Tag: bbc

On TV: Haunted House of Horror

Just in case you've never seen it, cult swinging sixties horror, the Haunted House of Horror is showing on Friday night on BBC2. Or theoretically, Saturday morning. The time is actually 2:25am on Saturday morning, perfect after a night out – or just set the timer. It's a typically oddball […]

Tales From The Casino – Radio 4

Thanks to Robert Hill for flagging up something I missed (and you might have missed) on BBC Radio 4 from the last week – Tales From The Casino. It is what you expect, a series of specially-commissioned tales about the Wigan Casino – three different people and their stories about […]

BBC mods and rockers gallery

Think this is a new gallery (although I've seen some of the photos before), so this mods and rockers gallery on the BBC Sussex site is worth a quick look. According to the site, all the images are from the bank holiday riots of 1964 in the area – so […]

Rewind The 60s – mod episode

Ok, the title might be a little misleading, but the series of 60s shows we flagged up the other week, Rewind The 60s, has reached 1964/65, which means mods get a look in. If you missed the show, you can watch it again on BBC iPlayer (UK only sadly), with […]

Chess Records documentary on BBC4

If you follow us on Facebook, you'll know we flagged up an article in the weekend's Guardian about Chess Records. Well, if you liked that, you'll certainly love the Chess Records documentary on BBC4 this coming Friday. Going by the name of Roll Over Beethoven – The Chess Records Saga, […]

Season of the Witch reviewed

Regular readers will know that we flagged up a screening of Season of the Witch by the BFI offshoot, the Flipside. Well, that screening has come and gone. But at least we have a review of this rare gem online. The Scenester nipped down to the NFT for the screening, […]