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Contents
Week Ending: 19th November 2008 ...............................................................................................................................4
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Week Ending: 29th November 2008 ...............................................................................................................................5
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Week Ending 23rd January 2011 ....................................................................................................................................6
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Week Ending: 21st August 2011 ...................................................................................................................................38
Week Ending: 3rd September 2011 ..............................................................................................................................38
Week Ending: 9th September 2011: Germany ..............................................................................................................40
Week Ending: 6th November 2011 (Australia) .............................................................................................................43
Week Ending: 13th November 2011 .............................................................................................................................46
Week Ending: 20th November 2011 .............................................................................................................................47
Week Ending: 27th November 2011 ............................................................................................................................48
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Week Ending 1st January 2012 .....................................................................................................................................53
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Week Ending: 19th November 2008
[Indian Jones and the Crystal Skull -DVD]. I actually really enjoyed the movie though it was not as good as I was
hoping for. They seem to have just followed the old formula. I have to say there were three things in the movie I
thought really did suck and those were the Gophers, the Monkeys and the refrigerator. If I want to see that sort of
crap I rent a Disney movie (well perhaps not for the refrigerator which was just plain ridiculous).
[Iron Man - DVD]. Wow this was actually a really good comic book movie. I enjoyed the X-Men Movies, Hellboy
and the first two Spiderman movies but generally comic book translations are poorly executed. This movie had
amazing special effects, good adult story and it didn't camp things up.
[Hellboy – Bluray]. I bought one of my favorite Movies on bluray. Wow it is stunning in full 1080p. I hope Hellboy 2
is as good.
[The incredible Hulk – bluray]- Another fantastic comic book movie. Wow
[Pushing Daisies Series 1 – episode 4 - "Pigeon" - DVD]. A plane crash into an apartment building leaves the trio
with a case—did the pilot commit suicide?—while Chuck finds herself drawn to the man who appears to be the
sole survivor (Dash Mihok), much to Ned's distress. Meanwhile, Olive takes a wounded messenger pigeon to the
aunts for help.
[Pushing Daisies Series 1 - episode 5 "Girth" - DVD] - In this Halloween episode, Emerson and Olive track down
"the ghost" who's been killing the jockeys at the old race arena where Olive used to race as a former jockey
herself. With help from Ned and Chuck, they try to solve the big mystery.
[The Mighty Boosh – The Hitcher]. Rewatched my favorite Boosh Episode for the umpteenth time. Great stuff. The
hitcher is my favorite Boosh Character too.
Week Ending: 22nd November 2008
[Pushing Daisies Series 1 – episode 6 "Bitches" - DVD ]. - When a deceased man tells Ned that his wife killed him
after giving him a cup of coffee, he fails to mention that he is a polygamist, making the case harder than it sounds,
with matters only becoming more complicated when Emerson falls for the prime suspect (Christine Adams) and
Ned is left contemplating starting a physical relationship with Olive to complement the emotional one he has with
Chuck. We bought this DVD after finishing [Dead Like Me] in the hope it would be similarly strange. It is turning
out to be a pretty good series but not as good as [Dead Like Me] . The narration and the 50's B movie inspired sets
are the best bit for me.
[Hellboy 2 – bluray]- A huge disappointment. They went down that dreaded comic book path and camped the
whole thing up. Special effects were amazing and the monsters were very well done but the dialogue was not up
to snuff :-(
[Sherlock Homes – Ronald Howard 20 episodes Collection - DVD] - The acting and story lines are so bad they are
funny. It has such a strange charm that makes them fun to watch. Episodes Watched - Sherlock Holmes: The Case
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of the Texas Cowgirl, Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of The laughing Mummy. Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the
reluctant carpenter
Week Ending: 29th November 2008
[The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford- bluray]. A very long and slow paced movie.
Although the subject matter was interesting I think the movie could have been a lot shorter. It's a bit like a History
Channel documentary. Not an easy watch but some good character acting.
[Sherlock Homes – Ronald Howard 20 episodes Collection -DVD] - The acting and story lines are so bad they are
funny. It has such a strange charm that makes them fun to watch. Episodes Watched - Sherlock Holmes: The Case
of the shoeless Engineer, The Case of the singing violin, The case of the Royal Murder, The case of the shy
ballerina.
[Pushing Daisies Series 1 – episode 7,8 & 9 - DVD]. We bought this DVD after finishing [Dead Like Me] in the hope
it would be similarly strange. It turned out to be a very enjoyable season but not quite as good as [Dead Like Me].
The plots, sets and stories kept up with the strange factor right up until the end. I can't wait for season 2 to be
released on DVD. It's just a pity they have been cancelled before season 2 was finished. Perhaps it was just a little
too odd for the masses.
Week Ending: 6th December 2009
[Golden Compass -Bluray] – Although this movie got terrible reviews I really enjoyed it. I thought the story was
very good and the special effects were excellent without being over the top. There is something special about hitec in a Victorian setting. To cap it all off the baddies were called Samoyeds which was a definite bonus. Hope they
make the other two books.
[Corraline - Bluray] – A great combination of puppets and computer graphics with an engaging and witty story.
Very Tim Burton in style but none the worse for that. I tried watching the 3D version to begin with but the color
was crappy and I got a headache after about 10 minutes . Red/Green 3D is utter rubbish !!!
[Touch of Frost Season 12 - “Near Death Experience” - DVD] – 25 September 2005
- A mother and daughter are
savagely attacked by knife in their home. Another Excellent Frost special. Most series go seriously off the boil by
this time in their life but Frost is still sharp. A Great and engaging murder mystery.
[Qi the C series - Series 3 - Episodes 4 to 6 - DVD] – An enjoyable show hosted by Stephen Fry. Some clever and
witty guests. Funny and educational too.
[The New Avengers (76) – Episode 1 – “The Eagles Nest” - DVD] – Professor Von Claus, an expert in cryogenics, is
kidnapped and taken to a remote Scottish Isle. The island is inhabited by monks who use fishing rods baited with
poison to kill 'unwelcome guests', having already disposed of one of Steed's colleagues. They need Von Claus to
recover "Germany's Greatest Treasure". I used to really enjoy this series as a child and watching it again brings the
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memories flooding back. By today’s standards the effects, dialogue and acting are pretty poor bit this all adds to
the charm.
Week Ending: 13th December 2009
[The New Avengers (76) – Episode 1 – “The Eagles Nest” - DVD] – Professor Von Claus, an expert in cryogenics, is
kidnapped and taken to a remote Scottish Isle. The island is inhabited by monks who use fishing rods baited with
poison to kill 'unwelcome guests', having already disposed of one of Steed's colleagues. They need Von Claus to
recover "Germany's Greatest Treasure". I used to really enjoy this series as a child and watching it again brings the
memories flooding back. By today’s standards the effects, dialogue and acting are pretty poor bit this all adds to
the charm.
[The New Avengers (76) – Episode 2 – “The Midas Touch” - DVD] - Professor Turner is an expert in disease
carriers and has developed a way to allow a man, known as Midas, to carry some of the most deadly viruses yet
remain immune – however the merest touch from Midas spells infection and death for the victim. Turner wishes to
sell Midas to the highest bidder – in exchange for gold, which he is obsessed with. The buyer plans to use Midas'
ability to take power in his country. An Ok episode with some truly awful acting and effects. Hong Kong Harry was
particularly funny as the worst ever portrayal of a Chinese person by a white actor. Purdy still looked great and
there was a car chase between and XJS and a Aston Martin DBS so it wasn’t all bad.
[The New Avengers (76) – Episode 3 – “House of Cards” - DVD] - When Russian agent Perov attempts to
recapture defector Professor Vasil, Steed steps in to foil the snatch. Perov, unable to face being sent home in
disgrace, fakes his suicide and activates the 'House of Cards' plan in which several sleeper agents are 'awakened'
with orders to kill Gambit, Purdey and Steed. A very enjoyable episode and it featured Steeds Custom XJR12…Nice.
[Michael Palin Sahara - DVD Episodes 1 and 2 - DVD] – I am a huge fan of Palin’s travel logs and this one is as good
as ever. He has a unique way of fitting in with the locals and capturing the real essence of the places he visits. Like
all his videos this is not an adventure for the gastronomically weak. The video Diary extras are a great bonus.
Week Ending 23rd January 2011
[Open All Hours Pilot - 25 March 1973 - DVD] - This was Part of the Seven of One series and featured the same
cast with the exception of the Nurse. The nurse they used in the actual TV series was much better. Classic Ronnie
Barker.
[Open All Hours – Series 1 Episode 1 - "Full Of Mysterious Promise" - 20 Feb 1976 - DVD] – Why don’t we get
engaged before we both grow a moustache?” What’s more fruitless – Arkwright’s pursuit of Nurse Gladys
Emmanuel, or his attempt to sell tins of food without labels? This was a great first episode.
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[Open All Hours – Series 1 Episode 2 - "Mattress On Wheels" - 27 Feb 1976 - DVD] – Arkwright’s always been
dead against getting a van, until Granville points out the advantages of taking a lady friend for a drive. Classic
Ronnie Barker.
[One Foot In The Grave - Series 1 Episode 1 – “Alive and Buried” - 4 January 1990 – DVD] – At the age of 60,
Victor Meldrew is retired from his job as a security guard to be replaced by a box and a recorded message. As he
contemplates his future, he gets a visit from Nick Swainey’s charity for the elderly and decides to go for a job
interview. Very Funny
[One Foot In The Grave - Series 1 Episode 2 – “The Big Sleep” - 11 January 1990 – DVD] – Victor’s cousin
Geoffrey, who had also just taken early retirement at the age of 60, dies. The Meldrews attend his atheist funeral
and receive a visit from what Victor calls “the Jehovah’s Witness police”. Victor looks after a small bird that
regularly perches in his garden. As fog descends on suburbia, Victor wakes up thinking he’s dead. Great macabre
comedy.
[One Foot In The Grave - Series 1 Episode 3 - “The Valley of Fear” - 18 January 1990 – DVD] –
While photographing a sunset, Victor is mugged and graffiti is sprayed on the Meldrews’ house, so he decides to
head a Neighbourhood Watch meeting. Meanwhile: there’s a strange smell by the sideboard, a problem with the
central heating, an old woman in the loft, and a cat in the freezer. Classic Episode.
[One Foot In The Grave - Series 1 Episode 4 - "I'll Retire to Bedlam" - 25 January 1990 - DVD] – Victor is trapped in
his shed for 3 hours thanks to a swarm of belligerent bees, stuck in the optician’s for a day with his eyes shut, then
stuck babysitting some unpleasant children.
[One Foot In The Grave - Series 1 Episode 5 - "The Eternal Quadrangle" - 1 February 1990 - DVD] – Margaret is
pleased when Victor takes up painting–until she discovers that he has been painting a nude model, Doreen, and
driving her home afterwards.
[One Foot In The Grave - Series 1 Episode 6 - "The Return of the Speckled Band" - 8 February 1990 - DVD] –
Before the Meldrews can leave for their holiday in Athens, they must cope with Victor’s fear of flying, Mrs
Warboys’ food poisoning, having their electricity meter read, and an escaped snake.
[Red Dwarf Series 1 Episode 2 - "Future Echoes" - 22 February 1988 – DVD] – Red Dwarf has been steadily
accelerating for three million years and when it breaches light speed the new crew begin to experience visions
from their own futures. Lister is shocked that his future self appears to have blown up while making a repair to the
ship. However it was not him he saw, it was his son Bexley as revealed by a future echo Lister aged 171. The future
Lister tells present Lister to run to the medibay to take a picture of Jim and Bexley as babies.
[Red Dwarf Series 1 Episode 3 - "Balance of Power" - 29 February 1988 – DVD] – Lister wants to go on a date with
the hologram of his former love interest, navigation officer Kristine Kochanski (C. P. Grogan), but it would mean
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replacing Rimmer as the ship hologram, which of course Rimmer will not let happen. Lister decides to do a cooking
exam so he can become a chef, and if he passes he will hold sufficient rank to order this. Rimmer attempts to
discourage Lister from taking the exam, but fails in this task.
[The Mighty Boosh – Series 1 Episode 1 - "Killeroo" - 18 May 2004 - DVD] – Howard is blackmailed by Bob Fossil,
who forces him to participate in a boxing match with a kangaroo. Howard thinks that by winning the fight he will
impress Mrs Gideon, Head of Reptiles, so Vince decides to help him by training him up. Oly Ralfe, vocalist of the
Ralfe Band makes a cameo in this episode as Jimmy the Reach. He is seen in both the gym and at the very end of
the episode. Strange stuff but enjoyable.
[The Mighty Boosh – Series 1 Episode 2 - "Mutants" Paul King 25 May 2004 - DVD] – Animals at the Zoo-niverse
are disappearing; when Mrs Gideon’s python goes missing, Howard and Vince decide to investigate. They soon
discover Dixon Bainbridge’s secret laboratory and find out the terrible secret of the missing animals.
[Porridge Series 1 Episode 2 - "The Hustler" - 12 September 1974 - DVD] – Fletch is planning a rule-breaking
gambling enterprise that soon runs into trouble at the hands of Ives and Mr. Mackay. Funny !!!
[Porridge Series 1 Episode 3 - "A Night In" - 19 September 1974 - DVD] – Set entirely in relative darkness one
evening, within the confines of their cell, Fletcher and Godber ponder life in prison and many other aspects of their
lives.
[Porridge Series 1 Episode 4 - "A Day Out" - 26 September 1974 - DVD] – Fletch, Godber, Ives and some other
prisoners go out on a work party, but, after Ives gets stung by a bee, Fletch is able to use the excuse of it being
poisonous to escape for a pint at the local pub.
[Porridge Series 1 Episode 5 - "Ways and Means" - 3 October 1974 - DVD] – New prisoner McLaren proves
troublesome, and Fletch decides to help him out, but for all his troubles, the two both end up on the roof.
[Porridge Series 1 Episode 6 - "Men Without Women" - 10 October 1974 - DVD] – Fletch fancies himself as a bit of
an agony aunt and is called upon by his fellow inmates to help out, before his daughter, Ingrid informs him that his
own marriage is in trouble.
[Doctor Who Season 2, Episode 0 - "The Christmas Invasion" - 25 December 2005 - DVD] – It’s Christmas Eve, but
this is to be a far from silent night – the cruel Sycorax have come to Earth to enslave mankind and, as ever, only
The Doctor can stop them. Unfortunately, he’s lying in a coma in Jackie’s home…
[Doctor Who Season 2 - Episode 1 "New Earth" - 15 April 2006 - DVD] – As Rose Tyler embarks upon her first big
TARDIS adventure with the newly-regenerated Doctor, they discover a sinister hospital run by strange cat people
and run in to two old acquaintances, The Face of Boe and Cassandra.
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[Doctor Who Season 2, Episode 2 "Tooth and Claw" - 22 April 2006 - DVD] – The Doctor and Rose are transported
to 19th Century Scotland, where they meet Queen Victoria, and try to protect her from a ravenous werewolf and a
band of assassinating warrior-monks.
[Doctor Who Season 2, Episode 3 "School Reunion" - 29 April 2006 - DVD] – The Krillitanes – aliens with a mixand-match physiology – are trying to crack the ‘God-Maker’, a paradigm to give them ultimate power. They are
using children as a computer, and only the Doctor and Rose, re-united with Sarah Jane Smith and K9 can prevent
them from becoming masters of time and space.
[Doctor Who Season 2, Episode 4 "The Girl in the Fireplace" - 6 May 2006 - DVD] – The Doctor, Mickey and Rose
land on a spaceship in the 51st century only to find 18th century Versailles on board, the time of Madame De
Pompadour! To find out what’s going on the Doctor must enter Versailles and save Madame De Popmpadour but it
turns into an emotional roller coaster for the Doctor.
[Doctor Who Season 2, Episode 5 "Rise of the Cybermen" - 13 May 2006 - DVD] – Upon landing on an alternate
version of the Earth, The Doctor, Rose and Mickey learn that Peter Tyler is apparently alive and well. Lurking in the
shadows are creatures made to destroy – one of The Doctor’s greatest fears have come true…the Cybermen are
reborn.
[Doctor Who Season 2, Episode 6 "The Age of Steel" - 20 May 2006 - DVD] – Lumic’s army of cybermen is on the
rise, and with more and more people being converted by the hour, time is of the essence. The gang are reduced to
fugitives as they roam the streets of parallel London trying to rid the earth of cybermen.
[Doctor Who Season 2, Episode 7 "The Idiot's Lantern" - 27 May 2006 - DVD] – In 1950s London, the police are
hunting down strange, mute creatures. The people of Britain gather around their new-fangled “tele-vision” sets to
celebrate the new Queen’s coronation – but is something affecting the signal?
Week Ending 30th January 2011
[BTCC 2010 -DVD] – Rounds 7 to 9 “Brands Hatch”, Rounds 10 to 12 “Oulton Park, Rounds 13 to 15 Croft. Excellent
racing but “so so” video quality.
[Hyperdrive: Season 1, Episode 1 - A Gift from the Glish - DVD] – Enter the Glish, a race of permanently moist
aliens who lick each other in greeting. Despite its buzzing café culture and farmers’ market, the Glish are hesitant
about Peterborough and must do a lot of hand- and face-licking before they sign.
[Hyperdrive: Season 1, Episode 2 - Hello, Queppu - DVD] – Henderson must make first contact with a strange new
world: Queppu. It’s his chance to speak to the peoples of a planet, to make history. Instead, Henderson, Teal and
York are greeted with crossbow fire and accused of being rebels against the leader.
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[Hyperdrive: Season 1, Episode 3 - Weekend Off - DVD] – It’s Gary Neville Day, and time for the crew of the
Camden Lock to let their hair down and take a well-earned break. Traditionally, the crew hold the Cadet’s Ball and
extend a courtesy invitation to the commander.
[Hyperdrive: Season 1, Episode 4 - Asteroid - DVD] – Henderson has his eye on a Nobel Peace Prize when the
Bulaah and the Lallakiss arrive at the Camden Lock for negotiations over the rights to an asteroid. He discards
Teal’s complex agendas in favor of a “man-to-thing” chat.
[Hyperdrive: Season 1, Episode 5 - Clare - DVD] – While scanning the galaxy for drug smugglers, the Camden Lock
encounters the ship of the round-the-galaxy solo spacewoman, Clare Winchester. Concerned for her mental wellbeing, Henderson decides to put the mission on hold to do a little bonding.
[Hyperdrive: Season 1, Episode 6 - Assessment - DVD] – During a round of psychological tests, the Camden Lock is
fired upon. Mistaking it for part of the evaluation, Henderson ignores the sounds of the destruction. Could it be his
last mistake?
[Michael Palin: New Europe Episode 6 : From Pole to Pole - DVD] – Michael makes a personal pilgrimage to
Auschwitz. Arriving in Gdansk via canal, Michael meets former electrician Lech Walesa, who formed Solidarity,
Poland’s first independent trade union, which led to the demise of communism in that country. Not as good as his
earlier adventures but this one was a really traumatic.
[Michael Palin: New Europe Episode 7: Journey's End - DVD] – High in the Tatra mountains of Slovakia, Michael
skins a pig and learns how to make sausages. Countries visited include Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany.
A nice end to the series.
[Man vs. Wild: Collection 1 : Sierra Nevada - DVD] – In the wilds of America’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, Bear
gets back to basics with survival skills handed down from the very earliest Americans. Armed with this native
knowledge, Bear finds food, shelter and friends among the animals. Interesting stuff in my neck of the woods.
[Man vs. Wild: Collection 1 : Scotland - DVD] – The mountains of Cairngorms National Park in northeast Scotland
boast breathtaking views, but freezing conditions mean food and fresh water are scarce. Bear braves the icy peaks,
demonstrating how to purify water using moss and how to skin a deer. This gives a good impression of how harsh
Scotish weather can be.
[Kingdom Series 3 Episode 1 - 7 June 2009 - DVD] – Lyle represents a woman who brings a sex discrimination case
against the Blues and Royals, Peter helps a soldier who lost a leg in Iraq get better compensation from the Ministry
of Defence. Gloria’s elderly father causes trouble with a couple who want to take their canal boat through his
lock. Season 3 continues on with the greatness of series 1 and 2 but without the wayward brother.
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[Kingdom Series 3 Episode 2 - 14 June 2009 - DVD] – A farmer seeks Peter’s help when she suspects vandals of
creating crop circles in her fields. Lyle meets an attractive paralegal named Emily when he helps a family fight off a
compulsory purchase order from the council. Another good episode.
[Inception - DVD] – A pretty complex movie with a great story and special effects. I enjoyed it but it really
demanded concentration not to lose the plot.
[Dr Who Season 2, Episode 8: "The Impossible Planet" - 3 June 2006 -DVD] - - The TARDIS lands on an alien planet
shrouded in a darkness that even the Doctor can’t figure out. And what is lurking at the bottom of The Satan Pit?
[Dr Who Season 2, Episode 9: "The Satan Pit" - 10 June 2006 - DVD] – As Rose battles the murderous Ood, the
Doctor finds his every belief being challenged to the core, as the Pit beckons. With the planet threatening to fall
into the black hole, the Doctor must make the ultimate sacrifice. Great climax to this great two parter.
[Dr Who Season 2, Episode 10: "Love & Monsters" - 17 June 2006 - DVD] – A run in with the Doctor at a young age
leads Elton to a group who’s studying him, they become friends and have a laugh until Victor Kennedy arrives.
Suddenly everything becomes more serious then people start disappearing from the group. Can the Doctor save
Elton and explain his past before he’s absorbed by the Absorbaloff. A very unusual DR Who episode but enjoyable.
[BTCC 2010 - DVD] – The video quality was a bit disappointing but the racing was excellent. Rounds #16 to 18
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Rounds #19 to 21 Silverstone, Rounds 22 to 24 Knockhill, Rounds 25 to 27
Donnington Park and Rounds 28 to 29 Brands Hatch Indy.
[Dr Who Season 2, Episode 11: "Fear Her" - 24 June 2006 - DVD] – The Doctor and Rose travel to London in 2012
to see the Olympics – only to find that children are mysteriously disappearing before peoples very eyes. The
answer seems to lie with a young girl named Chloe and her strange drawings – but is there something more
sinister behind the disappearances?
[Dr Who Season 2, Episode 12: "Army of Ghosts" - 1 July 2006 - DVD] – As the ghosts of loved ones appear, the
whole world celebrates. But as the Doctor investigates he believes that there is a more sinister motive behind their
appearence. And deep within the Torchwood tower, a mysterious sphere containing the greatest enemies of the
Doctor is opened…
[The Brittas Empire Series 1, Episode 2 - "Opening Day" - DVD] – It’s opening day at the Center and everything is
broken. The automatic doors keep malfunctioning, the central heating can’t be turned off, and the pool has a leak.
Brittas intervenes. Now the automatic doors won’t open and the whole center is like a hothouse. On top of all this,
the crazy old janitor has completely flooded the boiler room. Will the entire staff faint before they can escape?
And is there any way to stop Colin from shaking hands with the Duchess of Kent? A Classic Brittas episode.
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[Not Only...But Also - Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Best of...What's Left of...- DVD] – Episode 1 to 7 of this
classic comedy series. It’s a shame the BBC destroyed the tapes as there is some really funny stuff here.
