Hey! Is this guy boring you? Why don’t you come talk to me instead? I’m from a different planet. Seriously! The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy novel is 30 years old this Sunday. Thirty. Alarmingly, some of us are older than it but probably not …
The black-and-white Marconiphone 702 belongs to an avid TV collector in North Finchley, and was made in 1936, just in time to catch the BBC’s first television broadcasts out of Alexandra Palace. The unit, which aside from a set-top digital box is in its original …
An oil drum stuffed with wires and other highly realistic bomb paraphernalia caused problems near Deptford train station last week. A hawk-eyed passenger spotted the suspect barrel in a yard close to the station, and rightly alerted authorities. But, and you’ll have guessed this from …
Bringing you the most Londony shows on TV and radio over the coming week. Monday Chelsea Flower Show 2009 (BBC2, 20.00-21.00) Tickets are all but sold out but you can catch the highlights, sans attack of the hay fever, courtesy of Titchmarsh and Co. Same …
Bringing you the most Londony shows on TV and radio over the coming week. Monday Ashes to Ashes (BBC1, 21.00-22.00) Back to the 1980s in the time-travelling, Bowie-referencing cop show set in London. Friday English Heritage (BBC2, 21.00-22.00) Unmissable documentary for anyone who regularly uses …
Fans of the returning space comedy might like to meet their heroes in the flesh (and, in Kryten’s case, aluminium) tomorrow night. The cast of Red Dwarf will make an appearance in costume in Berkeley Square from 5pm tomorrow. No Craig Charles, though. The first …
Bringing you the most Londony shows on TV over the coming week. Bite-size edition. We might just give up on this column. Monday Chelsea Pensioners: Girls Allowed (BBC4, 20.00-20.30) Sadly, that’s Girls Allowed (as in they’re letting female veterans into the Royal Hospital Chelsea), not …
Bringing you the most Londony shows on TV over the coming week. Some good stuff in the early part of the week, followed by a barren nothing in the schedules. Guess there’ll be plenty of London on the news, though, thanks to the G20 meeting. …
Bringing you the most Londony shows on TV over the coming week. Monday The Great Sperm Race (C4, 21.00-22.10) If you were off sick (or pregnant) when human fertilization was explained at school, tune in to Channel 4 tonight. The act of conception will be …
Bringing you the most Londony shows on TV over the coming week. We really shouldn’t bother this week. Such scant picking. But, for the sake of completeness, here’s what’s on with a Londony theme. Good job spring is here. Monday Law and Order UK (ITV1, …
Bringing you the most Londony shows on TV over the coming week. Dull week for London TV as series come to a close and others drag on. Roll on the new season. Monday Law and Order UK (ITV1, 21.00-22.00) Ho-hum series reaches part 3 with …
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