Million Dollar Traders
Imagine The Apprentice with both A-Levels and consequences. Lex van Dam is clearly an interesting chap. He’s either very confident in his ability to train normal people how to make money in an amateur hedge fund that he’ll risk his money to proove a point, or he’s one of those worryingly rich people for whom [...]
Cowards
This is the first episode of another brilliant comedy to make its merry way from Radio 4 to TV. It’s one I loved on the radio, and it makes the transition to telly incredibly well. Plenty of awkward, embarrassed silences and random but plausible strangeness. You might recognise Tim Key and Tom Basden (or rather, [...]
Snow Cake
A proper film with Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver and Carrie-Anne Moss. You may want to give up after 10 minutes. Don’t. It’s worth it. Original score by the lovely Candian indie band, Broken Social Scene.
Men and Money – A Question of Confidence
Emma’s fashion post yesterday mentioned that there’s some good content in the BBC Archive. If you haven’t spotted it yet, the archive is gradually opening up some fascinating collections, into which I think we’ll be dipping from time to time. The Men and Money series was a glimpse into banking in Britain first aired in [...]
How Buildings Learn
Stewart Brand (now president of the Long Now Foundation) uploaded all six parts of his 1997 documentary How Buildings Learn to Google Video last year. Here’s what he said about it This six-part, three-hour, BBC TV series aired in 1997. I [Stewart Brand] presented and co-wrote the series; it was directed by James Muncie, with [...]