[Dr Who Season 2, Episode 13: "Doomsday" - 8 July 2006 - DVD] – Earth becomes the battlefield for the greatest
and deadliest war of all time, as the Daleks and the Cybermen clash with the whole universe at stake. The Doctor
and Rose, reunited with old friends and Cybermen experts Mickey and Jake, race to find a way to bring the war to
an end before it brings about the destruction of the whole of space and time. But the Doctor soon faces an even
bigger dilemma – could ending the war mean the death of Rose?
[Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40 -DVD] – On the heels of a humiliating incident in which he was ejected from a
Southwest Airlines flight because of his generous size, director Kevin Smith bites back in this television comedy
special filmed in his hometown of Red Bank, N.J. Part concert and part Q&A session, the performance finds Smith
recounting tales about smoking pot with Seth Rogen, working with Bruce Willis on the critically reviled film Cop
Out and more. A pretty funny stand up.
[Kingdom Series 3 Episode 3 - 21 June 2009 - DVD] – Beatrice sets up a phone sex line to help pay for her
daughter Petra’s school fees, and is horrified when Petra’s father phones. Nigel Pearson seeks Lyle’s help when a
group of nuns are evicted from their convent. Peter helps out with a feud between a lab technician and her
daughter.
[Kingdom Series 3 Episode Episode 4 - 28 June 2009 - DVD] – Peter and Beatrice help a judge who thinks he is
being blackmailed and Lyle helps some Druids when a golf course is built on their ley lines.
[Kingdom Series 3 Episode 5 - 5 July 2009 - DVD] – Peter and Lyle travel to Stockport when Lyle’s mother asks for
help to stop some houses being built on local allotments. Gloria’s son Scott accuses DC Yelland of spying on young
people who wear hoodies. Beatrice helps Nigel with his upcoming exam.
[Kingdom Series 3 Episode 6 - 12 July 2009 - DVD] – Peter helps a local aristocrat and sees a doctor for some tests,
while Lyle investigates a poisoned river.
[BTCC 2010 - DVD] – The video quality was a bit disappointing but the racing was excellent. Final Round
#30 Brands Hatch Indy.
Week Ending 13th February 2011
[Jam and Jerusalem - Series 1 Episode 1 - DVD] – 24 November 2006. Dr Michael Vine (Hywel Bennett) dies of a
heart attack, and at the funeral his son Dr. James announces that his wife will be the new practice nurse, putting
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his mother Sal out of a job. She then struggles to occupy her time, so joins the local Women’s Guild, as does Kate
Bales, a bereavement counselor. Funny Series with a first rate British comedy cast.
[Jam and Jerusalem - Series 1 Episode 2 - DVD] – 1 December 2006. The women decide they want a coffee room
at the local church so they have somewhere to meet up after the morning’s service. To pay for the health and
safety standards, they decide to put together a bring and buy sale to raise money. Sal finally gets rid of her
deceased husband’s clothes, donating them to the fundraiser; as her children are unwilling to help, the Guild
decide they will. Funny Series with a first rate British comedy cast.
[Jam and Jerusalem - Series 1 Episode 3 - DVD] – 8 December 2006. After discovering Eileen was adopted, Sal
convinces Tip to use Genes Reunited to search for her birth family. The women are shocked to immediately find
the contact details of a blood relative. Although initially angry, Eileen is happy when she discovers she has a
brother. Tash asks Sal to take care of Raph for six months, and Sal refuses. Rosie forgets to order the pasties for a
village picnic so they have to make them themselves. Funny Series with a first rate British comedy cast.
[Jam and Jerusalem - Series 1 Episode 4 - DVD] – 15 December 2006. Delilah gets her car seat stuck. Sal and Tash
have a major argument about Tash wanting to do a Circus Skills course, and refusing to get a job. However, they
later make up. At the surgery, Tip devises a successful plan to get Sal her old job back, by having James’ exheadmistress Joyce Midge (Miriam Margolyes) come in for a smear. Funny Series with a first rate British comedy
cast.
Week Ending 20th February 2011
[Jam and Jerusalem - Series 1 Episode 5 - DVD] – 22 December 2006 - During Kate “Silver Surfers” group, Eileen
comes in and reads a letter saying that Guild inspector Lady Anne Crump (Marcia Warren) will be at their meeting
that evening, which makes Eileen panic thinking they will be closed. Meanwhile, the Guild help an old man called
Elijah whose wife recently died and Rosie goes on a celebrity diet.
[Jam and Jerusalem - Series 1 Episode 6 - DVD] – 26 December 2006 – Rosie, Eileen and Queenie help the Vicar
prepare for the harvest festival. When Rosie sees the face of Jesus in a potato, her alter-ego Margaret comes to
the surface after the Vicar tells her the face is not there. Meanwhile, the Vicar tries to get some peace and Caroline
injuries herself at the pony trials.
[Jam and Jerusalem - Series 1 Christmas Special - DVD] – 30 December 2006. The Guild are organising Cinderella,
the village pantomime, and Tash wants to play the lead role as she always does. However, Eileen thinks that, at 36,
Tash is too old. Nevertheless, Sal persuades Eileen to let Tash have the role, while James and the Vicar play the
Ugly sisters. On the night, Tip goes to the pub rather than perform as the Wicked Stepmother, while Tash gets on
well with Prince Charming. Meanwhile, Sal gets help when she decides how to scatter Mike’s ashes.
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[Jam and Jerusalem - Series 2 - Episode 1 - DVD] – 1 January 2008. As the first anniversary of Mike’s death
approaches, Sal tells James how much she misses him. Sal teaches James how to be compassionate with his
patients and Tash gets a job in tele sales. Meanwhile, the Guild launch a website and hold a Victorian tea so they
can put the some photos on the website. However, Kate and Eileen argue over who will make the website. Delilah
flies off her bike and is rushed to hospital.
[Machete - DVD] – A Blood thirsty grindhouse extravaganza. A Mexploitation movie? I really enjoyed this and
laughed harder at this movie than I have done in a long time. The hospital scene was a complete scream.
[Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs - DVD] – A great sequel to the first movie. Pretty funny at times and great
graphics.
[Pulling Series One - Episode 1 - DVD] – Donna gets ready to go out on her hen night, only to find it’s being held at
a bingo hall. Later she and her friends move on to a club, where Donna realises single girls have more fun and
decides she doesn’t want to get married to Karl anymore.
[Pulling Series One - Episode 2 - DVD] – Donna tries to make herself available on the job market while Karen
breaks down in front of her class only to be subsequently placed under suspension for numerous incidents. Louise
begins to date Karen’s latest conquest, without much success.
[Jam and Jerusalem - Series 2 - Episode 2 - DVD] - 4 January 2008 – Tash and Spike plan to go to Glastonbury, but
a ticketless Tash hopes to get past security by pretending to be a security guard. Caroline is also at Glastonbury to
see her son perform. Meanwhile, Sal wants a quiet weekend to herself, but Susie comes round saying she thinks
she is pregnant after having an affair. However, after looking at the medical records Tip soon tells Susie she can not
be pregnant as the man she had the affair has had a vasectomy. Sal’s quiet weekend is then ruined further when
Tash and Spike come back from Glastonbury early after Tash failed to get past security.
[Jam and Jerusalem - Series 2 - Episode 3 - DVD] - 11 January 2008 - Lady Anne Crump (Marcia Warren) visits the
Guild to judge their competitions. Sal organises the Guild’s ramble, which to Eileen’s dismay has no plan or theme,
instead Sal says they should spend the time talking and bonding. During the ramble, they by accident meet the
Vicar, who is having a picnic with a woman called Veronica (Jan Hartley). The Guild then get stranded in fog. Also,
Sal encourages Spike to ask Tash out, but he gets confused and asks her out instead. Tash meanwhile is protesting
with her fellow druids about the Army practising on nearby land.
[Jam and Jerusalem - Series 2 - Episode 4 - DVD] - 18 January 2008. The annual reenactment of the 1646
Clatterford Skirmish is cancelled by the Council citing health and safety concerns. The Guild then decide to organise
it themselves, and plan many events including a minor battle reenactment, in which James plays Charles I.
Meanwhile, after an incident at the factory, Rosie steals from the SPAR and has problems with Margaret, her alterego. She is then seen at home by James, who suggests a higher dose of medication, which Sal does not allow. Sal
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then talks to Margaret and appears to solve the problem, although it is some days before Rosie will leave her
house.
[Jam and Jerusalem - Series 2 - Episode 5 - DVD] - 25 January 2008 – Yasmeen tries to teach the Guild how to
successfully play netball ready for a game against the Guild of a neighbouring village, Hole. However, the Guild
lose. The next match is bowls, which they nearly win until Rosie gets Clatterford disqualified for indecent exposure.
Meanwhile, Tash plans to move in with Marcus. However, Spike writes her a love note telling her to meet him by a
tree at 5pm. She runs away from a house viewing to meet Spike, and she accepts his proposal.
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[The Magnificent Seven - Bluray] – I really enjoyed revisting this classic western and I was suprised that I couldnt
remember much of the plot even though I have seen it tons of times as a kid. Nicely restored picture and sound.
[British Rally Championships 2010 - DVD] – Fantastic season with some really close results. Cant wait for the 2011
version.
[Jam and Jerusalem Season 2 Episode 6 - DVD] – 1 February 2008 – Tash tries to organise her wedding to Spike,
but soon realises that everything is too expensive. She then decides to let Sal and the Guild organise the wedding,
which then takes place by a river with a fairy theme, and Tash and Spike write their own vows to say in front of the
registar. The reception takes place on a nearby field and afterwards Spike, Tash and Raph go away in a mobile
home. I don’t think the second series was quite as good as the first but it was still good. I think this final episode
was a great round up to series 2.
[Red Dwarf Series 1 Episode 2 - "Future Echoes" - DVD ] – 22 February 1988 – Red Dwarf has been steadily
accelerating for three million years and when it breaches light speed the new crew begin to experience visions
from their own futures. Lister is shocked that his future self appears to have blown up while making a repair to the
ship. However it was not him he saw, it was his son Bexley as revealed by a future echo Lister aged 171. The future
Lister tells present Lister to run to the medibay to take a picture of Jim and Bexley as babies. Classic comedy.
[Red Dwarf Series 1 Episode 3 - "Balance of Power" - DVD] – 29 February 1988 – Lister wants to go on a date with
the hologram of his former love interest, navigation officer Kristine Kochanski (C. P. Grogan), but it would mean
replacing Rimmer as the ship hologram, which of course Rimmer will not let happen. Lister decides to do a cooking
exam so he can become a chef, and if he passes he will hold sufficient rank to order this. Rimmer attempts to
discourage Lister from taking the exam, but fails in this task.
[Red Dwarf Series 1 Episode 4 - "Waiting for God" - DVD] – 7 March 1988 – Red Dwarf stumbles upon one of its
own garbage pods, and Rimmer is convinced that it’s a stasis capsule carrying a dormant alien woman. Meanwhile,
Lister learns about Cat’s people (the Felis sapiens) and discovers he is their mythical god, “Cloister the Stupid”, and
will bring them to the mythical island of Fuchal.
[Red Dwarf Series 1 Episode 5 - "Confidence and Paranoia" - DVD] – 14 March 1988 – Lister contracts a mutated
pneumonia virus. The hallucinations of his fevered brain materialise in solid form, and suddenly the ship is beset by
herring rain and exploding sixteenth century Mayor of Warsaw. When his fever breaks, Lister wakes up to find he
has created personifications of his confidence (Craig Ferguson) and paranoia (Lee Cornes).
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[Red Dwarf Series 1 Episode 6 - "Me²" - DVD] – 21 March 1988 – Rimmer creates his perfect companion, an
identical hologrammatic duplicate of himself. He moves out of his quarters he shares with Lister and starts
rooming with his doppelgänger. At first he enjoys it, but they eventually began to despise each other. Soon the two
Rimmers find themselves locked in a conflict so fierce, only one of them can stay.
[Red Dwarf Series 2 Episode 1 - "Kryten" - DVD] – 6 September 1988 – Red Dwarf intercepts an SOS distress call
from the American Space cruiser Nova 5, which has crashed on an asteroid. Much to their disappointment, the
crew (who are expecting to find female crew members) find the only survivor is Kryten (David Ross), a service
mechanoid with an overactive guilt chip. Lister wants to teach Kryten to be rebellious, whilst Rimmer wants to
abuse Kryten’s servitude.
[Red Dwarf Series 2 Episode 2 - "Better Than Life" - DVD] – 13 September 1988 – A post pod carrying a three
million year old bag of mail arrives, and Rimmer becomes depressed when he reads a letter saying his dad is dead.
Meanwhile the Dwarfers play a total-immersion computer game called “Better Than Life” which makes the player’s
wishes come true. Rimmer’s neurotic brain fittingly begins to rebel against the fantasy and turn it into a nightmare.
[Red Dwarf Series 2 Episode 3 - "Thanks for the Memory" - DVD] – 20 September 1988 – The crew wake up after
celebrating the anniversary of Rimmer’s death, only to find four whole days have passed and they’ve got no
memories of the previous four days. But when they find the ship’s black box on a moon, they slowly learn what
happened over the past four days
Week Ending 6th March 2011
[Red Dwarf Series 2 Episode 4 "Stasis Leak" - DVD] – 27 September 1988 – A time barrier called a “Stasis Leak” is
found on Floor 16 and it takes the crew back in time on Red Dwarf three million years earlier, to a point three
weeks before the disaster which killed the rest of the crew. Rimmer tries to change the past by putting himself into
suspended animation, so he does not die in the radioactive disaster. Lister has similar plans for Kochanski.
[Red Dwarf Series 2 Episode 5 "Queeg" - DVD] – 4 October 1988 – When the ship’s “computer senile” computer
Holly allows a meteorite to damage the ship and Rimmer’s hologram to malfunction, the crew lose faith in
him. Holly’s back-up computer, Queeg 500 (Charles Augins), takes command of Red Dwarf. When Queeg 500 runs
the ship like a military garrison, the Dwarfers have a change of heart and want Holly back, and so encourage Holly
to challenge Queeg to a game of chess, where the loser gets erased from the system.
[Red Dwarf Series 2 Episode 6 "Parallel Universe" - DVD] – 11 October 1988 – The Dwarfers test Holly’s new
invention, the “Holly Hop Drive”, which will supposedly warp them back to Earth in seconds. Instead Red Dwarf
enters an alternate parallel dimension in which the Dwarfers encounter female versions of themselves – Cat,
however, encounters an opposite version of himself instead, the scruffy Dog. Lister gets drunk and sleeps with his
female self. Later he finds himself pregnant with twins, as in the parallel dimension, it is the men who fall
pregnant.
[Carlitos Way - DVD] – a stonking good ganster movie in a similar vein to scarface.
[Carlito's Way -Rise to Power - DVD] – This movie was supposed to be a prequel to Carlito’s way but it really
wasnt. It was a pretty good gangster flick and was worth a watch. Clever ending.
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[The Ricky Gervais Show, Season 1 - DVD] – Episodes 1 to 6. Although this is pretty funny I enjoyed the original
audio stuff more.
[The Sara Jane Adventures -Season 2, Episode 1: The Last Sontaran: Part 1 - DVD] – 29 September 2008 – Alan has
a dilemma as he has been offered a job in America and feels guilty about taking Maria away from her mother and
friends. Maria, however, is busy helping Sarah Jane, Luke and Clyde investigate strange lights coming from the
Tycho radio tower. They discover that Kaagh, the last survivor of an invasion of Earth by the Sontaran race, is
planning his revenge and has taken over Professor Skinner and his computer,the plan being to bring down Earth’s
satellites onto nuclear power stations worldwide and cause an explosion. The professor’s daughter helps them to
escape the building and get out into the woods.
[The Sara Jane Adventures - Season 2, Episode 2: The Last Sontaran: Part 2 - DVD] – 29 September 2008 – Sarah
Jane and the youngsters are saved by the arrival of Alan and Chrissie, the latter saving the day by wedging the high
heel of her shoe into the sensitive vent in the back of Kaagh’s neck. However, she is knocked temporarily
unconscious and Maria and Alan hope she can be persuaded it was all a dream when she comes to. Luke
deactivates the computer, completely immobilizing Kaagh’s weaponry and he returns to Sontar. Maria and her
father leave for America and Chrissie later tells Sarah Jane that she remembers the entire incident.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - New Years Day Special - "Invasion of the Bane" - DVD] – 1st January 2007 – Maria
becomes intrigued by the strange goings on at Sarah Jane’s house but before she can investigate she’s whisked
away by her new friend Kelsey to the brightly coloured but sinister Bubbleshock factory. As Sarah Jane tries to find
out what the mysterious Mrs Wormwood is doing at the factory, Maria and Kelsey embark on a tour which leads
them into the path of a monstrous creature and a strange young boy with no name or past. When Sarah Jane and
Maria discover the secret ingredient of Bubbleshock, they realise they are the only ones who can stop Mrs
Wormwood and her evil plans for the human race. Enjoyable and light hearted Dr Who spinoff.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 1 Episode 1a - "Revenge of the Slitheen - Part One" - DVD] -24th September
2007 – On their first day at their new school Maria and Luke soon realise that all is not as it seems. There’s a funny
smell, the food keeps going off, the teachers keep farting and the new technology block is hiding some dark
secrets. With their suspicions aroused, Sarah Jane, Maria and Luke set about investigating, joined by their new
friend Clyde. They soon discover that the Slitheen have disguised themselves as teachers as part of a deadly plan
which threatens the future of the Earth. But as Maria, Luke and Clyde become trapped in the new technology block
in the clutches of the Slitheen and with Sarah Jane under attack from another of the alien monsters, will the gang
be able to stop the Slitheen before it’s too late?
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 1 Episode 1b - "Revenge of the Slitheen - Part Two" - DVD] – Trapped in
school with the monstrous child of the Slitheen, Maria, Luke and Clyde make a timely escape thanks to some
deodorant and the help of Sarah Jane and her sonic lipstick, as the drama continues. With the Slitheen’s deadly
plans to destroy the Earth well under way, the gang race back to Sarah Jane’s attic to work out how to stop them.
Helped by Mr Smith, Sarah Jane’s super-computer, they soon discover that the Slitheen are going to drain all the
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energy from Earth using a worldwide network of giant supercapacitors. But as a power black-out starts to spread
across the world, taking Mr Smith out of action, time is running out and the gang have to rely on their wits alone.
Will they be able to save the Earth before the Slitheen switch off the Sun for ever?
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 1 Episode 2a - " Eye of the Gorgon - Part One" - DVD] – 1st October 2007 –
Sarah Jane Smith and her young friends investigate some ghostly goings on at the local Lavender Lawns rest home,
in the second two-part story of the adventure filled series. With several residents claiming to have seen the ghostly
figure of a nun, Sarah Jane, Luke and Clyde pay the home a visit to find out what’s going on. They soon discover
that there is more to the story when Luke is entrusted with a mysterious alien talisman by Mrs Bea Nelson-Stanley,
a resident at the home who knows a thing or two about aliens. As the mystery unravels, the gang learn that the
ghostly nun is, in fact, part of an order protecting the Gorgon – a scary alien creature who can turn her victims to
stone with just one look. With the talisman an important part of the Gorgon’s plans for Earth, can Sarah Jane and
the gang stop her, and avoid her deadly gaze?
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 1 Episode 2b - " Eye of the Gorgon - Part Two" - DVD] – As Luke and Clyde are
held hostage at St Agnes Abbey, the monstrous Gorgon and her sinister group of nuns manage to get hold of the
alien talisman from Sarah Jane and Maria, as the drama continues. This brings them one step closer to their evil
plan to open a portal and unleash more Gorgons on Earth. With her dad, Alan, turned to stone by the Gorgon’s
deadly gaze, Maria sets out to get him back to normal before it is too late. Back at the Abbey, Sarah Jane and the
gang try to stop the nuns from opening the door to the Gorgons’ alien world. But will they be able to avoid the
Gorgon’s stony eyes for long enough to save the day?
[The Fast Show Series 1 Episode 1 - DVD] – 27 Sep 94 – The Fat Sweaty Coppers try to solve a burglary, Ron
Manager talks about Ryan Giggs, Unlucky Alf has an accident with a cricket ball, The Unpronounceables have
trouble with some names, Chanel 9 advertises the Kitchen Gizmo, Prof Denzil Dexter does an experiment with
some cardboard tubes, Ted and Ralph discuss the broken fence, the Comedy Vicar returns. A pretty funny British
comedy show with occasional flashes of brilliance.
[The Fast Show Series 1 Episode 2 - DVD] – 4 Oct 94 – A brother and sister discuss the joys of living on the Isle of
Man, Unlucky Alf buys a parrot, A doctor jokes to a patient about cancer, Tommy Cockles talks about Bogart and
Bacall, Bob Fleming tries to speak about fishing tackle, Ron Manager talks about alcohol, Ralph asks Ted about Tina
Turner, The Fat Sweaty Coppers get hold of a food van, The Annoying Irishman makes an appearance. A mostly
funny British comedy show
[The Fast Show Series 1 Episode 3 - DVD] – 11 Oct 94 – Ron Manager talks about Soccer, The Off-Roaders get
stuck, Ralph finds Ted fishing, A Chorus Girl surprises everyone with her singing, Unlucky Alf tries to catch a bus,
Tommy Cockles talks about the late comedian Arthur Atkinson, Prof Denzil Dexter builds a time machine, Mime
from the Isle of Man by Jack Pott and Tom Bowler. A pretty funny episode.
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[The Fast Show Series 1 Episode 4 - DVD] – 18 Oct – 94 – Elsa Richardson investigates pollution in the North Sea,
There’s an advert for Cheesy Peas, That’s Amazing looks at outback skills, Ted and Ralph have a discussion about
green overalls, Indecisive Dave talks about getting a BMW, Tommy Cockles looks back at a World War 1 film,
Chanel 9 has no news to report, Roy and Renee discuss their holiday to Paris. One of the better Episodes from
series 1.
[Firefly - Pilot - DVD] – Serenity Pilot – The crew is eager to rid themselves of an easily traceable salvage from a
vessel adrift in space, unaware that a passenger has brought an even more dangerous cargo aboard. This was a
really good start to the series.
[Firefly - Episode 1 - The Train Job - DVD] – Mal has second thoughts after discovering that two boxes of Alliance
goods the crew has been hired to steal are full of badly needed medical supplies headed for the mining town of
Paradiso.
[Firefly - Episode 2 - Bushwhacked - DVD] – After encountering a booby-trapped spacecraft carrying the lone
survivor of a Reaver attack, Serenity is boarded by an Alliance patrol.
[Firefly - Episode 3 - Shindig - DVD] – In order to secure a job transporting cargo off-planet for a client, Mal attends
a social event where a dance with Inara ends with him challenged to a swordfight to defend her honor.
[Firefly - Episode 4 - Safe - DVD] – When Simon Tam is kidnapped by a group of villagers in need of a doctor,
Serenity’s crew is forced to make contact with an Alliance cruiser to get medical help for Shepherd Book.
