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Member	Item		Review/Comment
RadoxTheGreen 20th Jul 2015		TV Models Inc. (1994 - 1995)	I was once told by a model agent "friend" that they could get me a part in this show. Then it got cancelled.
RadoxTheGreen 18th Jul 2015		TV The Moomins (1977 - 1983)	At least it wasn't the video with the Groak. I might still be able to sleep, even if I dream of dead squirrels.
RadoxTheGreen 17th Jul 2015		TV Uchū Kaizoku Captain Harlock (1978 - 1979)	Title screen is from the Special Edition DVD release. Also added alternative title screen, again from DVD release.
RadoxTheGreen 16th Jul 2015		TV Chelmsford 123 (1988 - 1990)	"They call me Mungo the Evasive". "Do They?" "Who wants to know?"
RadoxTheGreen 16th Jul 2015		TV Boston Legal (2004 - 2008)	Candice Bergen plays Shirley Schmidt, not the other way around. I have corrected this.
RadoxTheGreen 14th Jul 2015		TV Andy Pandy (1950 - 1952)	That might be their official "excuse" harley, but I suspect it had a lot more to do with trying to get people to buy colour TVs. When they first came out they didn't sell that well due to their high price and lack of colour programmes. Most of the country couldn't get the all colour channel BBC2 for about 5 years after its launch. The BBC brought back several popular shows for just one or two series to get people to buy a new set. I suspect this was revived for that reason more than worn out tapes, and it wouldn't surprise me if they still showed the b/w episodes even after the colour series debuted.
RadoxTheGreen 12th Jul 2015		TV Space Night (1994 - Now)	I wasn't sure if this should still be classed as a programme or if it's now a programme block. However, BR TV call it a programme and it's their show so who am I to argue. It certainly started as a programme (see the video from the 90s I think?), but it's grown a bit over the years. The video is a clip by the way, the actual programme broadcasts through the night.
RadoxTheGreen 12th Jul 2015		TV Space Night (1994 - Now)	[YouTube Video]
RadoxTheGreen 12th Jul 2015		TV All Gas And Gaiters (1966 - 1971)	Often incorrectly considered a prequel to "Oh Brother!", due to Derek Nimmo playing a similar style of charcter, All Gas and Gaiters actually outlasted Oh Brother! by one year.
RadoxTheGreen 11th Jul 2015		TV Andy Pandy (1950 - 1952)	Well,as general consensus is all of us remembering it from the 60s, I'll ignore Wiki and imdb and edit the entry accordingly.
RadoxTheGreen 10th Jul 2015		TV Flower Pot Men (1952 - 1957)	This was repeated for around 20 years after it was made.
RadoxTheGreen 10th Jul 2015		TV Andy Pandy (1950 - 1952)	Well, I thought the same actually, but imdb and Wiki both say not. I thought I was maybe confusing it with the 1970 show but I would have been too old to watch that out of choice. Maybe I was off sick from school and just watching whatever was on, although I can remember regularly watching all of those shows you mentioned too.
RadoxTheGreen 10th Jul 2015		TV Battle Stations (2000 - 2006)	Although the series concentrated on the 20th Century, one episode looked at HMS Victory, which was bombed in World War II.
RadoxTheGreen 10th Jul 2015		TV The Royle Family (1998 - 2012)	I almost loaded this last night but put up Becker instead.
RadoxTheGreen 9th Jul 2015		TV Becker (1998 - 2004)	I loved this series. Shawnee Smith's portrayal of disaster prone Linda cracked me up. Every week there would be something she had wrecked or messed up, and every explanation started with the same catchphrase "OK, here's the thing..."
RadoxTheGreen 9th Jul 2015		TV The Forsyte Saga (1967)	What can I say, I'm a country lad ;) Susan Hampshire and Deborah Watling were the first girls I fancied.
RadoxTheGreen 9th Jul 2015		TV The Forsyte Saga (1967)	I can remember seeing this when I was 4 years old and having a huge crush on Susan Hampshire.
