Originally posted by Ferretfancy
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Isn't John Suchet the Beethoven-loving, news-reading brother? I think Poirot was David. -
My Ralph Hill: The Concerto (Pelican) has had detached pages for decades. I used it for A level work in the 60s; I recall that it had an indispensable analysis of the Berg Violin Concerto. How long will it be before we get a reply from a soulless Philistine saying that Kindles or iWhatevers don't suffer from fading pages?Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... old ( and even some recent... ) penguins are wretched: the acid content in the paper of many of my old penguins has made the pages yellow/orange, brittle, and friable - and the ink on those wartime and some later editions has deteriorated so that reading them is no longer a pleasure
And then those with so-called 'perfect bindings' ( a misnomer if ever there was one) - ie single pages stuck into a glued spine rather than folded and bound into proper folded and sewn sections - all too common in the 1970s and 1980s - well, the glue solidifies, becomes brittle, - and on opening the book all the pages fall out...
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David had to remove the tache when he read the news, in case somebody noticed.Originally posted by VodkaDilc View PostComment
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Margery Allingham's Campion stories don't seem to hav e been as popular on TV as the two Christie 'tecs but I would have thought they were overdue for a repeat.Comment
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Anything from the Father Brown series
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Father Brown coming to our TV screens in JanuaryComment
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The Peter Davison/Brian Glover series from the '80s was last televised three years ago during the Christmas/New Year daytime slots. The lead roles (including Lysette Anthony) were well played, but the supporting cast gave very "am dram" performances. It would be nice to see the Edward Petherbridge/Harriet Walte Peter Wimsey stories (from the same vintage) again.Originally posted by salymap View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
Yes the Wimsey stories were well cast weren't they?Comment
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Originally posted by mercia View Post
Mark Williams as Father Brown....
He's also playing Beach the butler in the Emsworth (Tim Spall) adaptations coming up on BBC in the new year...
Could be great as both, could be...
"...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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Yes - when it was Ian Carmichael and Glyn Houston. Never got on with Petherbridge...Originally posted by salymap View Post"...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 appears to be a daytime programme, scheduled to start on Monday 14th Jan: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/pro...herbrown1.htmlOriginally posted by Beef Oven View Post
"...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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Cheers Cali. Love FB. I wonder if a TV update will do justice to these wonderful stories?Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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Yes, it's the Carmichael/Houston voices that I "hear" when I read the novels (reading Clouds of Witness for the nth time at the moment). But I also liked the Petherbridge versions when they were shown and I'd like to see how they compare with my memory of them.Originally posted by Caliban View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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