sally-135-615799 Reviews

Terminus (1961)

Members of the Public

[8/10 · 9 June 2024]

I was first led to view this documentary some years ago after seeing a clip used in a BBC Timeshift programme called 'The Nation's Railway: The Golden age of British Rail'. We had a child who was keen on trains at the time. Waterloo is 'our' London station as well, which makes it fascinating as we are so familiar with it.

Recently we bought a DVD of "Billy Liar", and you can see the same well-observed style there. I love the lack of commentary, although we know that they are not quite all natural events we are watching. However, there is a good range of happenings and characters here. Thank you to PhilAP for informing us about the "bag-lady" and what happened after the funeral. I wonder whether Equity negotiated payments for all of the (speaking) members of the public in the film? I would be interested to know more about who they were and what happened to them.

Berkeley Square (1998)

Worthy of Continuation - Even After 25 Years

[9/10 · 31 March 2023]

Highly enjoyable. I binge-watched but like most reviewers was upset by the lack of resolution at the end of the series. So I was interested to read suzannevdv-16557 's comment that she and Deborah Cook had more stories up their sleeves for a second series. Is there any chance these could be published as a novel, or perhaps an audio drama could be produced? Some great work is being done in this field now.

I think this series would be enjoyed by Downton Abbey fans, but also viewers of Call The Midwife, since it focusses on the lives of women working with children as well as highlighting social issues of the day - with a bit of romance thrown in. A winning formula!

Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976 TV Movie)

Precious record of comedy legends

[8/10 · 19 April 2020]

Gets more and more enjoyable the further into the future we hurtle (RIP TBT most recently) although I take the points about the annoyance of breaking up the sketches and not everything being included. I like seeing behind the scenes with these talented and funny people. Nowadays we'd have the whole show filmed, from all the angles, and all the backstage bits as endless dvd extras, but this was the 70s (and a new type of event) so we have to understand the gaps.

Apparently, The Goodies also performed 'Funky Gibbon' in Stone Age-style fake fur outfits during a lull in this event. I have indeed seen a photo of them adopting 'gibbon' poses in said outfits - it looks staged for publicity rather than taken during the show. I'd love to find the source.