Donald Clarke

• Television
• September 5, 2011, 21:32

Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t feel the need to point the reliably well-informed readers of this “blog” towards a landmark TV series such as Mark Cousins’s The Story of Film: An Odyssey. After all, if you visit this place regularly …

• Television
• August 21, 2011, 21:53

Can there be such a thing a cult TV channel? If so, could that beast emerge from an establishment body such as the BBC? One definition of a cult is something that relatively few people pay attention to, but which …

• Television
• July 24, 2011, 22:39

When I wasn’t working, I spent my holiday time cruising the outer Narnia of the television universe. There’s plenty to discover there. Who knew there were so many places to buy things that chop vegetables with such great ease? But …

• Television
• April 6, 2011, 18:55

Shut it, you slag! Get your kickers on and make us a cup of tea. All of which vintage parody is by way of introducing the news that something called Plan B — he’s a British warbler, apparently — has …

• Box Office Figures Television
• March 15, 2011, 21:21

Here’s an interesting rumour. The Hollywood Reporter is, erm, reporting that Walt Disney has backed out of plans to develop a remake of Yellow Submarine. The picture was to have been directed by Robert Zemeckis, the man behind Back to …

• Moaning Television
• March 8, 2011, 15:56

When Channel 4′s attempt at a satirical news show was launched, more than a few commentators urged caution before condemning it outright. After all, comedy takes a while to settle in. It is well known that the initial reviews of …

• Television
• January 19, 2011, 18:18

Well, no. Last year, after climbing upon my high horse, I questioned the BBC’s decision to name Ms Winkleman as Jonathan Ross’s successor on the “Film” programme. It remains the case that she seems somewhat under-qualified. Whatever you think of …

• Television
• December 24, 2010, 18:48

Children singing christ-i-an rhymes. You’d think that Cliff, as a tambourine waving, bible-thumper of eight centuries standing, would know were the stresses should lie in the word “christian”. Oh well. It’s just one more mystery to ponder while attempting to …