sootyj
Monday 13th July 2009 3:35pm
51,287 posts
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 13 2009, 11:46 AM BST
The Singing Detective was a class act. (*cringes remembering the Hollywood movie re-make*)
Threads was pretty good, if one could see past the whole "we're going to die in a nuclear holocaust" thing at the time.
Watched it avidly as a kid. Though if you asked me to describe what is was about (time and space-travelling detectives?) or remember a single episode now I'd be at a loss.
There's was an ace episode with people trapped in photos and it had deliberately bad cliffhangers
Quote: chipolata @ July 13 2009, 11:47 AM BST
I quite enjoyed the last two shows he did, Cold Lazarus and Karaoke. They weren't particularly well recieved at the time, but they seem head and shoulders above the pre-processed pap we get served up nowadays.
Also woth mentioning the mighty Day of the Triffds. Interesting to see what the upcoming remake's like.
The annoying thing is they were supposed to be shown on BBC2 and C4 on alternating nights, as both scripts informed the other. But they were shown separately completely, so didn't make much sense.