#the beiderbecke affair

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Rewind TV comes to Freeview

Rewind TV comes to Freeview

If you’re a Freeview user, you may have noticed a new arrival this week (the 18th) — Rewind TV. They launched earlier this year on Sky, now have come to Freeview. At first glance they remind me a lot of Talking Pictures TV (TPTV) but perhaps more focussed on more recent shows. Their press release has more details, and includes classic UK shows such as The Prisoner, The Beiderbecke Affair, Dick…

[missanthropicprinciple]

I wish I had the skills to draw a bunch of fan art for the Beiderbecke Trilogy.

[frenchchairs]

Been trying to track this down for years. Finally found it at a sensible price.

Classic TV.

[the-aleator]

‘Ignore it. The man is clinically insane even by the standards of the teaching profession.’ -Mr. Carter, The Beiderbecke Connection (written by Alan Plater)

[mariocki]

Top five Old Telly shows!

Oof straight in with a devilishly hard one... in no particular order i guess...

1. Doctor Who - the OG gateway into the wider world of old tv for me (and, i suspect, for a majority of old tv fans). I don't think there's another show that spans such a long time, evolves so much, and yet remains clearly one cohesive programme (and is so consistently brilliant!).

2. Public Eye - my introduction to the other type of old tv: small stories, low stakes, dialogue-heavy but naturally quiet and reflective. The sober, hangdog answer to action heavy adventure tv.

3. The Power Game - who knew concrete could be so exciting?! Performance led drama with some of the sharpest, most venomous scripts in old tv.

4. Callan - always fascinating, often emotionally battering, anchored by one of the greatest lead performances in tv history. All the leads are brilliant, but Woodward absolutely inhabits Callan and makes him live.

5. Blake's 7 - DW's older, anarchist brother; as often devastating as it is thrilling, beautifully played by an ensemble cast. Innovative, original, and able to flip between darkly comic and gut-wrenching horror within the same scene.

To steal your own caveat @thisbluespirit these are my today choices... on any other day I might have to shuffle around to accommodate The Brothers, The Main Chance, Mr. Rose, Big Breadwinner Hog, The Avengers, Strangers, The Sandbaggers, The Beiderbecke Affair, etc etc etc etc........

[captainmactaggart]

The Beiderbecke Revolution

This episode was a real bastard to write, I can tell you. For one thing, it was written around the time I moved into my brother's old bedroom, so I couldn't give it as much of my attention as I wanted. For another, I had to go back and rewrite bits of it at least three times due to external circumstances. Anyway, the episode's called Little Norm, and can be found as usual on either deviantART or FictionPress:

PART 1: https://www.deviantart.com/toastedalmond98/art/GL09-Little-Norm-PT1-820998178 PART 2: https://www.deviantart.com/toastedalmond98/art/GL09-Little-Norm-PT2-820998187

FICTIONPRESS: https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3340517/9/Geddes-Line-Season-1

Read and enjoy with the usual level of discretion.

[michaelcarroll]

Some of you might recall that last year I mentioned that Leonia and I have a tradition we call "A Book at Bedtime." In the week leading up to Christmas I pick a book and read a few chapters a night to her as she snuggles under the duvet. Previous books have been (roughly in order):

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Princess Bride by William Goldman Truckers by Terry Pratchett The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Labyrinth (movie novelisation) by A.C.H. Smith Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams The Beiderbecke Affair by Alan Plater

This year's book is Who Goes Here? by Bob Shaw

[riffsstrides]

Anat Cohen Tentet

Happy Song

Anzic, 2017

Anat Cohen: clarinet; Oded Lev-Ari: musical direction; Rubin Kodheli: cello; Nadje Noordhuis: trumpet, flugelhorn; Nick Finzer: trombone; Owen Broder: baritone sax, bass clarinet; James Shipp: vibraphone, percussion; Vitor Gonçalves: piano, accordion; Sheryl Bailey: guitar; Tal Mashiach: bass; Anthony Pinciotti: drums.

