The Mausoleum Club Forum

stearn wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:11 pm

Would that be the same Mike Hodges who directed "Get Carter"?

Michael Apted died 7th January 2021 aged 79. Best known for the Up series of TV documentaries following the lives of 14 people every seven years. He also directed the films "Coal Miner's Daughter", "Gorillas In The Mist" and Bond movie "The World Is Not Enough". And one of my favs "The Triple Echo" ...

Tonight's "Sunday Night At The London Palladium" (Sunday 3rd May 2020) on TPtv gets its first showing. It was due to go out on 6th January 1974 but was never broadcast due to a bomb scare. https://twitter.com/TalkingPicsTV/status/1256916506652348421 https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-edit...

Sean Arnold died on 15th April he was 79.

He is best known for playing Barney Crozier, Jim's Boss, in the BBC series Bergerac.

https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2020 ... an-arnold/

I was reading this article: https://www.thedigitalfix.com/film/news/turn-on-tune-in-and-help-support-talking-pictures-tv/ It would be a shame if they too ended up being a victim of Covid-19. I didn't realise that the operation was run on such a small scale until I read this article: https://www.dai...

Mark wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:55 am

NO "Eye Level" theme...the worlds gone mad!

When I watched them there were subtle hints of the original "Eye Level" theme in the the "new" theme music - you can clearly hear it.

The Van Der Valk remake begins Sunday, 26th April at 8pm on ITV

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020 ... haracters/

There has been a remake of Van Der Valk. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9128874/ They will be coming to ITV. https://www.geektown.co.uk/2019/07/18/itv-picks-up-marc-warren-fronted-van-der-valk-series/ There are three, 1hour 30mins episodes. They where shown on Dutch TV in January (2020). They can be f...

The Funeral was on Monday (17-2-20) and Basil turned up and read a poem!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-w ... e-51557700

Basil's poem here:

https://twitter.com/realbasilbrush/stat ... 64/photo/2

Dutch actor Rutger Hauer, who starred in Blade Runner, died on Friday 19th July at the age of 75.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49098435

Rex Garrod died 8 April 2019.
I remember him from "The Secret Life of Machines" on Channel Four with Tim Hunkin.

Tim Hunkin writes about Rex here:
http://www.timhunkin.com/a229_rex.htm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-48205106

Burt Reynolds died 6th September 2018
In such films as Deliverance, Smokey and the Bandit, Boogie Nights .
And I also saw him in an episode of "McMillan & Wife" believe it or not !

Mark Edward Smith, founder and lead singer with the Fall, died 24 January 2018 aged 60.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/ ... es-aged-60.

Apparently his death was previously wrongly announced by the BBC in March last year, on his 60th birthday.

I do like Mark Steel's radio stuff - "Who Do I Think I Am?" was good and I have listened to all the "In Towns" which I think is up to Series 8. I can also recommend: The Mark Steel Solution The Mark Steel Revolution The Mark Steel Lectures All can be listened to from Mark Steel's website: http://mar...

Feel cheated that local news appears to be recorded. Yes, it's definitely recorded. I can toggle between Fred Dinenage reading the news from Kent in HD and Hampshire in SD at the same time so one at least is a pre-record. If it's not recorded - then it begs the question: HOW? One for the kids there!

Just finished watching the last episode of this series (all episodes are up on iPlayer). I thought it was very poor. I don't want to give anything away as only episode 1 has actually been broadcast up to now. The writer thinks there are five series in this - I'll be surprised if it gets another comm...

I also regularly watch the episode "The Dangerous Game" at Christmas. An episode that features Michael Elphick, Celia Imrie, Burt Kwouk , Maurice Colbourne and Eric Richard (Bob Cryer from the Bill) with his odd bike/trailer combo, I've seen this episode so many times I know it word for word. I reco...

Terence Harvey died 9th September 2017 Most newspapers have it as "Hollyoaks actor ... dies". I have never watched Hollyoaks and the name didn't ring any bells but soon as I saw his photo... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0367731/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/4450419/ex-hollyoak...

I was not aware of this film EDIT: Yes, it's "The Day the Clown Cried", the film that was made but never released, which became the subject of a BBC video documentary that was never broadcast on TV, but instead made available via the website of BBC Radio Solent. This has got to hold some sort of rec...

I was never a fan of the Lewis+Martin films - I remember them being on often in the 1970's - Saturday mornings and during school holidays. I would start watching them but quickly lost interest. But he was excellent in one of my fav films "The King Of Comedy".

From BBC news website: His agent said he had been living with Parkinson's disease and died at Denville Hall http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40335213 As well as Play School and Play Away and the voice Trumpton, I remember him playing a photographer in the film "The Sandwich Man" starring...

Back again! One year on! I thought this series 4 of "Line of Duty" was excellent. I thought series 3 was excellent too - apart from that last 15 - 20 mins at the end. But no such complaints with this series. And there is a series 5 to come. So back here again in 12 months time ;) *Update* Make that ...

Tony Haygarth (1945 – 2017)

Died 10th March 2017 aged 72.

http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-thea ... 43107.html

John Forgeham (1941 - 2017)
Died Friday 10th March. Age 75

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/mi ... r-12728104

I'm watching Breakaway now. I didn't see it in January 1980.It's a delight as it is exactly like the earlier Durbridges - 2 stories of 6 30 minute episodes. These DVD sets are things anyone interested in 1960s BBC really needs to have! I still remember the name "Marius Rye" which I think was writte...

Breakaway is in Volume 2 of the DVDs https://www.amazon.co.uk/Francis-Durbridge-Presents-Passenger-Breakaway/dp/B01GRC41ZY/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1483737407&sr=1-2&keywords=francis+durbridge Thanks for the info. It's a pity they don't do Breakaway on its own - £44 is a bit too pricey for me.

Inside No. 9 - The Devil of Christmas I did like this. They went for that 1970's TV feel. Apparently they employed old equipment and retired camera operators to get that vintage feel. http://www.cultbox.co.uk/reviews/episodes/inside-no-9-christmas-special-review-s03e01-the-devil-of-christmas It wen...

I remember watching BREAKAWAY by Francis Durbridge on BBC1 in 1980. Martin Jarvis played the lead character. I'm not sure if it was ever reapeated. It's one of those serials that I look for every now and then to see if it has had a DVD release - along with Telford's Change, Assassination Run, The Tr...

I thought this third series was excellent. All the way through it was gripping stuff, particularly the interviews conducted at AC12 HQ. But, I thought the last 15 mins of the final episode was a bit of a let down. At that point it sort of jumped from a serious "police procedural" to an episode of Th...

BBC PARLIAMENT are showing the 1966 General Election on Easter Monday. From 8.20 AM through till Midnight

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0075011