Written by Howard Brenton ‘Never So Good’ plays at the People’s Theatre, Newcastle until Saturday October 13th. We sent our theatre reviewer Seamus Doran along to review the production. This play premiered at The National Theatre in 2008 with Jeremy Irons to great acclaim now gets its Northern Premier with this handsome Peoples Theatre Production. [...]
Never So Good
In the very week that Ed Miliband leader of The Labour Party has announced that he wishes to lead a “One Nation” UK we have the announcement of the opening of a dynamic play about Prime Minister Harold Macmillan the last great proponent of one nationhood. The Conservative leader announced in 1957 that the British [...]
A J Wentworth BA on DVD
The character A J Wentworth first appeared in Punch magazine. Written by H F Ellis he collected the sketches into two books to great acclaim. On the page he was something of a period piece being an aged schoolmaster at odds with his pupils and school colleagues. Taking that as its starting point scriptwriter Basil [...]
A Midnight Clear (DVD)
Sometimes a gem of a movie slips under the radar of public notice and critical acclaim. Such is the case with this 1992 American war film that is getting its first time DVD and Blu-ray release. This low key but big emotional impact film tells of a group of young soldiers sent on an intelligence [...]
As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me
There have been many films depicting great wartime escapes, from ‘Colditz’ through to ‘The Great Escape’ all referring to British captives. Now available for the first time on DVD comes a powerful epic featuring a German soldier called Clemens Forell. A tearful daughter begs her father not to go off to war. He promises to [...]
The Tunnel (DVD)
At the end of the most destructive and ferocious war in history (The Second World War) there was as always a land grab. Who would enjoy the spoils of war and set themselves up to be the top dog in Europe now? This conflict became ‘The Cold War’ a struggle between former allies America and [...]
Michael Bentine’s Potty Time DVD
‘Classic Kids TV’ Michael Bentine was one of the original Goons and that spirit inhabits this release on DVD of his children’s television shows from the seventies. Written, directed and voiced by Bentine they consist of puppets acting out famous stories and fairy tales in ten minute films. Themes featured are Robin Hood,The Vikings, Father [...]
Victory at Sea (The War Files) DVD.
These DVD’s are made up of four separate films assembled from original World War II footage under the general title Victory at Sea. Each film takes as its theme a particular stage of the War that was waged at sea . In ‘Sea and Sand’ the story is told of how the Allies, recently joined [...]