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The Wedding Singer – The Jackal – tape 2457
It’s movie time today. Here’s a tape with a couple of movies on it, one of which I didn’t think I had. Whether that’s a good thing we’ll see later. But first, a film I did know I had, but one which,...
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Doctor Who – tape 2544
This tape opens with the end of an episode of Blake’s Seven. Then, there’s Doctor Who – The Space Museum. It’s probably heresy to say, but I have limited patience for William Hartnell’s Doctor. He’s...
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Escape From LA – tape 2450
Over to Sky Premier today for a movie. It’s Escape From LA. A sequel to John Carpenter’s classic SF movie, and one that, perhaps, we were unwise to wish for, It opens, as did the original, setting up...
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Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood – The Man Who Knew Too Much –...
First on this tape, on Channel 4, Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood. A documentary narrated by Gene Hackman on the producer David Selznick and his work with Hitchcock. Contributors include...
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The Simpsons – Python Night – tape 2908
This tape opens on Sky One with some episodes of The Simpsons starting with Marge Simpson in: “Screaming Yellow Honkers. Homer buys a big 4×4 from salesman Gil – the Jack Lemmon slalesman guy from...
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The League of Gentlemen – So Graham Norton – tape 2910
Time for some horror tinged comedy today with some episodes from the second series of The League of Gentlemen starting with 4: Death in Royston Vasey. I wonder if The League have been cancelled yet....
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Good vs Evil – tape 2963
Even the title of this rings no bells. It’s a tape from Sky One, and there’s just one episode of something called Good vs Evil. I’m going out on a limb here and saying, based solely on the typeface...
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Doctor Who Night – tape 2900
Over to BBC2 today and it’s Doctor Who Night. A night of documentaries, a few sketches and some actual episodes. The tape starts with a trailer for Spearhead From Space, showing next Tuesday. Then, a...
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Universe – tape 2899
if I’m honest, I can’t keep all these slick science documentaries. They all blend into one, usually with Sam Neill presenting. Not this one, it’s narrated by John Hurt, from Channel 4, it’s Universe...
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The Peter Principle – Beast – Jack Dee’s Full Mountie – tape 2901
Today’s tape opens with the end of the weather, and a trailer for Question Time. There’s also a trailer for My Hero. Then, an episode of The Peter Principle – Desperately Seeking Susan. Starring Jim...
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Angel – tape 2964
Over to Sky One now for Buffy The Vampire Slayer starting with Goodbye Iowa. This is Season Four, around the middle of the season. If you’re following along, this is immediately after Professor Walsh...
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James Bond Down River – tape 2902
It’s a short tape today, just one intentional recording on it. Before we really get started, what on Earth were LWT thinking with the URL on their logo? I guess lwt.co.uk was taken, but really, a...
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Angel – tape 2925
More Buffy and Angel today, and we’re going back to nearer the start of Season 4, with Buffy The Vampire Slayer – The Harsh Light of Day so Buffy is still involved with the appalling Parker. Outside...
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Comic Relief 2001 – tape 2927
This tape opens with a trailer for Lee Evans – So What Now? Then, the first part of Comic Relief 2001. It opens with Angry Kid – Has that aged well? Lesley Garrett sings a song in which she says...
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The Ballad of Big Al – Victoria Wood with all the Trimmings – The Simpsons –...
Do you wish it could be Christmas every day? I can’t manage that, but it’s Christmas today, and this tape starts with a look ahead at programmes later in the evening. I like the idents, too. But before...
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Bafta Film Awards 2000 – tape 2965
You’ll know by now I’m a sucker for an awards ceremony, so today it’s Bafta Film Awards 2000. Unusually, it’s being broadcast on Sky Premier, and for the first time, it’s live. It’s presented by Jack...
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Friends – tape 2926
Over to E4 for just one episode of Friends – The One with the Vows. It’s a clip show, but when the clips are all about Monica and Chandler getting together, that’s fine. Even the clips are making me...
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Matilda – Coronation Street – Casualty – Elton John Interview – BBC Music...
Skimming through this tape confused me for a bit, as it’s atypical of what I usually record. But I realised it must be one recorded by my younger sister, although I’m not sure why I have it. But it’s...
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Caligula – tape 2895
Over to Channel 4 for Caligula, the soft-porn Roman epic. This showing is a specially edited version, and is introduced by the good Doctor Mark Kermode. I’ll have to be upfront and say that I bailed on...
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Jeremy Paxman Interviews Bill Gates – Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure –...
First on this tape, Jeremy Paxman Interviews Bill Gates. It’s not a bad interview, although Paxman’s almost legendary disdain for all technology, and his sneery questions about money don’t make him the...
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Spaced – tape 2897
I do love Spaced, but there’s also a sense in which it was an early sign of my own mortality. Having grown up watching comedy, I was used to new comedy often speaking directly to me, and yes, Spaced...
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Jam – The X Files – tape 2922
First on this tape, from Channel 4, some episodes of Jam. This is the TV version of Chris Morris’s late night ambient ‘comedy’ Blue Jam. Which, I have to admit, I find hard going. Is it even a comedy?...
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The Simpsons – Futurama – The Strangerers – Film 2000 – tape 2894
Today’s tape is a mixed bag with some familiar programmes, and the occasional novelty. First, The Simpsons – King-Size Homer. Homer decides to gain weight so he can be put on disability, and work from...
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Not The Nine O’Clock News – People Like Us – Bookworm – tape 2905
First on this tape, a compilation episode of Not The Nine O’Clock News starting with an apology over the squashed hedgehogs. ‘All Out Superpower Confrontation’ is a banger. I still know most of the...
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Hamilton v Al Fayed – The Sleaze Trail – Justice in Wonderland – The...
A little bit of politics today, starting with a short programme introducing the background to the main programme, Hamilton v Al Fayed – The Sleaze Trail presented by John Sweeney (later famous for...
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The Peter Principle – Jack Dee’s Full Mountie – tape 2912
Comedy today, and first on this tape is The Peter Principle – Un Homme et Une Femme. It’s the bank-based sitcom starring Jim Broadbent as the ineffectual Peter. He watches a news report on his branch...
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Office Space – tape 2913
A movie today, and it’s Office Space. I have a mixed attitude to writer/director Mike Judge. On the one hand, I never liked King of the Hill or Beavis and Butthead, but on the other hand, there’s...
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The Cable Guy – Coming To America – tape 2904
Staying with movies today with two this time, starting with The Cable Guy, which (I always forget) was directed by Ben Stiller. Matthew Broderick has broken up with his girlfriend and had to move out,...
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Babylon 5 – Free Enterprise – tape 2914
It’s over to the Sci Fi channel for Babylon 5 – Thirdspace. One of several stand-alone TV Movies that the show produced. The opening establishes this as taking place after the Shadows were defeated,...
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – The South Bank Show – tape 2916
FIrst on this tape, from Channel 4, it’s the Christmas edition of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, the movie show presented by Charlie Higson. He talks to Stewart Copeland about composing music for films. There’s...
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Regular readers might have noticed that my YouTube channel has vanished. Unfortunately, someone at a media company has been finding lots of clips (including a couple of trailers) and issuing copyright...
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Station X – tape 2903
On this tape, the first two episodes of Station X, the documentary looking at the work done at Bletchley park to crack the German code machines and read their secrets. There’s some fascinating footage...
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