watching this!
I saw this for the first time about 2months ago and it's turned into one of my favourite films and I've ended up watching almost every James Fox film (King Rat, Those Magnificent Men... and Performance being highlights) and almost every Dirk Bogarde film, who I just adore now.
Anyone who's seen Judy at the cinema should watch Bogarde and Garland in her last film & 'I Could Go On Singing', all through Judy, I kept thinking of that film as Judy/Jenny comes to the UK for a concert and wants to connect to her child.
Tue 29th Oct at 18:35
The Jazz Singer
Stars Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier and Lucie Arnaz. A Jewish musician and cantor ignores his father to move to California to become a famous singer.
I remember an Empire review for Moulin Rouge, where they had a list of what they thought were the worst musicals of all time, and this made the list! A bit harsh in my view, I've always enjoyed it...it probably helps that I like Neil Diamond though.
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Post by yankee on Oct 11, 2019 14:19:48 GMT
I think with the Jazz Singer critics were going in with pre-disposed opinion. Diamond was going to make his screen debut in the remake of a classic, and he was going to be on screen at the same time as the icon who was Sir Laurence Olivier. Those are a couple of big hurdles to clear for a first time actor known for being a pop singer.
Had Neil Diamond not been Neil Diamond I am sure critics would have been kinder about the "newcomer."
I particularly liked the performance of Lucie Arnaz, who prior to this film I always just saw as Lucille Ball's daughter who got some TV work through nepotism. Here she shows she can really act.
Its funny that 1980 had the Jazz Singer and 1983 had "Yentyl" so you had two superstar singers who happened to be Jewish being in labor of love films about being Jewish and both met with lukewarm response from critics. Maybe critics wanted Streisand to stick to screwball comedies and Diamond to stick to concerts at the Greek Theatre.
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Post by pandaeyes on Oct 21, 2019 9:42:43 GMT
Hazell
Friday 8th November, at 9pm. British TV series about fictional detective, James Hazell (Nicholas Ball).
Also starring, Roddy McMillan, and Desmond McNamara. It ran from 1978-1979.
Saw the trailer last night, and I'd forgotten all about this series.
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Post by Netz on Dec 25, 2019 0:40:28 GMT
A film I love is being shown on TalkingPictures TV on Wednesday 1st January @ 15:25 - The Amazing Mr Blunden. We were shown it when I was in junior school and it's stayed with me ever since. I have the DVD, so won't need to record it. Had anyone else ever seen it?
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Post by profbooboo on Dec 25, 2019 14:52:58 GMT
No, I haven't seen it, but might try and catch it.
I love Talking Pictures, it's my go to channel now, it's always on in the background even if I'm watching something on my computer! Mr Denning Drives North is on with John Mills next week and This Sporting Life.
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Post by pandaeyes on Dec 25, 2019 15:57:39 GMT
A film I love is being shown on TalkingPictures TV on Wednesday 1st January @ 15:25 - The Amazing Mr Blunden. We were shown it when I was in junior school and it's stayed with me ever since. I have the DVD, so won't need to record it. Had anyone else ever seen it? I saw this several years ago, a magical film. With Laurence Naismith. Even Diana Dors was in it. They don't show it so much now. Thanks for mentioning it. |
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Post by Netz on Dec 25, 2019 16:07:37 GMT
I hope you enjoy it if you do watch it. It's an atmospheric ghost story and has Diana Dors in an unglamourous part. (In the TV film there is about her, with Keeley Hawes playing her when she was younger, I was very pleased they actually showed a scene from TAMB.)  |
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Post by profbooboo on Dec 27, 2019 0:14:48 GMT
From the 19th Jan 2020 at 9pm on Sundays, TP will be showing episodes of Sunday Night at the London Palladium. I think it's various episodes. The synopsis for the 1st episode is 1957 with Hughie Green but the synopsis for the 3rd is 1960 with Bruce Forsyth.
...also some cracking films coming up. Kind Hearts and Coronets, Murder Without Crime, The October Man, The Comedy Man, Town On Trial, Magnet, Sparrows Can't Sing, Left, Right and Centre, Heavens Above, A Kind Of Loving, Jet Storm, Hell Drivers, The Family Way, etc.
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Post by Netz on Dec 27, 2019 7:14:10 GMT
'I shot an arrow in the air; she fell to earth in Berkeley Square.' Classic. 🙂
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Post by profbooboo on Dec 27, 2019 9:31:47 GMT
'I shot an arrow in the air; she fell to earth in Berkeley Square.' Classic. 🙂 Lol, I love that film. I only watched it recently and adored it. I watched it on Christmas Day, I got the DVD. I also love Dennis Price in Murder Without Crime, its not so much a classic but I like it. They say the name 'Stephen' about 100times though. "I've hated you Stephen, hated you...watching you stuffing yourself with Champagne and cavier, well it's down right unbearable when ones damned hungry." |
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Anymore to come?
