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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 [...]
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?
Mark Lawson talks to Liz Smith
Lawson always seems passionless and dismissive to me but something about his style and the obvious care he puts into these interviews is persuasive. Liz Smith, who is 87 and died in all five of her most recent roles, is charming and funny and really lovable. A fascinating and genuinely revealing interview: at the end [...]
Terry Jones’ Great Map Mystery
I can’t really think of anything to say about this one. It’s just a really interesting bit of pop history presented by super-jolly, always-interested Terry Jones (who comes from Colwyn Bay). Also, as far as I can tell, it only went out in Wales, so I’m doing good by spreading the word to foreigners. Here’s [...]
Class of 62
You know when they talk about the ‘British documentary tradition’? This is what they mean. A 90-minute doc made by Marilyn Gaunt to the exacting standards set before the war by those irreproachable pioneers and then again in the TV era by the extraordinary generation of documentary makers that includes Ken Loach and Paul Watson [...]
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