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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 […]
BBC Archives shares video of Ray Harryhausen talking about his work on Clash of the Titans (1981)! “Ray Harryhausen – master of models, magician with miniatures, the stop-motion Svengali, doyen of Dynamation–pops into the Take Two studio, to discuss producing the special effects for his latest film blockbuster, […]
BBC Archives shares a 1981 Newsnight report on Debbie Harry’s collaboration with H. R. Giger. “Newsnight reporter Robin Denselow reports from Zurich on the unlikely collaboration between singer Debbie Harry and visual artist H.R. Giger. Debbie Harry–best known as the frontwoman of New York punk band Blondie–is about […]
Imagine, if you will, King’s College, Cambridge, almost one hundred years ago… Every Christmas Eve has its ritual. Those invited make their way for the appointed time, out of the darkness, where the Master waits. Montague Rhodes James, provost of King’s, scholar, antiquary, and writer of ghost stories. […]
The BBC Archive has a 1985 piece on Infocom. “Fred Harris goes behind the scenes at Boston software company Infocom. The developer has enjoyed great success with its line of text adventure games–the likes of Zork, Planetfall, Enchanter, and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy–which eschew graphics in […]
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