RadoxTheGreen 9th Jul 2015		TV Lucky Star (2007)	Review Each show was split into sections, the first being the main show. The next section was a magazine show parody titled "Lucky Channel" and featured the anime character Akira Kogami and her assistant anchor man Minoru Shiraishi (the real actor portryed in anime form). Each episode ended with a song. Initially, the songs were done as Karaoke by the cast of the main show. The anime background showed a door, with only the voices being heard, suposedly from behind it. From episode 13, the ending song was done by Minoru Shiraishi as a live action filming rather than anime. He would sing all the remaining endings apart from episode16, which was sung by Hiromi Konno. 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
RadoxTheGreen 6th Jul 2015		TV Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009 - 2010)	Review Brothers Edward and Alphonse try to resurrect their dead mother using alchemy, but use of a taboo magic has a price. Edward's loses a leg, but his brother takes the brunt of the price, losing his entire body, existing as a disembodied soul. To save his brother, Edward attaches the soul to a suit of armour, an act which costs him an arm. A friend fits new “automail” limbs to Edward, who then vows to find the Philosopher's Stone as a means to undo the damage they have done to their bodies. He and Alphonse set out on their quest, which takes them into several conflicts. Fullmetal Alchemist was first released as an anime in 2003. The first version was a huge hit and gained a large fan following, so you might be forgiven for wondering why anyone would put all that at risk by redoing the entire series less than a decade later. Brotherhood can best be thought of as a fan-service anime. It addresses the criticisms of fans who were not happy that the original series deviated away from the manga on which it was based. To be fair, that had to happen as the first anime was made while the manga was still being produced, forcing the anime producers to come up with their own plots and conclusions. Brotherhood was made when the manga was drawing to a close, and so was able to keep its plot line throughout. The new version faithfully follows the manga story and retells it in animated form. The artwork is near faithful to the manga too, capturing the both the look and feel of Hiromu Arakawa's illustrations. If anything, it's almost too faithful, playing out some scenes for an unnecessarily long time. While a manga may need to dwell on every nuance of a scene to convey its meaning, doing so in an anime can make it seem self indulgent, and a viewer who has never seen the original may be left wondering what all the fuss was about. Be warned, the early episodes in this series are quite poorly done. It's almost “ anime light” in feel, as if they didn't have much budget for those episodes. In fact the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime went into more plot detail than this version, which is odd as the budget for Brotherhood was a lot higher than the original had to work with. You'll need to stick with it before the story finds its pace, which it does with gusto. Once its up to speed, the series bowls along. The animation quality is much higher than the first anime with character movements more fluid, which is understandable given the higher budget. The show has a warmer feel, the light seems to have an orange palette to it. Unfortunately, since the 2003 offering, Japan has succumbed to the Murray Gold school of background music. While the original Alchemist had the atmosphere of a quiet brotherly quest, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood throws a music sting into every space it can find. Perhaps soundtrack albums make so much revenue they're aiming for maximum profit. Overall, Brotherhood is the better anime of the two versions. However, its predecessor is more accessible to someone new to the Fullmetal franchise. That said, I would recommend this version if you can only spare the time to watch one. Just be aware that the opening episodes feel like a chore to watch. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
RadoxTheGreen 5th Jul 2015		TV Thunderbirds Are Go [2015] (2015 - 2020)	I agree with 23skidoo on this. It's not anime. I have changed the category to animation and amended the notes to just state remake.
RadoxTheGreen 4th Jul 2015		TV Dark Season (1991)	Yes, this is certainly the reason why he got Doctor Who, not Queer As Folk. RTD was only given 6 episodes to work with and splitting the show into 3 episodes per story (Doctor Who style) was a thinly disguised job application in case they were ever going to bring the show back again. I heard a rumour that the beeb bosses at that time were less than impressed with RTD for turning what was intended to be a one off 6 episode sci fi for kids into an alternative to Doctor Who (and going over budget in the process). They eventually let him do another series, but after two years of beeb dithering, the actor who played Marcie was too old to play a schoolgirl, and the whole point of her character was that kids see and do things adults don't. Recasting and script rewriting ensued and Dark Season 2 was abandoned and the equally excellent "Century Falls" created in its place. You don't have to look too hard at that show to see that it had its origins with Dark Season.
RadoxTheGreen 4th Jul 2015		TV The Flashing Blade (1969)	[YouTube Video]
RadoxTheGreen 4th Jul 2015		TV Treehouse Masters (2013 - Now)	[YouTube Video]
RadoxTheGreen 4th Jul 2015		TV Dark Season (1991)	It's Doctor Who... with kids [YouTube Video]
RadoxTheGreen 4th Jul 2015		TV Wiseguy (1987 - 1990)	[YouTube Video]
RadoxTheGreen 4th Jul 2015		TV Tokyo Eye (2008 - 2015)	[YouTube Video]
RadoxTheGreen 4th Jul 2015		TV Cool Japan (2005 - Now)	[YouTube Video]
RadoxTheGreen 4th Jul 2015		TV Macao (1996 - 1998)	[YouTube Video]
RadoxTheGreen 4th Jul 2015		TV Cow And Chicken (1997 - 1999)	[YouTube Video]
RadoxTheGreen 3rd Jul 2015		TV No Problem! (1983 - 1985)	Wiki is more accurate than imdb for this show - Wikipedia - No Problem! From Janet Kay's YouTube Channel: [YouTube Video]

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