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Armando Iannucci in Milton’s Heaven and Hell
“We’ve noticed it doesn’t rhyme.”
After spending 3 years trying to write a thesis on Paradise Lost, Iannucci is a great foil for Milton, dissecting the poet’s works with interesting interviews with people faced with similar issues. Iannucci is basically the best English teacher in the world, enthusing about topics unknown, travelling around London and England, [...]
Hyperland
In Hyperland, Douglas Adams’ ‘fantasy documentary’ from 1990, Tom Baker plays a software agent who shows Douglas the future of television: Interactive Multimedia.
Are you tired of linear, non-interactive television, Mr Adams?
Bearing in mind that although much of the ‘browsing’ mechanism feels familiar and obvious, this documentary was created in 1990. That’s two years before the [...]
Explore: Sex and Religion in Manila
The Explore series has been a bit random, sometimes feeling a bit too much like the original Rough Guide TV series from the 80s. But I’ve found the programmes about Manila fascinating: I spent a few days in one part of Metro Manila a few years ago, and the amazing contrasts between the tiny rich [...]
The Media Revolution / The Colour of Money
“All a format really is, is an emotional journey. It has tears, it has laughter, it has everything, and a great resolution. That can be applied to a game show, a talent show, a drama.”
The Money Programme has been running a special series of programmes about the media, including this episode looking at the business [...]
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 losing [...]
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