[Firefly - Episode 5 - Our Mrs Reynolds - DVD] – After a celebration honoring the crew for ridding a township of a
group of bandits, Mal returns to Serenity and finds a woman named Saffron stowed away who claims Mal married
her during the festivities. Oh, the Captain’s going to the mighty Special Hell.
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[Firefly - Episode 10 - "Trash" - DVD] – Mal is surprised to discover his old war buddy’s new bride is Saffron (from
Our Mrs Reynolds), he’s even more suspicious when she offers him a partnership in a heist after he blows her
cover. A good episode
[Firefly - Episode 11 - "The Message" - DVD] – Jayne opens a package from his mother that contains an
orange/yellow wool cap with ear flaps and a pom-pom — Mal and Zoe open a package to discover the body of
their old war buddy, Tracey. Winner? Definitely Jayne.
[Firefly - Episode 12 - "Heart Of Gold" - DVD] – The crew comes to the aid of an unlicensed bordello when its
madam contacts Inara for help. A [pretty raunchy episode
[Firefly - Episode 13 - "Objects In Space" - DVD] – Everyone (well, almost everyone) is caught off-guard when a
bounty hunter looking for River sneaks aboard Serenity while the ship is in deep space and methodically begins
taking down the crew. A great final episode.
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[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 2, Episode 3 - "Day of the Clown" - Part 1] – 6 October 2008 – Rani Chandra,
a would-be journalist, moves into the Jackson’s old house with her mother and father, who is the new school head.
Children have been disappearing and Rani suspects the appearance of a clown at the school is significant. In fact
the last two to go missing had tickets to the Museum of the Circus, which Sarah Jane, Rani and the boys
investigate. It is run by Elijah Spellman, a smilingly sinister figure, who sets clown robots on the group, though
Sarah Jane uses her sonic lipstick to immobilise them. The group escape after Spellman has turned first into the
Pied Piper and then into Odd Bob the clown. Great episode.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 2, Episode 4 - "Day of the Clown" - Part 2] – 13 October 2008 – After Sarah
Jane has told Luke she has a fear of clowns dating from a childhood incident, balloons rain from the sky into the
school playground. Children who touch them fall under Odd Bob’s spell but Clyde, using his mobile phone, breaks
the contact, releasing the children. Odd Bob captures Luke, forcing Sarah Jane to overcome her phobia as she sets
out to rescue him but ultimately Clyde tricks Odd Bob and puts him into an impenetrable box. Another Great
episode.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures – “Warriors Of Kudlak” - Episode 1 – DVD] – 22nd October 2007 – Sarah Jane and
Maria investigate the mysterious disappearance of a local boy, Lance Metcalf, while Luke and Clyde take a visit to
Combat 3000 – a laser tag game designed to train the ultimate warrior – in the third, two-part adventure of the
drama series. When Sarah Jane and Maria dig further into Lance’s unusual disappearance, they soon discover that
a number of children have gone missing across the country – all in cities with a Combat 3000 and all during freakweather storms. As Sarah Jane and Maria head over to Combat 3000 to discover more, Luke and Clyde are
enjoying their time playing the laser tag game. However, with Combat 3000 being run by the sinister alien Mr
Kudlak in the service of his mistress, Luke and Clyde are in for much more than they bargained for.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - “Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane” – Episode 2 – DVD] – 29th October 2007 –
Maria wakes up to discover that everyone apart from her has forgotten Sarah Jane Smith ever existed, even Luke.
In reality, an alien being has found a moment in time where a teenage Sarah Jane lost a friend in an accident, but
has swapped them around, imprisoning Sarah Jane in some kind of limbo. Now Angela survives and because Sarah
Jane never existed, the world is on the brink of nuclear annihilation. After Maria herself is stolen from time and
erased from everyone’s memories, it’s up to her dad, Alan, to rescue Sarah Jane and Maria so they can set time
back on the right course…
[Firefly – Episode 106 – “Jaynestown” - DVD] – When the crew returns to a planet where Jayne participated in a
heist gone bad, they’re shocked to discover that Jayne’s past actions have turned him into a local Robin Hood
legend.
[The Fast Show Season 1 Episode 6] - 11/1/1994 – The Off-Roaders go shark fishing, Bob Fleming talks to Clive
Tucker about carpenter’s tools, Indecisive Dave discusses the England team, Unlucky Alf has a bad dream about a
pools win, Chanel 9 advertises the Orgazma Gizmo and Poula Fisch has a shocking weather report, Arthur Atkinson
introduces Chester Drawers, Ed Winchester meets some similar presenters.
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[The Fast Show Season 1, Episode 5] – 10/25/1994 – Unlucky Alf attends his friend’s funeral, but gets buried
himself by mistake, Ron Manager talks about the past, Andy the Affair Man flirts at the office, Prof Denzil Dexter
has a problem with space bats, The Suit You Tailors get reported to the manager, Bob Fleming discusses country
matters.
Week Ending 27th March 2011
[Firefly Episode 9 – “War Stories” - DVD] – Wash insists he be allowed to accompany Mal on a mission instead of
Zoe… and immediately regrets it when the two are captured by Adelei Niska — the client who previously hired Mal
to steal the medicine bound for Paradiso. Wash is really annoying in this episode.
[Firefly Episode 7 - “Out Of Gas” – DVD] – An explosion leaves Serenity crippled — Mal orders everyone to
abandon ship while he stays behind to try to make repairs. As Serenity’s air slowly but surely leaks away, we’re
treated to a series of flashbacks, from Mal’s point of view, that fills in some missing background for the original
crew members, including Mal’s early interactions with each of them. Probably the best episode of the series.
[Firefly Episode 8 – “Ariel” – DVD] – Simon offers the crew a job: if they help him sneak River into an Alliance
Hospital on Ariel so he can run diagnostic imaging on her, he’ll tell them where to find medical supplies that will
fetch an enormous price on the black market. Great episode.
[Firefly Episode 9 – “War Stories” - DVD] – Wash insists he be allowed to accompany Mal on a mission instead of
Zoe… and immediately regrets it when the two are captured by Adelei Niska — the client who previously hired Mal
to steal the medicine bound for Paradiso. Wash is really annoying in this episode.
[Firefly Episode 10 “Trash” – DVD] – Mal is surprised to discover his old war buddy’s new bride is Saffron (from
Our Mrs Reynolds), he’s even more suspicious when she offers him a partnership in a heist after he blows her
cover.
[Firefly Episode 11 – “The Message” – DVD] – Jayne opens a package from his mother that contains an
orange/yellow wool cap with ear flaps and a pom-pom — Mal and Zoe open a package to discover the body of
their old war buddy, Tracey. Winner? Definitely Jayne.
[Black’s Books Series 1 Episode 1 – “Cooking the Books"- DVD] – 29 September 2000 – After his accountant flees
from the police, Bernard is faced with the daunting prospect of doing his own taxes, and resorts to pairing his
socks, getting drunk with door-to-door evangelists, and trying to seriously injure himself since it will allow him to
defer his tax return. Manny, an accountant, enters Black Books for the first time in order to buy the The Little Book
of Calm on his way to work and, against all odds, manages to swallow it. Fran is bedevilled by a weird,
unfathomable sphere that isn’t actually ‘a bald furby’. Naturally, chaos ensues. At the end of the episode, we find
out that Fran’s sphere is actually a lighter which Manny demonstrates.
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[Black’s Books Series 1 Episode 2 – “Manny's First Day "- DVD] – 6 October 2000 – Bernard wakes up from a night
on the booze to discover he’s accidentally given Manny a job at the bookshop, and spends the day trying to get rid
of him. Manny assists in this by proving to be a charming, sociable and extremely competent employee, apparently
unaware that it’s ‘not that kind of operation’. An offering of wine from Manny and the threat of physical violence
from Fran, however, persuades Bernard to keep Manny on board.
[Black’s Books Series 1 Episode 3 – “Grapes of Wrath "- DVD] – 13 October 2000 – When the sheer filth of the
bookshop becomes too much to handle for him, Manny calls a creepy cleaner and Bernard reluctantly agrees to
house-sit for a friend. Unfortunately, the two manage to drink a very expensive bottle of wine that was due to be
presented to the Pope, and have to figure out a way of either replacing it before he gets home or think of a
present better than a box of pencils to compensate for it. Meanwhile, Fran goes on a date with a very nice man
which is, unfortunately, nothing short of disastrous. At the end, Fran goes on a date with the cleaner, Bernard is
distracted by his birthday, and jam fails to keep a bit of toast stuck to the ceiling.
[Black’s Books Series 1 Episode 4 – “The Blackout "- DVD] – 20 October 2000 – On his birthday, Manny stays up all
night watching The Sweeney and drinking espresso. Thinking he’s a seventies cop, he manages to go from eyeing
old men suspiciously in the bookshop to being trapped at the local police station helping a real detective put the
‘good cop, bad cop’ routine on a local villain. Bernard explains how going to a dinner party eventually led to a
broken arm while Fran describes the steps from seeing her boyfriend having dinner with another woman to being
in hospital with a neck injury.
[Black’s Books Series 1 Episode 5 – "The Big Lock-Out" – DVD] – 27 October 2000 – After being burgled, Black
Books gets a new alarm and security door fitted, but Manny fails to listen to the unlock code, distracted by a little
Subbuteo player in the installer’s hair (“there was a little man … in his hair”). This quickly results in Manny being
trapped alone inside with only a quickly-emptied bottle of Absinthe and dead bees for company and Bernard
locked outside with just enough money for popcorn and a cinema ticket. Meanwhile, Fran has taken the phone off
the hook to listen to silky-voiced Howell Granger read the shipping forecast on the radio, leaving Bernard to
wander the streets of London penniless, cold and wet, with only an adult video shop and the allure of fast-food
employment between him and freezing.
[Black’s Books Series 1 Episode 6 – 6 "He's Leaving Home" – DVD] - 3 November 2000 – Bernard finally breaks the
last straw with his constant bullying, and Manny decides to leave home, but doesn’t even manage to let Bernard
know about this without being attacked by a bee in a telephone box and finding himself on the streets. He is soon
picked up by a photographer with a beard fetish and is treated to a glamorous life of expensive clothes, satin
sheets and crinkle-cut chips in silver bowls, but such high living comes at a high price.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - "The Lost Boy" Part 1 - DVD] – Sarah Jane and the gang face some old alien enemies
again, along with an altogether unexpected foe, in the final two-part adventure of the series. A news report on a
couple looking for their missing son, Ashley, brings a surprise for Sarah Jane when she discovers that the missing
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boy looks exactly like Luke. And when Mr Smith, Sarah Jane’s super-computer, confirms that Luke is a genetic
match with Ashley, Sarah Jane sends him back to live with his “parents”. But, with no knowledge of his former life,
Luke finds it hard to fit in and, when he tries to escape, he makes a startling discovery about who his parents really
are. Sarah Jane, meanwhile, makes some investigations into the Pharos Para-Science Institute – a research unit
that has been conducting experiments using alien technology.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - "The Lost Boy" Part 2 - DVD] – Maria and her dad, Alan, dig deeper into the mystery
of Luke’s new parents and discover that Luke has actually been kidnapped by the Slitheen, in the final episode of
the popular children’s adventure series. There are more shocks in store when Sarah Jane and Maria find out that
Mr Smith, Sarah Jane’s super computer, is one of the bad guys. With Clyde nowhere to be seen, Luke in the
clutches of aliens and no Mr Smith to help, things aren’t looking good for Sarah Jane and Maria. But just what do
the Slitheen want with Luke and who, or what, exactly, is the Xylok?
[Reaper, Season 1: Episode 1 "Pilot" - DVD] – Sam Oliver is a slacker, spending his time as a below average
employee of The WorkBench; college was too “sleepy”. But the day of his 21st birthday is life-altering as Sam
discovers his parents previous sale of his soul to The Devil. Now, it is his responsibility to recapture lost souls from
Hell with the aid of vessels–magical objects specifically designed for the confinement of a lost soul. His first soul: a
fireman who enjoys setting fires. Along with his friends Sock and Ben, Sam goes after his first target using his
sudden telekinetic power and the devilish Dirt Devil vacuum vessel, while simultaneously trying to kindle a
romantic relationship with his co-worker Andi.
[Reaper, Season 1: Episode 2 "Charged" - DVD] – The second soul assigned to Sam is something of a shocker–an
energy salesman whose escape from Hell is accompanied by electrical storms across town. But Sam is not too
eager to adopt the bounty hunter mantle, instead fleeing from his responsibility, and the vessel (a Daredevil radiocontrol monster truck). Meanwhile, lying to his mother about his involvement with The Devil is beginning to tax
their relationship despite the gift of a brand new hybrid. Eventually, Sam collects the rogue soul with a little
motivation from The Devil, and a little help from his friends. And, with the truth revealed to his mother, mother
and son decide to say nothing to younger brother, Kyle.
[Reaper, Season 3: "All Mine" - DVD] – Sam discovers everything going into his mouth suddenly spawns
cockroaches, an interesting hint as to the nature of his next target soul–the jealous lover of an elderly widower.
Guess what happened to his wife? Now, the lost soul is a swirling mass of angry insects while Sam and his friends
desperately attempt to repair the broken toaster vessel delivered by The Devil. Meanwhile, Sam struggles with
encouraging Andi to return to college despite the pain of separation, but perhaps his adventure in the love life of
the damned might inspire hope for his own life.
[Reaper, Season 1: "Magic" - DVD] – Another interesting mission for Sam beginning with random objects of his
disappearing and reappearing in odd locations. It is his hint to search for his fourth lost soul in the shape of an
arrogant magician working at a nearby carnival, someone who is murdering his “ungrateful” audience with magic
tricks. However, Sam is occupied with the prospect of spending a night alone with Andi while driving to Idaho to
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attend a university concert, and, more specifically, how to dodge The Devil’s prohibition of any vacation for his
condemned servant. The hunt is suddenly intensified, though, when Andi is unwittingly directed to one of the
crazed magician’s magic shows, and, although Sam rescues her with the help of his friends and their newly arrived
pet–the white dove doubling as a demonic vessel from Hell, Andi is disappointed by his repeated flakiness. In
return for his earlier manipulation The Devil finally awards Sam the contract for his soul, but the poor boy is out of
luck with Andi.
Week Ending 3rd April 2011
[ReaperError! Bookmark not defined., Season 1 Episode 5 "What About Blob?" - DVD] – Sam is beginning to worry
when wherever he steps, he slips–another unnecessarily inconvenient clue to the identity of his next target, the
gentleman being an environmentally bankrupt father of the son who is currently attempting to break into the
political realm while defending against accusations of his family’s heavy pollution. So, Sam is not only strolling
around with tape wrapped about his shoes, carrying the ridiculously ugly wool sweater vessel, and facing smelly
sewer patrols for something slimy, but his luck with Andi is out. After the delivery of his contract, and hours of
document signing, kept Sam away from their date at the karaoke bar, Andi is dating the gorgeous college success,
Greg. The Devil attempts to aid Sam in his dilemma, revealing Greg is dating twins simultaneously, but Sam
determines to reveal the truth about his bounty hunting career. The episode ends with the messy capture of the
rogue father, while Sam’s own father is burning pages of the contract he agreed to translate; and, as for Andi…Andi
is upset (probably because of the nasty rumor about Greg dating twins, apparently his sisters, released by Sam
himself during a hasty moment). Ah, well.
[Drop Dead Diva Season 1 Episode 1 - "Pilot" - DVD] – Jane Bingum, a plus-sized lawyer, gets shot by a cuckolded
man aiming for her boss at her law firm. Deb Dobson is a slim model and living the good life when she is killed in a
car crash. Deb goes to Heaven but is accidentally sent back to Earth just as Jane dies in the hospital. Deb’s soul
ends up in Jane’s heavyset body and now Deb (with Jane’s knowledge of law) must play the role of the lawyer. She
finds herself conflicted between her superficial past and her new responsibility-ridden life. To make matters more
difficult, Deb’s grieving boyfriend, Grayson Kent, is now working at the same law firm. Deb’s Guardian Angel,
named Fred, watches over her but only he and Deb’s friend, Stacy, know who Jane really is on the inside. A not bad
series.
[Drop Dead Diva Season 1 - Episode 2 "The F Word" - DVD] – Jane takes on the case of a waitress who was fired
from her job after gaining 50 pounds. Grayson and Kim work on the case of a man who’s getting divorce from his
wife and want his kidney back.
[Drop Dead Diva Season 1 - Episode 3 "Do Over"" - DVD] - Jane/Deb learns that Jane’s past has caught up with
her when a case from the previous year is up for retrial. Kim and Grayson sue a psychiatrist who “cured” their
client’s husband of his multiple personalities, but got rid of the wrong one. Rosie O’Donnell guest stars as a judge.
[Drop Dead Diva Season 1 - Episode 4 "The Chinese Wall" - DVD] – Jane/Deb represents Deb’s mother, Bobbi, in
divorce proceedings. Bobbi originally asked Grayson to represent her, but he represents Deb’s dad. Meanwhile,
Jane and Kim defend a dog-owner who believes a pet cloning company did not give the dog owner a prize winning
dog like the dog from which it was supposedly cloned. Featuring guest stars Sharon Lawrence, Mark Moses and
Diedrich Bader.
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[Drop Dead Diva Season 1 - Episode 5 - "Lost and Found" - DVD] – Twenty-four year-old Deb celebrates Jane’s
32nd birthday while defending a client who was wrongfully imprisoned and freed a decade later. Kim and Grayson
take on the case of a man who developed a web site that offers married men a way to cheat on their wives.
Week Ending 24th April 2011
[Ricky Gervais Show Season 1 - DVD] – Episodes 7 to 13. Although this is pretty funny I enjoyed the original audio
stuff more.
[Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (Comic Relief special, 1988) - DVD] – England is in civil war, and Blackadder is
harbouring the most wanted man in the country: King Charles I. A pretty good one off.
[Blackadder: Back & Forth (Millennium Special, 1999) - DVD] – As the new millennium dawns, Blackadder tries to
con his friends out of £30,000 with a fake time machine which, thanks to Baldrick, unexpectedly works. Quite a
good one off.
[Blackadder: Blackadder's Christmas Carol (Christmas Special, 1988) - DVD] – A very funny parody of Charles
Dickens. A worthy addition to the Blackadder library.
[The Brittas Empire Series 1 Episode 1 - "Laying of the Foundations" - DVD] – 3 January 1991 – Gordon Brittas
arrives to find enthusiastic staff, but a depressed Carole. Within minutes of arrival he upsets the staff, causes the
construction workers to go on strike and brings along some very complicated rotas. Counsellor Dappin soon
regrets the council appointing Brittas as manager of the new leisure centre.
[The Brittas Empire Series 1 Episode 2 - "The Opening Day" - DVD] – 10 January 1991 – The Duchess of Kent is to
visit the centre, on its first day open to the public. Brittas is determined for the day to run smoothly, however
Helen tries to warn Laura that there is guaranteed disaster where her husband is concerned. Helen’s proven right
when Brittas upsets the builders, causing them to abandon a leaking pool that soon floods into the boiler room.
Soon the heaters go on overdrive, the faulty electronic doors won’t open, and Laura’s friend Michael is
electrocuted.
[The Brittas Empire Series 1 Episode 3 - "Bye Bye Baby" - DVD] – 17 January 1991 – Carole prepares to be reunited
with her previously cheating husband, who is coming home from Spain. Unfortunately for Carole, a
misunderstanding involving a baby leads to her husband walking out on her again. Brittas causes queues and
complications in reception, and drives the guest speaker, who has arrived to give a talk on how to cope with stress,
to breaking point. This is one of the two episodes character “Linda” didn’t appear in.
[The Brittas Empire Series 1 Episode 4 - "Underwater Wedding" - DVD] – 24 January 1991 – An underwater
wedding is being held inside the leisure centre, but the best man’s finger is stuck in a grate at the bottom of the
pool. There is also a drunk, disabled man in an electric wheel chair on the loose, and Brittas executes a plan
involving cardboard boxes to catch him. This only leads to Colin shooting Gavin with a harpoon gun, and a leak of
chlorine gas throughout the building. Amongst the madness is a young women, Beverly, who has come for a job
interview.
[The Brittas Empire Series 1 Episode 5 - "Stop Thief!" - DVD] – 7 February 1991 – Brittas is convinced there is a
thief amongst the staff, thus he employs a series of methods to find out who the culprit is. Meanwhile Helen is
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desperate for some more pills, but the new doctor insists he meets the cause of her depression–Brittas–before
giving her a prescription. After meeting Brittas the doctor doesn’t hesitate.
[Open All Hours Series 1 - Episode 3 "A Nice Cosy Little Disease" - 5 Mar 1976 - DVD] – Perhaps a nice cosy little
disease on Arkwright’s part would be the thing to attract the ministrations of a certain district nurse? Classic
Ronnie Barked and David Jason.
[Open All Hours Series 1 - Episode 4 "Beware of the Dog" - 12 Mar 1976 - DVD] – A crime wave scares an already
security-obsessed Arkwright – the shop has to be fortified
[Open All Hours Series 1 - Episode 5 "Well Catered Funeral" - 19 Mar 1976 - DVD] – His best friend’s funeral tests
Arkwright’s generosity.
[Open All Hours Series 1 - Episode 6 "Apples And Self Service" - 26 Mar 1976 - DVD] – Slow apple sales lead to a
self-service experiment.
Week Ending 1st May 2011
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 2, Episode 5: "Secrets of the Stars" : Part 1 -DVD] – 20 October 2008 –
Astrologer Martin Trueman, previously a charlatan, is hit by the light from a shooting star and, at his next show,
attended by Sarah Jane, Rani and the boys, gives out cards on which everyone has to write down their birth date
and sign. Rani is surprised when Martin gives accurate details about her recent life. Sarah Jane is initially cynical
but then Martin tells her of her travels with Doctor Who and predicts bad things for her.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 2, Episode 6: "Secrets of the Stars": Part 2 - DVD] – 27 October 2008 –
Martin explains that the Ancient Lights, the beings in the shooting star, have selected him as their chosen one to
create a new world run by them. Using a radio broadcast he starts to control people all over the world by their star
signs to make them compliant. Luke, however, does not have a star sign as he was created, rather than born, can
withstand and eventually destroys Martin’s control, freeing everybody. Rather than go back to his old life Martin
opts to be transformed into a star while Sarah Jane declares the date to be Luke’s birthday.
[The Brittas Empire Series 1 Episode 6 - "Assassin" - DVD] – 14 February 1991 – Someone is out to kill Brittas,
injuring Helen by accident after sabotaging Brittas’s brakes, and wants Gavin to help him do the deed. This was a
great season finale.
[Kung Fu Series 1 Episode 1 - "King of the Mountain" - DVD] – 14 Oct 72 – A Bounty hunters who is after Caine
endangers a widow and a homeless boy he has befriended.
