mi-5-related stories
Posted Jan 21st 2009 7:07PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
The BAFTA Award-winning BBC program
Spooks will be appearing on U.S. public television. Okay, it's now called
MI-5, but the theory is the same. The show seems to be Britain's answer to
24 and from what I understand it's pretty good.
The interesting thing about the article for me was the fact that it's being released to public television. Let me put on my old person's hat for a moment and say that I remember the good old days when public television was the only place to watch BBC (or even British) shows. How do you think Monty Python got famous in the U.S.A.? Or
Doctor Who? Now we have BBC America, Sci Fi and various other cable channels that show British imports.
Mind you, the nice thing about having this program on public television is that anybody with a set of rabbit ears on their T.V. can watch the program. However, you may need a
digital converter box if you do.
Posted Jan 19th 2009 6:07PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.Today's the day
Moonlight fans go crazy. A complete series set! I'm surprised I haven't bought any of the
Rockford Files DVDs since it was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid, but it's just something I haven't gotten around to yet.
As for
The Girls of Little House on the Prairie, well, that sounds kinda dirty.
- Criss Angel Mindfreak - Season 4
- Emergency - Season 5
- George Wallace - Special Edition Miniseries
- Jonathan Creek - Season 3
- The Last Detective - Complete Collection
- Little House on the Prairie - The Girls Of, Vols. 1 and 2
- MI-5 - Vol. 6
- MonsterQuest - Season 2
- Moonlight - Complete Series
- My Three Sons - Season 1, Vol. 2
- The Powerpuff Girls - Complete Collector's Set
- The Rockford Files - Season 6
- This American Life - Season 2 (Borders stores only)
Posted Jan 9th 2007 8:20AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD
(Note: last week was a really slow week for TV DVDs, which is why we didn't have a post up. Though the first season of Martin was released.)
- America's Funniest Home Videos - Salute To Romance
- Extras - Season 1
- MI-5 - Vol. 4
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - Vol. 5
- SpongeBob SquarePants - Season 4, Vol. 2
Posted Sep 9th 2006 1:59PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV Royalty, Talent, Industry, Programming, Web, Celebrities
Posted Mar 14th 2005 2:26AM by Mark Rabinowitz
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Cable
MI-5 is, bar none, the greatest spy show in the history of television. Think I'm joking? I dare you to go out and rent the first season and tell me it's crap. No. Scrap that. Buy it. Look at the
Google Ad Words on this page, click on them and buy the
MI-5 discs. If you don't like them, I'll wash your car. I'll windex the top of your kitchen cabinets and clean out your vegetable bins that haven't seen the light of day since the Johnson administration. I'll spay your cat for free. Oh, you silly, silly person! I won't do any of those things for you. But if you think
24 is sharp, well-paced and clever, this will knock your socks off. In fact while watching that admittedly innovative Fox show, I find myself constantly thinking things like "What would
Tom Quinn do?" Granted,
MI-5 (or
Spooks, its original UK title) has the "advantage" of being able to show characters relaxing at home, having personal lives, etc. and I do genuinely like
24. It's just that, well,
MI-5 is better. Like, a $15 bottle of Bordeaux can be perfectly good, but a $40 bottle is, well, better.
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