Ron the Dalek Nice to know Britain’s Got Talent doesn’t discriminate on the basis of species.
On the Street where you sing
My partner and I often make up nonsense lyrics, sometimes for our own enjoyment, or for the possibility of entertaining our two-year-old niece (with such hits as ‘Turn the Pram around’). We recently thought: are there lyrics to the theme of Coronation Street (which we actually don’t watch)? If not, will these do? Oh, it’s so bleak up here. Oh, it’s so grey, my dear. Oh, what a life To be living! When is Barlow leaving? Well, it’s nice to hear some northern tongues Even if we seem like sadd’ning ones On the Street, What happens now?
#7……“MAN WITHOUT A PAST”
Beware your chartered accountant This remains one of my favourite Professionals episodes. Lew acts wonderfully here, the script by Michael Armstrong and story by Jeremy Burnham (including what must be a cheeky reference to New Zealand) is tight, director Martin Campbell probably at his best for the series (despite it being his first outing for The Professionals), pacy editing from John S. Smith, good stunt supervision from Peter Brayham, and excellent guest performances from the two Johns, Carson and Castle (in his second Professionals role). Rod Culbertson gives good psycho. Nice to see Ed ‘Cmdr Straker’ Bishop in this one, too.
They are Men of the World Ask and you shall receive, qthewetsprocket!
This is how the 1970s really looked The picture from the previous DVD release compared with the remastered one using the original film. Not only is the picture sharper—like it was shot yesterday—but it’s fuller. The Professionals as we’ve never seen it, with maybe the exception of its very first broadcast in the UK.
These are The Professionals Stills from the opening title from the remastered season 1 release.
But no Pond Rory and Ten. This is the main reason Broadchurch is good.
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Smooth Well done, Mark.
The Professionals. Behind the scenes. Pt3
These are The Professionals Gordon getting in on the hug. One of the real gentlemen of British cinema and television.
The Professionals. Finding time to have a laugh. Behind the scenes on set. Pt1
Lew and Marty Behind the scenes of The Professionals.
Landmarks Watching ITV’s The Widower last night, which, by transplanting the Sky Tower into the background via CGI, purports to place the Irish setting in Auckland. The Opel Omega is a giveaway, as is the fictional billboard for the Interislander ferry service. (As far as I could tell, UK-based actor James Laurenson was the only Kiwi cast in the mini-series, the first time I have seen him act with his original accent.) It’s an old trick: I’ve seen San Francisco in LA on Journeyman, and, in the second photo, St Paul’s (unconvincingly) at the end of a street in Birmingham in Hustle. This is a sign of a nation’s maturity though: that we have a landmark that can be used in international productions that foreign viewers might recognize. Twenty years ago, what could they have used?