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The Best….sitcom couples
- Posted at 4:09pm
- 12 March 2008
- by KateCoffey-RT
- 1 comment
Before we start, let's remind ourselves that sitcom couples come in all varieties, not just the "we're-married-and-argue-a-bit"-type in the My Family mould, a shining example of sitcom coupledom though they are. When you dig deep into the Quality Street box of our sitcom heritage, there are less obvious but more tasty examples to be found (they're the equivalent of the purple ones with the nut and caramel centre).
The platonic couples: Tony and Gary from Men Behaving Badly, defenders of mid-30s underachievement, are completely devoted. They love booze, birds and belching, but not as much as they love each other. Even when Gary's scathing girlfriend...
Why I Love...In the Night Garden
- Posted at 4:37pm
- 10 March 2008
- by LucyBarrick-RT
- 3 comments
As the mother of a two-year-old, I'm extremely familiar with a wide range of children's TV. And most of it is lost on me – it's garish, fast-paced, loud and, OK, more than a little bit silly. But that's fine, because it's not meant for me. If I were two, I'd probably love it.
However, when In the Night Garden started last year it made a big impression on me. At first I was stunned, and wondered what this surreal video-art installation was doing on CBeebies. But soon I found myself actually looking forward to sitting down and watching it with my son. So what's the...
Why I Love...Richard and Judy
- Posted at 4:16pm
- 07 March 2008
- by RhodriMarsden-RT
A visitor to the UK who finds himself bored senseless in a hotel room on a weekday afternoon - and let's face it, it can happen - might well turn on the TV and be confronted by Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. He might well be unmoved by the strangely mismatched couple sitting awkwardly on a sofa. He may even, heaven forbid, think about changing channels.
But he won't have an inkling of the extraordinary affection that Richard and Judy inspire in British television viewers. The intro sequence to the current Channel 4 series shows a giant set of letters spelling out their names, hovering like...
Michael is 75 not out
- Posted at 1:22pm
- 07 March 2008
- by AndrewCollins-RT
When I met Michael Caine in early 2000, he was covered in blood. Stage blood – he was playing a promoter in boxing movie Shiner. That morning, a newspaper had run a story about him illustrated by a caricature. “Everybody else gets a photo,” he railed. “I’m a bloody cartoon!”
Caine was still prickly about public perception. (“A vulgarian,” was how he felt he was regarded.) Even though he’d won Oscars for Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules, he still felt undervalued.
I think that prejudice has evaporated. Yes, we still love his early films – many of which (Alfie,...
Against all odds
- Posted at 1:01pm
- 07 March 2008
- by AndrewCollins-RT
Francis Ford Coppola spent 16 months in the Philippines making his Vietnam War odyssey Apocalypse Now, a shoot beset by typhoons, ill-health and potential bankruptcy. After a year in the editing suite, the press nicknamed the movie “Apocalypse When?”
You could argue that without the trials and tribulations, it wouldn’t be half the film it is. The same goes for The Fountain (pictured left), Darren Aronofsky’s beleaguered sci-fi meditation. After losing star Brad Pitt over "creative differences", the plug was pulled, sets auctioned off and the budget halved for this second attempt, which was greeted with rapture and bafflement by critics. But I say that less...
Why I Love...Cash in the Attic
- Posted at 10:59am
- 03 March 2008
- by DavidWhitehouse-RT
- 1 comment
Put simply, Cash in the Attic makes me want to go into the attic and find something of worth that I can then swap for loads of lovely cash. This is despite the fact that I don't have an attic. Or anything of worth.
So why does CITA inspire such devotion in me? I have a kitchen, but I don't get upset if I miss an episode of MasterChef. And why does CITA stand head and shoulders above the glut of other antiques shows - of which there are now so many and all so similar that I can't remember whether or not they're real or I'm...
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