CRACKER: TO BE A SOMEBODY (TV) (UK, 1994) ***** Distributor: ITV – Independent Television; Production Company: A&E Television Networks / Granada Television; Release Date: 10, 17 & 24 October 1994; Running Time: 148m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo; Film Format: 16mm; Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1; BBFC Cert: 18. Director: Tim Fywell; Writer: Jimmy McGovern; Executive Producer: Sally Head; Producer: Paul Abbott; Director of…
Month: August 2019
Book Review – BLUE LIGHTNING (2010) by Ann Cleeves
BLUE LIGHTNING (2010) *** by Ann Cleeves First published by Macmillan, 2010 This edition published by Pan Books, 2015, 374pp (357pp) ISBN: 978-1-4472-7446-9 includes 11-page preview of DEAD WATER. Blurb: With the autumn storms raging, Fair Isle feels cut off from the rest of the world. Trapped, tension is high and tempers become frayed. Enough to drive…
TV Review: CRACKER: ONE DAY A LEMMING WILL FLY (1993)
CRACKER: ONE DAY A LEMMING WILL FLY (TV) (UK, 1993) **** Distributor: ITV – Independent Television; Production Company: A&E Television Networks / Granada Television; Release Date: 1 & 8 November 1993; Running Time: 97m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo; Film Format: 16mm; Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1; BBFC Cert: 18. Director: Simon Cellan Jones; Writer: Jimmy McGovern; Executive Producer: Sally Head; Producer: Gub…
TV Review – CRACKER: TO SAY I LOVE YOU (1993)
CRACKER: TO SAY I LOVE YOU (TV) (UK, 1993) **** Distributor: ITV – Independent Television; Production Company: A&E Television Networks / Granada Television; Release Date: 11, 18 & 25 October 1993; Running Time: 153m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo; Film Format: 16mm; Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1; BBFC Cert: 18. Director: Andy Wilson; Writer: Jimmy McGovern; Executive Producer: Sally Head; Producer: Gub Neal; Director…
Shaft Digital and Blu-Ray retail release dates announced
Shaft, 2019 style, will receive its retail digital release on 10 September followed by a Blu-Ray release on 24 September. The Shaft Facebook page has posted a brief promo: https://www.facebook.com/ShaftMovie/videos/1122657238121988/
TV Review – BERGERAC: PICKING IT UP (1981)
BERGERAC: PICKING IT UP (UK, 1981) ***½ Distributor: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); Production Company: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) / Seven Network; Release Date: 18 October 1981; Running Time: 57m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby; Film Format: 16mm; Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1; BBFC Cert: PG. Director: Martyn Friend; Writer: Robert Banks…
TV Review – CRACKER: MAD WOMAN IN THE ATTIC (1993)
CRACKER: MAD WOMAN IN THE ATTIC (TV) (UK, 1993) **** Distributor: ITV – Independent Television; Production Company: A&E Television Networks / Granada Television; Release Date: 27 September & 4 October 1993; Running Time: 103m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo; Film Format: 16mm; Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1; BBFC Cert: 18. Director: Michael…
Book Review – UP: MY LIFE’S JOURNEY TO THE TOP OF EVEREST by Ben Fogle (2018)
UP: MY LIFE’S JOURNEY TO THE TOP OF EVEREST (2018) **** by Ben Fogle (& Marina Fogle) First published by William Collins, 2018, 270pp ISBN: 978-0-00-831922-9 Blurb: In April 2018, seasoned adventurer Ben Fogle and Olympic cycling gold medallist Victoria Pendleton, along with mountaineer Kenton Cool, took on their most exhausting challenge yet – climbing Everest for…