Week Ending: 8th May 2011
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 2, Episode 7: The Mark of the Berserker: Part 1 - DVD] – 3 November 2008 –
Rani finds a pendant which can be used to control people and takes it to Sarah Jane’s attic for Mr. Smith to
analyse, but there is noone there and she leaves it. Clyde’s estranged father Paul comes to see him, though he has
never been much good to his son. Clyde takes him to Sarah Jane’s house to prove to his father his accounts of his
adventures, but Paul sees and pockets the pendant. When Rani’s father challenges him and explains its powers
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Paul forces him to do press-ups in the street and tells Clyde to forget his mother and his friends in favour of his
father.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 2, Episode 8: The Mark of the Berserker: Part 2 - DVD] – 10 November 2008
– Paul uses the pendant to buy his son’s love with material goods, but it starts to take him over, entering his skin as
he and Clyde approach a harbour. Sarah Jane finds them and, primed with knowledge about the pendant that Alan
Jackson has found by hacking into UNIT’s computer,takes advantage of the fact that Clyde still recognises her.The
possessed Paul declares that he is the Berserker and Clyde is his soldier, but Sarah Jane breaks the pendant’s hold
by showing Paul himself in a mirror and, helped by his mother Carla, talking Clyde through his past life. Clyde, after
throwing the pendant into the sea, rejects his father, but Sarah Jane, orphaned as a baby, becomes wistful,
thinking about her parents.
[An Idiot Abroad Episode 1 "China"- DVD] – 23 September 2010 – Pilkington is sent to China by Merchant and
Gervais, where he lands in Beijing and is seen to be unimpressed by the pollution and a population that does not
speak English. The initial scenes of the documentary show Pilkington responding to the way of life of the Chinese
most notably the different types of food as well as its door-less public conveniences. The main destination of the
piece is Pilkington’s trip to the Great Wall of China where once there he receives a call from Merchant who insists
that he travels the entire length of the wall. Very very funny !
[An Idiot Abroad Episode 2 - "India" - DVD] – 30 September 2010 – In this episode Pilkington goes to the Taj
Mahal and visits a religious festival known as ‘Holi day’ which involves coloured paint powder being thrown on
everybody in the street (Including Karl). Next stop is to visit religious ‘Babas’ who practice an extreme form of yoga
naked. He tries the lotus position and visits a Baba who has had his right arm raised for the last 12 years.He also
met the Elephant Baba who has a disformed face that went to one side in the shape of an Elephant. Very funny.
[An Idiot Abroad Episode 3 - "Jordan" - DVD] – 7 October 2010 – In this episode Karl Pilkington visits Israel and
Petra in Jordan, swims in the Dead Sea and rides a camel for 8 hours to visit a bedouin settlement where lambs’
eyeballs and testicles are on the menu for a special meal for him. He also shares a lift with a group of ‘Na Nachs’
who stop traffic and dance for the entertainment of those in the road. Classic !
[An Idiot Abroad Episode 4 -"Mexico" - DVD] – 14 October 2010 – Karl Pilkington visits Mexico and Chichen Itza.
Initially he gets caught up in the dangerous local firework festival which sees him running around in terror. He also
tries his hand at wrestling before meeting up with some real cowboys. On his way to Chichen Itza, Karl meets up
with some Mayans who show him how to knock down wasp nests. Finally, he gets to see the wonder of Chichen
Itza at sunrise but he cannot find any Mexican jumping beans.
[An Idiot Abroad Episode 5 - "Egypt" - DVD] – 21 October 2010 – In this episode, Pilkington gets swarmed in a
market, has lunch at a deaf KFC, and visits The Great Pyramids.
[An Idiot Abroad Episode 6 - "Brazil" - DVD] – 28 October 2010 – In this episode, Pilkington wanders the beaches
of Rio de Janeiro and visits the towering statue of Christ The Redeemer.
[An Idiot Abroad Episode 7 - "Peru" - DVD] – 4 November 2010 – In this episode, Pilkington visits the preColumbian Inca site known as Machu Picchu, an “Old Mountain” perched on a mountain ridge above the
Urubamba Valley in Peru.
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[An Idiot Abroad Episode 8 -"Karl Comes Home" - DVD] – 11 November 2010- In this final episode, Pilkington
meets with Ricky Gervais and Steve Merchant to discuss his travels.
Week Ending: 15th May 2011
[Kung Fu Season 1 - Episode 3 - "Blood Brother" - DVD] – Caine’s search for a fellow priest brings him to a small
town where the man was killed by the bigoted populace.
[Kung Fu Season 1 - Episode 2 - "Dark Angel" - DVD] – Caine helps Serendipity Johnson, a poor preacher whose
has been blinded by the Indians, to learn to use his other senses to their fullest.
[Reggie Perrin Series 1 Episode 1 - DVD] – 24th April 2009 – Reggie is feeling increasingly frustrated and alienated
as he realises that he has worked at Groomtech for 10 years. Reggie’s boss, Chris Jackson, introduces him to the
beautiful Jasmine Strauss, the new head of balms and lubricants. His wife, Nicola, is too busy for him, so Reggie
becomes a little besotted with Jasmine and even has a peek in her office.
[Reggie Perrin Series 1 Episode 2 - DVD] – 1st May 2009 – Reggie’s frustration rises further as his hopes for some
quality time with Nicola are thwarted. Nicola’s dad turns up for breakfast and Reggie’s mother turns up
unannounced just when Reggie was hoping for a rare romantic evening at home with Nicola. Reggie also finds
himself unable to get along with his work colleagues and takes a step too far with Jasmine, Groomtech’s new head
of balms and lubricants.
[Reggie Perrin Series 1 Episode 3 - DVD] – 8th May 2009 – Reggie ponders his life and considers teaching as a
possible new career. Reggie enjoys giving a talk at Nicola’s school so much that he invites the class to spend a day
at Groomtech, although the trip doesn’t quite turn out as planned.
[Reggie Perrin Series 1 Episode 4 - DVD] – 15th May 2009 – Reggie becomes increasingly frustrated with his life.
Nicola, seems to prefer spending time with anyone but him. When Reggie goes to Helsinki on a business trip with
the beautiful Jasmine, Reggie’s marriage to Nicola faces its biggest test. And Reggie’s overbearing boss, Chris, has
his eye on him.
[Reggie Perrin Series 1 Episode 5 - DVD] – 22nd May 2009 – Sick of commuting to work, Reggie takes up cycling –
with painful results.Overbearing boss Chris is desperate to convince the Groomtech board he is the right man for
the job and asks Reggie for help. When Chris invites himself to Reggie’s home to work one weekend, it drives a
wedge between Reggie and his wife. It also drives Reggie to the brink…
[Reggie Perrin Series 1 Episode 6 - DVD] – 29th May 2009 – Reggie’s colleagues start to worry about his stress
levels and his crisis comes to a head when everything goes wrong for him at once. Reggie’s colleagues start to
worry about his stress levels. His wife Nicola, however, hasn’t noticed and boss Chris decides to give Reggie just
twenty four hours to prepare a conference speech. Reggie’s crisis comes to a head when he finds Jasmine and
Chris in a clinch at Groomtech’s office party and returns home to find his mother and his father-in-law have had a
clinch of their own. Can world-weary Reggie take any more? It ends on a beach.
[MI-5 - Season 1, Episode 1 - DVD] – 13 May 2002 – Twenty high-explosive devices are smuggled into England.
When the first goes off killing a doctor and severely injuring her young daughter, the team scrambles to track
down an American anti-abortion activist who snuck into the country – and may be planning a huge
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commemoration of her husband’s execution back home in just a few days. Things are complicated by CIA
insistence that the woman, if found, be extradited back to Florida, where she too will face the death penalty.
[MI-5 - Season 1, Episode 2 – DVD] – 20 May 2002 – Racial tensions in Britain continue to rise and the team pieces
together an organized attempt to stir up problems for political gain. Tom and Helen go undercover to get close to
the well-protected head of the conspirators. But as time runs short, personal loyalties will leave one team member
dead.
Week Ending: 22nd May 2011
[The Sarah Jane Adventures Season 2 , Episode 12 – “Enemy of the Bane” Part 2 - DVD ] – Mrs Wormwood and
Kaagh kidnap Luke as they prepare to find the body of Horath and unleash chaos on the world. Sarah Jane must
stop them before it’s too late, leading to a showdown at the stone circle in Whitebarrow.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures Season 2 , Episode 11 – “Enemy of the Bane” Part 1 - DVD ] – Mrs Wormwood
returns to see Sarah Jane- but to ask help. The Bane have turned against Mrs Wormwood and are preparing to
unleash a dark power against the universe. However, to thwart the Bane’s plan, Sarah Jane must call upon an old
friend.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures Season 2 , Episode 10 – “The Temptation Of Sarah Jane Smith” Part 2 – DVD] – With
the Earth devastated under the control of the Trickster, Sarah Jane and Luke go back to 1951 and change things
back to how they were- which means that Sarah Jane’s parents must die. Will she make that sacrifice?
[The Sarah Jane Adventures Season 2 , Episode 9 – “The Temptation Of Sarah Jane Smith” Part 1 – DVD] – When
Sarah Jane finds a time fissure, her curiosity leads her to go through it and she finds herself in 1951, in the village
of Foxgrove, where she was born. Eager to see the parents she never knew, she makes a decision that will have
catastrophic consequences.
[Primeval Series 1, Episode 1- DVD] - 10 February 2007 – A sighting of a strange creature occurs on the outskirts
of the Forest of Dean, leading a small team of scientists and government officials to investigate it. They find a
Scutosaurus in the forest and discover a time anomaly that leads to the late Permian period, 250 million years ago.
The team soon realise that a Gorgonopsid also came through and they must find it before it kills anyone.
[Primeval Series 1, Episode 2- DVD] - 17 February 2007 – After a London Underground cleaner is fatally bitten by
some type of giant bug, James Lester brings the team together to investigate. They find another anomaly that
leads to the late Carboniferous, and a colony of giant spiders that have come through. Using powerful lights to
send the spiders back, the team are then attacked by the true killer. An Arthropleura, which bites and poisons
Stephen. The race is now on to extract a sample of venom from the giant arthropod to synthesise an antivenom
before Stephen dies.
[Primeval Series 1, Episode 3- DVD] - 24 February 2007 – A man at a local swimming pool is killed by a Cretaceous
Mosasaur when an anomaly appears there. But when the anomaly disappears and reopens several miles away in a
reservoir, Cutter realizes that the anomalies have the ability to move, and his theory is confirmed when the
anomaly opens for a third time in a residential basement, where a plumber is attacked there by a Hesperornis.
When the team find proof that Cutter’s wife, Helen, is alive in the past, Cutter is ordered through the anomaly to
find and bring her back.
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[Doctor Who - The Ark in Space -DVD] – 1975 – The Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) brings Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth
Sladen) and a very skeptical Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter) thousands of years into the future to a space station that
holds the future of humankind in suspended animation. A great story.
Week Ending: 29th May 2011
[Mighty Boosh Series 1 Episode 3 "Bollo" - DVD] – 1 June 2004 – Bollo becomes terminally ill, but when the Grim
Reaper comes to take him away, he mistakenly takes Howard, who is (against his own will) dressed as an ape, so
Bob Fossil can continue to accept sponsorship money for the gorillas. Vince travels to Monkey Hell to save him.
[Mighty Boosh Series 1 Episode 4 "Tundra" - DVD] – 8 June 2004 – After Dixon Bainbridge boasts to the Zooniverse staff about himself, Howard travels to the Arctic tundra with Vince to prove he is more of a man than
Bainbridge by retrieving the Egg of Mantumbi. They come face to face with hideous ice demon Black Frost, Noel
Fielding later revealed that he modelled this particular character on professional golfer Ian Poulter.
[Mighty Boosh Series 1 Episode 5 "Jungle" - DVD] – 15 June 2004 – Bainbridge is selling The Zoo-niverse, so that a
road can be built through it, but Howard is determined not to let him, so he and Vince venture into the Jungle
Room in search of the only man who can help them, Tommy Nookah.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures Season 3 Episode 1 - "Prisoner of the Judoon Part 1" - DVD] – Aired: 10/15/2009 –
Sarah Jane and the gang face the most dangerous day of their lives, as the rhino-like Judoon return. When prisoner
Androvax the Destroyer crash-lands on Earth, a Veil is set free and starts to turn Earth’s technology against itself.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures Season 3 Episode 2 - "Prisoner of the Judoon Part 2" - DVD] – Aired: 10/16/2009 – As
the Judoon fleet approaches Earth, it’s a race against time to stop Androvax. But with Genetech’s technology on
the rampage, and Rani’s parents taken prisoner, can anything stop the Army of the Infinitesimal?
[Kung Fu - Season 1 Episode 4 - "An Eye for An Eye"] – 25 Jan 73 -A young woman tries to enlist Caine’s help in her
quest of vengeance on a soldier who raped her. A pretty depressing episode but good.
Week Ending: 5th June 2011
[The Mighty Boosh Series 1 Episode 6 - "Charlie" – DVD] – 22 June 2004 – After Howard becomes determined to
be a writer to impress Mrs Gideon, Vince’s illustrated stories about a hideous bubble gum creature named Charlie
become famous and he becomes a writer. However, his dream is quickly shattered by Dixon Bainbridge.
Meanwhile, Howard undergoes psychiatric help from resident shaman Naboo, and Bob Fossil starts a new
breeding program for the pandas.
[Kung Fu Season 1 - Episode 5 "The Tide" - DVD] – 1 Feb 73 – Seriously injured, Caine must rely on a enigmatic
Chinese girl to protect him from bounty hunters.
[Kung Fu Season 1 - Episode 6 "The Soul is the Warrior" - DVD] – 8 Feb 73 – Caine encounters a sheriff facing
death after he saves Caine from a bigoted son of a local landowner. Snake pit scene is a memorable feature of this
episode.
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[Kung Fu Season 1 - Episode 7 "Nine Lives" - DVD] – 15 Feb 73 – An Irish miner must find a replacement for his
camp’s beer drinking cat mascot- which he accidentally killed- in order for him to be allowed to return to work.
One of my favorite episodes of season 1.
Week Ending: 12th June 2011
[Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 8 "Sun and Cloud Shadow" - DVD] – 22 Feb 73 – Caine attempts to negotiate a truce
between a small Chinese mining community and a powerful rancher who claims to own the mine.
[Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 9 "Chains" - DVD] – 8 Mar 73 – Caine teaches a vengeful man whom he has become
shackled to how to control ones hatred.
[Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 10 "Alethea" - DVD] – 15 Mar 73 – On trial for a murder he didn’t commit, Caine is
confronted by a young girl (Jodie Foster) who insists she saw him shoot the deceased.
[Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 11_"The Praying Mantis Kills" - DVD] – 22 Mar 73 – A young boy who is defending a
jail against the gunmen who killed his sheriff father inspires courage in a coward.
[Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 12 "Superstition" - DVD] – 5-APR-73 – Caine is captured and forced to become a miner
at a silver mine being run by slave labor, where he becomes trapped with other miners by a cave in.
[The Mighty Boosh - Series 1 - Episode 7 - "Electro" - DVD] – 29 June 2004 – Vince joins an electro band called
Kraftwork Orange, but after irritating keyboard player Johnny Two-Hats leaves the band, he calls on Howard to
overcome the Spirit of Jazz and help him out. Guest starring Sue Denim and Dee Plume of Robots in Disguise.
[The Mighty Boosh - Series 1 - Episode 8 - "Hitcher" - DVD] – 6 July 2004 – After a bear called Ivan goes wild and
attacks Bob Fossil, Howard and Vince take him to The Zoo for Animal Offenders. On the way, they get lost and
encounter a mysterious hitch hiker (the hitcher). My favorite episode of series 1.
Week Ending: 19th June 2011
[Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 13 "The Stone" - DVD] – 12 Apr 73 – Caine runs into a Brazilian who knows a style of
fighting that Caine has never seen before, an Armenian who wants to revenge massacres in his homeland, three
children who want to hire him to kill, and a misplaced diamond.
[Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 14 "The Third Man"] - 26 Apr 73 – Caine befriends a charming gambler who has been
held up by two thieves. Later the thieves try to steal more money and in the dark, the gambler is killed by a third,
unknown gunman.
[Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 15 "The Ancient Warrior"] – 3 May 73 – A dying Indian warrior hopes to die at his
predestined burial place, which is located in the middle of a town where the populace hates Indians. This was a
great season finale.
[Tittybangbang Series 1 Episodes 1 to 6 - DVD] – An outrageous comedy with tons of bare bodies and
questionable goings on. Can be quite funny but it is mostly just odd. Watchable and highly offensive at the same
time.
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[Tittybangbang Series 2 Episodes 1 to 3 - DVD] – Actually better than series 1. Pretty funny at times but disturbing
at others.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 3 – Episode 3 - “The Mad Woman in the Attic” Part 1 – DVD] – 10/22/2009
– 50 years in the future, an old Rani remembers the day when her whole life went wrong. As her younger self
investigates strange rumours and mysterious disappearances at an abandoned funfair, she sets into motion a chain
of events which unleash the terrible powers of the alien Eve, and affects not only her future, but also the futures of
all those she cares about.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 3 – Episode 4 - “The Mad Woman in the Attic” Part 2 – DVD] – 10/23/2009
– As the alien Eve’s powers grow, everyone is caught in her unending games. The damage caused by an ancient
war cast a threatening aspect over the world and the danger extends all the way to the year 2059. If Rani fails to
change her wish, then everyone is doomed.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 3 - Episode 5 – “The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith” Part 1 – DVD] –
10/29/2009 – Luke, Clyde and Rani investigate Sarah Jane’s suddenly suspicious behaviour and discover something
beyond their expectations. Sarah Jane has a boyfriend and she announces she is going to marry him!
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 3 - Episode 6 – “The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith” Part 2 – DVD] –
10/30/2009 – As the power of the Pantheon of Discord grows in strength, The Doctor joins the battle to save his
old companion and the Earth. With time itself working against them what price will be paid for rescue?
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 3 - Episode 7 – “The Eternity Trap” Part 1 - DVD] – 11/5/2009 – Sarah Jane
and the gang, along with Professor Rivers, investigate the old legend of Erasmus Darkening in a haunted house
with mysterious whispers and secrets in the shadows.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 3 - Episode 8 – “The Eternity Trap” Part 2 - DVD] – 11/6/2009 – The secrets
of the ancient alchemist Erasmus Darkening are revealed and the hunt for the missing children is challenged by the
ghosts of the past.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 3 - Episode 9 – “Mona Lisa's Revenge” Part 1 – DVD] – 11/12/2009 –
Unknown forces bring to life Leonardo Da Vinci’s most famous painting, and Clyde’s day becomes a nightmare
when a school trip descends into disaster. Trapped and without Sarah Jane’s help the gang must find a way to
battle the awesome abomination.
[The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 3 - Episode 10 – “Mona Lisa's Revenge” Part 2 - DVD] – 11/13/2009 – As
Luke and Rani investigate the myth of the dreaded abomination, Mona Lisa vows to free her horrifying brother
from his prison, but everything now depends upon Clyde to stop the terror.
Week Ending: 26th June 2011
[Tittybangbang Series 2 – Episodes 1 to 6 - DVD] - I definitely enjoyed season 2 more than season 1. This series
has a lot more funny moments.
Week Ending 3rd July 2011
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[The Two Ronnies Series 5 - Episode 1 - DVD] – 4/9/76 – Sketches include The Cockney Rhyming Slang Sermon,
The New Butler and Dr Death. There’s the first part of The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town
(written by Spike Milligan) and a Native Indian musical number.
[Primeval Series 1 Episode 1 - DVD] – 10 February 2007 – A sighting of a strange creature occurs on the outskirts
of the Forest of Dean, leading a small team of scientists and government officials to investigate it. They find a
Scutosaurus in the forest and discover a time anomaly that leads to the late Permian period, 250 million years ago.
The team soon realise that a Gorgonopsid also came through and they must find it before it kills anyone.
[Primeval Series 1 Episode 2 - DVD] – 17 February 2007 – After a London Underground cleaner is fatally bitten by
some type of giant bug, James Lester brings the team together to investigate. They find another anomaly that
leads to the late Carboniferous, and a colony of Giant Spiders that have come through. Using powerful lights to
send the spiders back, the team are then attacked by the true killer. An Arthropleura, which bites and poisons
Stephen. The race is now on to extract a sample of venom from the giant arthropod to synthesise an antivenom
before Stephen dies.
[Primeval Series 1 Episode 3 - DVD] – 24 February 2007 – A man at a local swimming pool is killed by a Cretaceous
Mosasaur when an anomaly appears there. But when the anomaly disappears and reopens several miles away in a
reservoir, Cutter realizes that the anomalies have the ability to move, and his theory is confirmed when the
anomaly opens for a third time in a residential basement, where a plumber is attacked there by a Hesperornis.
When the team find proof that Cutter’s wife, Helen, is alive in the past, Cutter is ordered through the anomaly to
find and bring her back.
[Primeval Series 1 Episode 4 - DVD] – 3 March 2007 – Helen escapes from custody at the Home Office by taking
the team to an anomaly that unleashes a flock of dodos. These dodos are carrying deadly parasites capable of
infecting humans. Unknown to the team, Connor’s friends Tom and Duncan capture one of the dodos, but when
Tom is infected by the parasite and goes on the rampage, Cutter and the team must find him before they have a
pandemic on their hands.
[Primeval Series 1 Episode 5 - DVD] – 10 March 2007 – A Pteranodon turns up at a golf course, and a golfer is
killed. Cutter and his team go to investigate and find the anomaly up in the air. The team track the flying reptile
down to send it back to its time, but Cutter and Claudia become trapped in a mansion by a flock of bloodthirsty
Anurognathus. As Cutter goes to get help, Claudia finds salvation in the unlikely hands of Helen Cutter.
[Primeval Series 1 Episode 6 - DVD] – 17 March 2007 – Helen Cutter returns and informs the team that she has
seen a highly evolved predator from the future enter the present day. After dispatching the adult creature, Nick
and Helen decide to take its young back through the anomaly in the Forest of Dean, hoping to locate the anomaly
to the future, a decision that proves to be a mistake when the creatures break free. Upon his return to the present
Cutter is shocked to discover that Claudia Brown has disappeared and apparently never existed in this world.
Week Ending: 10th July 2011
[A Sunday in hell - You Tube] – A classic cycling documentary from the Mercyx era.
[Primeval Series 2 Episode 1 - DVD] – 12 January 2008 – As Cutter tries to come to terms with Claudia Brown’s
disappearance, he struggles to adjust to working with her replacement, the slimy Oliver Leek. Meanwhile,
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bloodthirsty Raptors are rampaging through a shopping mall and the team are called in to deal with the situation.
When the team arrives back at the ARC, they are introduced to Jenny Lewis, the ARC’s new PR officer, and a
doppelgänger of Claudia Brown. Second series is definitely not as good as the first and goes off in a confusing
direction.
[Primeval Series 2 Episode 2 - DVD] – 19 January 2008 – Cutter and his team find themselves pursuing giant,
carnivorous worms that start to appear through an eerie fog in a local office block after emerging through another
anomaly. As the team deals with the problem, Cutter becomes preoccupied with the team’s new PR executive,
Jenny Lewis, whom he is convinced is actually Claudia Brown.
[Primeval Series 2 Episode 3 - DVD] – 26 January 2008 – Connor’s new anomaly detector is set up in the ARC, but
there are fears that the device will not work when another violent attack is reported at Blue Sky Park.
