In any given year, British TV can be relied on to provide plenty in the way of crime drama, and 2023 was no different. Between these returning series and newcomers A Town Called Malice, Blue Lights, Marlow, Payback, Rebus, Steeltown Murders, The Gold, The Sixth Commandment, Wolf and more, crime continued to flourish on the small screen.
Happily though, that was far from all that UK TV offered this year. There was fantasy too, in the form of Netflix’s South London super-powers drama Supacell, ghost detective series Lockwood & Co., Greek and Roman mythology series Kaos, and sci-fi in Prime Video’s The Rig.
Add to all those the romances, dramas inspired by real-life, and several other book adaptations, period and otherwise plus music-based dramas Champion and This Town, and it was a pretty full slate.
January Stonehouse
Succession‘s Matthew Macfadyen and Crossfire‘s Keeley Hawes star in this three-part ITV drama,...
Happily though, that was far from all that UK TV offered this year. There was fantasy too, in the form of Netflix’s South London super-powers drama Supacell, ghost detective series Lockwood & Co., Greek and Roman mythology series Kaos, and sci-fi in Prime Video’s The Rig.
Add to all those the romances, dramas inspired by real-life, and several other book adaptations, period and otherwise plus music-based dramas Champion and This Town, and it was a pretty full slate.
January Stonehouse
Succession‘s Matthew Macfadyen and Crossfire‘s Keeley Hawes star in this three-part ITV drama,...
- 1/3/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
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A track from The Beatles’ Revolver inspired a song that was much more successful. The two songs in question have some notable differences. The later tune knocked David Bowie off the top of the charts. The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives / Handout
A famous track from The Beatles‘ Revolver inspired a No. 1 single from the 1980s. A writer of that hit said Paul McCartney would have sued if the songs were more similar. However, the songwriter in question stressed that his song was not a direct rip-off of The Beatles.
‘Taxman’ From The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ influenced The Jam’s ‘Start!’
During a 2012 interview with Music Radar, The Jam’s Bruce Foxton discussed the 11 songs that defined his band. One of them wacky the catchy pop tune “Start!” Foxton admitted the track was similar to The Beatles’ “Taxman.”
“We were listening a lot to The Beatles’ Revolver album,” he recalled.
A track from The Beatles’ Revolver inspired a song that was much more successful. The two songs in question have some notable differences. The later tune knocked David Bowie off the top of the charts. The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives / Handout
A famous track from The Beatles‘ Revolver inspired a No. 1 single from the 1980s. A writer of that hit said Paul McCartney would have sued if the songs were more similar. However, the songwriter in question stressed that his song was not a direct rip-off of The Beatles.
‘Taxman’ From The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ influenced The Jam’s ‘Start!’
During a 2012 interview with Music Radar, The Jam’s Bruce Foxton discussed the 11 songs that defined his band. One of them wacky the catchy pop tune “Start!” Foxton admitted the track was similar to The Beatles’ “Taxman.”
“We were listening a lot to The Beatles’ Revolver album,” he recalled.
- 5/20/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
DVD Playhouse—July 2009
By
Allen Gardner
Do The Right Thing: 20th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Spike Lee’s groundbreaking fable about race relations in an ethnically mixed Brooklyn neighborhood during a sweltering New York summer remains as potent, timely and prescient as it was in 1989. Lee is among the cast, which also includes John Turturro, Danny Aiello, Samuel L. Jackson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Rosie Perez (to name a few), that provide the tableaux-like framework for this stunning work. Criminally ignored by Oscar (it wasn't even nominated for Best Picture, but did garner nods for Supporting Actor Danny Aiello and Lee’s screenplay), it endures as a timeless classic. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Lee, Ernest Dickerson, Wynn Thomas, Joie Lee; Documentary; Deleted and extended scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.
Coraline (Universal) A young girl moves into an old Victorian house with her parents...
By
Allen Gardner
Do The Right Thing: 20th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Spike Lee’s groundbreaking fable about race relations in an ethnically mixed Brooklyn neighborhood during a sweltering New York summer remains as potent, timely and prescient as it was in 1989. Lee is among the cast, which also includes John Turturro, Danny Aiello, Samuel L. Jackson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Rosie Perez (to name a few), that provide the tableaux-like framework for this stunning work. Criminally ignored by Oscar (it wasn't even nominated for Best Picture, but did garner nods for Supporting Actor Danny Aiello and Lee’s screenplay), it endures as a timeless classic. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Lee, Ernest Dickerson, Wynn Thomas, Joie Lee; Documentary; Deleted and extended scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.
Coraline (Universal) A young girl moves into an old Victorian house with her parents...
- 7/14/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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