Category: e.phemera
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They Watched Ghostwatch
The myths that have grown up around Ghostwatch speak both to the excellent execution of the show, as well as with word of mouth and folk memory. So I thought I’d have a quick, cursory look at the newspaper coverage that was being printed at the time. The show was clearly part of the Screen…
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Aldwych Tube Station
Here’s a nice little primer video for Aldwych Tube Station. You may recognise it from TV productions, and as a film location.
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Rik’s First Movie And TV Appearances
Eye Of The Needle is a spy thriller from 1981, starring Donald Sutherland, written by Stanley Mann, based on the novel by Ken Follett, and directed by Richard Marquand, who would later go on to direct Return Of The Jedi. It’s also notable for the first appearance on the big screen by Rik Mayall. And…
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Comedian Trailer
I still think this is one of the best trailers ever made.
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Terrible Lizards
You may have noticed it’s been a couple of weeks since we did an episode of setisoppO, the podcast where we work out the opposite of things that don’t have a natural opposite. That’s because I have Covid. It’s very mild, no worse than a cold really, but it’s made me fuzzy headed and tired…