Investigations lead the team to deduce the attacks took place before the detector came online. The team discover
a Sabre-toothed cat is roaming the park, killing at will, but as their hunt continues, they begin to suspect someone
knows of the creature’s presence and is covering up for it.
[Primeval Series 2 Episode 4 - DVD] – 2 February 2008 – After a teenager mysteriously disappears, the team
investigate, and narrowly save Jenny from death at the jaws of a highly unusual shark lurking in the Thames. Cutter
is convinced that the creature’s unique morphology is the result of further evolution – that it’s a species from the
future. They then split up to find the creature’s lair but trouble brews when Abby is dragged through an anomaly
by another carnivorous species from the future: the Mer.
[Primeval Series 2 Episode 5 - DVD] – 9 February 2008 – A young girl searching for her dog ends up stuck on the
other side of an anomaly, leading Cutter and Stephen to mount a rescue mission into the sandy deserts of the
Silurian. But when the anomaly closes, the trio end up trapped with a horde of giant Silurian Scorpions which track
them from hearing vibrations in the sand. As the three of them fight for survival, Cutter realises they are not alone:
someone is actively trying to sabotage their work.
[The Two Ronnies Series 5 Episode 4 - DVD] – Sep 25 1976 – Sketches include ‘An Appeal For Women’ and ‘All In A
Day’s Berk’. Barbara Dickson sings another Beatles classic and the Ronnies join some Morris Dancers. This also has
the classic badly typed script sketch.
[The Two Ronnies Series 5 Episode 3 - DVD] – Sep 18 1976 – This episode includes the classic ‘Four Candles’
sketch, the introduction of Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales in ‘The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old
London Town’ and a musical number featuring two char ladies
[The Two Ronnies Series 5 Episode 2 - DVD] – Sep 11 1976 – The second part of ‘The Phantom Raspberry Blower
of Old London Town’, a Getaway Programme about Slough, This Week’s Bad Cause and songs by Barbara Dickson,
Nana Moussaka and Charles Azenough.
[The Two Ronnies Season 5 Episode 1 - DVD] – Sep 4 1976 – Sketches include The Cockney Rhyming Slang Sermon,
The New Butler and Dr Death. There’s the first part of The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town
(written by Spike Milligan) and a Native Indian musical number.
[Steptoe and Son Series 3 Episode 1 - "Homes Fit for Heroes" - DVD] – 12/12/63 – Harold plans to go on a sailing
trip around the world, and bung Albert in an old peoples home.
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[Steptoe and Son Series 3 Episode 2 - "The Wooden Overcoats" - DVD] – 19/12/63 – Harold comes home with a
cartful of coffins, much to Albert’s horror.
[Steptoe and Son Series 3 Episode 3 - "The Lead Man Cometh" - DVD] – 02/01/64 – The business is doing badly
and the Steptoes are having to break into their savings to keep their heads above water, and then a led dealer
comes round and sells them tons of led at a cheap price, they then find out the lead was stolen as the copper visits
the yard. Featuring Leonard Rossiter.
[Steptoe and Son Series 3 Episode 4 - "Steptoe à la Cart" - DVD] – 09/01/64 – Harold meets a French girl, and falls
for her When she meets Albert they talk about her family history and it becomes apparent that Albert may have
dated her grandmother while on leave during the first war with all its ramifications.
[Steptoe and Son Series 3 Episode 5 - "Sunday for Seven Days" - DVD] – 16/01/64 – Albert and Harold are getting
ready for an evening at the pictures.
[Steptoe and Son Series 3 Episode 6 - "The Bond That Binds Us" - DVD] – 23/01/64 – Albert has a windfall on the
Premium Bonds. Featuring June Whitfield.
[Steptoe and Son Series 3 Episode 7- "The Lodger" - DVD] – 30/01/64 = Albert decides to get in a lodger to earn
some money, but Harold announces that when the lodger steps in, he steps out, then Albert catches Harold taking
the advert out the shop window, tells him and Harold walks out, but Albert can’t get a lodger anyway.
Week Ending: 17th July 2011
[Primeval Series 2 Episode 6 - DVD] – 16 February 2008 – A Columbian Mammoth slips through an anomaly,
rampaging along the M25 scattering cars and lorries in its wake. As Cutter and the rest of the team take on the task
of stopping it, Stephen is shocked when Helen returns with plans of her own. After taking the Mammoth back to
the ARC, Cutter decides to set a trap to root out the traitor in their midst, leaving Lester to fight for his life against
a Future Predator that has infiltrated the ARC.
[Primeval Series 2 Episode 7 - DVD] – 23 February 2008 – Cutter and the team are kidnapped and held in a military
bunker by Oliver Leek, who has plans to be the most powerful man in the world using an army of fearsome
predators he has captured from past anomalies, while his ally, Helen, furthers her own nefarious schemes. As the
team fight for their survival, Stephen deals with a Silurian Scorpion which Leek has unleashed onto a busy beach.
Back at the bunker, the team have found a way to stop Leek, but at the cost of Stephen’s life.
[The Two Ronnies Series 5 Episode 5 - DVD] – Oct 2, 1976 – Sketches include ‘The Drinks Order’ and ‘June 9th
2001 News’. In the serial Scotland Yard tries to catch the Phantom Raspberry Blower with some fake Queen
Victorias. Music comes from Barbara Dickson and Jehosophat & Jones.
[The Two Ronnies Series 5 Episode 6 - DVD] – Oct 9, 1976 – Sketches include ‘The Ministry of Sex Equality’ and
‘Cricket Commentators at a Restaurant’.
Week Ending: 24th July 2011
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[The Two Ronnies Season 5 - Episode 8 - DVD] – 23 Oct 1976 – In ‘The Day After Tomorrow’s World’ Ronnie Barker
presents the kitchen of the future. Plus the Arbroath Pipe Band and the final instalment of ‘The Fantom Rasberry
Blower”
[The Two Ronnies Season 5 - Episode 7 - DVD] – 16 Oct 1976 – Sketches include ‘The Royal Society For The
Prevention of Mispronunciation’ and ‘Stage Directions’.
[Shutter Island - DVD] – World War II soldier-turned-U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) investigates
the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his
own troubling visions and by Dr. Cawley (Ben Kingsley). Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer and Max
von Sydow co-star in director Martin Scorsese’s plot twist-filled psychological thriller set on a Massachusetts island
in 1954. A pretty thought provoking movie that left me ultimately unsatisfied.
[Red Dwarf Series 3 Episode 1 - "Backwards"] – 14 November 1989 – With Kryten now a regular member of the
crew, Rimmer takes him on a flying lesson in the transport vehicle Starbug. They find themselves whisked away
through a time hole, arriving back on Earth, 1993. However, time is running backwards. This is a classic episode.
Especially the bit with the cat at the end. The cats acting is really wooden in this episode.
Week Ending: 31st July 2011
[Red Dwarf Series 3 Episode 1 - "Backwards"- DVD] – 14 November 1989 – With Kryten now a regular member of
the crew, Rimmer takes him on a flying lesson in the transport vehicle Starbug. They find themselves whisked away
through a time hole, arriving back on Earth, 1993. However, time is running backwards.
[Red Dwarf Series 3 Episode 2 - "Marooned" - DVD] – 21 November 1989 – The crew abandon ship as Holly sees
five black holes in the direct flight path of Red Dwarf. Rimmer and Lister then find themselves marooned on an ice
planet after Starbug is struck by a meteorite. Lister is freezing and starving but the only firewood is his beloved
guitar and Rimmer’s prized possessions, and the only food left is dog food and a pot noodle, Lister’s most hated
food.
[Red Dwarf Series 3 Episode 3 - "Polymorph" - DVD] – 28 November 1989 – The crew become radically different
people after they encounter a polymorph, a genetically engineered shape-changing mutant that feeds on negative
emotions. After escaping from the polymorph they decide that there are only two options, one: take it on, or two:
run away. Two has always been the Cat’s favourite number anyway.
[Red Dwarf Series 3 Episode 4 - "Bodyswap" - DVD] – 5 December 1989 – Rimmer suggests that the perfect way to
help Lister get “healthy” is swapping bodies, by implanting his mind into Lister’s and vice versa, so that Rimmer can
undergo a hefty exercise regime in Lister’s body. However, Rimmer is overtaken with excitement at the prospect of
having a physical body again and refuses to give it back to Lister.
[Red Dwarf Series 3 Episode 5 - "Timeslides" - DVD] – 12 December 1989 – The developing fluid that Kryten uses
to process old photographs mutates and the photographs come alive. The crew find they can go into the
photograph, and Lister finds that the photographs allows them to go back in time. Using this he plans on changing
history so that he does not end up marooned in deep space.
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[Red Dwarf Series 3 Episode 6 - "The Last Day" - DVD] – 19 December 1989 - Lister receives a pre-recorded
message from Jim Reaper (as in “the Grim Reaper”), head of Diva-Droid international, the company that created
Kryten. Kryten is ordered to be dismantled within 24 hours and is to be replaced by Hudzen-10 (Gordon Kennedy),
a super-strong android, who has been tracking Kryten for thousands of years and is now on an intercept course
with Red Dwarf. The crew decide to throw Kryten a leaving party, and give him one last night to remember.
Week Ending: 7th August 2011
[Grange Hill Series 1 - Episodes 1 to 4 - DVD] – Very dated but I enjoyed it.
[Reggie Perrin Series 2 - Episode 1 - DVD] – Reggie decides against his pseudocide, and instead decides the best
thing to do would be to quit his job and pursue a more fulfilling career. Meanwhile, Nicola loses her job as a
teacher after pulling down a boy’s trousers. Groomtech is in serious trouble without Reggie. 14 October 2010. I
enjoyed this season.
[Reggie Perrin Series 2 - Episode 2 - DVD] – Reggie struggles to find a new career, and tries running a stalls at the
farmers market selling home made bread, however with finances tight, Reggie is forced to return to Groomtech.
21 October 2010
[Reggie Perrin Series 2 - Episode 3 - DVD] – Determining “not to lose touch with reality”, Reggie makes sweeping
changes, banning ties and introducing the wearing of slippers, a tea-lady and a bouncy castle to bounce ideas
around in. He also gives strangers lifts in his company car. When the boss expresses disapproval Reggie changes
the firm’s name to Grot and announces that it will make only useless things. Nicola, now sacked, is bored at home,
spending her time mending basket chairs, whilst her father tells Reggie he has cold feet about marrying his
mother. 28 October 201
[Reggie Perrin Series 2 - Episode 4 - DVD] – The staff express doubts as to the viability of Reggie selling his ‘Grot’
products-and indeed as to his sanity-but the goods fly off the shelves. The Groomtech chairman, hugely impressed,
gives Reggie his next assignment: to cut half the staff. Nicola, feeling neglected as Reggie embraces his work with
great enthusiasm, initially turns down David after he makes a pass at her at the swimming baths but still ends up
ringing him. William, desperate to avoid matrimony, tries a feeble ploy to persuade Marion that he is gay, though it
fails to work 4 November 2010
[Reggie Perrin Series 2 - Episode 5 - DVD] – The success of the new product range leaves Reggie with a difficult
decision, which could result in redundancy for some of his colleagues. Meanwhile, his efforts to reconcile with
Nicola lead to a shocking discovery that threatens to change everything. 11 November 2010
[Reggie Perrin Series 2 - Episode 6 - DVD] – Nicola’s affair with David is now out in the open and the Perrins clash
at their parents wedding. Reggie needs to come up with a plan to stop the chairman of Groomtech from selling the
company. Reggie begins to wonder if he should just disappear once again. 18 November 2010
[RED - DVD] – When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses
reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants. I really enjoyed this movie.
[The New Avengers Series 1 Episode 4 - The Last of the Cybernauts....? – DVD] - 5th November 1976 – The
Avengers set out to ambush double agent Felix Kane but the ensuing car chase results in Kane crashing and being
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engulfed by a huge explosion. Unbeknownst to Steed, however, Kane survives and spends a year secretly
recovering. He then kidnaps Goff, an engineer who had helped develop a series of cybernauts a decade previously.
For Kane is hellbent on revenge and intends to use the robots as killers. This was a good episode.
[The New Avengers Series 1 – Episode 5 – “To Catch a Rat” – DVD] – 3rd December 1976 – In 1960 British agent
Irwin Gunner almost succeeded in eliminating a double agent known only as ‘White Rat’. However the Rat
managed to keep his identity secret and escape. He, in turn, arranged to have Gunner killed but the staged
accident simply left Gunner with amnesia. Seventeen years later a bump on the head restores Gunner’s memory
and he continues his search for the White Rat. Gunner contacts Steed at headquarters using an obsolete code but
the White Rat also receives the transmission. The Avengers must find Gunner and identify White Rat before the
double agent gets to Gunner first.
[The New Avengers Series 1 – Episode 6 – “Cat Amongst the Pigeons” – DVD] – 19th December 1976 – A man
named Zacardi has discovered a way to control and communicate with birds. He is concerned about ecologists'
views to reducing the world's bird population in the name of conservation. Zacardi sets out to eliminate his
adversaries using his feathered friends.
Week Ending: 21st August 2011
[Red Dwarf Series 4 - Episode 4 - "White Hole" - DVD] – 7 March 1991 – Holly has her intelligence briefly restored
to an I.Q. of 12,368, but a side effect of this is that her run-time is reduced to minutes. Holly promptly switches
herself off, leaving Red Dwarf with no lighting or manoeuvring capability. It’s back to basics for the crew and they
must resort to their own resourcefulness to survive.
[Red Dwarf Series 4 - Episode 5 - "Dimension Jump" - DVD] – 14 March 1991 The crew meet a parallel dimension
version of Rimmer. Arnold “Ace” Rimmer is a dashing daredevil test pilot for the space corps, and he has been
assigned to test-pilot a ship that can travel through dimensions, so he can meet different versions of himself. He
enters our dimension to meet our Rimmer, the weaselly cowardly version, who has gone on a fishing holiday with
the rest of the crew.
[Red Dwarf Series 4 - Episode 6 - "Meltdown" - DVD] – 21 March 1991 – Kryten uses a prototype “matter paddle”
to teleport the crew to a nearby planet with an S3 (or Earth-like) atmosphere. They discover the planet has been
visited by humans years previously, who populated the planet with “wax droids” – animated wax works of famous
characters from Earth’s history including Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Gandhi, Winnie the Pooh, Mother
Teresa and Elvis Presley.
[Death At A Funeral - DVD] – A pretty funny dark comedy.
[Legends of Rock - Roy Harper] – This is an excellent intimate Roy Harper with great sound and picture quality.
Even though Roy is over 70 he still can crack out a great tune. He certainly doesn’t seem to be as sharp or coherent
in the between song chatting but this is still a must buy for Roy fans.
Week Ending: 3rd September 2011
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[Red Dwarf Series 5 - Episode 1 -"Holoship" - DVD] – 20 February 1992 – Rimmer is abducted for the purposes of
study by holograms with super intelligence, away to a space vessel which is itself hologrammatic, where Rimmer
has a physical presence and where sex is duty rather than pleasure. Rimmer applies to join the crew, feeling that
this is his chance of becoming an officer and getting a life. To do this he must pass an exam against a fellow
hologram. The situation is complicated when he discovers his opponent in the test is Nirvanah Crane (Jane
Horrocks), a female hologram commander he seems to be falling in love with.
[Red Dwarf Series 5 - Episode 2 - "The Inquisitor" - DVD] – 27 February 1992 – The Inquisitor is a time-travelling
android who acts as judge, jury and executioner to those who have led worthless lives, and thus erases them from
history. The Red Dwarf crew are next to appear before this judge to justify their existence. It does not look good
for our crew of slobs, failures and misfits.
[Red Dwarf Series 5 - Episode 3 - "Terrorform" - DVD] – 5 March 1992 – Kryten and Rimmer crash land on a “psimoon”, an artificial planetoid which terraforms itself to match the inner psyche and subconscious of anyone who
lands on it. Kryten is cut in half in the crash, and Rimmer finds himself alone and taken prisoner by manifestations
of his own inner demons. Lister, Cat and Holly arrive to rescue them, but find themselves trapped in an
environment shaped by Rimmer’s bizarre, self-loathing mind.
[Red Dwarf Series 5 - Episode 4 - "Quarantine" - DVD] – 12 March 1992 – After investigating an abandoned
biological research complex on an ice planet, Lister, Cat and Kryten return to Red Dwarf only to find Rimmer has
taken over the ship. While Rimmer orders them into quarantine for three months, he himself is slowly taken over
by an electronic holo-virus that corrupts his hologrammatic form, giving him telekinetic powers, hex vision, and
many other powers and turning him completely insane.
[Red Dwarf Series 5 - Episode 5 - "Demons and Angels" - DVD] – 19 March 1992 – An experiment with a machine
– a Triplicator – that can make duplicates of an object goes wrong causing Red Dwarf to explode. The crew escape
aboard Starbug but find that the Triplicator has made two copies of Red Dwarf in place of the original. One of
these copies has extracted the “good” qualities of the former vessel, and the other has extracted the “bad”
qualities. The crew board one, first meeting angelic versions of themselves, then to the other, meeting demonic
versions of themselves.
[Red Dwarf Series 5 - Episode 5 - "Back to Reality" - DVD] – 26 March 1992 – The crew take Starbug down into
the watery depths of an ocean planet to investigate the wreck of the SSS Esperanto. They find that the ship’s crew
have committed suicide, then escape to try and avoid attack from a sea monster, the “Despair Squid”. The crew
suddenly wake up to find they are not who they think they are, Red Dwarf and Starbug did not exist, and they have
in fact been playing a virtual reality computer game for four years.
[Lock Stock and Four Stolen Hooves (pilot episode) - DVD] – 29 May 2000 - A feature length pilot episode based
on the idea of the movie. This was an excellent pilot that the rest of the series struggled to live up to.
[Lock Stock and Two Hundred Smoking Kalashnikovs - DVD] – 6 June 2000 – This second episode follows on from
the pilot movie with a lot of the same characters and over the top violence. Pretty funny.
[Lock Stock and a Fist Full of Jack and Jills - DVD] – 13 June 2000 – The third episode is also pretty good featuring
porn as its central theme.
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[Lock Stock and Spaghetti Sauce - DVD] – 20 June 2000 – A very violent fourth episode of this mad TV black
comedy.
Week Ending: 9th September 2011: Germany
[Machete - DVD] – A Blood thirsty grindhouse extravaganza. A Mexploitation movie? I really enjoyed this and
laughed harder at this movie than I have done in a long time. The hospital scene was a complete scream.
[The Ipcress file - DVD] – This is a classic British Spy movie starring a young Michael Cain as a renegade British
agent with a penchant for the ladies. Now Listen to me. Great Movie.
[Dr Who Series 3 - Episode 1 "The Runaway Bride" - DVD] – 25 December 2006 – A bride (Catherine Tate)
suddenly materializes in the Tardis. The Doctor must get her to the church on time, but the Empress of Racnoss
(Sarah Parish), an alien spider, has other ideas. Great episode.
[Dr Who Series 3 - Episode 2 "Smith and Jones" - DVD] – 31 March 2007 – The Doctor meets his latest companion,
Martha Jones, in a hospital that’s abducted by the Judoon who are searching for the evil, blood-sucking Florence
Finnegan (Anne Reid). This was another great episode.
[Dr Who Series 3 - Episode 3 "The Shakespeare Code" - DVD] – 7 April - 2007 – The Doctor takes Martha back in
time to Elizabethan England where they meet William Shakespeare (Dean Lennox Kelly) and try to solve what sent
the architect of the Globe Theatre mad.
[Dr Who Series 3 - Episode 4 "Gridlock" - DVD] – The Doctor and Martha return to New Earth to find it has been
laid out as a horrendous trap, stuck in a giant and long traffic jam under the streets of New New York. This is a
storming episode with a heavy feel of 2000AD future shocks to it.
[Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 1 "Captain Cook" - DVD] – 28 September - 1989 – When Field Marshal Haig
unveils his new strategy to move his drinks cabinet six inches closer to Berlin, Blackadder volunteers to be an
Official War Artist, not realising that a commission to paint a cover for thoroughly absorbent propaganda magazine
King and Country is just a ruse for a highly-dangerous secret mission. Can Baldrick’s plan to become Melchett’s
chef save him, and how much custard can one cat produce?
[Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 2 "Corporal Punishment" - DVD] – 5 October 1989 – Despite problems with
communications, orders for another mission arrive and Blackadder breaches regulations by eating the messenger.
With George as his lawyer in a court martial, and with only one night to live, can the Flanders pigeon murderer
avoid death by firing squad using Baldrick’s smuggled escape kit? Guest starring Jeremy Hardy as Corporal Perkins
and Stephen Frost as Corporal Jones.
[Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 3 "Major Star" - DVD] – 12 October 1989 – With everyone talking about the
famous comedian Charlie Chaplin, Blackadder volunteers to organise a variety show in the hope that it will be
shifted to the London Palladium. Unfortunately, Melchett has fallen in love with his leading lady, the fair Georgina
(George dressed as a woman). Guest starring Gabrielle Glaister as Private “Bob” Parkhurst.
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[Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 4 "Private Plane" - DVD] – 19 October - 1989 – Despite Blackadder’s loathing of
the arrogant flying ace Lord Flashheart, Blackadder, Baldrick and George volunteer to join the Royal Flying Corps
unaware that their nickname the “Twenty Minuters” refers to their average life expectancy. After Blackadder and
Baldrick crash their plane behind enemy lines, they are captured by the Germans (including a rather camp Baron
von Richthofen) and must prepare for a fate worse than death. Guest starring Rik Mayall as Lord Flashheart and
Adrian Edmondson as Baron von Richthofen.
[Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 5 "General Hospital" - DVD] – 26 October - 1989 – A game of “I Spy” goes terribly
wrong when a bomb strikes Blackadder’s bunker and injures George, leaving him in the care of the kindly Nurse
Mary at the field hospital. After Melchett and Darling inform Blackadder that there is a German spy in the hospital
giving away their battle plans, Blackadder and Darling are sent undercover. Guest starring Miranda Richardson as
Nurse Mary Fletcher-Brown and Bill Wallis as Sir Bernard Proudfoot-Smith.
[Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 6 "Goodbyeee" - DVD] – 2 November 1989 – Millions have died but the troops
have advanced no further than “an asthmatic ant with some heavy shopping”. Now, at last, the ‘final’ big push
looms, and Edmund is willing to try anything to avoid it. Will putting a pair of underpants on his head and shoving
two pencils up his nose get Edmund invalided back to Blighty? Guest starring Geoffrey Palmer as Field Marshal Sir
Douglas Haig.
[Red Dwarf Series 6 Episode 1 "Psirens" - DVD] – 7 October 1993 – Two hundred years after investigating the SSS
Esperanto, the crew awake from suspended animation aboard Starbug with amnesia, and find that their
mothership Red Dwarf is missing. Chasing a faint vapour trail which may lead to their mothership, the crew travel
through an asteroid field containing lost and crashed spaceships. The asteroid field is inhabited by “psirens”,
genetically engineered creatures that telepathically lure the ship’s crew onto the asteroids so that they can suck
out their brains.
