Posts Tagged ‘classic’

Alan Partridge returns to TV tonight: Here are some of his best bits

Monday, June 25th, 2012

It’s been a few years (10 in fact) since Alan Partridge has been on our TV screens. In the meantime he’s toured the country as part of creator Steve Coogan’s live show and appeared in a series of internet only programmes.

Now he returns to Sky Atlantic with a series of specials, starting tonight at 9PM with Alan Partridge: Welcome to the places of my life. To celebrate we’ve trawled the archives to find some of his best bits. Enjoy, and A-Ha!

 

 

Alan Partridge ‘apologises’ to upset farmers

After upsetting the Norfolk farming community Alan interviews farming a union representative (played by Chris Morris) and digs himself even further into the hole.

 

Alan insults the Irish

While trying to land an Irish TV deal Alan manages to display his complete ignorance of the history of the country to two very embarrassed TV executives.

 

Dan!

Alan somehow makes shouting ‘Dan’ for a minute hilarious.

 

Alan previews the World Cup

From his first TV outing, The Day Today, Alan talks about the upcoming World Cup. Please note that the clip contains light swears.

 

Monkey Tennis

Alan lists potential TV programmes to the head of programming at the BBC. You should note that some of these have actually been made into programmes now (Gordon Behind Bars = Cooking in Prison).

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in Digital and satellite, Sky Atlantic | No Comments »

Set the video: Frankenstein, ITV1, Wednesday 24 October, 9pm

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

mccrory1.jpg

The modern re-working of Jekyll was a hit over on the Beeb and so ITV1 have gone all creative with some classic literature and whipped up a new take on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The 90 minute one-off special comes courtesy of Bodies creator, Jed Mercurio who assumes both writing and directing responsibilities, and sees Helen McCrory (The Queen, Charles II: The Power and the Passion) take the lead as Victoria Frankenstein – ooh controversial. To add contemporary relevance, this skirted Dr. Frankenstein is busy working on stem-cell research before she starts bringing the dead to life and playing God.

Mercurio has a wealth of Frankenstein material at his disposal to inform his version, with the various adaptations of the novel part of cinematic history: “The novel is obviously the starting point for the story, but also the images that people conjure up all come from those first two movies of the 30s, Frankenstein and The Bride Of Frankenstein.” Mercurio not only has the memory of previous interpretations to contend with, but a duty to handle the scientific elements with respect: “I think people look at science now with the feeling that the story is possible, and therefore it throws up ethical questions which are worth considering.”

(more…)

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Drama, ITV 1, Set the Vid | No Comments »