As we all celebrate the festive season we sometimes forget the real meaning of Christmas and the religious aspect of it. A fascinating new DVD release entitled ‘Riddles Of The Bible” from the National Geographic team gives the viewer a thought provoking insight into varying theories. Is there any factual basis to the stories featured [...]
Flesh of the Orchid (DVD)
This new DVD release starring Charlotte Rampling could be classed as a noir thriller. Ms Rampling plays a young heiress who as the story commences has been put into an asylum by greedy relatives anxious to steal her fortune. When opportunity presents she makes good her escape which triggers those avaricious relatives to hire hit [...]
‘Diddley Dee’ with Sean Wilson
Sean Wilson sprang onto the Irish music scene in 1989 with his jaunty tunes and smooth voice. In the last twenty years he has entertained a steadily growing legion of fans with his spruced up versions of ‘come all yea songs’ and sentimental reflections of “Old Ireland” and exile from home. Nothing is more beautiful [...]
Opportunity Strikes Twice
In the seventies Hughie Green was the king of show business with his “Opportunity Knocks” TV shows. In the same way that Simon Cowell is the boss with X Factor a win on that show launched careers and brought fame overnight. In 1977 Bernie Flint won the show’s best act for a record breaking twelve [...]
‘Boxes’
In the way that one opens a Christmas or birthday present one travels in hope that something wonderful shall present itself at the final stage of unwrapping so that the box within the box, like the Russian doll will surprise and delight. I put this DVD on with similar expectation coming as it did with a [...]
‘Barbara’ TV series DVD
Mother knows best and you better believe it ! ‘Barbara’ is a British sitcom first aired on our screens between 1999 and 2003. This DVD is the first release in a series of four to be released over the next year. I missed it first time round but on this showing I won’t miss it [...]
The Lady in the Mist – Adventures with Chimpanzees
Jane Goodall is a pioneering and distinguished observer of animals. Her chosen subject has been chimpanzees, our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. Goodall from the early sixties has been involved in recording and interpreting how these animals live, rear their young and protect themselves. Her work in this field provided eye opening and quite [...]
The Gaffer-the complete third series
Small Business Nightmare…(A Sign of our Times) This welcome release to DVD of Thames TV eighties sitcom is timely and current of the times that we are living through. Small businessman Fred Moffatt (Bill Maynard) ducks and dives, extracting money where he can and avoiding payment as a rule in recession-hit England. As the boss [...]