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Directed a bunch of game shows (Pointless for example) and the ITV tribute documentaries to folk, and the 1993 Children in Need Doctor Who/Eastenders crossover Dimensions in Time.

Had to google it as I'd forgotten the name. Finding Alice, apparently. Finding Alice - Wikipedia

I've found quite a lot of modern TV has a weak first series. Might be just me? Even people trying to get me into stuff will often go "the first series is bad but once you get past that..." Breaking Bad was a bit rubbish though, imo. It had its moments, but about 5 great episodes in 64 isn't really worth holding out for. tbh I struggle with a lot of modern TV. About 99% (at least) of ITV dramas I've seen have been fucking awful. Like that recent one where the dad fell down the stairs in the new house. Or the one where Sarah Lancashire had to mope at the camera for 4 years because her daughter trespassed on derelict property which then exploded. (I just google it and apparently that was Channel 4? So their stuff too, then.)

@Grim Up North @Toast I thought the lead in The Good Place was annoying too, but the show picked up steam after a season or so. Ted Danson clearly enjoys himself a lot in it. Anyhow, I do know who Jamil is as a result and she's quite good in it. Didn't know the other two until it was mentioned.

(Hey, I missed TOTP repeats and I wont see them till... Friday. ) After Diana, there was a BBC inquiry into how to cover something like this and they decided that interrupting programming to announce, then focusing on that on one of the major channels that day was the best way forward. Which iirc is what they did for the Queen Mum. However, since then, the Beeb have been getting in the neck from their pay masters (ie the government), especially in recent years, for not being patriotic* enough and so we got what happened - basically, it wasn't about respect, or mourning, it was a bit of virtue signalling to the Tory backbenchers. (Which in the end is pointless imo because that lot would want rid of the Beeb if it became the 24/7 Brexit is amazing with some Archers channels!) (Also note the top two at the Beeb are now the former boss of Rishi Sunak and Tory fundraiser, and a friend of Dominic Cummings, so watch for more government friendly shifts in the future...) (You don't want to get me started on governments deliberately confusing patriotism with "agreeing with them" as this lot do all the fucking time...)

One of my favourite Spitting Image sketches was David Owen forming The David Owen Party, and then splitting from it.

Pretty much a huge political figure in general, I'd say. Her autobiography is a good read. Too early to say The Gang of Four are dying in the wrong order?

Their mum died when they were young (Jeff was 8 at the time) and Gilbert became a full time single parent and worked to raise both kids, then he took them to wrestling training, helped get them their breaks, and wound up looking after both after rehab stays at one point.

Been busy. Is someone on the list on the way out? Or gut feeling?

In other words, its the biggest bollocks reason to argue since that time someone started talking up how significant deaths were!

This puts me back into a narrow average age related lead against Book again. Tough cup game, this.

Unfair comparison too - Philip was considered the son of God on at least one island (and oddly it wasn't even ours!). (Actually, did you see the documentary about 20 years ago where some of the islanders came to London and got to meet Philip? Paraphrasing from memory, he told them that one day he would return to the spirit world, but then return again in another form, basically protecting their entire religion and culture against the inevitable - which was more kind and tactful than some might think of him as a diplomat...)

Category 1 deaths include the immediate ceasing of all programmes on BBC1/2/4 - oddly reassuring to see all the gumf is actually true. Anyhow, I can think why they did it and its all political rather than respect.

Just to ruin the tone completely, as someone who has childhood memories of the news when that plane hit the apartment block in Holland in the early 90s, 1 in 250, 000 is a bit high for my liking.