Picture Book: Now We Are Growing Up
Bit of a misleading title. This looks at the relationship between pictures and words, but also is just interesting about the brilliance of some of the best books of all time (Children’s or not): Stig of the Dump, Tom’s Midnight Garden, Swallows and Amazons. With some particularly excellent interview material with Philip Pullman (on daemons) [...]
Strictly Come Dancing
Show me a height of greatness that this programme cannot high kick, and I’ll eat my laptop. There’s been some grumbling this year about not being able to match 2007′s perfect 10 of a season, but as I keep telling the doubters it’s early days yet. Early days. I’m pretty sure my household hadn’t been [...]
Amazon with Bruce Parry
The most I ever saw of Tribe were the ads. Which basically indicated a series of extreme escapades involving Bruce and various tribal rituals he was throwing himself into with maximum gusto. So I watched this more for the Amazon than for Bruce, but it turned out both were brilliant. A fascinating look at an [...]
Fiona’s Story
Bit of nepotism here, but I like to think I’d have watched and blogged about it anyway. Based, as the opening credits claim, on ‘many real stories’, the territory of child pornography is obviously rocky, but one that’s glaringly unexplored and un-understood. I’m glad someone’s handled this well, and in this medium. I did though [...]
Thames Shipwrecks
The start of a very good looking series on BBC2. One of those bits of history that makes living in London all the more interesting. And if you don’t live in London, what’s not to love about shipwreck stories anyway?
