Tag: BBC

Worldcon HUGO Ceremonies coverage pulled from Ustream after showing clips from BBC and NBC

Jesse Willis

A live video of this year’s Worldcon Hugo Awards (Chicon 7: The 70th World Science Fiction Convention), held in Chicago, was being streamed on Ustream until shortly after clips from three Doctor Who episodes, an episode of Community, and a… Read moreWorldcon HUGO Ceremonies coverage pulled from Ustream after showing clips from BBC and NBC

Review of Superman Lives! AUDIO DRAMA

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Superman Lives! Written and directed by Dirk Maggs Cast: William Hootkins, Lorelei King, Vincent Marzello, Garrick Hagon, Kerry Shale, Eric Myers, Denica Fairman, Liz Ross, Stuart Milligan, Bert Kwouk, Leon Herbert Publisher: Time Warner AudioBooks Released: 1994 BBC Enterprises Ltd/2005… Read moreReview of Superman Lives! AUDIO DRAMA

We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick

Jesse Willis

Philip K. Dick’s novelette, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, is a tale full of false memories, soulful wishes, and the planet Mars – all classic Dick themes. It’s hero, Douglas Quail, is a man who longs to visit… Read moreWe Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick

BBC R4: Operation Black Buck RADIO DRAMA

Jesse Willis

I first heard about Operation Black Buck after watching a Channel 4 broadcast in anticipation of the 30th anniversary (April, May, and June of 1982) of the Falkland War. Falklands’ Most Daring Raid was the “humorous, heroic story of how… Read moreBBC R4: Operation Black Buck RADIO DRAMA

BBCR4 + RA.cc: The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1988)

Jesse Willis

One of (if not the most) adapted novels in the history of cinema is The Hound Of The Baskervilles. I myself love the novel and have seen at least a half dozen screen adaptations. But the latest adaptation I’ve witnessed… Read moreBBCR4 + RA.cc: The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1988)