One day in the distant future, the BBC will not be run by people who are hopelessly in thrall to their 1970s childhood. (This may be around the same time that Noel Edmonds faces his own “Deal or No Deal”… Continue Reading →
I can never walk past a dandelion head without thinking how much I’d like to spray it with Elnett, encase it in plastic and preserve it for posterity. That’s because some of my happiest afternoons in the 70s were spent… Continue Reading →
Last night’s Culture Show on BBC2, Lego – The Building Block of Architecture, turned out to be the televisual equivalent of Doctor Who’s Tardis. From the outside (my onscreen programme guide), this promised to be a nostalgic half hour in… Continue Reading →
Yes, it’s another list! This one collects the TV reviews I’ve written on this blog in one place. Of course I do watch a lot more TV shows than this, but it’s not that often I feel inspired to blog… Continue Reading →
Middle age can be tough on the hairline and murder on the waistline, but how good would you be looking after 30 or 40 years mouldering away in an attic? That was the ignominious fate that befell Action Man, the… Continue Reading →
Recently I wrote that the BBC appears to be run by a bunch of 70s obsessives with dubious taste in music. Little did I suspect that BBC2 was about to join the party and — in the words of TV… Continue Reading →
This year I’ve given myself an early Christmas present by (belatedly) installing the Firefox CommentBlocker Add-On. It cost nothing to download, and just a few seconds later the Comments sections on every site in my browser had disappeared — as… Continue Reading →
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