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Category: Film & TV

TV review: ‘This World’ – ‘The Coffee Trail’ and ‘The Tea Trail’ with Simon Reeve (2014)

24/04/2019 nsford Leave a comment

We love coffee. We love tea. Where are they from and what is life like for the people who produce…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: reviews, Simon Reeve, travel, TV

Film of the book: ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ (2015)

09/04/2019 nsford 7 Comments

Rural setting? Check. Innocent but free-spirited female protagonist? Check. Sequence of tragic events caused by misunderstandings and the workings of…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, classics, fiction, films, reviews, Thomas Hardy

TV review: ‘Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve’ (2014)

26/03/2019 nsford 2 Comments

Paper boats and pyramids. Flowers and fire. Skyscrapers and spirituality. Three major rivers are explored in this BBC TV series.…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: reviews, Simon Reeve, travel, TV

Things I’ve learned from ‘Back in Time for School’

20/03/2019 nsford 11 Comments

The 1990s are now history. Or at least, the decade is included in the recent BBC TV programme Back in…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: education, learning, TV

Doctors, Daleks and Drums: 11 series of Doctor Who

13/03/2019 nsford 4 Comments

I only started watching Doctor Who last year. The BBC kindly put all of the ‘new’ episodes (that is, from…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: Doctor Who, reviews, science fiction, TV

Film of the book: ‘War of the Worlds’ (2005)

09/03/2019 nsford 8 Comments

H G Wells’ 1898 science fiction classic is updated for the 21st century in this Spielberg-directed box office hit. Like…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, classics, fiction, films, H G Wells, reviews, science fiction

TV review: ‘Mediterranean with Simon Reeve’ (2018)

11/02/2019 nsford Leave a comment

The Mediterranean. Blue skies, gorgeous beaches, picturesque villages… Corruption, poverty and eco-disasters. The latest documentary from BBC presenter Simon Reeve…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: reviews, Simon Reeve, TV

Film of the book: ‘Brideshead Revisited’ (2008)

09/02/2019 nsford 10 Comments

I have read Evelyn Waugh’s 1945 novel twice, but it was never a favourite. I think some of the meaning…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, classics, Evelyn Waugh, fiction, films, reviews

TV review: ‘Russia with Simon Reeve’ (2017)

13/01/2019 nsford 4 Comments

This BBC TV series is an epic journey around the largest country in the world – Russia! I’ve watched most…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: reviews, Simon Reeve, TV

Film of the book: ‘Brooklyn’ (2015)

09/01/2019 nsford 7 Comments

When I watch a film, it’s usually based on a book (and that’s often the reason I watch the film…

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Posted in: Film & TV, Reading Filed under: books, Colm Tóibín, fiction, films, reviews

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