The BBC Archive has video of a 1965 discussion of 1984 (1954). “Late Night Line-Up looks back on the 1954 BBC television adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984, starring Peter Cushing, Yvonne Mitchell, Donald Pleasance and André Morell. The television play was performed live on the evening of Sunday […]
BBC Archive shares a video segment of Terry Wogan on Max Headroom. “Terry Wogan comes face to face with the future of television presenting, the world’s first ‘computer-generated’ host, Max Headroom. Does the emergence of Max spell the end for homo sapiens as chat show hosts? Originally broadcast […]
Angela Englert accidentally fed her mogwai after midnight, so she’s going to be afk this month. In the meantime, please enjoy this look back at MR James’s classic Christmas ghost stories, and with any luck, she’ll be back in the new year. Or something will. Imagine, if you […]
It’s the 50th anniversary of The Wicker Man (1973) and that means there are so many tributes and special programs and screenings and shenaniganry. We have shared BBC Radio 4 Extra’s special programming, including a radio play starring Brian Blessed as Lord Summerisle. Now it’s time for this […]
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! THE WICKER MAN!!!!! BRIAN BLESSED!!!!!! DECEMBER 2nd!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! (There is a whole day of companion programs on folk horror and folk music also on December 2nd). LISTEN HERE.
BBC Archives has a report from 1977 on a poltergeist in Ponder’s End, Enfield. “‘Either 17 people have all been having hallucinations – including the police – or this is the best-documented ghost story of all time.’ Nationwide’s James Hogg reports from a seemingly ordinary, suburban house in […]
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