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"Dog's Arse Bay"- a stifling new work by

Thu, 19 Aug 1999, 04:14 pm
Eliot McCann28 posts in thread
Re Fiona Reid's eloquent comment on "Dog's Head Bay".Grievance One: When is the Emeritus Williamson going to realise that no-one speaks like the characters from a lesser Oscar Wilde farce?Grievance Two: When is the Emeritus Williamson going to realise that there are other states in this country other than New South Wales?Grievance Three: When is the ABC going to cease doing shows on the cheap? By the same token, when is someone going to give Aunty some money to do something decent?Grievance Four: When will someone tell Gary Sweet that there are more than two theatrical gestures in the world?Grievance Five: How many more times must we be subjected to the same sequence of theme tune by that blasted Stephane-Grappelli-rip-off violin??Grievance Six: As opposed to getting an actress that does a convincing Angela Punch-McGregor impersonation, why not simply get Angela Punch-McGregor?Grievance Seven: And what's the story with that piss-weak blue screen car effect at the end of episode 1?!? That sort of sheningans went out with Dr Who.Seven grievances borne out of 30 minutes. Not bad for one episode. If you have any more grievances about this bucket of bile that passes as TV Entertainment, get posting!El

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Sun, 22 Aug 1999, 08:50 pm
Walter Plinge
Hello there Emily,> OK, you did list David Banks, but how could (you) forget Richard Hurndall> who played the First Doctor in The Five Doctors?Better late than never...About Tom Baker's casting, we have Head of Serials Bill Slater to thank for that really. He was the one that urged Barry Letts to audition him for the role of the Doctor...Letts had other irons in the fire at the time, namely Graham Crowden ('A Very Peculiar Practice' and Soldeed in 'The Horns of Nimon'). Infact if several other contenders chosen by Letts hadn't fallen through then Baker would not have been in the running. Script Editor Terrance Dicks was also involved directly in the casting - by the way I would put Dicks and Letts down as the second most successful production team combination in WHO history...Cheers,Sir Giles Estram

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