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Look Back in Languor • Lynne Harvey • 14 June 2006

Whilst preparing something disgusting in the kitchen last week, I was taken out of the TV fugue of knifings, bombings and DIY SOS, by film dialogue so good it made … Continue reading

03/11/2016 · Leave a comment

Look Back in Languor • Lynne Harvey • 10 October 2001

It surely has to be some of the best TV in years. Oh the tears! The heartache! The anger! The hilarity! All to be found in the follow up to … Continue reading

02/28/2016 · Leave a comment

Look Back in Languor • Lynne Harvey • 11 March 2002

A recent programme held in its grasp just why TV drama is on a bed in Casualty with an actress holding its pulse and finding none, an actress who’s done … Continue reading

05/22/2015 · Leave a comment

Look Back in Languor • Lynne Harvey • 17 December 2001

In this time of joy, peace, and goodwill to our neighbours, a time when Charlotte Church, Russell Watson and assorted songsters flit across our screens unendingly, we need all the goodwill we … Continue reading

03/21/2014 · 7 Comments

Look Back in Languor • Lynne Harvey • 4 November 2001

There was a Sci Fi film in the fifties that had aliens looking and behaving like us mortals in every way, except for limited facial movement. The only way you could tell … Continue reading

12/02/2013 · Leave a comment

Look Back in Languor • Lynne Harvey • 6 January 2002

It’s behind you! 2001 that is. Was it a Space Odyssey? Nah, just another year of the arts falling even deeper into the pan. There were few exceptions but single drama Strumpet, … Continue reading

06/12/2013 · Leave a comment

Look Back in Languor • Lynne Harvey • 2 December 2001

It’s a different shape, not quite pear, but definitely orange, with so much squeezed in a small area. Of course, who else but Dick and Jude, back in their own weekday show, Richard … Continue reading

02/26/2013 · Leave a comment

Look Back in Languor • Lynne Harvey • 18 November 2001

Be afraid, be very afraid. If the US are looking for new weapons, they need look no further than Lisa Riley’s hooters. Forget stealth bombers and daisy cutters – when the military … Continue reading

02/15/2013 · Leave a comment