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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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It's funny that Nigel Havers has come into the conversation. A couple of summers ago I passed him while walking my bike around the Boltons in S Kensington. He looked at me in a very odd way. I couldn't even remember his name, only the connection with Grumpy Old Men!!! I would have stopped him and asked if he happened to live in this exceptionally posh part of London. Since when I've heard that he's quite hostile to cyclists in general, and has campaigned against road closures to other than pedestrians and the two-wheel brigade in that district, so maybe that explains things.Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post....in our household (in the days when i had a household)....he used to be an adjective...."Oh he's gone all Nigel Havers on us"....
....and I'm sorry to say it cloughie : but Bidding Room and such like are definitely the Sheffield Weds of TV....
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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New series (reincarnation?) coming to Channel4 sometime soon I believe.Originally posted by eighthobstruction View PostComment
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The only thing I've seen (or rather heard) Nigel Havers in recently is the very funny R4 comedy series "Reluctant Persuaders" where he plays the head of a useless advertising agency.Best regards,
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You’re not at all sorry, 8th, just own up! I think you deserve a hefty points deduction! You are now 16th obstruction!Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post....in our household (in the days when i had a household)....he used to be an adjective...."Oh he's gone all Nigel Havers on us"....
....and I'm sorry to say it cloughie : but Bidding Room and such like are definitely the Sheffield Weds of TV....
Havers is the weakest link - goodbye!Comment
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On the subject of which, I see that Channel 4 have drafted in Anne Robinson to shake things up at 'Countdown'. Cor blimey! What would nice Richard Whitely have made of that, I wonder?Originally posted by cloughie View Post
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Surely too nasty for Countdown - its such a polite programme!Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostOn the subject of which, I see that Channel 4 have drafted in Anne Robinson to shake things up at 'Countdown'. Cor blimey! What would nice Richard Whitely have made of that, I wonder?Comment
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I think Anne has experience on that front, S_A.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostIt needed a facelift.
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Originally posted by cloughie View Post
....so many , so many, stuff to weave around and trip over...
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Anyone else enjoying those Sky Arts series on Great Directors, Great Actors? May plumb no great depths or offer the Kermode analysis of cinematic tropes, but recent efforts on Kathryn Bigelow and Tarantino were very good, a sweeping overview with film-critic observations, wider cultural appraisal and great clips. Burt Lancaster and Henry Fonda profiles were pretty insightful too.
Clips from Hurt Locker or Zero Dark Thirty (wonderful brooding soundtrack & Chastain's best role to date) will always transfix my attention...Comment
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I still haven't got used to the idea that I now have access to Sky Arts via Freeview. And I still (wrongly, I believe?) associate it with one Rupert....Comment
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I've yet to locate it - it's not where Freeview says it is, and in the course of tracking down other misplaced channels I haven't stumbled across it.Originally posted by kernelbogey View PostComment
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Have you been through the channel rescanning process? Freview Channel 11 works fine here. I wonder whether the signal is too weak for your scanner to pick it up?Originally posted by oddoneout View PostComment
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