Peter St John

It's only a matter of time before Mulberry is given the 'prestige series' treatment. (Brittas S1-5 is actually a lovely little sitcom with a stunt budget that would make many sitcoms in 2021 weep, so how they plan to deal with that could be interesting. Although they'll probably just have him in a different scenario that doesn't involve setting off explosions on an OB set…)

Is anybody working on Rainbow Islands? That would be

!!!!!!!!!! Now this is something!

It’s a throwaway, but I really did love the Really & Truly strip. Obviously written by Morrison on E, but great silly fun and nice art by Rian Hughes.

I built a thing. But This Was A Fantasy: An Adam Curtis Search Engine Type in a query (e.g. 'Tony Blair', 'a woman looking out of a car', 'Britain in the 1960s'), and via the amazing power of The Machine, you'll get five images that it thinks matches the query. (there are a few issues: I've only encoded the most recent series so far, and if it finds something it really likes, it'll mainly show frames from around that timecode, but considering I knocked the main functionality out on a Monday evening, it's not too bad)

Also, if you haven't got / seen The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, go forth and rectify that immediately

Oh, the "Lady In Red" -> "Jihad" transition made me laugh.

God I hated that film so so much for all those reasons.

You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve in the soundtrack!!!! EDIT: So apparently it was supposed to be the actual title of the series, but the BBC vetoed it for being too long. The bastards. Also, many years ago, I knocked this silly website out in an afternoon. I feel like I have been vindicated. http://youarethegenerationthatboughtmoreshoesandyougetwhatyoudeserve.com/

I’m loving the recycled bits from The Living Dead

Wait, so the plot is Superman: TAS's Legacy, but shit?

Although if it does turn out to be a 6 x 30' studio-bound sitcom, it would be amazing.

I do think there's a bit of a quality dip after 'Century of The Self'. But 'Pandora's Box / The Living Dead / The Mayfair Set' is a great run (and you can chuck in the Nick Leeson/Henrietta Lacks docs in there too). Also, before he invented the 'but they were wrong' voiceover, but a very early work which has its moments:

You'd probably be able to get away with 'Battleships' (aside from possible trademark action), as the game pre-dates Milton Bradley's (now Hasbro) version. 'Blue Thunder' would be a much harder sell to get past…I guess Sony?

I'm sure Mr. Bruno would have a word too. Maybe you just get a piece of paper saying you own the actual code. Though I wouldn't trust even that with 80s British software houses (except latter-day Ocean maybe).

Send nasty letters to YouTubers and archives? Or: the world is waiting for an update to Duet!

We should get the forum to invest in Turbo Esprit. Or Saboteur. https://www.elite-systems.auction/ip-rights-buy-sell/games-buy-sell/saboteur-for-sale_190 (as usual, don't trust Elite as far as you can throw them, but interesting)

It sounds like there was a push by C4 to keep costs down (RTD wanted 8, they wanted 4, he bluffed them into having 5).

Can't Get You Out Of My Head (cue Kylie)

Not available right now, but I did enjoy reading through this the last couple of months: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1681885670/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 This is focused a lot more on chocolate, but does include a lot of very good cake recipes in it too along with the mousses, creams, and ganaches: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Encyclopedia-Chocolate-Frédéric-Chocolat-Valrhona/dp/2080203665/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=valrhona+chocolate+book&qid=1608691233&s=books&sr=1-1 (the rum & honey chocolate cake contained within is pretty am

Develop a taste for Canadian Rye!

I bought the Play For Today set as soon as it was announced, even though I have most of the plays on it in dodgy YouTube rips. I'm hoping a Volume 2 will come out with the new transfer of Double Dare on it if nothing else. Indicator was my discovery of the year - I think I ended up with about five or six titles in the end, including a couple of late-period Dennis Potter films and the new transfer of Britannia Hospital. I'm definitely getting lazier though; I rented Planes, Trains, and Automobiles over the weekend rather than fish the DVD out of the cupboard…

DO ZENITH PHASE THREE, YOU COWARDS