I used to love the old Hammer House of Horror films on Mondays at 10.30. Especially if Vincent Price was in them.
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No. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee were the stalwarts of Hammer. Fenella Fielding well worth a watch in Carry on Screaming as a seductive vampire. What a voice too.
Funnily enough, in a bid to cheer myself up, I watched Carry On at Your Convenience earlier on.
It worked a treat.
Kenneth Cope was a wonderful addition to the team.
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Whispering Bob retires
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Last of the true greats?
Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air
The broadcaster, who is being treated for cancer, called it "the hardest decision" he'd ever made.
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Last of the true greats?
Tony Blackburn still has a show on Radio 2.Whispering Bob retires
Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air
The broadcaster, who is being treated for cancer, called it "the hardest decision" he'd ever made.
God knows how, cheesier than Dairylea, and so middle of the road he has a stripe down his back.
The views expressed in this post are mine.
Showbiz showbiz 
Front page of the Currant Bun:
Katie Price threatens to divorce her latest 'tycoon' hubby...
Right, who's up next?
Has to be Elfs surely - Brazilian business magnate
Get in there 
Of failing Elfs, maybe the Israeli PM.
Ben has probably fancied an incursion deep into Jordan for quite a while
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No Dr Who Christmas Special this year
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& Russell Davies is off again.
Looks like the BBC is searching for an outside company to produce the next series.
No bad thing as far as I'm concerned.
I don't mind a bit of social conscience on a show, but Dr Who has become a parody of excessive political correctness.
Every episode has to have a moral. While UNIT has become a paradoxical monster - hundreds of black-clad troops pouring out of land rovers and trucks, waving machine guns about, while the absurdly PC Doctor pretends to find them distasteful, yet always ends up leading them into battle.
Talk about mixed messages. Big business & corporate villains are always the bad guys, but most problems in life are easier to solve if you have a sizeable Paramilitary organisation at your back, complete with all kinds of ill-gotten alien tech and shooting in all directions.
Any chance we can return to an eccentric old bloke and a companion or two just drifting around time & space in a clapped out police box, helping folks in trouble wherever they happen to land?
That formula worked pretty well for about 15 years (1963 - 1978)
Doctor Who: BBC cancels Christmas special and Russell T Davies announces departure
The BBC said the decision was made "after careful consideration" and had "not been taken lightly".
www.bbc.co.uk
& Russell Davies is off again.
Looks like the BBC is searching for an outside company to produce the next series.
No bad thing as far as I'm concerned.
I don't mind a bit of social conscience on a show, but Dr Who has become a parody of excessive political correctness.
Every episode has to have a moral. While UNIT has become a paradoxical monster - hundreds of black-clad troops pouring out of land rovers and trucks, waving machine guns about, while the absurdly PC Doctor pretends to find them distasteful, yet always ends up leading them into battle.
Talk about mixed messages. Big business & corporate villains are always the bad guys, but most problems in life are easier to solve if you have a sizeable Paramilitary organisation at your back, complete with all kinds of ill-gotten alien tech and shooting in all directions.
Any chance we can return to an eccentric old bloke and a companion or two just drifting around time & space in a clapped out police box, helping folks in trouble wherever they happen to land?
That formula worked pretty well for about 15 years (1963 - 1978)
I loved Star TRek. They didn't stick to one writer, and even though there was often a moral it was subtle with it, and even if you didn't see the moral it was cracking entertainment with cracking characters. The special effects in the first series were just as primitive as the early Dr Who, in both series the plot and characters were king.No Dr Who Christmas Special this year
Doctor Who: BBC cancels Christmas special and Russell T Davies announces departure
The BBC said the decision was made "after careful consideration" and had "not been taken lightly".
& Russell Davies is off again.
Looks like the BBC is searching for an outside company to produce the next series.
No bad thing as far as I'm concerned.
I don't mind a bit of social conscience on a show, but Dr Who has become a parody of excessive political correctness.
Every episode has to have a moral. While UNIT has become a paradoxical monster - hundreds of black-clad troops pouring out of land rovers and trucks, waving machine guns about, while the absurdly PC Doctor pretends to find them distasteful, yet always ends up leading them into battle.
Talk about mixed messages. Big business & corporate villains are always the bad guys, but most problems in life are easier to solve if you have a sizeable Paramilitary organisation at your back, complete with all kinds of ill-gotten alien tech and shooting in all directions.
Any chance we can return to an eccentric old bloke and a companion or two just drifting around time & space in a clapped out police box, helping folks in trouble wherever they happen to land?
That formula worked pretty well for about 15 years (1963 - 1978)
Star Trek has been magnificent since the mid-1960's. In concept a stroke of Genuis from Gene Roddenberry.
In recent decades the Star Trek Universe has fragmented, reflecting the fragmentation of viewing methods. Movies, rival pay TV channels, and the internet of course.
But - in different ways - the quality of the shows has remained very high in my view.
The original three series - mostly brilliant rough diamonds, only a few episodes dropping a bit below excellent.
The Next Generation - Child of the 1980's, a bit more PC but still very enjoyable on the whole. Was revived and concluded in very entertaining style by the three season series Star Trek: Picard.
DS9 & Voyager & Enterprise - All watchable in their own ways, though the last one lost its way a bit and was binned after 4 series.
Then in more recent times we have had Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, both marvellous in my view, with superb production values and stunning special effects.
And on top of all that, I think a total of 13 big screen movies which included some real gems.
All in all, 60 years of cracking entertainment.
In recent decades the Star Trek Universe has fragmented, reflecting the fragmentation of viewing methods. Movies, rival pay TV channels, and the internet of course.
But - in different ways - the quality of the shows has remained very high in my view.
The original three series - mostly brilliant rough diamonds, only a few episodes dropping a bit below excellent.
The Next Generation - Child of the 1980's, a bit more PC but still very enjoyable on the whole. Was revived and concluded in very entertaining style by the three season series Star Trek: Picard.
DS9 & Voyager & Enterprise - All watchable in their own ways, though the last one lost its way a bit and was binned after 4 series.
Then in more recent times we have had Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, both marvellous in my view, with superb production values and stunning special effects.
And on top of all that, I think a total of 13 big screen movies which included some real gems.
All in all, 60 years of cracking entertainment.