The day of the triffids christmas on BBC 1 and HD
Denny Haynes
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Scanning through the christmas listings i happen to notice the BBC are showing this on Dec 28th and 29th on BBC 1 and HD, both have a length of 90 mins.
Can't see this being a patch on the 1980's John Duttine BBC version but we can live in hope.
Can't see this being a patch on the 1980's John Duttine BBC version but we can live in hope.
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http://www.youtube.com/show/dayofthetriffids
Looking forward to it.
Hang on, Eddie Izzarrd is in it :eek:
Great at comedy but acting....
I like Eddie:o In a skirt or in a Triffid costume:o
Vanessa Redgrave knows a thing or too about acting though:)
Oh I dunno, thought he was ok in Valkyrie.
Endless remakes and "international" ethos in the content/casting of so-called original drama (both in the case of this Triffids)
An all-star cast, it reminds me of those tedious efforts by the british film industry in the seventies.
Another BBC knocker. My God, just wait till the knockers get their way and the BBC goes. You end up with the only endless lobrow tedius crap that sky churn out.
For example compare any David Attenborough programme with the stuff on other channels, especially the Discovery Channels, the BBC produced programme is just in a league of its own.
Remakes are good - afterall if they just reshowed the old Triffids on Christmas Day, you would moan about repeats. Plus there are new generations being born all the time, some are viewers, others are actors, Directors etc. Plus there are the new techniques to improve the filming and story telling.
Sorry about the rant, but do do get peed off at attacks on the BBC when they really are unjustified. Yeah slate them for fixing phone in shows by all means, but moaning about a programme you haven't even seen yet? No sorry.
i'll get my coat
Not a lot been said at all, all i could track down was:
The fact that it was noted as an addition to the schedule on the 1st December, might mean we see some trailering next week.
The idea of Eddie Izzard as Torrence the representative of the feudal government from Brighton is somewhat interesting but does conjure some bizarre images of how that "army" will dress.
Jason Priestley is Coker - now that's just wrong.
As for Joely, I'm just waiting to see hers in the Tudors
hold on, I thought she was dead, or was that natasha ?
and joely is going to be in the tudours
Natasha, her sister
She's playing Catherine Parr
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If you've ever seen The Riche$ your mind would be at rest. Entirely convincing as an American non-crossdresser.
so that's why izzard is in the bbc drama xmas trailer then .....
There's three or four brief clips of it in the BBC Drama Trailer.
a few comments saying eddie izzard will be the master on dr who, lol
In the USA they have several channels that provide quality TV for those that want it, the BBC (more accurately the TV licence) stops such a thing happening in the UK.
Remakes are nearly always driven by easy ratings, a past success that the BBC bods wish to emulate.
LOL, sure they do!
You mean channels like HBO and Showtime, with their programmes like Rome, the Tudors, Extras, Little Britain:USA that will never be seen in the UK, let alone on the BBC.
The UK has subscription channels, just like the USA does. Your market, however, is 1/6th the size, and the penetration of Satellite and cable is much lower.
But by all means blame the BBC.
Interesting, I think the TV licence is what allows the BBC to go and make interesting and different and quality television that commercial channels just would not or could not do.
As someone living outside the UK at the moment ina country with nothing but commercial television I now fully appreciate what the BBC is and what it offers, and actually how much it is missed when not there!
Even just watching a programme with no ad breaks or a movie all the way through without breaking every 15 mins is fantastic! Actually the weirdest thing is watching something like Doctor Who, Antiques Roadshow or Top Gear with breaks through it, somehow it feels so wrong!!
Yes the BBC does some things wrong, but more often it gets them right, and I would hate to see the effect on the range of programming they can produce through the way they are funded if they had to go and get commercial funding.
I do not doubt that the above posters enjoy the BBCs output, but don't tell me this is quality. Or a public service.
When you remake something you have a built-in audience.
But you could as easily ask why they're adapting books at all when there are original scripts going unproduced.
Very true - but it was more the remake of what is generally perceived as a "classic" which is already being perceived as inferior to the John Duttine one - so what's the benefit of doing this remake?