Here’s a tape full of episodes of Film 93. The first episode has reviews of the following films:
There’s a set of short interviews with various film industry figures about what makes a British Film.
There’s an interview with Peter Schneider and Tim Rice about Disney’s Aladdin.
BBC Genome: BBC Two – 9th November 1993 – 17:30
The next episode features the following films:
- The Man Without A Face
- The Concierge
- Posse
- The Stranger
- The Stolen Children
- So I Married an Axe Murderer
There’s a look at cinema advertising on the 40th anniversary of Pearl and Dean.
It’s sometimes interesting to see which projects mentioned in the Movie News happen or don’t. This week, the suggestion that Mel Gibson would appear in To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar, and that Stanley Kubrick’s next project would be AI.
BBC Genome: BBC One – 15th November 1993 – 23:10
The next episode brings us Barry’s reviews of:
There’s a report on Addams Family Values by Tom Brook. It’s really weird seeing adults talking about the Addams Family as if they represent genuine characters who can teach us something. Like learning parenting values from Darth Vader.
At the end, Barry also pushes the 3D glasses needed to watch the 3D sections of Children in Need.
BBC Genome: BBC One – 22nd November 1993 – 23:15
The next episode sees Barry cast his eye upon:
There’s a report on Ealing Studios.
There’s also a clip of Laurel and Hardy performing in Spanish (not dubbed, it’s Stan and Ollie doing the dialogue themselves).
BBC Genome: BBC One – 29th November 1993 – 23:05
In the next episode, the films under review are:
In his review of Addams Family Values, he talks about the actors playing the children, Wednesday and Pugsley, as “The astonishingly good Christina Ricci… and Jimmy Workman”. Ouch.
There’s a report from Tom Brook on Undercover Blues.
There’s also a report on Steven Berkoff’s Decadence, with an interview with star Joan Collins.
BBC Genome: BBC One – 6th December 1993 – 23:10
The next episode features Barry’s reviews of these films:
There’s an interview with Robin Williams about Mrs Doubtfire.
BBC Genome: BBC One – 13th December 1993 – 23:10
The next episode sees Barry Norman in a festive mood.
He presents reviews of
There’s a report on Oliver Stone’s Heaven and Earth.
There’s also a location report on ‘Bedlam’ (which became Beyond Bedlam).
BBC Genome: BBC One – 20th December 1993 – 23:05
After this – in fact, just before this episode finishes, recording switches and we get the end of an episode of Catchword with Paul Coia.
There’s a trailer for The Day Today.
Then, it’s a new year, so it’s Film 94 and Barry Norman looks at the following films:
In the wake of Tombstone, Barry looks at the resurgence of the western as a genre, because let’s face it, he loves them.
BBC Genome: BBC Two – 18th January 1994 – 17:30
After this, there’s a trailer for Moving Pictures.
Then there’s the start of the film Gray Lady Down. The tape ends after a few minutes of the film.