In his fascinating autobiography, Miles Davis once said that Gil Evans would call him on the phone now and then just to share a quick thought—you know, the kind of thing some people used to do before these random impulses were relegated to texts or Tweets. His classic example was a 3AM call where his longtime friend and collaborator rang to say "If you're ever depressed, Miles, just listen to 'Springsville,'" and just as abruptly hung up. Anat Cohen deserves such a story as well—not just because everyone should have such a friend in their life, but because her titular "Happy Song" is just the same kind of ray of sunshine that's worth waking someone up to share. The piece is adeptly expanded from its initial trio rendition on Luminosa (Anzic, 2015), beautifully encapsulating the spirit of this new ensemble and providing a perfect introduction to their wildly colorful debut. Not content to rest too long after a previous pair of enchanting Brazilian-themed recordings, the poly-faceted clarinetist follows up here in delightful fashion with a bigger musical palette and expanded group to match. Cohen's catalogue has always encompassed music all around the world, and the Tentet (well, the term just sounds more fun and informal than "dectet") is a crack team of fellow New York City players who share the same love of all-encompassing groove and swing. Alongside the ever-present South American element, Happy Song visits the golden age of Hollywood with a big-band Bix Beiderbecke romp, crosses over to west Africa with the infectious rhythmic trance of "Kenedougou Foly," and shows the leader's native roots by using a klezmer piece as the loose basis for its dramatic extended centerpiece. Her fleet clarinet twines with some fuzzy guitar in the slow-burner of "Trills and Thrills," a wailing jam contributed by musical director Oded Lev-Ari. He isn't counted as one of the ten, but he's as vital in shaping the album's form as anyone else; the arrangements are wonderfully adroit in using all the players without ever feeling crowded. Even with a couple thoughtful lulls in "Trills" and Gordon Jenkins' "Goodbye," Happy Song bounces and swings with all the warmth its title promises. It shows Anat Cohen's wide-ranging mind and instrumental prowess as expansive as ever, and it's a vibrantly joyous affair indeed.

GENO THACKARA in All About Jazz

[vileart]

More Dramatury: Alison Skilbeck @ Edfringe 2018

HINT OF LIME PRESENTS ARE THERE MORE OF YOU?Written and Performed By Alison Skilbeck Directed by Jeremy Stockwell August 1 – 27 11.10 (70 mins) ASSEMBLY HALL If you lay yourself open, people will jump in with both feet, won’t they?

Claire, Sophia, Sara and Sam.  Four women, linked by a shared postcode, each moving through transitions in their lives.  Four women in search of happiness.  Four women on the verge of a nervous breakthrough.  Claire, always the loyal and dutiful wife, has been abandoned by her husband on the eve of his retirement.  Sophia loves opera.  She juggles her time between her big project of opening an Italian trattoria with singing, the daytime job of running a café and the stresses and strains of caring for her sick mother.  

Sara is a spirit weaver, sorting out people’s lives, untangling the threads and putting them back together but what about the twists and knots in her own life?  And then there’s Sam, a tough no-nonsense business-woman who through the course of an evening and with the help of a few drinks, reveals a more fragile vulnerability and the need of a friend. In turns touching scary, funny, warm and embracing, Are There More of You? tells the often untold stories of women of a certain age.  Women going through personal transitions, adapting to new circumstances, in search of love and happiness and discovering new things about themselves and the world around them.   

What was the inspiration for this performance? I wanted to write monologues for me, as an older actress. I started to write, and my four characters started to connect: hence ARE THERE MORE OF YOU? - four wildly different ladies linked only by a postcode. Is performance still a good space for the public discussion of ideas?  Yes indeed; though I think it works best when indirect, e.g CRUCIBLE for the McCarthy witch hunts. But times change, and STUFF HAPPENS was remarkable, also many plays recently about refugees.  When  I have Q and As after my shows, people are eager to engage. Theatre makes us see ourselves. But to be realistic, political plays rarely reach other than the converted. How did you become interested in making performance? I have been an actress, a performer, all my life; if by this you mean creating my own work by writing it, the negative reason is because there were increasingly fewer parts for women, and women of my age! On the positive side, many people had encouraged me to write, so I sat down and did it. People read and heard the script, and my director , Jeremy Stockwell ( KEN,  and A SOCK FULL OF CUSTARD Ed Fringe 2018) helped me get it on, oringinally some years ago. And audiences responded. Is there any particular approach to the making of the show? No. It's a while since I did write it, but - I wrote it, re-wrote it, honed and shaped it with my director who helped me find the different voices and bodies of the characters; we decided to have minimum set, costume, lx and sound ; to celebrate acting and the power of story - two planks and a passion - speaking directly to an audience. Does the show fit with your usual productions? In that they involve me alone on a stage - yes.  My two subsequent shows are different only in this: - MRS ROOSEVELT FLIES TO LONDON ( Edinburgh 2016) About a real, much admired person. I wrote after extensive research; there is more set and costume; a soundscape, and a lot of lighting. -THE POWER BEHIND THE CRONE ( Edinburgh 2017) is me plus Shakespeare! it is ultra-simple - no lx or sound - I play a very enthusiastic lecturer, Prof Artemis Turret, playing and talking about 7 older women in Shakespeare. Once again serious, but funny; like Shakespeare himself! What do you hope that the audience will experience? I hope they will have fun; laugh, cry, see themselves and people they know, and think about older women, their resilience and infinite variety. And I hope they'll be struck by what live theatre can do - how you can turn on a sixpence to become 'other'. Alison Skilbeck returns to The Edinburgh Fringe following her 5 star shows Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London, 2016, and The Power Behind The Crone, 2017.  Her enormously varied stage career has taken her to the West End and all over the UK and Europe, and to the USA with Shakespeare: early on she created roles in six Ayckbourn premieres at Scarborough.  Alison's television work includes Sherlock Homes, The Beiderbecke Affair, Miss Marple, Head Over Heels, Doctor Who, Soldier Soldier, Midsomer Murders, and Call The Midwife. Amongst her radio roles is Polly Perks in The Archers, until the character was killed off! Two recent projects have been Wimpole Street, the award winning web series, and the pod cast sitcom seriesWooden Overcoats. Alison has directed extensively thoughout her career, notably Shakespeare at RADA, where she has been an Associate Teacher for over 20 years. Alison also directs A Substitute For Life by Simon Brett, starring Tim Hardy, which also runs at Assembly throughout August. Jeremy Stockwell has directed, written, and devised new work in the U.K. for, among others, the National and BAC. His current touring productions are; Angelos & Barry: The New Power Generation (tour & West End run), Pemberton & Hague's Theatre Circus and The Very Perry Show, with Kate Perry (tour and New York run).  He directs extensively in theatres all over Europe. Also in Edinburgh this August, as an actor, Jeremy is playing Ken Campbell, in Terry Johnson's KEN, and Spike Milligan in A Sockful of Custard, which he co-wrote with Chris Larner, both at The Pleasance Courtyard. Jeremy has been a member of the RADA teaching and directing faculty for over twenty years. He is also Performance Coach for the BBC; his series include: How do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, Faking It, The Speaker, and Strictly Come Dancing. Edinburgh Fringe Theatre ARE THERE MORE OF YOU? Written and Performed By Alison Skilbeck Directed Jeremy Stockwell August 2 – 27 11.10 (70 mins) ASSEMBLY HALL http://www.assemblyfestival.com  0131 623 3030  August 2 to 3 £6 (previews) August 4, 5, 8, 9, 14 - 16, 20 -23 & 27 £11(£9) August 6, 7, 10 -12, 17 – 19, 24 – 26 £12.50 (£10.50) Day off  August 13 from the vileblog https://ift.tt/2mGx3La

