May 1996 - Elisabeth Sladen pens an obituary for Jon Pertwee in the Radio Times.
#ElisabethSladen #JonPertwee #RadioTimes #May1996 #Obituary #ClassicTV #DoctorWho

May 1996 - The Radio Times received a fair amount of mail regarding the TV Movie.
#RadioTimes #May1996 #TVMovie #TelevisionHistory #UKTV #Broadcasting #MediaArchives #NinetiesNostalgia #TVMail

He likes to dress for the occasion. Monosyllabic until he’s asked to tell a joke and what a joke. #empireread #may1996

May 1996 - In the days that followed the airing of the TV Movie, reviews were coming in and they weren't all full of praise, including one from critic, Kim Newman
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Pint of Milk is Barry Norman. It’s difficult to describe just how powerful he was towards the end of the last century. #empireread #may1996

The Pamela Anderson interview is from Philip Thomas and as with most of his interviews for the magazine is more about him and the process than the subject. It’s not the magazine’s finest five pages. #empireread #may1996

"JAZZ(?) EARBIRDS"

The 1930s music of eccentric Raymond Scott (Harry Warnow) is barely "jazz": all but details seem written out. But very jazz-inflected swing

#183: "The Penguin" (Scott)
Don Byron clt
Robert DeBellis ts
Charles Lewis tp
Uri Caine p
Kenny Davis db
Joey Baron d

NYC May1996
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There’s an interview with Bridget Fonda. It’s a pretty old school Empire male journalist gushing over female actor. Six years later she retired from acting. This Independent piece is an excellent survey of her career. #empireread #may1996 www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Moving Pictures has had a budget cut. #empireread #may1996

I remember seeing Mighty Aphrodite drunk and not remembering anything about it afterwards. Excellent month at the cinema overall. #empireread #may1996

Good old MVC, the Fopp of the 90s with its slightly complicated approach to selling products (cheaper if you had a membership card for which you had to pay a small fee). #empireread #may1996

Worth it for the headline. Social media in 1996. #empireread #may1996

Richard Loncraine popularised Newton’s Cradle amongst other office toys. #empireread #may1996

The NFT proposes moving to the West End to make films more accessible or something. #empireread #may1996

What does that question even mean? #empireread #may1996