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Originally posted by teamsaint View Postjust been rewatching the Prisoner, the proper one from 1967. Only my second full run through, and despite a couple of dodgy episodes ( episode 11 in particular) it is still wonderful drama, with startlingly good production values to boot.
Fabulous, and all too prescient .
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Originally posted by Maclintick View PostJust to add, having caught up with Patrick McGoohan & his chums in lockdown, TS, & also for others for whom a dose of 60s nostalgia might be a palatable alternative to the stuff on offer elsewhere , that the Prisoner Eps 1-17 (AFAIK complete), plus six series of The Saint is available on the American TUBI TV channel -- free for those who can put up with the dismally functional ads for ABC Mouse and car insurance. As you say, the production values achieved by Lew Grade's ATV in those halcyon analogue days are miraculous, & knock the pants off a lot of contemporary offerings. I imagine the 60s prints must have been digitally dry-cleaned, though to fashion these into such fine silk purses the quality of the original sows' ears must have been stellar --- beautiful colour rendition, for instance.
I finally made it to Portmeirion last summer. After a very long time wanting to visit, I did fear a little let - down….but it was a jaw dropping experience. A very special place indeed.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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I visited Portmeirion in 1964, an 11-year-old on holiday with my parents & grandmother, who discreetly pointed out a dapper elderly gentleman in a linen suit - Clough Williams-Ellis, architect & inspiration behind the brilliantly daft idea of building an Italianate village in rain-soaked North Wales.
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The BBC1 series Sherwood (first 2 episodes last Monday & Tuesday) struck me as exceptionally good. More than just a police/crime drama… and with a fantastic cast, deftly scripted and directed, beautifully shot too."...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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Originally posted by antongould View PostIndeed …….
Probably only present/former Nottingham folk would have flinched at the single wrong note: when a local referred to “Notts Forest”…… Them as knows, knows “Notts” is only used for Notts County F.C. - not for Nottingham Forest"...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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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostSherwood is not so well thought of by Camilla Long in today's Sunday Times, though:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/b...1820738b0a1377
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostSherwood is not so well thought of by Camilla Long in today's Sunday Times, though:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/b...1820738b0a1377
I have had cause before to take a very different view of things to Ms Long - including whether it’s worth attaching any importance to her pronouncements…!
Originally posted by cloughie View PostLooks like a good reason to give it a try, Pulc. I rarely agree with the critics!"...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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Originally posted by cloughie View PostLooks like a good reason to give it a try, Pulc. I rarely agree with the critics!Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
I have had cause before to take a very different view of things to Ms Long - including whether it’s worth attaching any importance to her pronouncements…!
Nail on the head in this case, certainly, cloughie!
Probably better than the episode of Death in Paradise I dropped off in last night!
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