Starts Thursday. Nobody dies. Anymore. Spooooooky!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to contribute …
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RIP: Zippy
Roy Skelton, voice of Zippy (and Bungle), from Rainbow has died, aged 79. He was also one of the original voices of the Daleks too! <img src="https://lh4.ggpht.com/-u-j9-OhZlr4/TfCthRL2JPI/AAAAAAAAG3Y/eOrVrXm-Z6Y/videoaa129abb7b89%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('dc25e22a-9054-41e8-88a4-92a29c0db0df'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = " https://www.youtube.com/v/M62SnbNizIM?hl=en&hd=1“;” alt=””> Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 …
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DVD: The Birdcage
There wasn’t much on the TV this afternoon, so Lee suggested we watch one of here recently acquired DVDs: The Birdcage. Starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman and Mrs Harrison Ford (Callista Flockhart), it’s based on a French farce of the same name (but in French, of course!) It turned …
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Doctor Who: Series 6, Episode 7: ‘A Good Man Goes to War’
As all good Whovians know, the series now takes a break mid-season (very American!) – and what a cliff-hanger. For me, it was about the best episode (since the last time I said ‘it was the best episode’!) SM is certainly a more complex writer than RTD, and his stuff really does keep you on …
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Next Week’s ‘Doctor Who’ episode
This looks good: “The Curse of the Black Spot” Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect …
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Easter Day (2011)
After dropping into Central Garage to have the locking wheel nuts changed on Ann’s Fiesta, we headed up to Denis’ for lunch. It was another fine day here and even hotter there – 27 degrees – another scorcher! After a full-scale roast chicken lunch followed by Ann’s ‘plums cooked in red wine and served with …
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Doctor Who – New Series
I’ve heard that the new series begins on Easter Saturday. Full length trailer started to appear this week – up until then, there had been a short 5 second teaser. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of …
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R.I.P. John Barry
I learned today that John Barry, the famous composer of all the memorable James Bond themes, died on Sunday. We saw him performing in Birmingham many years ago and the whole event was just fantastic! He’ll be sadly missed as the man who made beautiful and memorable music! Click on the link below and listen …
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TV: Being Human (Series 3, Episode 1)
Being Human returned to our screens last night after much hype – and for the first time, in HD too! I wasn’t sure what to expect. Series 1, in my view had been really, really good – in spite of the weird premise of a ghost, vampire and a werewolf living together in a …
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Wot, no more Christmas?
So that’s it then! Christmas is officially over and my waistline is the only evidence of our period of indulgence. After a rather large lunch, Nicki helped us remove the cards and dismantle all the decorations and the tree. The cards are now in the recycling bin and the decorations and the tree are back …
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TV: Doctor Who 2010 Christmas Special – ‘A Christmas Carol’
For me, a devoted Who-fan, this has been the most eagerly awaited TV programme of the Christmas period. Penned by the new Who Supremo, Steven Moffat, it weaves a parallel tale of the story of Scrooge – just right for Christmas Day! In contrast to last year’s yuletide Tennant-exit storyline, this episode wasn’t hyped to death, …
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Christmas TV 2010
I feel Christmas has truly arrived once I can see what’s on the box!!! (oh, and once the tree’s up!) These are the covers for the Radio and TV Times for this year. Hhhmmm, Wallis and Gromit again! 2009 Christmas covers 2008 Christmas covers Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing …
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2010 – OFFICIAL
…And this is the official trailer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to contribute …
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2010 (Fake!)
This one is doing the rounds on YouTube. It’s actually a fake…but it’s a good one!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art …
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TV: ‘The Event’ (Channel 4). What the..?
