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jaceyGreat night at the Village Hall with Roger Davies. We had an almost capacity crowd and were so impressed that we've invited him back to do a short spot on the Saturday evening festival concert in July.
But that's not what this entry's about.
I thought I'd conquered my fear of the DVD recorder. Several times I have set it to record and several times it has recorded the correct programme at the correct time. I 'get' it, OK! But twice in recent weeks I have set it to record Primeval and twice - despite everything checking out - it has NOT recorded. I did everything correctly. My DVD recorder chose not to obey my perfectly clear instructions.
Conclusion? I think my DVD recorder is scared of monsters.
But the upshot is that I don't get to see the final episode of Primeval until next Saturday afternoon's repeat. Bummer. Don't tell me how it ends... or even how it cliffhangs...
By the way did anyone see the first episode of 'Being Human'? A vampire, werewolf and ghost sharing a flat sounded like a recipe for comedy, but it wasn't and I found it strangely compelling. More please.
And did anyone see the first episode of The Sarah Connor Chronicles on Virgin (Freeview)? I was gobsmacked to discover that the actress playing Sarah Connor is none other than Lena Headey. Though she's got a perfect American tough guy (woman) accent she was, in fact, just a few years ahead of my daughter at Shelley High School. Yes, she's a Yorkshire lass from 'round here'. When Darling Daughter was doing drama at Shelley High there was a kerfuffle because a film company came round to audition 'unknowns' for the live action version of Jungle Book. DD auditioned but at 13 she was really too young for the part, however Lena - then 17 ish - got it... and never looked back.. Shelley High has a great drama department. Their other recent 'star' is Jodie Whittaker who was a friend of my son at school. Starring opposite Peter O'Toole in 'Venus' seems to have launched her career pretty thoroughly.... Not surprising really.
But that's not what this entry's about.
I thought I'd conquered my fear of the DVD recorder. Several times I have set it to record and several times it has recorded the correct programme at the correct time. I 'get' it, OK! But twice in recent weeks I have set it to record Primeval and twice - despite everything checking out - it has NOT recorded. I did everything correctly. My DVD recorder chose not to obey my perfectly clear instructions.
Conclusion? I think my DVD recorder is scared of monsters.
But the upshot is that I don't get to see the final episode of Primeval until next Saturday afternoon's repeat. Bummer. Don't tell me how it ends... or even how it cliffhangs...
By the way did anyone see the first episode of 'Being Human'? A vampire, werewolf and ghost sharing a flat sounded like a recipe for comedy, but it wasn't and I found it strangely compelling. More please.
And did anyone see the first episode of The Sarah Connor Chronicles on Virgin (Freeview)? I was gobsmacked to discover that the actress playing Sarah Connor is none other than Lena Headey. Though she's got a perfect American tough guy (woman) accent she was, in fact, just a few years ahead of my daughter at Shelley High School. Yes, she's a Yorkshire lass from 'round here'. When Darling Daughter was doing drama at Shelley High there was a kerfuffle because a film company came round to audition 'unknowns' for the live action version of Jungle Book. DD auditioned but at 13 she was really too young for the part, however Lena - then 17 ish - got it... and never looked back.. Shelley High has a great drama department. Their other recent 'star' is Jodie Whittaker who was a friend of my son at school. Starring opposite Peter O'Toole in 'Venus' seems to have launched her career pretty thoroughly.... Not surprising really.
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Date: Feb. 24th, 2008 04:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Feb. 24th, 2008 05:15 pm (UTC)I have now added "Being Human" to my Must Watch list -- which is incredibly short.
Having just now watched the first episode I was really impressed. Of course it depends on how it proceeds from here, but the mixture of humour and hints of darkness was just right for my tastes.