David Bowie: ‘Finding Fame’ News Round-Up
❉ Here’s a round-up on the latest news about the new BBC Bowie film.
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Roadie Rage: ‘Saxondale’ revisited
❉ Saxondale isn’t a quick-fire LOL fest, but it weaves a subtle spell to become something deeper and more layered.
Ben Wheatley’s ‘Happy New Year, Colin Burstead’ – UK Tour
❉ Rook Films announce Q&A UK tour for Ben Wheatley’s new film ahead of its Christmas release on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
Peccadillo’s European encounters set for Iris Prize Festival
❉ Peccadillo Pictures brings European encounters to Iris Prize Festival 2018 and offers opportunity to watch shorts online.
BBC’s Threads: Remastered
❉ An exclusive restored 2-disc special edition of the most shocking and influential film about a nuclear apocalypse.
30 Years of Red Dwarf
❉ Tanya Jones looks back on one of the longest-running sitcoms in the world as it celebrates its thirtieth anniversary.
BBC Two Documentary To Celebrate Michael Palin’s Life On Screen
❉ Michael Palin: A Life on Screen will be co-produced by BAFTA Productions and Whizz Kid Entertainment.
Simply Media announces the release of BBC’s ‘1990: Series 1’
❉ The cult dystopian drama arrives on DVD for the first time.
The violent, post-truth 2017 predicted in The Running Man? We’re living in it
❉ Now we are in 2017, many of the predictions made in 1987 movie The Running Man look eerily prophetic, writes David Bishop…
How they SHOULD have saved BBC Three…
❉ Could the Beeb have kept BBC Three going and return it to its former glory? We offer an alternative hypothesis…