241 posts tagged “bbc”

I had a moan about this yesterday on Twitter and Facebook, but seeing another ad for Leverage on the NZ City site brings it all back. Prime is promoting this TNT show a lot, but just as with TV One and Jekyll, they miss the fact that lead actress Gina Bellman is a Kiwi. Come on, folks, how about a bit of national pride? Our Gina is doing well!

For your enjoyment. I couldn’t believe the whole episode was on Google Video.

Let’s see: State of Play, remade. Life on Mars, remade. What are the chances the Americans will redo Tuesday?
   I think there is a conspiracy to remake anything that John Simm and Philip Glenister appear in.

For Lifers who wanted to know how the Spanish version of Life on Mars ended, Antena 3 has put up the closing minutes of La chica de ayer on YouTube. I blogged about this back in June; however, this should be easier for readers.
   My Spanish is pathetic at best, but a bit of context: the tunnel is a portal of sorts where Sam travelled from 2009 to 1977. In the final episode, he saves Ana from being killed by his father (the same as episode 8 of the UK original and episode 7 of the US remake). It appears this was the purpose of his trip back to 1977, and explains the meaning of the Spanish title. With that completed, the tunnel lights up again and Samuel has the chance to return to 2009. (Hence, it seems some sort of Divine Intervention or cosmic force is behind Sam’s trip back in time, and he is not in a coma or mad.) However, rather than the dark ending of the original, and the inexplicable one of the US remake, the Spanish have opted for something more upbeat:

Remember how fans of Life on Mars were putting together their favourite Gene Genie moments on to YouTube? The Spanish seem equally fond of their Gene Hunt, Inspector Jefe Quin Gallardo, in La chica de ayer, Spanish Life on Mars.

Some impersonators are only so-so: if you heard them independently, they sound like the person, but put them alongside the real thing and they don’t sound that alike. (For all her acclaim, Tina Fey falls into this category with her Sarah Palin impressions.) But I have listened to the real Prince Charles once and mistook his speech for impersonator Rory Bremner, showing how close he is. Meanwhile, Dead Ringers’ Jon Culshaw does a killer Tom Baker, and if you listen to this without the picture, you might not be able to tell whom is saying which line:

During a quiet moment at work, I put these on. A small tribute to Dennis Waterman, his starring roles, and his singing the ‘feem toon’.

One of the best episodes of the Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) remake in the early 2000s guest-starred Hugh Laurie as a villainous doctor. (From memory, the episode was called ‘Mental Apparition Disorder’, and itself was a remake of a story by the show’s original 1960s’ star, Mike Pratt.) I have put clips of this episode up before, but here is Laurie again, interacting with Vic Reeves and Emilia Fox playing Boggle (a terrible game!) while off-set. Bob Mortimer also appears.

From YouTube, a tribute to Mrs Slocombe’s pussy, especially since Twitter has inexplicably blocked the hashtag (while happily letting in far coarser language). Enjoy this collection, and I am unanimous in that.