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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 19, 2020 15:16:51 GMT
Am I the last people to discover that Sky Arts is now on Freeview? There's so much interesting looking stuff on that channel Guy Garvey: from the Vaults is a great alternative to the TOTP repeats
The 1977 edition is unmissable
Seem to be mostly from LWT and Granada - so great stuff from Supersonic, So It Goes, Marc, Granda Reports etc
I'm regularly persuing the Sky Arts schedules and every week finding plenty that takes my fancy
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Post by Cartman on Oct 19, 2020 16:57:09 GMT
Is that the Guy Garvey from Elbow who was in Car Share?
Will check this out, any late 70s music is worth listening to.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 19, 2020 17:11:25 GMT
Didn't realise you could get Sky Arts on freeview either, I'll retune my tv & see if it appears as I haven't noticed it flicking through the channels.
Re freeview channels, Forces TV & CCXTV are the two fairly recent ones that have appeared on my channel listings.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 20, 2020 7:27:27 GMT
It's great news isn't it?
Sky Arts - Freeview channel number: 11
As the UK’s only dedicated arts channel, Sky Arts exists to bring more art to more people across the UK. By throwing open the doors to make the channel free to air, we want to increase access to and participation in the arts.
Offering something for everyone, whatever their passion, Sky Arts showcases the best of classical and popular music, theatre, opera, dance and the visual arts, as well as original drama and comedy.
Is that the Guy Garvey from Elbow Will check this out, any late 70s music is worth listening to. Yes indeed - the very same Guy Garvey
It's 70s and 80s music
Elbow frontman and broadcaster Guy Garvey lifts the lid on two decades of TV gold – with era-defining musical performances, long lost studio appearances and revealing interviews that have remained on the shelves for decades.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 20, 2020 17:01:22 GMT
I've just retuned my tv & I can get Sky Arts now
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 21, 2020 5:56:28 GMT
I've just retuned my tv & I can get Sky Arts now It's a trove of wonderful programmes Arthur
I hope you enjoy it as much as I am
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 21, 2020 16:29:26 GMT
I watched part of 'White Riot' last night & a 'Tales Of The Unexpected' episode
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 21, 2020 17:10:32 GMT
I watched part of 'White Riot' last night Great documentary - powerful, informative and inspirational Really enjoyed it Kermode review...
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Rubika Shah’s energising film charts a vital London protest movement. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, prompted by ‘music’s biggest colonialist’ Eric Clapton and his support of racist MP Enoch Powell. White Riot blends fresh interviews with queasy archive footage to recreate a hostile environment of anti-immigrant hysteria and National Front marches. As neo-Nazis recruited the nation’s youth, RAR’s multicultural punk and reggae gigs provided rallying points for resistance. As founder Red Saunders explains: ‘We peeled away the Union Jack to reveal the swastika’. The campaign grew from Hoxton fanzine roots to 1978’s huge antifascist carnival in Victoria Park, featuring X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse and of course The Clash, whose rock star charisma and gale-force conviction took RAR’s message to the masses.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 21, 2020 19:03:57 GMT
That clip of Stuart Hall ( not to be confused with the 'It's A Knockout' presenter ) on the Mark Kermode review is part of a BBC 'Open Door' programme from 1979 called 'It Aint Half Racist Mum' looking at how race was represented on tv, including in shows like 'Mind Your Language' & 'Rising Damp'. You can see it on vimeo below. It's co-presented by the actress Maggie Steed who played Bette Green in 'Fox', she was a founder member of the group Campaign Against Racism in the Media.
The programme proved controversial as it suggested that the BBC condoned or aided & abetted racism. If you watch it on vimeo you'll hear an announcer after the show ends reading a statement by the BBC denying any racist intent. An interesting piece of history for people who think taking exception to 70's sitcoms is a new thing.
Looks like it can only be watched on vimeo.
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Post by Vienna on Oct 22, 2020 13:19:39 GMT
That clip of Stuart Hall ( not to be confused with the 'It's A Knockout' presenter ) on the Mark Kermode review is part of a BBC 'Open Door' programme from 1979 called 'It Aint Half Racist Mum' looking at how race was represented on tv, including in shows like 'Mind Your Language' & 'Rising Damp'. You can see it on vimeo below. It's co-presented by the actress Maggie Steed who played Bette Green in 'Fox', she was a founder member of the group Campaign Against Racism in the Media.
The programme proved controversial as it suggested that the BBC condoned or aided & abetted racism. If you watch it on vimeo you'll hear an announcer after the show ends reading a statement by the BBC denying any racist intent. An interesting piece of history for people who think taking exception to 70's sitcoms is a new thing.
An interesting point there Arthur. In Birmingham sometime ago one or two members from this forum saw a Kaleidoscope screening of a 1975 sitcom called "The Melting Pot." It starred John Bird and Spike Milligan, who played illegal Asian immigrant characters who arrive at a boarding house with tenants such as a black Yorkshireman and a Scottish Arab. Even in the mid-1970s it was pulled by the BBC after just one episode, as it provoked an angry reaction from various people at the time. Vi
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