[Red Dwarf Series 6 Episode 2 "Legion" - DVD] – 14 October 1993 – Chasing the vapour trail of Red Dwarf into a
gas nebula, Starbug is taken over by a tractor beam which takes it to a space station. There the crew discover
Legion, a highly intelligent, sophisticated and cultured lifeform conceived out of an experiment by a group of
famous scientists. It is Legion who gives Rimmer a new hardlight holo-projection unit, enabling him to become a
normal human, able to touch, feel, eat, and experience pain. He also becomes virtually indestructible. They learn
that Legion is composed from the minds of each member of the crew, combined and magnified, and as such they
are sustaining his very existence with their presence. Legion will not allow them to leave and continue the search
for Red Dwarf…
[Red Dwarf Series 6 Episode 3 "Gunmen of the Apocalypse" - DVD] – 21 October 1993 – Starbug narrowly wins a
battle with “rogue simulants”. However the “simulants” have infected Starbug with a computer virus and the ship
is locked on a collision course with a volcanic planet. Kryten attempts to fight the virus, with the battle taking the
form of an old wild west movie in his digital mind. The virus overtakes him, so Lister, Cat and Rimmer enter
Kryten’s wild-west dream using an artificial reality video game in attempt to help Kryten come up with an antidote.
[Red Dwarf Series 6 Episode 4 "Emohawk: Polymorph II" - DVD] – 28 October 1993 – Starbug is attacked by an
advanced Space Corp enforcement probe, for looting from derelict ships. The crew manage to escape by entering
GELF space but Starbug crashes on a moon. Lister must marry the GELF chieftain’s daughter in exchange for an
oxygen breathing unit. The crew escape with the engine part during Lister’s honeymoon, but the GELF chieftain
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sends his pet, a polymorph, after them to retrieve his new son-in-law. The Emohawk managed to changed Rimmer
into Ace Rimmer and Cat into Dwayne Dibbly.
[Red Dwarf Series 6 Episode 5 "Rimmerworld" - DVD] – 4 November 1993 – The crew return to the wreck of the
simulants’ battleship to salvage for food supplies but are confronted by a surviving simulant who threatens to kill
herself and the crew. Rimmer, who has been diagnosed with a tense nervous disorder, escapes in a pod which has
no steering, and is whisked away through a time-hole and crashes on a planet. The crew follow Rimmer through
the time-hole, but due to its effects arrive at the planet 600 years after Rimmer arrived, only to find the planet is
populated with thousands of Rimmer clones.
[Red Dwarf Series 6 Episode 6 "Out of Time" - DVD] – 11 November 1993 – Starbug enters an artificial fog
containing devices that create false realities. Persevering through it, the crew find what it is hiding – a time
machine. Shortly after, they meet their future selves, from fifteen years later. The crew learn that their future
selves are incredibly corrupt and amoral through abuse of the time drive, to experience the “very best” of history.
In the end, the two Starbug crafts engage in a space battle to end all space battles.
[Red Dwarf Series 7 Episode 1 "Tikka to Ride" - DVD] – 17 January 1997 – The crew find themselves resurrected
due to the time paradox resulting from the battle with their future selves. The time paradox also results in a
greatly upgraded and much larger Starbug. However, the curry supplies have gone missing, and so Lister devises a
sneaky plan which involves swapping Kryten’s head, once again utilising the time machine, and which ultimately
results in the crew getting mixed up in the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas in 1963.
[Red Dwarf Series 7 Episode 2 "Stoke Me a Clipper" - DVD] – January 1997 - Daredevil pilot Ace Rimmer, fatally
wounded after rescuing Princess Bonjella, travels from his own dimension into the dimension where Starbug is
cruising. His intention is to try and bring out courage in the cowardly version of himself aboard Starbug, and then
recruit Arnold Rimmer as his replacement, so that after his death another Rimmer will carry on the legacy of the
interstellar space hero.
[Red Dwarf Series 7 Episode 3 "Ouroboros" - DVD] – 31 January 1997 – Lister, Cat and Kryten stumble upon a tear
in the fabric of space that leads to another dimension. There they meet a parallel version of Lister’s old girlfriend,
Kristine Kochanski, who becomes stranded on Starbug. Meanwhile Lister discovers the truth about himself and
who his parents were.
[Red Dwarf Series 7 Episode 4 "Duct Soup" - DVD] – 7 February 1997 – Kryten gets fussy and jealous thinking that
Lister likes Kochanski better than him. When the primary power goes off and they get stuck in a room, they have
no choice but to climb into the small ventilation ducts which wind round Starbug in order to escape. Whilst inside
the ducts they discover a lot about each other, including the fact Lister is claustrophobic.
[Red Dwarf Series 7 Episode 5 - "Blue" - DVD] – 14 February 1997 – Starbug is travelling through a rather
uninteresting region of space and the crew are bored and begin to nitpick at petty areas of their lives. Meanwhile
Lister finds, much to his own surprise and disgust, that he is missing Rimmer, and even having romantic dreams
about him returning. Kryten’s solution is to take him on a ride called “The Rimmer Experience,” which recounts
outrageously fictionalised events from Rimmer’s diaries.
[Red Dwarf Series 7 Episode 6 - "Beyond a Joke" - DVD] – 21 February - 1997 – Searching for a new head for
Kryten, which exploded due to build-up of negative thought after an incident involving ketchup added to lobster,
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the crew encounter a rogue simulant on a deserted ship. The simulant kidnaps Kryten and commissions one of his
own droids, Able, to fix him up. But Kryten and Able discover they’re brothers, the same model, and Able helps
Kryten escape. Kryten then discovers from Able a disturbing secret about their creator.
[Red Dwarf Series 7 Episode 7 "Epideme" - DVD] – 28 February 1997 – The crew come across a frozen supply ship,
the Leviathan, with one survivor: Caroline Carmen, one of Lister’s former crushes. She revives in the middle of the
night, as a zombie; she has been dead for a long time, and infects Lister with the dreaded Epideme virus. Lister
tries talking with the virus directly through a communication link (Epideme is a sentient, self-aware organism) but
Epideme refuses to let Lister live. Drastic action must be taken if Lister is to survive.
[Red Dwarf Series 7 Episode 8 "Nanarchy" - DVD] – 7 March 1997 – Lister tries to cope with the loss of his arm.
Meanwhile Kryten searches for his nanobots – incredibly advanced microscopic robots, which can alter forms of
matter at the sub-atomic level – so that he can rebuild Lister’s arm. Kryten finds the nanobots in Lister’s laundry
basket, and also discovers that it was the nanobots who stole the mothership Red Dwarf in the first instance.
Kryten gets the nanobots to rebuild both Red Dwarf and Lister’s arm. Red Dwarf makes an appearance, but with
one problem – its size.
[Torchwood Season 1, Episode 1, "Everything Changes" - DVD] – 22 October 2006 – Police Constable Gwen
Cooper comes across the mysterious organization known as Torchwood. While investigating their world, she finds
technology and methods she never imagined.
[Torchwood Season 1, Episode 2, "Day One" - DVD] – 22 October 2006 – Torchwood must stop a sex addicted
alien as it leaves a trail of gruesome deaths in its wake.
[Torchwood Season 1, Episode 3, "Ghost Machine" - DVD] – 29 October 2006 – After Gwen Cooper recovers an
alien device from Sean Harris, the device seemingly takes her back in time to the 1940s where she sees a young
boy, alone on a railway platform. Soon after, Owen has a similar experience only this time he is under a bridge in
the early 1960s where a young woman is raped and murdered. They trace both the boy and the murderer and
learn that the boy was well taken care of. As for the murderer, the case remains unsolved, something that
outrages Owen.
[Torchwood Season 1, Episode 4, "Cyberwoman" - DVD] – 5 November 2006 – There’s a dark secret in the
basement of the Hub. Even Jack is unaware of it, but Ianto knows. And he’ll go to any lengths, sacrifice anything
and anyone, to protect what’s down there.
Week Ending: 6th November 2011 (Australia)
[Steptoe and Son Series 4 - Episode 1 - "And Afterwards At..." - DVD] - (04/10/65) Harold's getting married, but
what will the bride say?
[Steptoe and Son Series 4 - Episode 2 - "Crossed Swords" - DVD] - (11/10/65) The Steptoes take a porcelain vase
to a West End antiques expert's shop. Featuring Derek Nimmo.
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[Steptoe and Son Series 4 - Episode 3 - "Those Magnificent Men and Their Heating Machines" - DVD] - (18/10/65)
Harold installs central heating in the house, but Albert's views of his bad workmanship turn out to be right as he
pulls the house down.
[Steptoe and Son Series 4 - Episode 4 - "The Siege of Steptoe Street" - DVD] - (25/10/65) Harold notices that the
fishmonger and the butcher are providing luxurious delicacies that he's never eaten.
[Steptoe and Son Series 4 - Episode 5 - "A Box in Town" - DVD] - (01/11/65) Harold moves into an attic bed-sit flat.
Features Yootha Joyce.
[Steptoe and Son Series 4 - Episode 6 - "My Old Man's a Tory" - DVD] - Harold and Albert clash over their
opposing political views. Exists as b/w shibaden VT recording.
[Steptoe and Son Series 4 - Episode 7 - "Pilgrim's Progress" - DVD] - (15/11/65) Albert asks Harold for him to take
him back to the battle field to think of the memories of the war, but whilst on the plane, he upsets and insults the
fighting legion of the French and the American, then gets into a fight with them. Featuring Frank Thornton.
[Dr Who Season 4 - Episode 0 - "Voyage of the Damned" - DVD] - 25 December 2007 - The Doctor finds his TARDIS
colliding with a spaceship based on the RMS Titanic during a Christmas party. With the help of a waitress named
Astrid, the Doctor must take on the race called the Hosts as the lives of the Titanic crew and those on Earth are in
danger.
[Dr Who Season 4 - Episode 1 - "Partners in Crime" - DVD] - 5 April 2008 - With a new weight-loss pill tested in
London by Adipose Industries, The Doctor goes to investigate the sinister truth behind the product, only to find out
that his old friend Donna Noble is investigating as well.
[Dr Who Season 4 - Episode 2 - "The Fires of Pompeii" - DVD] - 12 April 2008 - The Doctor and Donna visit Pompeii
in AD 79, on the eve of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
[Dr Who Season 4 - Episode 3 - "Planet of the Ood" - DVD] - 19 April 2008 - Finding themselves on the Ood-Sphere
planet in the 42nd century, The Doctor and Donna discover the truth over the Ood's willingness to serve
humankind.
[Dr Who Season 4 - Episode 4 - "The Sontaran Stratagem" - DVD] - 26 April 2008 - UNIT's newest recruit Martha
Jones enlists The Doctor's help to investigate kid genius Luke Rattigan and his ATMOS system that is used in every
car on Earth.
[Dr Who Season 4 - Episode 5 - "The Poison Sky" - DVD] - 3 May 2008 - With planet Earth choking under the
poison sky, the Doctor must stop the Sontarans' threat to the planet.
[Dr Who Season 4 - Episode 6 - "The Doctor's Daughter" - DVD] - 10 May 2008 - Caught in the middle of a war
between the Humans and the Hath in the planet Messaline, the Doctor finds himself once again a father.
[Dr Who Season 4, Episode 7 - "The Unicorn and the Wasp" - DVD] - 17 May 2008 - With a 1920s dinner party
turning into a murder mystery, The Doctor and Donna meet Agatha Christie on the eve of her publicized
disappearance.
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[The League Of Gentlemen - Series 3 - Episode 1 - "The Lesbian and the Monkey" - DVD] - 26 September 2002 Pauline is freed from jail by Ross, provided she is able to find evidence to convict Mickey and get him off the Dole.
However, Pauline and Mickey begin to fall in love.
[The League Of Gentlemen - Series 3 - Episode 2 - "The One-Armed Man Is King" - DVD] - 3 October 2002 - Lance
goes in hospital in order to have a second arm grafted onto his body. However, not only is he given the arm of a
woman, but the arm begins to have a life of its own.
[The League Of Gentlemen - Series 3 - Episode 3 - "Turn Again Geoff Tipps" - DVD] - 10 October 2002 - Geoff is
fired from his job, so he decides to travel down to London and become a stand-up comedian. Meanwhile, Legz
Akimbo practice some role-playing for a play about disability.
[The League Of Gentlemen - Series 3 - Episode 4 - "The Medusa Touch" - DVD] - 17 October 2002 - Alvin and
Sunny host a small group of fellow "Sexplorers" to a trial of a new auto-erotic asphyxiation machine. While Alvin
slips away to tryst with his mistress, everyone else accidentally dies.
[The League Of Gentlemen - Series 3 - Episode 1 - "Beauty and the Beast (Or, Come into My Parlour)" - DVD] -24
October 2002 - Charlie and Judee team up to form their own beauty parlour, but Charlie ends up performing handjobs for male customers. When he performs this service for Tony, Charlie begins to fall in love with him.
[The League Of Gentlemen - Series 3 - Episode 6 - "How the Elephant Got Its Trunk" - DVD] - 31 October 2002 Vinnie dies trying to collect a plastic bag, so Reenie hires a new helper for the charity shop, Keith Drop. When Brian
tells Keith that his wife went missing when the circus came to town, it is discovered that Keith has a secret identity.
[The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse - DVD] - Feature film spin-off of the popular British television comedy
series The League of Gentlemen. Starring Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, the film was
written by the cast with Jeremy Dyson, and directed by Steve Bendelack. Also featuring in guest roles are Michael
Sheen, Victoria Wood, David Warner, Alan Morrissey, Bruno Langley, Bernard Hill, Simon Pegg and Peter Kay. It
isn't a bad movie but not as funny as the TV series.
[The Time Machine - DVD] - A classic sci-fi movie that still works pretty well today but is a pale reflection of the
book.
[The Good Life - Series Four - Episode 1 "Away from It All" - DVD] - 10 April 1977, Tom and Barbara are depressed
because their latest crop is a letdown, and so when they go to Margo and Jerry's for dinner, they are not in the
best of moods. The Leadbetters manage to persuade them to stay in a Mayfair flat that belongs to a friend of
Jerry's for the weekend, and while they are away Margo and Jerry have to look after their animals.
[The Good Life - Series Four - Episode 2 "The Green Door" - DVD] - 17 April 1977, Tom and Barbara are in
desperate need of manure, and they get the idea to go to Margo's pony club and ask them. Margo forbids them
from doing so, but they go anyway. While Margo told them she goes riding weekly, Mrs Holman, the stable owner,
tells them Margo hasn't gone riding for months. The Goods then see her going into a building in the town, and they
think she is having an affair.
[The Good Life - Series Four - Episode 3 - "Our Speaker Today..." - DVD] - 24 April 1977, Margo asks Barbara to
give a talk on self-sufficiency to the Townswomen's Guild in front of Lady Truscott (Angela Thorne). After her talk is
a success, Lady Truscott then gets Barbara to give a succession of talks to other groups. Meanwhile, Tom tries to
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put up a new chicken shed on his own while Margo sends Jerry to Fortnum & Mason to buy a hamper so they can
entertain Lady Truscott. Guest starring Robert Lindsay.
[The Good Life - Series Four - Episode 4 - "The Weaver's Tale" - DVD] - 1 May 1997, After a successful crop of soft
fruits, Tom and Barbara have a float of £10, and when on a visit to Dorking with Margo, Tom spends all of this
buying a second-hand loom. Meanwhile, Jerry seeks Barbara's advice about Margo's spending, which leads to him
then refusing to pay for her spinning wheel, so she leaves him.
[The Good Life - Series Four - Episode 5 - "Suit Yourself" - DVD] - 8 May 1977, Tom and Barbara are busy making a
suit for Tom using sheep's wool and dye from stinging nettles, while Margo and Jerry are preparing for a dinner
where Andrew will announce his retirement and Jerry's written a proposal on how he would take JJM forward.
[The Good Life - Series Four - Episode 6 - "Sweet and Sour Charity" - DVD] - 15 May 1977, Mrs Weaver has moved
to Esher, and Tom wants to take the oil from her tank so he can swap it for some straw. Meanwhile, Jerry is trying
to discredit Snetterton in the race to replace Andrew and Margo is asked to play the lead role in Sweet Charity.
[The Good Life - Series Four - Episode 7 - "Anniversary" - DVD] - 22 May 1977, Due to the oil leak caused by Mrs
Weaver's tank, much of the Good's garden is unusable, and Geraldine isn't producing any milk. These problems
mean Tom is not in the mood to celebrate both his 42nd birthday and the second anniversary of self-sufficiency,
but after Jerry succeeds Andrew at JJM, all four celebrate. However, when they go back to Tom and Barbara's they
discover the living room has been vandalized.
[The Good Life - Christmas Special (1977) - "Silly, But It's Fun" - DVD] - 26 December 1977, It's Christmas Eve, and
at the Goods' house, Tom and Barbara are making decorations and crackers ready for Christmas Day, while at the
Leadbetters, Margo has sent back her whole order because her Christmas tree is six and a quarter inches too short.
But when the company does not deliver her order the following day, she and Jerry are left with no decorations,
food or drink, so Tom and Barbara invite them round.
[The Good Life - Royal Command Performance (1978) - "When I'm 65" - DVD] - 10 June 1978, Jerry is having a
medical so he can take out yet another pension policy, as he and Margo are determined to enjoy their retirement.
This makes Tom realise that he has no pension plans at all, so goes to his bank manager Mr. Downs (George Cole)
with the idea that he gets a pension from the bank and they get his house when he and Barbara are dead. This idea
is now called equity release; however, Mr Downs calls it "fantasy". Tom and Jerry then challenge each other as to
who is fitter, and go for a run to prove it.
Week Ending: 13th November 2011
[Some Mothers Do Have Them Series 1 - Episode 1 - "Getting a Job (aka The Job Interview)" - DVD] - 15 February
1973 Newly married Frank and Betty are due to move into their new flat, but are currently living with Betty's
mother, Mrs. Fisher. Betty has bought Frank a new briefcase for his impending job interview at Lewis & Co.'s
ironmongers for the position of area sales manager. With Betty's advice of remembering to smile, Frank turns up
at his interview later than expected, after getting stuck in a lift. When he finally meets the general manager, Mr.
Lewis, he causes him a lot of frustration. By the end of the interview, Mr. Lewis is on the verge of a breakdown.
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[Some Mothers Do Have Them Series 1 - Episode 2 - "George's House" - DVD] - 22 February 1973 Frank and Betty
are invited to stay the weekend at Betty's brother George's electronically-designed home. George receives a visit
from Mr. Fletcher, a house builder, who may well offer George's employer an order worth thousands of pounds if
he likes the equipment, but after Frank loses his slippers down the toilet, trouble begins to brew, destroys the
toilet. The situation worsens when the cistern starts to leak and the water ends up interfering with the house's
electrical systems, causing George's electronic gadgets to become uncontrollable and Betty & Frank damages the
electric control system then George's house is caught on fire!
[Some Mothers Do Have Them Series 1 - Episode 3 - "Love Thy Neighbour" - DVD] - 1 March 1973 Betty's mother
turns up at the Spencer household unexpectedly, suitcase in hand, after leaving her husband and collapses on their
couch. Betty feels that Dr. Smedley should be contacted, and Frank is the one left to do it, but with the phone box
out of action, he pays a visit to his new neighbour, Mr. Faraday. Frank calls Dr. Smedley but gives him Mr. Faraday's
address rather his own, and causes a misunderstanding. After all the confusion, Frank locks himself out of the
house, and once again has to trouble Mr. Faraday, this time for the use of his ladder.
[Some Mothers Do Have Them Series 1 - Episode 4 - "Have a Break, Take a Husband" - DVD] - 8 March 1973 As a
second honeymoon, Frank and Betty decide to take a trip to an very old fashioned hotel. Things get off to a bad
start when Frank very nearly misses the train and has to run after it down the platform. After arriving at their
hotel, Frank takes it upon himself to make a few adjustments to the broken room, which eventually result in their
lino getting torn, a broken wardrobe and a whole in their floor. Meanwhile, across the landing, another guest,
Kenny, is having difficulty getting to sleep between the noises coming from the Spencer's destroyed room and his
furniture disappearing.
[Some Mothers Do Have Them Series 1 - Episode 4 - "The Hospital Visit" - DVD] - 15 March 1973 Frank's been
fending for himself with Betty in hospital, and has just had a spot of bother with a Steak and Kidney pudding. It
blew up! Now he's off to visit her, but is the recovery ward ready for him?
[Some Mothers Do Have Them Series 1 - Episode 5 - "The Psychiatrist" - DVD] - 22 March 1973 After being
relieved of his job as a member of a fire crew, Frank feels that he is a failure. Betty thinks that he should go and see
someone who would understand his situation. He goes to see Mr. Webster, a Psychiatrist who tries his best to get
to the root of Frank's problem.
[Some Mothers Do Have Them Series 1 - Episode 7 - "The Employment Exchange" - DVD] - 29 March 1973 Having
lost his latest job as a window cleaner, Frank ends up back at the employment exchange, where new manager Mr.
Bradshaw insists that he can be employed. Bradshaw takes Frank on as an empolyee around the building, but soon
beings to regret it.
[Dr Who Series 4 - Episode 8 - "Silence in the Library" - DVD] - 31 May-2008 The Doctor and Donna join a group of
archaeologists at a 51st century library. What caused the library to become abandoned? What are the Nodes? And
what links the library to one little girl? All they have is one warning - count the shadows.
Week Ending: 20th November 2011
[Dr Who – Season 4 - Episode 7 “The Unicorn and the Wasp” – DVD] - 17 May 2008 - With a 1920s dinner party
turning into a murder mystery, The Doctor and Donna meet Agatha Christie on the eve of her publicized
disappearance.
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[Dr Who – Season 4 - Episode 8 – “Silence in the Library” – DVD] - 31 May 2008 - The Doctor and Donna join a
group of archaeologists at a 51st century library. What caused the library to become abandoned? What are the
Nodes? And what links the library to one little girl? All they have is one warning - count the shadows.
[Dr Who – Season 4 - Episode 9 – “Forest of the Dead” – DVD] – 7 June 2008 - With the library darkening, the
Doctor takes on the Vashta Nerada while figuring out what links River Song to his future. Meanwhile, Donna finds
out the mystery of Dr. Moon and the Girl.
[Dr Who – Season 4 - Episode 10 – “Midnight” – DVD] - 14 June 2008 - As part of a well-deserved holiday, the
Doctor takes a bus tour on the planet Midnight. Little does he know that something is knocking on that bus' wall...
Week Ending: 27th November 2011
[Cadfael Season 1 – Episode 1 – “One Corpse Too Many” – DVD] - Cadfael is called upon to bury rebel soldiers, but
the religious ceremony is disrupted when Cadfael counts the deceased and finds one corpse too many.
[Diamond Geezer – Pilot – DVD] - The first series of Diamond Geezer was supposed to be a one off special ITV
drama starring David Jason as a long-serving prison inmate trying to persuade a first time offender to join forces
with him in his new big scam. It was broadcast on 20 March 2005.
