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The Vault Of Horror – Bride Of Frankenstein – tape 1396
This tape opens with the end of Inside Story about the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evans, and the attempts to bring his killer to justice 30 years later. There’s a trailer for Mississippi...
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Doctor Who – tape 1411
On this tape, Doctor Who – The Gunfighters. An infamous story, considered one of the worst in the series history. It starts with a song. Not necessarily a good sign. And the first cowboys we meet have...
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A Touch Of Frost – When Harry Met Sally…– University Challenge – tape 1406
First on this tape, it’s another episode of A Touch Of Frost. Judging by Frost being at his wife’s graveside I’d guess this is episode two. The tape starts a short way into the episode, so no on-screen...
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The Tomorrow People – More Auntie’s Bloomers – Merry Christmas Mr Bean – The...
Christmas was always a time where there was lots of TV, so I’d end up with a lot of tapes with lots of unconnected stuff on them, and this is one of those tapes. First, there’s something from CITV,...
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The Doug Anthony All Stars – Clive James Review of 1992 – Without You I’m...
As with the last one, this tape opens with the end of an episode of Vampyr – A Soap Opera. There’s a trailer for the next episode, along with a trailer for Notes and Queries. Then, The Doug Anthony All...
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Saturday Night Live – tape 1414
This tape opens with some Wimbledon action, as Chris Evert loses at Wimbledon. But it’s actually a cold open from Saturday Night Live. There’s even an appearance from Jon Lovitz as The Queen. Music...
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Misery – The Boy Who Could Fly – tape 1412
First on this tape, Misery. There’s a school of thought that says if you want to make a great movie, adapt a mediocre book. Jaws is probably the best example of this. It’s a potboiler of a book that...
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Lenny Henry In Dreams – Harry Enfield’s Festive Television Programme – The...
What was I saying a few days ago about Christmas tapes having loads of stuff on them? This one’s packed. First there’s Lenny Henry In Dreams and an early appearance from Geoffrey McGivern as a...
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Have I Got News For You – Horizon – tape 1477
Some good episodes of Have I Got News For You on this tape. The first one is significant because one of the guests is Caroline Quentin, who at the time was married to Paul Merton. They make the smart...
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Star Trek – The Next Generation – tape 1479
Here’s a packed tape of Next Generation episodes, from early in season 4. First, it’s Brothers. The episode opens with Riker giving a very stern telling off to a young boy after he played a practical...
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Cheers – tape 1478
Straight into an episode of Cheers. Frasier is still having trouble coming to terms with Lilith leaving him, so this tape comes after the ones we’ve seen recently. It’s The Girl in the Plastic Bubble....
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Quantum Leap – Room 101 – tape 1476
The end of Delia Smith’s Summer Collection opens this tape. There’s a trailer for Test Cricket, and one for Gunsmoke. Then, Quantum Leap and an episode called Unchained. Sam is a fugitive from a chain...
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Mr Bean – The 10%ers – Omnibus – tape 1416
First on this tape, an episode of Mr Bean. It starts with Mr Bean in Room 426. I wonder if that’s an Aliens reference. Michael Fenton Stevens makes a guest appearance. Oh look, hotels with actual keys,...
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Amazon Women On The Moon – tape 1475
I wonder if this movie has a following? It didn’t do much at the box office at all, but these things sometimes acquire a second life on video. It’s not a particular favourite of mine, I recorded it...
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Golden Years – Tracey Ullman’s A Class Act – tape 1492
First on this tape, episode 2 of Stephen King’s Golden Years. Keith Szarabajka has noticed he’s gradually getting younger. Shady agent RD McCall is threatening the scientist from the research center...
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Frankenstein – tape 1490
Films were very theatrical in the 1930s, as cinema was still trying to shrug off its origins in live theatre. But some films choose to embrace this. The opening of Frankenstein has someone enter,...
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Tartan Shorts – Manga! – Akira – tape 1640
First on this tape, a couple of entries in the Tartan Shorts season. First, A Small Deposit written by Danny McCahon and directed by Eleanor Yule, about a community in Port Glasgow in 1946. A young boy...
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Star Trek – Deep Space Nine – tape 1637
Over to Sky One for some episodes of Deep Space Nine. In Progress, Bajor is going to tap the geothermal energy of one of its moons, and on a final check, Kira discovers a colony on the moon who haven’t...
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Doctor Who – tape 1639
Doctor Who – tape 1639 Over to UK Gold, and it’s the first appearance of Lalla Ward’s Romana in Destiny of the Daleks. Not the first appearance of Lalla Ward, of course, who appeared in a previous...
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The Simpsons – tape 1489
First on this tape, The Simpsons and the episode Black Widower. There’s a swipe at the Henson show Dinosaurs at the start. As Bart says, “It’s like they saw our lives and put it right up on screen” The...
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Tales Of The City – tape 1635
Here’s another episode of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City about a group of people living in San Francisco and their various romantic lives. Laura Linney’s night shift working at the suicide...
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Without Walls – Tales Of The City – tape 1638
First on this tape, an episode of Without Walls. Timothy West plays Lord Reith, founder of the BBC, returned to life to look at the state of the BBC. He talks to John Drummond, who ran the Proms...
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Delicatessen – Hollywood Shuffle – tape 1487
First on this tape, from Channel 4, Delicatessen. It’s a French film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (who got the directing gig for Alien Resurrection based mostly on the success of this film) and Marc...
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Inspector Morse – The Prisoner – tape 1494
On this tape, from the London Franchise that used to be Thames, Inspector Morse and Twilight of the Gods. Announced as the final episode, it turns out not to be that – there’s several one-off episodes...
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All Or Nothing At All – tape 1619
Weirdly, about the only thing I remember about All Or Nothing At All is the theme song. It opens dramatically, with a young boy at private school being summoned to see his mother, who tells him she...
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Wayne’s World – Trust – tape 1625
Here’s a couple of movies today. First, on a festive Sky Movies, it’s Wayne’s World. At this stage, I think all the Wayne’s World schtick is just too familiar for me to say if I think it’s any good any...
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Cracker – Inside Victor Lewis Smith – tape 1634
First on this tape, the third part of the Cracker story To Say I Love You. I looked at the first two parts a long time ago – nearly two years ago. It starts with Fitz being sacked. He’s not taking it...
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Film 93 – tape 1621
Here’s a tape full of episodes of Film 93. The first episode has reviews of the following films: The Remains of the Day Demolition Man La Fille de L’Aire L’Accompagnatrice Guilty as Sin There’s a set...
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The Hand That Rocks The Cradle – The Lawnmower Man – tape 1623
First on this tape, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, one of a number of movies in the early 90s featuring psycho women. Not that it was a new theme – just look back to Play Misty For Me for example –...
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Kate Bush Live – The Mystery Of Morse – Horizon – tape 1496
Here’s an interesting tape. I usually do a very quick scrub through a tape to make sure it really is the one I think it is, and in this case, it was, but it’s slightly mislabelled, and meant there was...
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Hook – Body Parts – tape 1628
First on this tape, from The Movie Channel, is Steven Spielberg’s Hook. It was not particularly well received on its first release, although any doubts about Spielberg losing his magic touch were...
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