Broadcast on Halloween night 1992
Ghostwatch - a live investigation into a haunted house - was one of the most controversial and terrifying programs the BBC has ever shown.
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posted by fearfulsymmetry
on Oct 31, 2010 -
36 comments
Back in the 80s when
Doctor Who was mired in a creative and ratings slump, the programme's creator Sydney Newman was asked how to revive it. His
answer - regenerate the Doctor as a woman.
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posted by fearfulsymmetry
on Oct 12, 2010 -
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"Working in art film or commercial cinema is like dancing through a mine field, and every broadcaster is now racing down market in a desperate attempt to survive. But what is happening at the BBC is the real scandal: it is bigger than all the rest combined, it is free from direct commercial pressure and its public service obligations carry cultural responsibilities. There are no excuses." Veteran producer
Tony Garnett, has launched a
blistering attack on the current process of drama commissioning at the BBC
posted by fearfulsymmetry
on Jul 15, 2009 -
17 comments
In Bed With Chris Needham (
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7)
A BBC video-diary documentary from 1991 depicting the trails and tribulations of a teenage metal fan as he tries to knock his band, Manslaughter, into shape for its first gig, with many digressions into his philosophy of life along the way. Some NSFW swearing.
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posted by fearfulsymmetry
on Jun 8, 2008 -
12 comments
"We were treated like rock stars. I was told there were female Trekkies who kept lists of all the cast members with whom they'd slept. I was told this!"
Extracts from 'Up To Now', the autobiography of
William Shatner... from his time on
Star Trek, where he comes over as the colossal jerk of legend, to his poignant recollections of the death of his third wife.
posted by fearfulsymmetry
on May 12, 2008 -
75 comments
It's an
advert for chocolate. It's a
man in a gorilla suit drumming to a
track by
Philip Collins Ltd.
It's been very popular. It's
won awards. It's
been spoofed. And it's been mashed-up... some bad (
Metalica (sic),
ACDC,
Guns and Roses), some good (
Bonnie Tyler,
Subsource,
A Skillz,
Bon Jovi,
Deep Purple,
Nirvana) and some utterly sublime (
'Enders,
Bodyrockers,
Cameo). But
great adverts don't always equal
great sales. Bonus:
Monkey Drummer. (
Previously)
posted by fearfulsymmetry
on Dec 23, 2007 -
38 comments
"Hello, and welcome to
Mainly For Men (
part 1,
part 2). And, as the title implies, this is a programme, fellas, just for you." Yes, everything the BBC thought the red-blooded male back in the late 1960s would be interested in (ie women, cars and shark fishing). The result was so hideous it was never broadcast until a TV Hell themed night many years later. Possibly NSFW... some brief nudity ('artistic', naturally) and mild swearing. And rampant mind-blowing sexism.
posted by fearfulsymmetry
on Nov 29, 2007 -
85 comments
