Category Archives: TV

Gaggle and Boxee

Posted on February 28, 2010 by blogmywiki

Today I am mostly playing with the BBC iPlayer, Flickr and YouTube on the free Boxee media centre software on my netbook and listening to Gaggle… and yes, thank you very much to the person who said I should stick … Continue reading →

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Perfect Lives

Posted on February 26, 2010 by blogmywiki

Channel 4 used to show stuff like this – Robert Ashley’s ‘opera for televsion’ called Perfect Lives. In 1983 this blew me away. I watched every minute. I think I might have to get the DVD – even on YouTube … Continue reading →

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Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?

Posted on November 6, 2009 by blogmywiki

Sesame Street is 40 years old, and I did wonder this morning why my children can’t see it. Could this PBS show that aims to reach out to so many people, not be on free-to-air TV in the UK? But … Continue reading →

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The Wire, season 2

Posted on May 9, 2009 by blogmywiki

Okay, my Humax is still chopping the ends off, but The Wire season 2 is three episodes in on BBC-2 and it continues to amaze me. It truly is a wonderful piece of TV. Episode 2 contains this gem of … Continue reading →

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Hooked on The Wire

Posted on April 3, 2009 by blogmywiki

‘Watch The Wire’, says the press, ‘watch The Wire’ says Charlie Brooker – hell, even Claire Bolderson tells me ‘Watch The Wire, you’d love it’, it is – they all say – the Best TV Show Ever Made. And I … Continue reading →

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