If you liked TV series such as: ‘X Files’ and more recently, enjoyed ‘Lost’, (before they padded out the series too much and spoiled it with such a c*** ending), then take a look at Channel 4’s new series, ‘The Event’ (which started last night – 9pm). A passenger plane that disappears just as it’s …
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TV: The Apprentice
The sixth series of The Apprentice started tonight. Any similarities between the contestants appearing on the show and real human beings is entirely coincidental! With each series, the contestants’ behaviour seems to be more extreme and their ever-increasing sized egos almost needs a house of its own to stay in!!! Now, I know it’s good …
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RIP: Tony Curtis
Ahh, that’s sad – Tony Curtis died today, at the fine age of 85. Although the media tended to show mostly photographs and movie-clips of him with Jack Lemmon in Some Like it Hot, I mostly remember him in The Persuaders TV series, shown in the 70s, where he played millionaire playboy Danny Wilde. I …
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TV: Merlin – Season 3, Episode 1
The third series of BBC’s Merlin got off to a great start tonight. Over the next 13 weeks, we’re promised that the story-lines in this latest series are going to be a lot darker than previous. “The battle for Camelot begins…” Excellent!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing …
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A Stroll around Stamford
After last night’s late night, we slept in for a bit and the Ann, Nicki and I took a drive up to Stamford for a mooch round. We started off at the gorgeous Burghley House and then Lee treated us all to lunch at The George in Stamford. A quick walk round the shops and …
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Fish & Chips and… Avatar
With Friday-night Fish and Chips organised, Jo, Janet, Lee and Nikki joined us for supper and then we all watched Avatar on Blu-ray (is there any other colour for this film!). Ann and I had seen it at the cinema back in February in 3D. At the time, I’d been brief about the film …
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No S***
BBC’s Sherlock was the most watched programme on Sunday – around 7.3 million viewers. That’s pretty respectable and if they don’t commission another series, I’ll eat my deerstalker! https://www.youtube.com/v/cSQq_bC5kIw&hl=en_GB&fs=1?color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1&hl=en“;” src=”https://lh6.ggpht.com/_xEp-Etxr6ic/TGDjiBSR1CI/AAAAAAAAFS0/BfF0uInpsZU/video1fcb7c4a656b%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800″ style=”border-style: none;” TV ratings: Sherlock ends with 7.3m viewers (guardian.co.uk) The mysterious case of the unknown Moriarty: how Sherlock Holmes will reveal all (guardian.co.uk) …
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Project Canvas
The BBC Trust has given Project Canvas the green light. It’s a proposed partnership between Arqiva, the BBC, BT, C4, Five, ITV and Talk Talk to build an open internet-connected TV platform – that means easier access (in the future) to internet related stuff straight to your TV – such as iPlayer and other VOD (video on demand) …
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TV: Doctor Who – Series 5: Series Finale
I just watched it on Sky+, as we were out yesterday. Entitled ‘The Big Bang’, what a fantastic final episode! Steven Moffat, the head script-writer, who penned this final episode, didn’t disappoint. I reckon he ticked all the boxes for all the fans – and that’s a challenge in itself! Matt Smith next returns as …
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Stick (Wrong end of…)
It’s a well-known fact that if I had a brain I’d be dangerous! Hence last night’s confusion. Because the England match was on in the afternoon, Rosi, (whose turn it was to host the BBQ), recorded it, and I thought we were all sitting down to watch it together around 6.30. For that reason, I’d …
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BBQ at Tom and Julie’s
Today was the first England match of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa – and what better way to spend it than over at T and J’s with one of their legendary BBQs. The weather could have been a bit warmer, but at least it wasn’t raining. All the usual crowd were there, plus …
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TV: First HD recording
In years to come, this will all seem very mainstream or even superseded by something even whizzier; but for now, this is a great facility. I was able to set up the timer on the TV to record an HD transmission to hard disk. No prizes for guessing which programme: Doctor Who, (Series 5, Episode …
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Dish Dilemma and Cracking Concert
Ann left at the crack-of-dawn to scoop up Lee from Avondale Mews and then onwards to Mum’s in Biggin Hill. We’re all off to an outdoor concert tonight with David and Val and Mum is staying for the week. Skyforce. a TV installation company I found in Yellow Pages arrived just before lunch to give …
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TV Times
Panasonic 42” Plasma TV TH42PX70 Panasonic 46” Plasma TV TX46P20B The new TV arrived just before 1.30 today. It’s a big bugger! and the packaging made it even bigger!!! Even the Courier driver couldn’t manage it on his own – so I helped him. Luckily David was home and he helped me get it …
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Boys and their Toys (Part 87)
Not content with our excellent three-year-old, Panasonic 42 inch Plasma, we’ve just bought a Panasonic 46 inch Plasma. As they say, size matters! …but in this case, it didn’t! The reason? Well, this is the next step in TV evolution. Just as mobile phones evolved to perform lots of additional functions, TVs are going …
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Mews Flash: Almost sorted…
Ann and Lee drove over to John Lewis in Leicester to pick up a few final bits and pieces for Lee’s new place in Avondale Mews and also to return the damaged roller-blind that was delivered last week. They were out for most of the day having incorporated B and Q into their day out! …
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