[Diamond Geezer - Episode One – “A Royal Affair” – DVD] - We catch up with Des in Nice overseeing work on his
luxurious new villa, under the alias of Major John Robie. The smile quickly disappears from Des's face when he and
his son Phil are arrested on suspicion of murdering Benny Fellows – a victim from a previous heist. DI Critchley
offers the pair a deal, saying charges against them will be dropped if they return to London and pull off the robbery
of a lifetime – breaking into Buckingham Palace and stealing the Star of India before it is returned to the Indian
Prime Minister. Only it's not the real diamond, it's a fake! The problem is that Des and Phil only have seven days to
plan and execute the near impossible raid. The whole world knows Des is the best, but will this be one job too
many, even for the master criminal? And is a mystery woman about to come between father and son?
[Diamond Geezer - Episode Two – “Old Gold” – DVD] - Kate, an attractive former British intelligence agent,
approaches Des with a proposition. The KGB stashed gold bullion in London during the Cold War – but its
whereabouts were lost when a coded message vanished. However, Kate has learned that the code is hidden in a
painting hanging in the Russian Embassy – and she needs Des to steal it! Des, Kate and her Russian contact Sergei
set about devising a plan to recover to painting, but it isn't long before both British and Russian agents are on their
tail. And it seems as though Kate and Sergei are not all that they seem. Will Des manage to get away before the
heat comes down?
[Diamond Geezer - Episode Three – “Old School Lies” – DVD] - Des attends a wake to pay his respects to old pal
Bobby and meets up with Barry, Bobby's brother and Violet, his mum. Violet is heartbroken by the death of her
son, as Bobby was the only good boy in her family – no thieving for him, unlike his father! However, it was a heart
attack that eventually killed Bobby, which Violet believes was the result of stressing over some missing money. As
Violet sits crying, Barry takes Des for a walk by the river and talks about Bobby. It was stress that killed Bobby, after
thirty years of pension contributions his company went into liquidation and Bobby's pension fund disappeared.
Barry believes that City Financial firm Leyfield-Clark stole Bobby's pension fund and he wants Des to steal it back.
Des offers to do anything to ease the pain, and Barry makes it clear that this is the only money his mum will accept
as help. Will Des be able to follow the paper trail and steal Bobby's pension fund for Violet?
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[Dr Who – Season 4 – Episode 11 - “Turn Left” – DVD] - 21 June 2008 - What would happen if Donna never met
the Doctor? How would Earth handle the Racnoss, the falling Titanic or the Sontarans? Aided by a familiar blonde
time traveler, Donna corrects the alternate time line from happening.
[Dr Who – Season 4 – Episode 12 “The Stolen Earth” – DVD] - 28 June 2008 - The return of an old enemy leaves
Earth along with 26 other planets stolen from their places. As the Doctor and Donna look for the whereabouts of
Earth, former companions of the Doctor assemble a resistance against the new Dalek Empire.
[Dr Who – Season 4 – Episode 13 “Journey's End” – DVD] - 5 July 2008 - In the wake of Davros' threat to destroy
the existence of the Universe itself, the Doctor's companions unite to stop the Dalek empire. Which one will die by
the prophecies and what will the fate be for the Doctor?
[Red Dwarf: Back to Earth - "Part One" - Directors Cut - DVD] - 10 April 2009 - Lister's day of annoying Rimmer is
cut short after the discovery of a dimension-hopping leviathan in the ship's water tank. This leads to the
appearance (as a hard-light hologram) of deceased science officer Katerina Bartikovsky (Sophie Winkleman), who
begins to make plans to permanently remove Rimmer and to assist Lister in restoring the human race. Has some
funny lines but it felt a bit odd to me.
[Red Dwarf: Back to Earth - "Part Two" - Directors Cut - DVD] - 11 April 2009 - Lister, Rimmer, Kryten and Cat
appear on contemporary Earth and discover that they are fictional characters from a television show called "Red
Dwarf". They find a DVD box for "Back to Earth" and discover that they are to die at the end. They decide to track
down their creators to plead for an extension, in a parody of Blade Runner. The DVD box also refers to a series X
that does not actually exist as of yet. Katerina arrives via a second portal, but is quickly killed by Rimmer after she
makes the mistake of telling him that taking the life of a hologram is not murder as they are already dead. A
discussion between Lister and two children on a bus reveals that Kochanski may not be dead. Has some funny lines
but it felt a bit odd to me.
[Red Dwarf: Back to Earth - "Part Three" - Directors Cut - DVD] - 12 April 2009 - Lister, Rimmer, Kryten and Cat use
the car they take from the President of the Red Dwarf fan club, made out to resemble Starbug. They go to the set
of Coronation Street, where they question Craig Charles about how much time they have left. Charles tells them
they are down to their last episode, as well as giving them the address of 'the creator', before joking that he needs
to go back to the Priory (a reference to the actor's real life drug problems). They find the creator, in a scene heavily
referencing Blade Runner. He tells them that their deaths cannot be undone, but they will at least die gloriously. In
a struggle Lister manages to kill him, before finding that this was scripted by the creator. Lister then burns the
creator's script & rewrites their own ending. They then discover that the typewriter is not determining their
actions. The small origami sculptures left by the Cat turn out to be squids, leading the crew to realise that they
have been drawn into an alternative reality by another despair squid. Rimmer, Kryten and Cat have formed
resistance to the Despair Squid through their previous meeting, but Lister chooses to stay in the false reality where
he gets together with Kochanski, despite the knowledge that she isn't real. After a period of time with Kochanski
Lister decides to head back to his own reality, with a renewed sense of his own self-worth, determined to find the
real Kochanski and win her back. The episode ends with the four laughing at the fact that the fans of Red Dwarf
created by the Despair Squid's hallucination (i.e. the viewers) will think that their reality is the real one, and the
Red Dwarf reality dependent on it, as opposed to the other way round. Has some funny lines but it felt a bit odd to
me.
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[Red Dwarf: Back to Earth - "The Making of Back to Earth" - DVD] - 12 April 2009 - A look behind the scenes of the
"Red Dwarf: Back to Earth" production. Very enjoyable.
[Grange Hill Series 1 Episode 1 - DVD] - 8 February 1978 - The new comprehensive looks intimidating to Justin
Bennett and Judy Preston. Trisha Yates makes it clear that she's not putting up with any nonsense from Tucker
Jenkins and Ann Wilson has some difficulty finding the school at all.
[Grange Hill Series 1 Episode 2 - DVD] - 15 February 1978 - When Benny Green kicks his football across the path of
Mr. Mitchell's car, the teacher tells him off for being careless. Relenting a little, Mr. Mitchell asks if Benny will be
trying for the team, but Benny tells him he has no football boots. In P.E, Mr. Foster makes it clear the correct gear
must be worn, but Benny's still trying to find the right place - after embarrassingly getting undressed in what turns
out to be the girls changing room, he does find the gym.
[Grange Hill Series 1 Episode 3 - DVD] - 22 February 1978 - Judy is unhappy because she has no friends, but Trisha
sticks up for her when Tucker playfully plays Piggy in the Middle with Judy's satchel. Outside, Jackie Heron and her
cronies demand money with menaces, but find Judy's 20p insufficient. Jackie takes Judy's precious fountain pen as
security against 75p to be brought the next day. The next day, Jackie finds Judy outside near the sweet shop, and
insists she goes home to get the money but Trisha is also watching with her sister Carol.
[Grange Hill Series 1 Episode 4 - DVD] - 1 March 1978 - When Form One Alpha's boys go swimming, Tucker hides
Justin's trousers. Mr. Mitchell appeals to the class for information about the missing apparel. "Are you sure you put
them on this morning?" asks Benny innocently. There's another swimming lesson for the boys the next day, due to
staff limitations. Early on, proceedings come to a halt when Winkle Graham cuts his toe on a loose tile, and the
boys sent back to change. Benny goes back to the pool to recover his missing medal, but Tucker can't resist
extending their stay. Tucker and Benny use the benches as improvised boats and race each other the length of the
pool.
[Grange Hill Series 1 Episode 5 - DVD] - 8 March 1978 - Trisha won't admit to her family that she has a crush on
Mr. Rankin, nevertheless it's true that she helps the biology teacher out in the lab at lunchtimes cleaning the test
tubes and cages. In the lunch hour, intent on doing a magazine article about the school animals, Judy visits the
biology lab and finds Trisha there. Against her better judgement, Trisha lets Judy look at the grey school hamster,
but it escapes when the bossy Miss Clark suddenly enters. Trisha earns a detention for her earrings. In trying to
corner the creature, Trisha and Judy bring down a bookcase. Judy decides they can replace the animal, and Trisha
remembers she has school holiday money. Judy runs to buy a hamster from the nearby pet shop while Trisha tidies
up the lab.
[Grange Hill Series 1 Episode 6 - DVD] - 15 March 1978 - Benny finally is able to go to school with the proper
blazer. In woodwork, Tucker challenges Benny to go with him to visit an old ammunition dump; Justin, wanting to
prove he is no chicken, agrees to go too. Tucker leads them through the site, but they are disappointed to find it's
just a derelict house next to a junk yard. Wandering around, the trio get stuck in a room, with weird sounds
nearby. They break down the door to find it was just a cat, which scarpers. Upstairs is a lifting trolley which Tucker
uses to give Benny and Justin rides, but outside, a truck is heading in their direction with workmen inside. Tucker,
Benny and Justin realize they will be seen leaving from the front, so scale the wall at the rear. It's no use - the
workmen have seen them, but Justin is still climbing the ladder and has nowhere to go; he falls backwards with a
yell.
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[Grange Hill Series 1 Episode 7 - DVD] - 22 March 1978 - Judy and Trisha speculate that Miss Mathers is seeing Mr.
Mitchell. It's time to elect representatives to the school council, but to start with each form has to come up with
likely candidates. Mr. Mitchell tells his form that the possibilities are Trisha, Tucker and Ann, although some
unlikely other options are Snoopy, the Six Million Dollar Man and "our budgie". Trisha immediately wants to opt
out, while Ann, with support from both Judy and Trisha, suggests that Tucker is an inappropriate choice, because
he messes around. A fourth choice materializes in the form of new boy Doyle, whose credentials include having a
father on the local council, but who has a history of bad behaviour. Form One Alpha easily votes in Ann to be their
candidate, and then the campaigns get started.
Week Ending 11th December 2011
[Dr Who - "The Next Doctor" - DVD] - 25th December 2008 - Dr Who encounters the Cybermen and someone who
appears to be another incarnation of him in a Dickensian setting. Absolutely fantastic Christmas special with some
awesome steam punk touches. My favorite Dr Who Christmas Special.
[Dr Who - "Planet of the Dead" - DVD] - 11 April 2009 - When a London bus takes a detour to an alien world, the
Doctor must join forces with the extraordinary Lady Christina. But the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets,
hidden in the sand. And time is running out as the deadly Swarm gets closer. This was another really good special.
[Dr Who - "The Waters of Mars" – DVD] - 15 November 2009 – This story is set on Mars in the year 2059 where
the Doctor encounters the first human colony, Bowie Base One. This is commanded by Captain Adelaide Brooke
who turns out to be a pivotal character in the history of humanity. In this episode the Doctor starts to lose his mind
and goes too far. Dr Who becomes rather dark and sinister from this episode onwards.
[Steptoe and Son - Season 5 - Episode 1 - "A Death in the Family" - DVD] - 15/02/70 - Hercules the Horse
succumbs to a heart attack at the grand old age of 39, leaving Albert to think he has no reason to go on.
[Steptoe and Son - Season 5 - Episode 2 - "A Winter's Tale" - DVD] - 22/02/70 - Albert and Harold once again clash
over the destination for their annual holiday. First reel of a b/w telerecording recovered in 2008. Colour version
may be possible.
[Steptoe and Son - Season 5 - Episode 3 - "Any Old Iron?" - DVD] - 08/03/70 - Harold makes a new friend out of
sophisticated antique dealer Timothy Stanhope (Richard Hurndall). However, Albert suspects that Timothy's
interest in Harold is something other than friendship.
[Steptoe and Son - Season 5 - Episode 4 - "Steptoe and Son and Son!" - DVD] – 15/03/70 - Harold is believed to be
the father of an illegitimate son.
[Steptoe and Son - Season 5 - Episode 5 - "The Colour Problem" - DVD] - 22/03/70 - Albert wants a colour
television set.
Week Ending: 18th December 2011
[The Trip - DVD] - Steve Coogan has been asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, but after
his girlfriend backs out on him he must take his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.
Episodes 1 "The Inn at Whitewell" 1 November 2010, "L'Enclume" 8 November 2010, "Holbeck Ghyll" 15
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November 2010, "Hipping Hall" 22 November 2010, "The Yorke Arms" 29 November 2010, "The Angel at Hetton" 6
December 2010. I actually really enjoyed this even if it was a little uncomfortable at times. Great scenery.
[Harry Brown – DVD] - Set in modern day Britain, Harry Brown follow's one man's journey through a chaotic world
where drugs are the currency of the day and guns run the streets. A modest law-abiding citizen, Harry Brown is a
retired Marine and a widower who lives alone on a depressed housing estate. His only company is his best friend
Leonard (David Bradley). When Leonard is murdered by a gang of thugs, Harry feels compelled to act and is forced
to dispense his own brand of justice. As he bids to clean up the run-down estate where he lives, his actions bring
him into conflict with the police, led by investigating officer DCI Frampton (Emily Mortimer) and Charlie CreedMiles.
[Torchwood Season 1, Episode 1, "Everything Changes" - DVD] – 22 October 2006 – Police Constable Gwen
Cooper comes across the mysterious organization known as Torchwood. While investigating their world, she finds
technology and methods she never imagined.
[Torchwood Season 1, Episode 2, "Day One" - DVD] – 22 October 2006 – Torchwood must stop a sex addicted
alien as it leaves a trail of gruesome deaths in its wake.
[Marillion – Christmas In The Chapel – DVD] - Recorded at the Union Chapel in Islington, London on 7 December
2002 as part of the 2002 Christmas Tour, this DVD features an event to be remembered. The show, featuring the
rarely played Christmas song Gabriel's Message, is set in the stunning Union Chapel, and enhanced by one of the
best Marillion light shows in recent years. This visually stunning DVD captures a very special Marillion show, over 2
hours long, with all the holiday trimmings.
Week Ending 25th December 2011
[Some Mothers Do Have Them - Jessica's First Christmas - DVD] - 25 December 1974. Frank gets involved in the
church's nativity play, much against Father O'Hara's wishes - and with predictably disastrous results.
[Some Mothers Do Have Them - Learning to Drive - DVD] – 25 December 1975. After being fired from his job as a
Christmas pixie, Frank receives a letter from the BBC inviting him to appear on a show called 'Man about the
Home'. David Jacobs turns up and attempts to film but Frank's DIY disasters become apparent. At the same time,
Frank is taking driving lessons. He takes his test (for the 10th time) - a series of near misses ensue and Frank ends
up driving off the end of a pier into the sea. Even then, he yells to the harassed and bedraggled examiner, who has
made rapidly for the shore, "Mr Hayes - have I passed?"
[The Two Ronnies – The Christmas Specials - DVD] – No Christmas was complete without the Two Ronnies when I
was growing up. I still watch them at Christmas and still really enjoy them. Featuring the full Two Ronnies
Christmas Specials from 1982, 1984 and 1987 as well as the 1973 Old Fashioned Christmas Mystery and their
appearance in the 1972 Christmas Night with the Stars. The Christmas Specials featured extra special guests - such
as Elton John, David Essex and Elaine Paige - and great Christmas fun, as well as the regular Two Ronnies fare of
the opening and closing news headlines, party, allotment and pub sketches and Ronnie Corbett's shaggy dog
monologues.
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[Bottom – Series 2 Episode 5 “Holy” - DVD] – Eddie and Richie celebrate Christmas by inviting Spudgun and Dave
Hedgehog around for Christmas dinner and a day of fun and games. After a knock at the door Richie finds a baby
left on their doorstep. Due to a few more misperceptions Richie believes the baby is the Second Coming of Jesus.
The ultimate Christmas special by the crazy Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson. This a very funny re-telling of the
nativity with comic violence.
[Porridge – The Christmas Specials – DVD] – Featuring the full Two Ronnies Christmas Specials from 1982, 1984
and 1987 as well as the 1973 Old Fashioned Christmas Mystery and their appearance in the 1972 Christmas Night
with the Stars. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett's magnificent partnership
became a cherished British institution. Their Christmas Specials were particularly eagerly awaited and, for many,
they were the highlight of the festive television schedules. The Christmas Specials featured extra special guests such as Elton John, David Essex and Elaine Paige - and great Christmas fun, as well as the regular Two Ronnies fare
of the opening and closing news headlines, party, allotment and pub sketches and Ronnie Corbett's shaggy dog
monologues.
If I was to choose a favorite it would be "No Way Out" where Ronnie Barker is on absolute top form trying to get to
spend Christmas in the prison hospital. Fletch fakes pain from an old knee injury to wangle Christmas in the prison
hospital. The Doctor is not going to allow him into the hospital unless he has a full check up and x-ray at the local
civilian hospital. Fletch is then enlisted to assist in smuggling a blank passport to aid the never seen Tommy
Slocombe's escape. In one of Porridge's classic scenes Fletch tries to drop Mackay in it but in the process wins
himself the stay in hospital he was looking for all along.
The Desperate Hours (Originally Transmitted Christmas Eve 1976), Fletch and Godber are caught brewing illicit
drink and are put before the Governor. They become hostages of Urwin with a U with Fletch ending up as the hero
of the hour. Revelations about Henry Barrowclough are made during this episode as well regarding the Governor's
secretary.
Week Ending 1st January 2012
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[Some Mothers Do Have Them – Series 3, Episode 1 – “Moving House” – DVD] - 11 November 1978. The
Spencers' move gets off to a bad start when Frank manages to fall out of the moving van into a barrel of tar and
take half the furniture with him. Things get worse when within hours of arriving he not only gets on the wrong side
of Mr Lewis from next door but half destroys his bedroom ceiling. In this episode, Frank sings a lullaby to his
daughter Jessica. First appearance of Frank's bad tempered neighbor Mr Lewis.
[Some Mothers Do Have Them – Series 3, Episode 2 – “Wendy House” – DVD] - 18 November 1978. Frank is being
kept very busy at woodwork classes especially when the insurance company value his entire collection of furniture
at £40. To speed things along he has started using super glue which unfortunately manages to stick him, an old
lady and a bus conductor to a chair. In addition to new furniture, Frank is building a Wendy House for Jessica, a
very LARGE Wendy House which proves too big to get through the workshop door. Features One Foot in the Grave
star Richard Wilson as the insurance man. First appearance of Columbo, Frank's dog.
[Ho Ho Ho Selecta! – DVD] - Ho Ho Ho Selecta is stuffed full of all the usual favourites. Craig David visits Santa,
Michael Jackson and Mel B take up carol singing, and Elton John provides the Queen's Speech. Also includes a
seasonal gathering of genuine celebrity guests to join in the fun. A proper bo selection box.
[Some Mothers Do Have Them – Series 3, Episode 3 – "Scottish Dancing" – DVD] - 25 November 1978 - Frank and
Betty have taken up Scottish country dancing and Frank has decided to go into politics and with a gala dinner for
his party's parliamentary candidate approaching, the rest of the committee are determined not to let Frank cause
an embarrassment.
[Some Mothers Do Have Them – Series 3, Episode 4 – "Men as Women " – DVD] - 2 December 1978 - Frank
receives a letter from Grandad Spencer in Australia inviting him and Betty to join him and help run his farm.
Meanwhile Dr Mender appears to be very depressed and preoccupied and for once Frank is not responsible. This
episode marks the first appearance of Dr Mender as the Spencers' GP. This marks a continuity error as Dr Mender
claims to have been Frank's GP for years and to still have Frank's chimney brush up his chimney when this was in
fact Dr Smedley.
[Some Mothers Do Have Them – Series 3, Episode 5 – "King of the Road"(aka "Demon King") – DVD] - 9
December 1978 - Frank's new job as a motorbike courier lands him in trouble with the law and up before the
magistrates. Frank defends himself in the only way he knows how.
Week Ending 8th January 2012
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[Torchwood - Season 1, Episode 1 “Everything Changes” – DVD] - 22 October 2006 - Police Constable Gwen
Cooper comes across the mysterious organization known as Torchwood. While investigating their world, she finds
technology and methods she never imagined.
[Torchwood - Season 1, Episode 2 “Day One” – DVD] - 22 October 2006 - Torchwood must stop a sex addicted
alien as it leaves a trail of gruesome deaths in its wake.
[Torchwood - Season 1, Episode 3 “Ghost Machine” – DVD] - 29 October 2006 - After Gwen Cooper recovers an
alien device from Sean Harris, the device seemingly takes her back in time to the 1940s where she sees a young
boy, alone on a railway platform. Soon after, Owen has a similar experience only this time he is under a bridge in
the early 1960s where a young woman is raped and murdered. They trace both the boy and the murderer and
learn that the boy was well taken care of. As for the murderer, the case remains unsolved, something that
outrages Owen.
[Torchwood - Season 1, Episode 4 “Cyberwoman”- DVD] - November 2006 - There's a dark secret in the basement
of the Hub. Even Jack is unaware of it, but Ianto knows. And he'll go to any lengths, sacrifice anything and anyone,
to protect what's down there.
[Torchwood - Season 1, Episode 5 “Small Worlds” – DVD] - 12 November 2006 - Jasmine is a withdrawn but
intelligent child whose new 'friends' exploit her suppressed anger, and while investigating this, Jack encounters
elemental enemies from his past that are determined to harm those closest to him.
[Torchwood - Season 1, Episode 6 “Countrycide” – DVD] - 19 November 2006 - In the countryside north of Cardiff,
the Torchwood team investigates the disappearance of 17 people in the last few months. No bodies have been
found and the police haven't a clue as to what may have happened to them. They set up camp in a field but when
their SUV is stolen and then parked in a small village just a few miles away, they realize they're being lured into a
trap. In the village, they find the remains of several inhabitants - stripped of flesh and organs - and one terrified
survivor who promptly shoots Gwen with a shotgun. With Ianto and Tosh taken prisoner, they all soon come to
realize that people are being hunted for food by some of the locals for whom it is now harvest time.
[Torchwood – Season 1, Episode 7 “Greeks Bearing Gifts” – DVD] - 26 November 2006 - Tosh gains the ability to
read the minds of those closest to her but as she becomes party to their darkest secrets, she realises not only is
this is a powerful curse, but one impossible to break.
[Torchwood - Season 1, Episode 8 “They Keep Killing Suzie” – DVD] - 3 December 2006 - Torchwood is called into
a murder investigation when a suburban couple are found in their beds with their throats slit and TORCHWOOD
written on the wall in their blood. Gwen convinces them to use the gauntlet to reanimate the victims to see if they
can get the identity of he killer. They have little success but when they learn that their former colleague Suzie
Costello had a connection to the victims, they decide to revive her. Normally, the dead can only be revived for a
minute or two at most but in Suzie's case, she seems to have been reanimated permanently. When they learn that
she is drawing her life force from a member of the Torchwood team, the others have to find a way to stop her.
[An Idiot Abroad - Series 2 – Episode 1 - “Desert Island” – DVD] - Karl's first to-do is to spend a night on a desert
island called Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Sounds nice enough - sun, sea, sand and all that. Oh, and then there's
two very different types of bungee jumps, some quality time with a Prince Phillip-worshipping tribe, arse-boarding,
exotic underwear, an annoying egg cup.
