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COPPERS & SPIES REVISITED - Kinky Boots and Z-Victor 2: From The Avengers to...
Coppers & Spies Revisited Continuing with the re-written versions of the original Coppers and Spies blog posts published on the MovieMail site in 2014. Each part contains additional research...
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SHERLOCK HOLMES - The Classic 1965 BBC TV Series / BFI DVD Review
In the pantheon of celebrated Sherlock Holmes adaptations there is one BBC television series that tends to get overlooked. In 1965 the BBC produced a series of faithful adaptations of 13 Conan Doyle...
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COPPERS & SPIES REVISITED - We Want Information: ITC and The Prisoner
Coppers & Spies Revisited Continuing with the re-written versions of the original Coppers and Spies blog posts published on the MovieMail site in 2014. Each part contains additional research...
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DRAMA AND DELIGHT: The Life of Verity Lambert / Book Review
If you're expecting some huge revelations about Verity Lambert's tenure as producer of Doctor Who in Richard Marson's new book Drama and Delight - The Life and Times of Verity Lambert then you'll...
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COPPERS & SPIES REVISITED - A Man Alone : Callan and Public Eye
Coppers & Spies Revisited Continuing with the re-written versions of the original Coppers and Spies blog posts published on the MovieMail site in 2014. Each part contains additional research...
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COPPERS & SPIES REVISITED - Jack or Knave: From Special Branch to The Sweeney
Coppers & Spies Revisited Continuing with the re-written versions of the original Coppers and Spies blog posts published on the MovieMail site in 2014. Each part contains additional research...
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COPPERS & SPIES REVISITED - Beyond the police: From The Professionals to Life...
Coppers & Spies Revisited This entry concludes the re-written versions of the original Coppers and Spies blog posts published on the MovieMail site in 2014. Each part contains additional research...
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Nigel Kneale's QUATERMASS - The Complete Series / Blu-Ray Review
After successfully adapting the three Quatermass television stories of the 1950s and with the box office tills ringing from the well-received cinema version of Quatermass and the Pit(1967), Hammer...
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COMPETITION: Wolcott: The Complete Series Blu-Ray
Released on Blu-Ray and DVD on Monday 17 August by Network Distributing, Wolcott hails from 1981, a groundbreaking drama made by the ITC subsidiary Black Lion Films for ATV. Broadcast from the 13 to 15...
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SOLDIER AND ME - The Complete Series / DVD Review
Soldier And Me, Granada's 1974 BAFTA award-winning children's drama, comes to DVD this month courtesy of Network.The nine half-hour episodes, broadcast in a Sunday tea-time slot between 15 September...
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LIFEFORCE - Blu-Ray Special Edition / Review
Arrow Films turn their attention to Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce this week, releasing the lively, over-ambitious science fiction romp in a features-packed Blu-Ray edition. It also includes both the...
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ROBIN REDBREAST - Play for Today / DVD Review
John Bowen's Robin Redbreast (BBC1, TX: 10/12/1970) a television play transmitted within the Play for Today strand, gets a very welcome release on DVD this week. It's among a raft of releases, of...
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WHO AT FIFTY - Manchester’s very own Doctor Who fringe festival: 16 - 30...
Who at Fifty – Manchester’s very own Doctor Who fringe festival 16th – 30th November, 2013 Manchester pays homage to Doctor Who with a two week fringe festival of new drama, screenings and special...
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ADVENTURES WITH THE WIFE IN SPACE: Living with Doctor Who - Neil Perryman /...
Many Doctor Who fans have, at some time or another, thought it would be 'fun' to watch every episode (including the reconstructions of missing stories) in one consecutive, fell swoop. I admit to doing...
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RANDALL AND HOPKIRK (DECEASED) and MAN IN A SUITCASE / Vinyl Soundtrack Albums
Network Distributing debuted a pair of exclusive vinyl soundtrack album releases this week. Focusing on two iconic ITC series of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Man...
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DOCTOR WHO - THE ELEVENTH HOUR: A Critical Celebration of the Matt Smith and...
Coming from publisher I.B. Tauris this month is another publication in the 'Who Watching' project, Doctor Who - The Eleventh Hour: A Critical Celebration of the Matt Smith and Steven Moffat EraEdited...
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SCHALCKEN THE PAINTER - BFI Flipside Dual Format Edition / Review
Leslie Megahey's extraordinary television film Schalcken the Painter finally arrives on Blu-Ray and DVD this month courtesy of the BFI. As with many of the home entertainment releases in their Gothic:...
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BERNARD WILKIE - A PECULIAR EFFECT ON THE BBC / Book Review
Two names synonymous with the pioneering days of creating visual effects for television are Bernard Wilkie and Jack Kine. Back in the 1950s, they were the Visual Effects Department of the BBC even...
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WHAT CATHODE RAY TUBE DID NEXT...
Yes, my lovely readers I am still here. I know the Cathode Ray Tube site has been silent for well over a year but I just thought you might like to know that I haven't been idle. I've just been out and...
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10TH ANNIVERSARY COMPETITION: Doctor Who books to be won!
Well, readers. It's hard to believe that this blog has been around for tenyears. Yes, TEN years. Before we break out the champers and the cake please indulge me as I update you on my latest work. Once...
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