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This is a fascinating group, I've been a fan for a couple of decades. It's difficult to pigeon hole them. Very dark, but not heavy, a dark electro dance sort of progressive avant garde band formed by ex XTC man Barry Andrews. They are really clever lyrically. Now we sadly know that cancer is a...

This was a tremendous band that had nine critically acclaimed albums but no hits. It happens! No one has seriously claimed their work was anything other than genius but fame eluded them. " I can't relax because I haven't done a thing. And I can't do a thing because I can't relax" INDEPENDENCE DAY

This is an interesting six part series written by Dr Who respected figures Terrace Dicks and Barry Letts. Set on the moon, it concerns the lives of the scientific community working in the European moonbase. It's very realistic looking and is a serious attempt to show life of an early lunar...

Going through my Omega Factor DVDs again. Still find it thoroughly confusing and deeply layered and disturbing. Big Finish released an audio series continuing the series with Louise Jameson reprising her role as Dr Anne Reynolds , she confirms in this interview that Mary Whitehouse's campaigning...

Big fan of her from the late seventies. An amazing voice, plus a truly weird fashion style, only had five albums out in thirty or so years. I was so pleased to discover only last year her mid -noughties cd " Shadows and Dust", which had an amazing song about Dracula called Insect Eater. "...

This is a live performance of High Tension Line, a song giving Smith reason to go loopy as its about mental disorder caused by living close to high tension pylons.

What can you say about The Fall!? Thirty studio albums of weird brilliance that defy description. You either love them, can't understand them, or if you're REALLY REALLY unlucky not heard of them. Smith is the only ever present member, the usual form is that he gets a band around him, records a...

Any fans of Siouxsie and the Banshees? So many great albums, love them all. Hopefully she's not retired, I'm getting stressed out waiting for another masterpiece!

Barry Newman in the ultimate car chase film, basically a car chase for 90 minutes, also with Cleavon Little as a blind DJ guiding on the run Kowalski across the States as the nations cops give chase. The ending is still perplexing, I'll not give it away, but I presume the actual " vanishing" at...

Ben , Rick's daughter Sam's boyfriend from hell, and Marty the gag writer here with Rick.

I always enjoyed Rick's verbals with Magda, his Eastern European housekeeper.

Jack Dee's finest work IMO. Stars as Rick Spleen, an on the way down comedian reduced to advert work, corporate functions and tacky game shows. Sean Power as Marty his gag writer, Rasmus Hardiker as Ben , his daughter's lazy freeloading boyfriend. The disturbed cafe owner Michael is another good...

Yes , when I first came across this show it was a delight to realise that I had NOT watched my last ITC episode anew and I had thirty more. There's a few duffers, but mostly good. Sue Lloyd is in 23 episodes as Mannering's contact with MI5 or 6, and also helps out in his antique shop. She was in...

This is a oft forgotten ITC series. Dwarfed of course by other ITC classics but not bad nevertheless. Steve Forrest plays John Mannering, an American cattle baron hence his nickname, but spends his time involved in the dodgy world of art deals, tracking pieces of art, breaking smuggling rings...

A 70's kitsch Sci fi fluff! It's just been rereleased on DVD and described as a sex comedy. So perhaps I should put this in Britcoms , or Brit/Germancoms. Gareth Thomas's appearance makes it sort of interesting. Lisa Harrow is good, and fans of Space 1999 series two will notice that elements of...

And finally Bottom, Mayall and Edmondson's self penned show, the previous two written by Ben Elton, this spawned a number of live shows, basically two handers with Mayall and Edmondson.

In a attempt to move away from Young Ones anarchy, we next had Filthy Rich and Catflap which was ..er more anarchy, but very funny.

This is an acquired taste. Anarchic student comedy from Rick Mayall, Ade Edmondson and Nigel Planer. Followed by Filthy Rich and Catflap and Bottom. All anarchic Britcoms. I don't know if any of these made it overseas but I doubt it.

Another well loved seventies American detective show. David Janssen was terrific as was Anthony Zerbre. I read that Janssen was so upset at the shows cancellation that he vowed never to work in tv again.