Spoiler I’ve just finished watching the 2nd season of the outstanding UK period drama The Bletchley Circle, set in 1952.It’s about 4 young woman, who during the war were code breakers in the what was called The Bletchley Circle, who after 1945 return to their humdrum lives, their past lives a secret...

Really sad news. British actress Alexandra Bastedo has died at the young age of 67. She'll be best remembered for her role as Sharon McReadie in The he Champions, along with co-stars William Gaunt and American actor Stuart Damon in the 1960s. Alexandra had a small role in the Morcambe And Wise film ...

I hope this might help gain interest. It's a clip fom the 2nd season trailor of Last Tango In Halifax. The full episodes are also on you

Sandy-I think you're right about Debbie. It's a bit confusing however, as to which numbers Debbie sang and what she didn't. I think she was still dubbed when dubbing Lena Lamont. In Natalie's case, I just thought her voice sounded okay on her recordings of Maria's songs Wendy-What that doc said was ...

Spoiler It's been long known that many actors/actresses have been dubbed while performing in musicals, but some where well kept secrets such as Christopher Plummer in The Sound Of Music. The BBC recently did a documenatry on the subject I'm not sure Singing In The Rain will mean the same to me after...

IMO humble opinion Judy Garland and Elvis Presley were the 2 best concert entertainers of the 20th Century and its a pity they never worked together, as they also admired each other. However, both their lives seem to link up in many ways. When Judy was in the middleof her tv series, Jack Kennedy was...

2 Damehoods for the new Yrs Honors list. Not before time IMO Angela Lansbury is now Dame Angela. Who'd have thought the grandaughter of former Labour leader George Lansbury would have been made a Dame, when she first started out in Hollywood. Also a Dame is Penelope Keith,for arts and chairty. She s...

I suppose my favorite drama on UK tv of late has been Last Tango In Halifax with Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid as 2 70 somethings who fall in love and get married, having been reunited on Facebook, after many years apart. Reid's character Celia has some great, if stinging one liners in the show, while ...

Bonanza Horse Biographies: Cochise http://ponderosascenery.homestead.com/cochise.html Michael rode Cochise the first six years of Bonanza, who had two stunt Paint ... the stable rented for Michael to ride immediately after his first mount was killed. April, hope you're keeping well. Here's a link ab...

Pie-James Stewart's famous mount for 20 yrs, though Glen Ford and Audie Murphy also rode him. Pie's most famous scene was in The Far Country when the horse rode riderless into the dark street of Dawson, so Jimmy Stewart could fool bad guys Robert Wilkie and Jack Elam Though not a western horse, Alda...

December saw the loss of 4 UK legends of stage and screen Peter O'Toole star of such films as Lawerence Of Arbia, What's New Pussycat, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Lord Jim, My Favourite Year and The Pied Piper. Jean Kent, who might not have been a grade A star had her moments in Two Thousand Women, the femal...

I like Duel In The Sun as well and the great Lillian Gish, of the silent era, has a lot to do with it. It was her comeback movie and IMO her's is the performance of the film. I thought her death scene was both laughable and brilliant at the same time. Laughable because why was her wheelchair bound h...

It's ironic that Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs, who went on the run for 40-yrs, died on the day the 2 part premier of The Great Train Roberry. Part one is called A Robbers Tale, next week it's A Coppers Tale, as we see the story from both the criminals and Police points of view.

I don't know if this will be of any interest, but I've found a link about the iconic radio show The Goons, intruduced by John Cleese. It's about the early career of Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe

Tony seemed to have a bit of a double act going with Bernie Winters in at least 3 films. Yet Bernie was already a double act partner of his brother Mike. I don't think Tony got the credit he deserved in the UK, unlike in America. As a song writer of lyrics he should at the very least be compared to ...