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- Ben
Casey - "Man, woman,
birth, death, infinity" the emotive opening
to a medical drama from forty years ago. John
Hutchinson looks back at this medical drama which
pre-dated Dr. Kildare,
but nonetheless was powerful and popular at the
same time.
- Citizen
James - which could also
have been termed "Sidney's Half Hour"
as it span Sid James off from Tony Hancock into a
series of his own with situations not a million
miles away from the comedy of East Cheam.
- Calendar
in Review - some of the
conventions and events attended by PPS committee
members in 2001 are reviewed for members,
including the NFT events, Cult TV 2001 and
Memorabilia 2001.
- Stranger
On The Shore - yes, Acker Bilk
is connected to this, having provided the title
track to this serial. David May looks back at
this slice of life depicting the experiences of a
young French woman staying on the south coast of
England and isolated in many ways from her
homeland...
- The
Dustbinmen - Bob Furnell
looks back at the misadventures of the crew of
'Thunderbird 3', a dustcart mob with an attitude
problem and a boss nicknamed 'Bloody Deliah' in
this early Seventies black comedy.
- The
Saga of Para Handy -
the crew of the Scottish 'puffer' cargo boat, the
Vital Spark, and their captain Peter McFarlane,
known as Para Handy, had been told for many years
in print, but it wasn't until the 1950's that
they first appeared on screen. This article looks
at the printed background to the characters as
well as the attempts right up into the Nineties
to bring them to the small screen.
- DVD
Reviews - More reviews of
cartoons, mini-series and serials from the small
screen
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