Alex Kane’s Viewer & Listener Guide: November 19th – 25th, 2011. “It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.” Free SH Audiobook CD Offer! Read all about it here!* SATURDAY 19th The Game’s Afoot (BBC Radio 4 Extra on DAB, also Freeview 708/Freesat 708/Sky 0131/Virgin910 at …
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“I shall take nothing for granted until I have the opportunity of looking personally into it.” A Problem Solved! Members will be aware that there has been a problem with updating the website (we won’t bore you with the technical details) since Tuesday 8 November 2011. It is therefore pleasing to report that normal service …
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Alex Kane’s Viewer & Listener Guide for November 5th – 11th, 2011. “I am giving you some information now, in return for all that you have given me.” Book at Bedtime (BBC Radio 4 at 10.45pm: Monday 7th -Friday 11th and Monday 13th -Friday 17th). Derek Jacobi will be reading an abridged version of Anthony Horowitz’s …
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“Hello! Here is something interesting.” Horowitz: Booked In For Belfast. Belfast is one of the first calls on Anthony Horowitz’s itinerary as he travels the UK http://anthonyhorowitz.com/newscentre/events/ to promote his new Sherlock Holmes novel The House of Silk, which was launched on Tuesday 1 November 2011. He’ll be in town on Wednesday 2 November at …
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ALEX KANE’S VIEWER & LISTENER A Preview & Guide For October 29th – November 4th, 2011. “Can I be of assistance?” With Anthony Horowitz’s The House of Silk being published on November 1st, it would be worth keeping an ear out for Front Row (BBC Radio 4, Monday-Friday at 7.15pm) and Open Book (BBC Radio 4, Sunday at 4pm; repeated on …
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‘I even took a pencil and jotted them down.’ Alex Kane’s Viewing & Listening Guide {22 – 28 October 2011}. Hands of a Murderer (TV Movie, 1990) is on again on ITV3 on Saturday 22 October at 11.20pm. It’s an oddity in many respects, not least because it wastes a good cast with a terrible script/plot. …
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“Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.” Horowitz Is Belfast Bound. Author and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz is coming to Belfast on the evening of 2 November 2011 to launch his new Sherlock Holmes novel, The House of Silk. Please note that the event at the Ulster Museum starts at 7pm. …
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“Yes, I have got it now,” he answered with his thick red finger planted halfway down the column. “Here it is. This is what began it all. You just read it for yourself, sir.” I took the paper from him and read as follows: On Friday 11 October 1991, the Belfast Telegraph carried a small …
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“Anything else?” asked Holmes, yawning. Second Holmes. Second Holmes, a comedy series which was first broadcast in January 1983, and one which many of us probably haven’t heard before, is getting another outing. This very welcome rerun commenced on Friday 30 September 2011 on BBC Radio 4 Extra at 9am (repeated the following day at …
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‘I crept forward and looked across at the familiar window.’ “The Shadow Has Moved!” I Cried. These two links will take you behind the scenes at the filming of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRSh-XBMeiM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRE-Z8PlgeQ&feature=related “Pushing Another One In My Direction.” CBS are to do their own modern take on the world’s greatest …