Higgs Boson Blog » Film & Television http://www.higgsboson.com/blog Higgs Blog - an entertaining source of info about music, art and science - includes film and television Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:07:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Famous, Rich and Jobless? http://www.higgsboson.com/blog/2010/03/07/famous-rich-and-jobless/ http://www.higgsboson.com/blog/2010/03/07/famous-rich-and-jobless/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:22:29 +0000 higgsboson http://www.higgsboson.com/blog/2010/03/07/famous-rich-and-jobless/ Famous, Rich and Jobless

This, ladies and gentlemen is the title of a new BBC program due to be aired over the coming weeks. I haven’t seen it, I’ve only seen the advertisements, but from what I can gather it’s basically a bunch of famous rich celebs who have suddenly decided they want to [...]]]> Famous, Rich and Jobless

This, ladies and gentlemen is the title of a new BBC program due to be aired over the coming weeks. I haven’t seen it, I’ve only seen the advertisements, but from what I can gather it’s basically a bunch of famous rich celebs who have suddenly decided they want to know what it feels like to be ‘jobless’ out of work and broke. Apparently, they want to understand the despair and the feeling of having no hope.

This is ridiculous isn’t it? How can these hugely successful celebrities possibly even begin to understand and, more importantly, what is the point of it? If this is what the BBC call entertainment then God help us because this looks like another biblical waste of license payer’s money.

I would say that anyone who is actually entertained by this sort of program needs to be put out of their misery!

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]]> http://www.higgsboson.com/blog/2010/03/07/famous-rich-and-jobless/feed/ 4 Veteran British actor Ian Carmichael http://www.higgsboson.com/blog/2010/02/07/veteran-british-actor-ian-carmichael/ http://www.higgsboson.com/blog/2010/02/07/veteran-british-actor-ian-carmichael/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:43:49 +0000 higgsboson http://www.higgsboson.com/blog/2010/02/07/veteran-british-actor-ian-carmichael/ Veteran British actor Ian Carmichael, seen in films including I’m All Right Jack (one of my all time favourites), has died at the age of 89. Carmichael, who also starred on TV as Bertie Wooster in the BBC’s World of Wooster, had fallen ill over Christmas. He died peacefully on Friday at his home in the Esk Valley on the North York Moors. He made his name in films for the Boulting Brothers including Private’s Progress (1956) and I’m All Right Jack (1959) alongside Peter Sellers. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was successful in parts where he was cast as a loveable buffoon. On television, his role as Bertie Wooster was particularly popular with audiences. This was followed by another well-watched role as Lord Peter Wimsey in several of the BBC drama series based on the mystery novels by Dorothy L Sayers. In more recent times the actor had parts in the BBC serial Wives and Daughters in 1999 and was in The Royal on ITV as recently as last year. Former sports commentator Neil Durden-Smith, who knew Carmichael well through their work for the Lord’s Taverners cricket-based charity, paid tribute to the actor. “When I became a trustee in 1976 he had been chairman for two years. He was a marvellous chairman, very caring, hard working, very responsible. “It’s quite unusual for a full-time working actor to be chairman of a pretty big charity.” Asked what made Carmichael popular on screen, Mr Durden-Smith, 76, said: “He had a twinkle in his eye, a wonderful sense of humour, he was marvellously foppish in a theatrical way. You used to wonder what he would say next.”He had that love of life and love of people; he gathered people around him like other people gather butterflies or postage stamps.” ‘Absolute joy’ Actress Anne Reid, a star of TV programmes Dinner Ladies and Ladies of Letters, said: “He was a delightful man, I was a huge fan when I was young and he was in the Boulting Brothers films. Ian Carmichael was awarded an OBE in 2003 “He was the most wonderful comedy actor, things like I’m All Right Jack would make you weep with laughter.”He had great zest for life, and a lot of style. He belonged to an age of elegance.” Carmichael was appointed an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2003. In 1979, he wrote an autobiography, Will The Real Ian Carmichael …. Novelist Kate Fenton, 55, is his second wife. His first wife Pym died in 1983. He also leaves two daughters, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Keith Richardson, executive producer of The Royal, said Carmichael had filmed a couple of episodes last year which will be seen when the programme returns to the screen. “He was an absolute joy, terrific and full of life,” Mr Richardson added.

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