#britishtv — Public Fediverse posts
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Mega-talented English Comedian Diane Morgan stars in the new Britcom "Ann Droid." She portrays a helper robot to an older lady, Sue Johnston, in this heart-warming peek into the imminent future. #britcom #sitcom #anndroid #dianemorgan #comedian #britishcomedian #englishcomedian #talented #funny #heartwarming #revelatory #entertaining #entertainment #britishentertainment #britishtelevision #britishtv #acting #writing #android #androids #robot #robots #werenotrobotsnamikawa
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Ah, yes, a riveting tale of how a camera operators' strike in 1969 gave birth to the Upstairs Downstairs #multiverse. 🎥📺 Because clearly, the fabric of reality hinges on how many tubes are in a camera. 🙄 Meanwhile, British TV was busy adding a fourth tube because, naturally, who wouldn't want to complicate things? 💡
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-color-strike/ #camerastrike #UpstairsDownstairs #BritishTV #televisionhistory #HackerNews #ngated -
Although I've always considered Tom Baker "my" Doctor Who, I've grown very fond of Sylvester McCoy, the seventh doctor, in recent years. His nemesis, the Rani, is my favorite Whovian villain and his companion Mel reminds me of a friend of my youth, Beth Kibler. #doctorwho #doctorwhoepisodes #classictv #classictelevision #scifi #sciencefiction #classicsciencefiction #classicscifi #vintagesciencefiction #vintagescifi #sylvestermccoy #tombaker #britishtv #britishtelevision #englishtv
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Now streaming–The IPCRESS File is stunning, stylish retro spy-fi
Review by C.J. Bunce You almost assuredly missed it. With little fanfare a six-episode mini-series remake of a 1960s British spy movie arrived in 2022, but it didn't get picked up on major networks or streaming providers in the States. Wow--did everyone miss something spectacular...
#Nowstreaming #spyfi #IPCRESSFile #BritishTV
https://borg.com/2025/08/09/now-streaming-the-ipcress-file-is-stunning-stylish-retro-spy-fi/
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“Economically inactive” bugs the shit out of me.
When you’re poor, you spend all your money. Only rich students or students with rich famiies (yep, I’d argue there’s a distiunction) can be full-time students without at least one part-time job.And disabled people? We spend all our money on shit to make life slightly less miserable.
Carers similarly so, except they barely get a mention. They complete administrative dialysis for themselves and a whole other person — or people! On top of that, they do any personal care, medical care, etc that most people actually imagine from the phrase “unpaid carer”.
The only “economically inactive” thing about anyone subjected to life in an economy is rich people who hoard their money for clout. Each anxious attempt to swipe resources “for later” impoverishes us all AND the rich people acting on their emboldened impulses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTWDzMjgsEY
#UnitedKingdom #UK #UKpol #England #NorthernIreland #Wales #WalesPol #Scotland #English #Scottish #ScottishBorders #ScottishIndependenceNow #Welsh #Gaelic #Cornwall #Britain #BrexitBrokeBritain #British #BritishTV #GreatBritain
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The 1967-68 UK TV series Man in a Suitcase takes the basic ITC action-adventure formula and adds a hardboiled flavour, real toughness, grittiness, plus seedy downmarket glamour. And more than a hint of film noir. The best of all the ITC series.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2016/02/man-in-suitcase-1967-68.html
#retrotv #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #60stv #1960stv #60stelevision #1960stelevision #culttv #culttelevision #ITC #spytv #spies #RichardBradford #BritishTV #Britishtelevision
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Preordered the next Doctor Who Magazine issue in print form. Normally I just read them on my iPad, with a rolling digital subscription. But I'd like this issue to keep. The magazine has been in print since 1979. #DoctorWho #DoctorWhoMagazine #DWM #Magazine #Television #Scifi #BritishTV
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Today’s arrival, a Fanzine Funnies #comic by #LewStringer collecting his #ThePrisoner short strips in 1990s #fanzine Camera Obscura. Very very funny. Highly recommended. Available still from Lew at https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204426107364 This is the same Lew Stringer who has a regular humorous comic strip in #DoctorWhoMagazine. #comics #satire #fandom #Prisoner #BritishTV #60sTV #Scifi #DWM #DoctorWho #FanzineFunnies #Rover #No6 #Number6 #NumberSix #Television #BritishComics
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Belatedly watching another relatively recent #MidsomerMurders, and this one feels like a reunion of #JonathanCreek people. And then there’s the outfit Fleur is wearing, which just made me guffaw out loud. Though that might be unintentional. #BritishTV #TV #CrimeTV #DontLookNow
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A look at three episodes, all originally aired in 1973, from Brian Clemens’ horror anthology series Thriller, one of the finest ever TV series of its type. The Colour of Blood is excellent while Murder in Mind and A Place to Die are very good.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2023/04/thriller-three-1973-epidodes.html
#retrotv #vintagetv #60stv #1960stv #BrianClemens #horrortv #britishtv
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Man in a Suitcase (1967-68), a British ITC action adventure series TV series with a decidedly gritty hardboiled flavour to it. Richard Bradford’s offbeat performance as a bitter ex-CIA agent turned private eye is the highlight.
Much more hard-edged and cynical than most ITC series.
Superb television.My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2016/02/man-in-suitcase-1967-68.html
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The Christmas Invasion on the telly. Crikey they all look so long. Including David Tennant. And a wayward space probe. #DoctorWho #ChristmasTV #KillerSantas #SpaceMissions #SpaceProbe #00sTV #BritishTV #DavidTennant
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No 60s British TV series is more highly regarded than The Prisoner, at least among fans of action/adventure/spy/science fiction series. And no series has ever engendered such fierce debates about its meaning.
A spy resigns, for reasons that he refuses to reveal. He arrives home, is drugged and wakes up in The Village. A perfectly charming place to live, apart from one thing - it is a prison.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-prisoner-1967-68.html
#britishtv #culttv #patrickmcgoohan #spytv #spies #scifitv #scifi
