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I first met George Baker because I was doing a TV commercial about Santa Claus. I had this silly idea that a top people’s Santa would have handmade red suits and would not come down a dirty old chimney but arrive in a Rolls Royce, so I had a very expensive suit handmade for him [...] English newspapers have a habit of producing rather good TV critics. Clive James, Victor Lewis-Smith and Charlie Brooker have all managed to produce regular columns that balance the odd insight with cruel hilarity, so I was pleased to read Heidi Stephens’ Guardian blog on the bottom-feeding entrants to the Big Brother house, the thing that [...] Where do you get your ideas from? Lady Penelope, the Thunderbirds agent with the whispery voice and vulgar accessories, is being flogged off by Bonhams the auctioneers. She’s expected to fetch a few bob, being an icon and all. Tragically, Working Title ballsed up the film version, having had years to get the thing right, but to some of us she will [...] I love the dark English sense of humour, but for a writer it can prove fatal. Humour writing rarely wins awards, and can act as a deterrent to selling stories or novels. There’s a traditional attitude to film and book writing that says you can say or do anything if you say it seriously enough. [...] *No Spoilers* How do you create a ‘talker’ you can’t talk about? ‘Is this any good?’ asked the girl at HMV as I bought the boxed set. ‘Everyone seems to be asking for it.’ This is the Danish TV thriller that was built almost entirely by word of mouth – certainly without much help from its broadcaster, who [...] |
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