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We somehow only just noticed that Terry-Thomas’s name is hyphenated. So it’s a single-word name. Like Karloff or Shakira. He used to joke that the hyphen was there to symbolise the gap in his teeth. #networkonair #physicalmedia #blu-ray #DVD #comedy #film
Thanks to the folks at @filmstories for the shout out and the good vibes. Appreciate it!
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#BOTD The Count! Bela Lugosi was cinema’s 1st iconic Dracula and no stranger to these shores. He made 3 films in the UK including The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (the 2nd Hammer film) and the shocking Dark Eyes of London, which we have in our shop: bit.ly/4jtGWK3
#BOTD Harry Alan Towers, pioneer of international co-productions. Towers produced quality films, like Ten Little Indians (65) & Black Beauty (71) & not so quality films like Lady Libertine (84). Reportedly, before he died, he was working on a film of Fanny Hill with Ken Russell!
Need a relaxing Sunday read? We’ve got a nice piece up on The Edit about some of our favourite Richard Attenborough performances. Have you seen them all?
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Hammer built a full-size fake galleon for The Devil-Ship Pirates, but the team were warned not to have too many onboard at once. Unfortunately, during filming, there was a rush to one side of the boat to get a cuppa and the boat capsized, throwing cast and crew in the water.
Which famous cop show debuted on UK television on this date 42 years ago today? If you want a clue, just listen to this classic library track. It might sound familiar... youtu.be/NWv5ac-dn8g?si=os5b…
Barry Forshaw charts the early success of Tom Bell, one of the most authentic working-class stars of the 60s.
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We are very pleased to welcome Andrew Roberts (MA PhD FRSA) back to NetworkOnAir with the next instalment of his Men of Character series.
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Hello Possums!
Rule one: we now ship to Australia.
Rule two: we also ship to Canada.
Rule three: we now ship to Australia.
Rule four: and the Isle of Man.
Rule five: we now ship to Australia.
Rule six: there is no rule six.
Rule seven: we now ship to Australia.
#BOTD Iconic horror star Donald Henry Pleasence. His 60-year career saw him take on more than 250 parts, from Blofeld in You Only Live Twice to Dr. Loomis in Halloween and Dr. Crippen. He was one of two stars of The Great Escape who’d actually been held in a POW camp.
#BOTD Clive Owen, star of shows like Chancer and Second Sight, and films like Children of Men and Croupier – a rare British film that was a bigger hit in the US. He was Academy Award nominated for his role in Closer, even though he’d played a different part during its theatre run
Got some holes in your Network colelction? To help fill the gap we have a growing a range of pre-loved refurbished DVDs and blu-rays. We recently added 65 new pre-loved titles on NetworkOnAir, with the next batch set to drop any day now.
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#BOTD Ronnie Barker. Astoundingly prolific as both a writer and comic actor, he is beloved for his roles in Porridge, Open All Hours, The Navy Lark and so much more. But he down turned some big roles too, like Reginald Perrin, Victor Meldrew and Claudius in I Claudius.
#BOTD the multi-talented Anthony Newley. We know and love him for Gurney Slade, but he is known to millions as the writer of Feeling Good, sung by Nina Simone, What Kind of Fool Am I by Sammy Davis Jnr., and as co-composer of the score for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
Born on this day: Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru, more succinctly known as Herbert Lom.
Known for playing suave criminals and authority figures, he was also the first person to play the King of Siam in the original West End production of The King and I.
ITC Entertained The World, by Jaz Wiseman, is now available on NetworkOnAir.com. An in depth look at three decades of Visual style.
Read our interview with Jaz about ITC’s ground-breaking in-house design and visual style: networkonair.com/blog/post/1… networkonair.com/blog/post/1…
Edwin Astley composed some of TV’s most beloved theme tunes, including The Saint, The Baron, and Danger Man. But did you know he was once father-in-law to The Who’s Pete Townshend? Townshend married his daughter Karen in 1968.
