Feature James Peaty 28 Oct 2013 - 06:44
Starting today on Cbbc, James reports back from the second series launch of Russell T Davies and Phil Ford's Wizards Vs Aliens...
Despite its undoubted behind-the-scenes pedigree, it would be fair to suggest that Russell T Davies and Phil Ford’s Wizards vs Aliens struggled to find its feet during its maiden series on Cbbc last year.
Weighed down by a far heavier expositional burden than the team’s previous effort, The Sarah Jane Adventures, ever had to contend with, it wasn’t until the final weeks of its first run that WvA truly seemed to find its feet and deliver satisfying and compelling stories in its own right.
However, despite the show finally managing to deliver on its obvious potential the question remained: would WvA’s second season be able to maintain that progress? While it’s too early to deliver a definitive answer,...
Starting today on Cbbc, James reports back from the second series launch of Russell T Davies and Phil Ford's Wizards Vs Aliens...
Despite its undoubted behind-the-scenes pedigree, it would be fair to suggest that Russell T Davies and Phil Ford’s Wizards vs Aliens struggled to find its feet during its maiden series on Cbbc last year.
Weighed down by a far heavier expositional burden than the team’s previous effort, The Sarah Jane Adventures, ever had to contend with, it wasn’t until the final weeks of its first run that WvA truly seemed to find its feet and deliver satisfying and compelling stories in its own right.
However, despite the show finally managing to deliver on its obvious potential the question remained: would WvA’s second season be able to maintain that progress? While it’s too early to deliver a definitive answer,...
- 10/28/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
There are few British filmmakers that come with the reputation and pedigree than that of Ken Loach. In the approach of the release of his politically-minded documentary The Spirit of ’45 we were fortunate enough to sit down and speak with the notorious director.
Sitting in a rather quaint office at Loach’s production company Sixteen Films in Soho, we discussed his own memories of 1945, and how he feels Britain is today in comparison to the rather jubilant era. We also speak about those interviewed in the feature, his decision to make this as a feature film, and – given the director’s strong political allegiances, we also get into a rather fascinating, if somewhat disheartening conversation…
You can find out more and book tickets to the movie here.
1945 was such a pivotal year, do you think there has been a more defining year in Modern British politics?
It was one of...
Sitting in a rather quaint office at Loach’s production company Sixteen Films in Soho, we discussed his own memories of 1945, and how he feels Britain is today in comparison to the rather jubilant era. We also speak about those interviewed in the feature, his decision to make this as a feature film, and – given the director’s strong political allegiances, we also get into a rather fascinating, if somewhat disheartening conversation…
You can find out more and book tickets to the movie here.
1945 was such a pivotal year, do you think there has been a more defining year in Modern British politics?
It was one of...
- 3/14/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Veterans of the 1945 general election explain how much Labour's victory meant
Eileen Thompson, 90, Southport, Merseyside: 'It tickled me that they had a run on false teeth'
"My father worked in cotton in Liverpool. He belonged to the union; he wanted justice for the working man. He used to take me down the docks to get the men organised, and they'd say, 'Here's Johnny and the kid.'
"The poverty was dreadful. In class, the teacher read out the register and if a child hadn't been in to school the day before, it was always for the same reason: they had stayed in bed while their mother washed their only set of clothes."
When Eileen was a nurse, her hospital in Liverpool was hit by two bombs.
"I always remember the second … it was on 3 May 1941. Babies born that day were killed with their mothers. Mr Grey, the surgeon, had not...
Eileen Thompson, 90, Southport, Merseyside: 'It tickled me that they had a run on false teeth'
"My father worked in cotton in Liverpool. He belonged to the union; he wanted justice for the working man. He used to take me down the docks to get the men organised, and they'd say, 'Here's Johnny and the kid.'
"The poverty was dreadful. In class, the teacher read out the register and if a child hadn't been in to school the day before, it was always for the same reason: they had stayed in bed while their mother washed their only set of clothes."
When Eileen was a nurse, her hospital in Liverpool was hit by two bombs.
"I always remember the second … it was on 3 May 1941. Babies born that day were killed with their mothers. Mr Grey, the surgeon, had not...
- 3/3/2013
- by Yvonne Roberts
- The Guardian - Film News
Director Ken Loach's new film revisits the year that Britons turned to socialism – and ushered in the NHS, public ownership and the concept of public (not private) good. We trace the spirit of '45 and speak to some who remember the dawn of a new life
Ray Davies, robust, articulate and dignified, aged 83, veteran campaigner, a Labour councillor in Caerphilly for 50 years, sits in a Spanish civil war beret and recalls the time, in 1945, when he was 15 and had already worked two years underground in Welsh mines.
"In those days, it wasn't safety that came first, it was coal," he says. "We were in the pit and the message came down – 'Labour's won by a landslide!' Tough, hard miners had tears streaking down their faces, black with dust. They said, 'Ray, this is what we've dreamed about all our lives. Public control of the railways and mines and banks,...
Ray Davies, robust, articulate and dignified, aged 83, veteran campaigner, a Labour councillor in Caerphilly for 50 years, sits in a Spanish civil war beret and recalls the time, in 1945, when he was 15 and had already worked two years underground in Welsh mines.
"In those days, it wasn't safety that came first, it was coal," he says. "We were in the pit and the message came down – 'Labour's won by a landslide!' Tough, hard miners had tears streaking down their faces, black with dust. They said, 'Ray, this is what we've dreamed about all our lives. Public control of the railways and mines and banks,...
- 3/2/2013
- by Yvonne Roberts
- The Guardian - Film News
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