Michael Smith
21Feb
Michael Smith’s Drivetime
posted by Chris Heathcote
“We shape our technologies, then they shape us.” After enjoying the repeats of Michael Smith’s Citizen Smith series, he’s been commissioned on another journey round the UK, this time focussing on cars, motoring and driving. Previous BBC4 seasons on buses, trains, public transport have provided much nostalgia for the typical BBC4 viewer, even sojourns into [...]
20Feb
Citizen Smith: Corby
posted by Steve Bowbrick
I really don’t know why this terrific series about being English works. It’s very unassuming. Presenter/writer Michael Smith is opinionated but modest, setting out with no assumptions. He travels around the country talking to people. In the end, there’s no resolution. He didn’t figure it out: being English is just complicated. The final sequence of [...]
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