[kwebtv]

The Beiderbecke Affair  -  ITV  -  1/6/1985  -  2/10/1985

Comedy / Drama  (6 episodes)

Running Time:  9 Hours 20 Minutes

Stars:

James Bolam  as  Trevor Chaplin

Barbara Flynn  as  Jill Swinburne

Terence Rigby  as  Big Al

Danny Schiller  as  Little Norm

Dudley Sutton  as  Mr. Carter

Dominic Jephcott  as  Sgt. Hobson

Keith Smith  as  Mr. Wheeler

Keith Marsh  as  Harry

Sue Jenkins  as Janey

Colin Blakely  as Chief Superintendent Forrest

Dudley Sutton as  Mr. Carter

[missanthropicprinciple]

I’m only on the app formerly know as twïtter because of The Beiderbecke Affair Bot and a couple friends. That’s it.

[elementsofsapphire]

Has anyone on here seen 'The Biederbecke Affair'???? Just curious because it's simply FABULOUS.

[missanthropicprinciple]

Entertainment line-up

I might not get to all of it but I’d like to.

Finishing out the summer with:

A Room with a View (rewatch)

Tommy Boy

Barbie

September:

The following have pre-autumnal and early autumnal vibes:

Rebecca (rewatch)

Housekeeping (rewatch)

Beiderbecke Affair (rewatch)

October:

Heading into more intense and emotional shows with more than a hint of the creepy and discordant.

Succession

Severance (rewatch)

Over the Garden Wall (rewatch)

November:

Getting into political season with programs from both sides of the Atlantic.

Number 10

Tanner '88

[missanthropicprinciple]

Tag 9 people you want to get to know better

Thank you, @thesundaytea !! 🐸

Three ships: Newmann, Mrs. Bradley and George (from The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries), Chidi Anagonye and Eleanor Shellstrop

Favourite ship ever: Newmann - FOREVER AND EVER AMEN

Last song: “Make Your Own Kind of Music” by Cass Elliot

Last movie: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Currently reading: The Dark Secret of Weather End by John Bellairs

Currently watching: The Beiderbecke Affair and Vicious (tv series)

Currently consuming: just finished by tea

Currently craving: a restful night sleep and/or Pedro Pascal’s body

Tagging: @cheddar-baby @harpothemarx @bryndeavour @slowburncowboy @misterblik @countesspetofi  @geo-geralt @belosers @dagrans

[missanthropicprinciple]

this idiot: *suspects literally everyone of a serious crime*

me, already taking off my clothes: Sgt Hobson, you’re so fucking stupid

[missanthropicprinciple]

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