Watchification » travel http://watchification.com Sun, 31 May 2009 21:50:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 London to Brighton in four minutes http://watchification.com/2008/11/30/london-to-brighton-in-four-minutes/ http://watchification.com/2008/11/30/london-to-brighton-in-four-minutes/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:54:57 +0000 antimega http://watchification.com/?p=183 A TV classic, these little films pop up on BBC4 from time to time, in far better quality than the youtube versions. Good to see iplayer access for them.

]]> http://watchification.com/2008/11/30/london-to-brighton-in-four-minutes/feed/ 4 Magnetic North http://watchification.com/2008/02/24/magnetic-north/ http://watchification.com/2008/02/24/magnetic-north/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:20:48 +0000 anne http://watchification.com/2008/02/24/magnetic-north/ God bless Jonathan Meades. First time I saw him I was a bit alienated. Another man in a suit, I thought, talking to camera. But no, he’s anything but. His programmes are an amazing combination of high-brow and low-brow – lots of big words and high-falutin’ ideas that end in spectacular revelations about the commonplace. For this three part series he’s ruminating on the concept of “northerness” and part one starts with a trip to northern Europe. Considering it’s so close it’s quite exotic (because we’re in denial about our northerness he says) but through descriptions of the buildings, artists, food stuffs and other cultural bits and pieces found there he uncovers things that link us to our northern neighbours.

You need to have your wits about you to follow it (and keep one hand on the dictionary) but it’s a fascinating trip, and very funny in parts. Parts 2 and 3 to follow.

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