by Graeme Cumming | Mar 24, 2019 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia, Television |
I wrote recently about watching Stingray, and how exciting it was to me as a child – and even as a grown-up. But, good as it was, it still couldn’t compare to the next series Gerry Anderson came up with. From that countdown to the preview of what’s coming next, to the... by Graeme Cumming | Feb 24, 2019 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia, Television |
As a child in the 1960s, was there a phrase likely to get you more excited? Thunderbirds is undoubtedly more famous now, but Stingray had the ability to grab you by the throat and drag you along with it for the predicted thirty minutes. It was full to the brim with... by Graeme Cumming | Sep 20, 2018 | Blogging, Ravens Gathering, Writing |
Another day, another stop off on the blog tour. I met Joanne at an event held in York earlier this year. Sadly, these events are like weddings in that there are so many people there that you don’t get time to talk properly or for long. Not that I’m... by Graeme Cumming | Dec 18, 2016 | Nostalgia, Television |
An unintended spin-off from UFO, Space 1999 was a minor success in the 1970s. I say minor because it doesn’t seem to have had a massive impact in the US, a critical market for big budget TV shows. In the UK, we only had three channels (the fourth didn’t show... by Graeme Cumming | Nov 4, 2016 | Nostalgia, Television |
In my post The Gogglebox And What It Did For Me, I ended with the title sequence for UFO. Clearly, it’s a personal view, but I can’t watch that without a sense of anticipation and excitement – even if I’m not actually going to watch an episode. In case you didn’t... by Graeme Cumming | Sep 10, 2015 | Fiction, Television, Writing |
It’s not often I write about my writing. Maybe the odd reference, but a whole piece about it feels more than a little self-indulgent. Still, I won’t let that stop me… For a host of reasons, Ravens Gathering is set in the late 1980s and most – if not all – of my...