| Television and Movies |
| I enjoy watching movies and cult TV series. Here are some of my favourites. |
| This is my favourite TV show. I took my nickname from one of the characters - Rassilon - many years ago. I don't know why I like it so much. I tend to be drawn to series which help me escape the norm. As you can imagine there are loads of resources for the show. The BBC website is a good starting point. Which is ironic as the show never got the investment it should from the BBC, yet I suspect it is one of their more enduring franchises, earning them a lot of revenue in video, DVD and books sales!! Oh and my favourite Doctor? It has to be Jon Pertwee. He just seemed to throw himself into the role. And my least favourite? Colin Baker. He never really worked for me and had a tendancy to overact. |
| Television |
| Surely The Avengers was the very epitome of the Sixties. The Steed/Emma Peel relationship was brilliant with loads of sexiness and flirtation on both sides. The plots were outrageous, the guests were brilliant. A perfect mix. I was too young to really appreciate the series when it was first shown, but thanks to GranadaPlus and the new DVD releases I've managed to fill in the gaps. The New Avengers was a much less outrageous affair, even mundane in comparison. However, it did make a huge star of Joanna Lumley. More of her later. |
| The world's biggest TV franchise! I must admit to still enjoying Star Trek in all its incarnations. My soft spot is always for the Next Generation. It was a real make or break series as the memory of Kirk and Spock was so ingrained in peoples minds. It also introduced Jonathan Frakes to the wider viewing public - so that's a plus. I also think that Enterprise promises to be good as well. It's thrown out established ideas and also brings Scott Bakula back to our screens - also a good thing! |
| When Absolutely Fabulous first burst onto our screens, people didn't know what to make of it. I actually discovered the show on the repeat of the first series. Once again it's the pure escapism that I love. You love and are outraged by Patsy and Edina. You empathise with Saffy at times and you adore Mother and Bubble for their pure battiness. A wonderful creation which launched the stolly-bolly to the masses and put "sweetie-darling" into the gay vocabulary. It also showed that Joanna Lumley could do comedy. Although the scripts have been patchy of late, it's still one of the best written comedy shows ever. |
| This is probably the rudest show on TV. No double-entendre unturned. No innuendo is too strong. Gimme, Gimme, Gimme is great!! Like Ab Fab, you both like and are shocked by the main characters. Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus both turn in great performances as a couple of self-obsessed losers. It lost it's way a bit in the last series, but even still there were some quality moments....I'll never think of dutch caps in the same way again! |
| What? In the midst of all this modern comedy is a middle-class show from the seventies? The Good Life has been re-run recently on BBC and UK Gold. I've enjoyed every moment. The quality of writing is excellent. Everyone is well-cast. For me it's the women who shine in this show. Felicity Kendal as Barbara is lovely - it's understandable how she became a sex symbol. Penelope Keith as Margo is fantastic playing the butt of a lot of the jokes. |
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