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[An Idiot Abroad - Series 2 – Episode 2 – “Trans-Siberian Express” – DVD] - The next bucket list item for Karl is a
trip aboard the Trans-Siberian Express. The Trans-Siberian Express, which starts in Russia and goes through
Mongolia ending in China, is Karl’s most hated place. He's hoping for luxury, but Ricky and Steve have other
ideas...including an intense Russian steam room rubdown, a stop-off at a dwarf village, and being buried alive, for
starters!
[An Idiot Abroad - Series 2 – Episode 3 – “Swimming with Dolphins” – DVD] - Karl heads off to Australia to tick off
the classic thing to do before you die: swimming with dolphins. But before he even touches soil in Oz, Ricky and
Steve have a planned a little stopover in Thailand. After being given a makeover by the famous "ladyboys" of
Thailand, Ricky and Steve line Karl up for a blindfolded Thai Kick boxing contest, and send him off to the
countryside to mix with the locals in a village inhabited by 100's of deadly snakes. When Karl finally arrives in
Australia he discovers he is not going to swim with dolphins after all, but dive with Great White Sharks.
[An Idiot Abroad - Series 2 – Episode 4 – “Whale Watching” – DVD] - Karl isn’t really prepared for the arctic
conditions in Alaska. Ricky and Steve have also made plans for some dog sledding, a meeting with Inuits and a visit
to the North Pole. When Karl finally gets to catch his whale watching cruise, he learns that Ricky and Steve booked
him on a deep sea fishing trawler -- not exactly a luxury cruise vessel.
[An Idiot Abroad - Series 2 – Episode 5 – “Face to Face with Gorillas” – DVD] - Karl heads of to Africa to go meet a
Gorilla. But before he heads off to Uganda, Karl agreed to start in South Africa. He’s been there on holiday and
heard it was alright. Of course, Ricky and Steve want Karl to have an authentic African experience. So they arrange
some time in a slum with a family and helping a charity rebuild a shelter. Karl visits a local family and their pet
named Jessica the Hippo. Then Ricky sends him to join a Rhino conservation project before heading into the
impenetrable Ugandian forest before coming face to face with a Gorilla.
[An Idiot Abroad - Series 2 – Episode 6 – “Route 66” – DVD] - Karl wants to drive along the legendary Route 66 in
the USA in an open top Cadillac. But Ricky and Steve have other ideas. Along the way they want him join a high
school choir, hang out with New Age therapists and meet the Amish before ending his journey with something
called "Wingwalking."
[An Idiot Abroad - Series 2 – Episode 7 – “Climb Mount Fuji” – DVD] - Karl’s last bucket list item is seeing Japan’s
most spiritual destination: Mount Fuji. His trip begins with a 15-hour trek up to the mountain's summit. Here, he
realizes what he really wants to do before he dies. On arrival in Japan, Karl gets lost in Tokyo. Ricky and Steve put
him up in a 'capsule' hotel, send him to a Sumo wrestling stable, arrange for a meeting with a Zen Master and send
him on the world’s steepest roller-coaster.
[An Idiot Abroad - Series 2 – Episode 8 – “Karl Comes Home” – DVD] - Karl returns home to London to meet Ricky
and Steve.
[Some Mothers Do Have Them – Series 3, Episode 5 – "Australia House"– DVD] - 16 December 1978 - Frank is
taking elocution lessons in preparation for his flying lessons. Meanwhile a letter arrives from Australia House
asking the Spencers to come discuss their possible emigration to Australia. By the end of the interview Mr
Lawrence tells Frank he can go just to get rid of him.
Week Ending 15th January 2012
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[Torchwood - Season 1, Episode 9 “Random Shoes” – DVD] – 10th December 2006 - Eugene wakes up in the
middle of the road after being hit by a car to discover that he is actually dead and also invisible to the rest of the
world. He discovers that is one person he can rely on to discover the truth behind his demise and that person is
Gwen. Gwen tries to find out the strange circumstances about his death.
[Torchwood - Season 1, Episode 10 “Out Of Time” – DVD] – 17th December 2006 - The team investigate when a
plane from 1953 lands in Cardiff after traveling through a time rift. The three people on the plane learn that they
will never be able to return to their own time. All three of them make connections with different members of the
Torchwood team and have to try and adjust to their new surroundings.
[Steptoe and Son - Season 5 - Episode 6 - "T.B. or Not T.B.?" - DVD] - 5/4/70 - Albert is wrongly thought to have
tuberculosis.
[Steptoe and Son - Season 5 - Episode 7 - "Men of Property" - DVD] – 3/29/70 - Harold and Albert find out that
they don't actually own their house, and have to buy £750 to buy the property, but the bank don't agree to lend
them the money after Alberts gambling ways get the better of him.
[World Enduro Championship 2006 – DVD] - The World Enduro Championship crossed the Atlantic for the first
time in 2006, with rounds in the USA and Canada added to those spread across Europe from southern Spain, north
to Sweden and Slovakia in the East. Could the North American riders use their 'homefield advantage' to beat the
best from Europe, Australia and New Zealand? The answers are here in this detailed coverage of the 2006 season.
David Knight from the Isle of Man repeated his 2005 victory in the big-bike category while Finland's Samuli Aro and
Ivan Cervantes from Spain also held on to the Championships that they won last year in the lightweight and
middleweight classes. They were all KTM-mounted but there was plenty of opposition for the Austrian company
from Yamaha, Honda and Husqvarna. It was a great year of international action amidst spectacular back-country
scenery and all eight rounds are covered in detail by this two-hour production.
[Cowboys and Aliens – Bluray] - 1875. New Mexico Territory. A stranger (Craig) with no memory of his past
stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't
welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel
Dolarhyde (Ford). It's a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely
comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Now, the stranger they rejected is their
only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he's been, he realizes he
holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force.
Week Ending 22nd January 2012
[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 1, Episode 1, "A Cuckoo in the Nest" - DVD] - 30 November 1983 Written by Anthony Parker Spike Mullins.
[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 1, Episode 2,"May the Best Man Win" - DVD] - " - 7 December
1983 - Jim's friend Arnold (Played by Christopher Ellison) is getting married to a lady called Cheryl (Played by Linda
Robson) and Jim has agreed to be best man even though Arnold never returned some money he borrowed back in
1974. Arnold has asked Jim to calm Cheryl's parents down as they're 'going through a sticky patch' and Jim panics
as they're two wrestlers (Jaw Breaker Hawkins and Edna the Human Mangle). When they arrive Jim hides in the
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kitchen as his talking only make them more aggressive. Jim then has two problems, one is the parents wrestling
each other and the other is Arnold on the verge of missing his own wedding
[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 1, Episode 3, "...Up the Public Spirit" - DVD] - 14 December 1983
(1983-12-14) - Whilst making regular visits to the DHSS (late ones at that), Jim has been doing some odd jobs for
friend Lois. He lands himself in trouble, but manages to get one up on Councillor Allnut thanks to a dodgy ladder.
[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 1, Episode 4, "Never On A Sunday” - DVD] - Jim's hopes of a quiet
lie in on Sunday morning are dashed thanks to visits from his dad, Wanda and even the Salvation Army!
[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 1, Episode 5, "A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in Shepherds
Bush” - DVD] - First Appearance: Jim's Mum. It's good neighbour week and Jim offers to look after Wanda's bird
while she goes to hospital. Problems are caused when Jim's Dad gives the bird to Jim's Mum as a birthday present
[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 1, Episode 6, "Every Two Minutes” - DVD] - Jim wakes up after a
party and finds a woman sleeping in his bath and a bloke with a bag of stuff in his living room. Tosh eventually
arrives as Jim tries to piece together the events of the party.
[Torchwood - Season 1, Episode 11 “Combat” – DVD] - Dec. 24, 2006 . The team discovers a ring who are
kidnapping Weevils - wild alien creatures that have come through the Rift and are hiding on Earth - which leads
Owen down a dark path to confront the future of his own existence.
[Torchwood - Season 1, Episode 12 “Captain Jack Harkness” – DVD] - Jan. 1, 2007. Jack and Tosh investigate when
there are reports of music coming out of nowhere in an abandoned dance hall. While in the building, a temporal
shift puts them in back in 1941 but they soon realize can't get back to their own time, at least not without Tosh
sending those in the present day the necessary equations to make it happen. While at the dance hall, Jack runs
into someone he knows, an American RAF pilot by the name of Jack Harkness. In the present day Owen, Ianto and
Gwen are working to get them back. Owen wants to open the rift and try to get Diane Holmes back as well, but
opening the rift could destroy the city. The dance hall manager, Bilis Manger, seems to have little trouble going
back and forth in time however.
[Torchwood - Season 1, Episode 13 “End of Days” – DVD] - Jan. 1, 2007. The Rift is splintering - strange
phenomena like UFOs and ancient soldiers are falling through time into various places around the world. These
events resemble those in the prophecy of the arrival of Abaddon, the Great Devourer, who will lead the world into
shadow and bring about the End of Days.
Week Ending 29th January 2012
[The New Avengers, Series 1 , Episode 7, “Target!” - DVD] - 26th November 1976. Story Synopsis A training
course for agents involves target dummies which actually fire back! However the ink pellets that are normally used
by the mannequins have been mixed with a deadly poison by enemy agent Draker. One hit spells death in a matter
of hours. Several agents succumb and then it's Purdey's turn.
[Mash, Season 2, Episode 1, "Divided We Stand" - DVD] - September 15, 1973 . This episode reintroduces the
characters, as General Clayton, considering breaking up the 4077th, sends Captain Hildebrand, a psychiatrist, to
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investigate the camp. Henry's attempts to make everyone get along, and thereby prevent the dissolution of his
unit, are met with humorous results.
[Mash, Season 2, Episode 2, "5 O'Clock Charlie "- DVD] - September 22, 1973. An inept North Korean pilot in an
obsolete plane attempts (and fails) to bomb every day at exactly 5 o'clock the ammunition dump placed near the
4077th by dropping a small explosive from his plane. Major Burns decides a serious reaction is in order, so he
requisitions an anti-aircraft gun and attempts to shoot the plane out of the sky, much to the chagrin of Hawkeye
and Trapper who fear the gun might attract enemy fire.
[Mash, Season 2, Episode 3, "Radar's Report" - DVD] - September 29, 1973. Radar files a daily report to the Army
detailing the events of the past day, including treating a Chinese soldier and the death of a soldier from infection
after a fight in the OR involving the Chinese soldier. Trapper tries to control his anger at the Chinese soldier, who
lies recovering in post-op while his patient is being sent home in a box. Frank, frustrated with Klinger's antics, tries
to get Klinger's insanity discharge approved by the army.
[Mash, Season 2, Episode 4, "For the Good of the Outfit" - DVD] - October 6, 1973. Hawkeye and Trapper John
discover that the United States accidentally destroyed a nearby village due to errant artillery and is now trying to
cover it up and rebuild the village as a gesture of goodwill. At the end Hawkeye receives an uncensored letter from
his father dated May 24, 1951.
[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 2, Episode 1, "The Taste of Money" – DVD] - 8 January 1985. Jim
wakes up next to a stuffed dog which he later dicovers has been stolen from British Rail and a £2000 reward is
offered for the return of the dog and conviction of the criminals.
[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 2, Episode 2, "Wakey Wakey" – DVD] - 15 January 1985. Jim
allows two Irish friends to stay in his house and they take a coffin with them, meanwhile Jim hopes to take the wife
of a jealous criminal on holiday, however they cannot go as the husband finds out and attempts to catch Jim.
[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 2, Episode 3, "Friday the 13th – DVD] - 22 January 1985. Jim begins
to believe the superstition of Friday the 13th when the DSS tell him he is to work as a sewer worker in Scotland .
[Torchwood - Season 2, Episode 1 “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang” – DVD] – 16 Jan 2008. A conflicted Torchwood team is
surprised to see Captain Jack suddenly return to their lives, and though he tries to come back as if nothing had
happened, Jack soon finds that some things have changed since his disappearance. There's little time for
explanations, though, as a mysterious stranger from Jack's past steps through the rift, and he's on a mission that
only the Torchwood team can help him finish. But it becomes quickly clear that Captain John Hart is not all he
claims to be, and as usual, Captain Jack Harkness has some secrets of his own.
[Torchwood - Season 2, Episode 2 “Sleeper” – DVD] - 23 Jan 2008. When a burglary turns into a slaughter,
Torchwood suspect alien involvement. Who is Beth, and can she be as innocent as she seems? However, when the
investigation escalates into a city-wide assault, Captain Jack realises that the whole planet is in danger.
[Torchwood - Season 2, Episode 3 “To the Last Man” – DVD] - 30 Jan 2008. Every year since 1918, the team
wakes Tommy from cryogenic sleep, because one day they will need his help. But they don't know which year, or
for what. All indications are sealed in a box that will only open at the right moment.
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[Torchwood - Season 2, Episode 4 “Meat” – DVD] – 6 Feb 2008. Conflicts abound when a truck owned by Rhys's
trucking company is investigated by Torchwood... and Rhys is there to see it. The meat it carries is tainted, or is it
even meat at all? Rhys does a little investigating of his own, and might have something to contribute to the team
this time around. But he's no longer sure who he can trust anymore. And can Gwen and the team trust him?
[Torchwood - Season 2, Episode 5 “Adam” – DVD]- 13 Feb 2008. Adam, an alien in the guise of a personable young
man, is a 'memory manipulator' who implants false memories into the Torchwood team, leading them to believe
he is an old friend. Gwen is induced to forget Rhys and Jack recalls painful memories of his brother before he
exposes Adam. The team take tablets to restore their memories, in the process 'killing' Adam, who fades away.
Week Ending 5th February 2012
[The New Avengers, Series 1 , Episode 8, “Faces” - DVD] - 17th December 1976 . Story Synopsis A plastic surgeon
is transforming down-and-outs to replace key members of the Government. The Avengers find it impossible to
detect the imposters. They can't trust anybody – not even each other.
[The New Avengers, Series 1 , Episode 9, “Tale of the Big Why” - DVD] - Story Synopsis Ex-con Bert Brandon
claims to have evidence that could bring down the Government. Although Ministers don't quite believe him, they
ask the Avengers to look into the matter. Meanwhile two enemy agents also follow Brandon and in attempting to
get the information accidently kill him. When they fail to find it, they suspect Steed already has it and kidnap
Purdey – the evidence being the ransom.
[Mash, Season 2, Episode 5, "Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde" - DVD] - 13 Oct 73. Hawkeye has been in non-stop surgery
for 3 straight days without sleep, and the wounded keep coming. He decides to find out who started the war, and
sends a telegram to Harry S Trueman. After listening to some of Frank's rubbish about the North Koreans wanting
better plumbing, he tries to send the officers' latrine to the North Koreans with an offer of peace. Trapper finally
manages to sedate him. Trapper (about Hawkeye): "I guess he's just unstable. You see, he took this weird oath as a
young man, never to just stand by and watch people die."
[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 2, Episode 4, "Come to the Aid of the Party” – DVD] - 28 January
1985. Wanda wants to hold a Lingerie party in Jim's house, so Jim must stay out of the house for the day, but he
does return to the house with his dad; they find Jim's mother is attending the party.
[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 2, Episode 5, "And They Came Unto Jim” – DVD] - 5 February
1985. Two children, who have already stolen a wealthy man's coat, burgle Jim's house, when Jim catches them
they tell him about the coat and Jim is able to change the children's view. Jim persuades the children to give back
the coat inviting the wealthy man round; they say they found it on a bus and Jim says as they stole it they cannot
accept any reward offered.
[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 2, Episode 6, "The Road to Milton Keynes” – DVD] - 12 February
1985.
[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 2, Episode 7, "Charity Begins” – DVD] - 19 February 1985. When
an attractive social worker turns up on his doorstep Jim takes a keen interest in charity.
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[Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, Series 2, Episode 8, "The Hostage” – DVD] - 26 February 1985 - Jim
London, his father Ernie London, Arnold Moggs and a lady offering policies are held hostage in Jim's house by a
robber with a gun, but he is not very good as his past attempts of robbery have been foiled by ordinary members
of the public.
[Torchwood - Season 2, Episode 6 “Reset” – DVD] - Feb. 13, 2008. Jack persuades Martha Jones to go undercover
at the Pharm, a sinister research facility, which is experimenting in the drug 'Reset', releasing alien parasites into
the body to 'reset' it and cure disease. She is exposed by the Pharm's head, Dr. Copley and injected with Reset
before the Torchwood team ride to her rescue.
[Torchwood - Season 2, Episode 7 “Dead Man Walking” – DVD] - Feb. 20, 2008. Jack acquires the other
Resurrection Glove to bring Owen momentarily back from the dead. However, Owen does not become fully dead
again - even though his body is physically dead, some unknown force keeps him reanimated. And he's becoming
less human.
[Torchwood - Season 2, Episode 8 “A Day in the Death” – DVD] - Feb. 27, 2008. Owen's been dead for three days
and finds it unbearable. He meets a woman contemplating jumping off a roof and reveals that there is nothing
after death. He then tells the woman how he ended up coming to the roof.
[Torchwood - Season 2, Episode 9 “Something Borrowed” – DVD] - Mar. 5, 2008. Friday night: Gwen's late for her
own hen party. This is because she's been chasing a man-eating shape-shifter, which bites her before Jack shoots
it. Saturday morning: Wedding day. Gwen wakes up heavily pregnant.
[Torchwood - Season 2, Episode 10 “From Out of the Rain” – DVD] - Mar. 12, 2008. An old movie theatre, The
Electro, has been restored and is opening as a museum. Ianto used to go there as a child and invites Owen and
Gwen to the opening. Jack hears faint music, like pipe organ, at Torchwood. Then the movie projector somehow
plays a different film than the one on the reel. Ianto sees Jack in the movie, in a traveling show. Then the projector
stops. Two characters from the movie disappear into the night.
Week Ending 12th February 2012
[Torchwood - Season 2, Episode 11 “From Out of the Rain” – DVD] - Mar. 19, 2008. When a local teenager
disappears Gwen is drawn into an investigation that reveals a darker side of Torchwood. Hundreds of people have
disappeared without trace, but why is Jack obstructing attempts to find them? The answer seems to lie in the rift,
and as Gwen follows the trail she makes a shocking discovery.
[Mash, Season 2, Episode 6, "Kim" - DVD] - 20 Oct 73. Hawkeye operates on a 5-year old Korean boy, and Radar
can't find his family. Henry plans to send him to the orphanage, and the camp enjoys his company while they can.
Trapper decides to adopt him after consulting his wife, and has to rescue him after he wanders into the minefield.
Kim's mother turns up at the orphanage looking for him.
[Mash, Season 2, Episode 7, "L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel)" - DVD] - 27 Oct 73. Corporal Walker is being sent
home, and he wants to marry his Korean girl so she and their baby can return with him. CID sends Lt Willis to
investigate, but when he refuses Hawkeye and Trapper frame him. Hawkeye is upset that a nurse he was pursuing
does not approve of the marriage between "a gook" and "one of us".
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[Mash, Season 2, Episode 8, "The Trial of Henry Blake" - DVD] - 3 Nov 73. Majors Houlihan and Burns challenge
Colonel Blake's fitness to command, and put Hawkeye and trapper under arrest so that they can't help him.
Fortunately for Henry, they escape, and with the aid of Meg Cratty come to the rescue.
[Blue Murder Series 5, Episode 1, "Having It All" – DVD] - 7 September 2009. Janine investigates into the murder
of a cheerleading coach. Initial suspicion falls on the victim's husband, whose bloodied clothes are found near the
crime scene, but the discovery of an affair suggests someone else may have had a motive.
[Blue Murder Series 2, Episode 1, "Inside" – DVD] - 14 September 2009. Richard puts his life at risk by going
undercover in a prison to find out information about the murder of a convicted child killer. Meanwhile, Janine finds
herself embroiled in a personal crisis when her son Michael causes a car crash that leaves another driver seriously
injured.
[Blue Murder Series 5, Episode 3, "Tooth and Claw" – DVD] - 21 September 2009. The murder of a popular vet in
the hills north of Manchester leads Janine and Richard to a farming community which is reluctant to open its doors
to outsiders. Slowly the dour local characters reveal the victim's complex love life and a tale of arson and murder
that leaves the worldly-wise coppers amazed.
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Index:
A Sunday in hell, 33
An Idiot Abroad, 27, 28, 55, 56
Black’s Books, 21, 22
Blackadder, 25, 40, 41
Blue Murder, 62
Bottom, 53
British Rally Championships, 15
BTCC 2010, 9, 11, 12
Cadfael, 48
Carlitos Way, 16
Carlito's Way -Rise to Power, 16
Corraline, 5
Cowboys and Aliens, 57
Death At A Funeral, 38
Diamond Geezer, 48
Doctor Who, 8, 9, 26, 30
Dr Who, 11, 12, 17, 40, 44, 47, 48, 49, 51
Drop Dead Diva, 24, 25
Firefly, 19, 20, 21
Golden Compass, 5
Grange Hill, 37, 50, 51
Harry Brown, 52
Hellboy, 4
Hellboy 2, 4
Hyperdrive, 9, 10
Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, 14
Inception, 11
Indian Jones and the Crystal Skull, 4
Iron Man, 4
Jam and Jerusalem, 12, 13, 14, 15
Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40, 12
Kingdom, 10, 11, 12
Kung Fu, 26, 28, 30, 31
Legends of Rock, 38
Lock Stock, 39, 40
Machete, 14, 40
Man vs. Wild, 10
Marillion, 52
Mash, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62
MI-5, 28, 29
Michael Palin: New Europe, 10
Mighty Boosh, 30
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Not Only...But Also - Peter Cook and Dudley Moore:
The Best of...What's Left of., 12
One Foot In The Grave, 7
Open All Hours, 6, 7, 26
Porridge, 8, 53
Primeval, 29, 33, 34, 35
Pulling, 14
Pushing Daisies, 4, 5
Reaper, 23, 24, 30, 37
RED, 37
Red Dwarf, 7, 15, 16, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 49,
50
Reggie Perrin, 28, 37
Ricky Gervais Show, 25
Sherlock Homes – Ronald Howard, 4, 5
Shutter Island, 36
Some Mothers Do Have Them, 46, 47, 52, 54, 56
Steptoe and Son, 34, 35, 43, 44, 51, 57
The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward
Robert Ford, 5
The Brittas Empire, 11, 25, 26
The Fast Show, 18, 19, 20, 21
The Good Life, 45, 46
The incredible Hulk, 4
The Ipcress file, 40
The League Of Gentlemen, 45
The Magnificent Seven, 15
The Mighty Boosh, 4, 8, 30, 31
The New Avengers, 5, 6, 37, 38, 58, 60
The Ricky Gervais Show, 17
The Sara Jane Adventures, 17
The Sarah Jane Adventures, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26,
27, 29, 30, 32
The Trip, 51
The Two Ronnies, 33, 34, 35, 36, 52
Tittybangbang, 31, 32
Torchwood, 43, 52, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61
Touch of Frost, 5
Up the Elephant and Round The Castle, 57, 58, 59,
60, 61
World Enduro Championship, 57