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Barry Norman RIP



marlowe

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Dec 13, 2015
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Still call the programme Film 86 when its on as I still subconsciously associate it with BN. Although I rarely watch it nowadays. Hardly ever missed it during his tenure.
 








vegster

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May 5, 2008
27,866
RIP Barry, another sad loss.
 






Tom Bombadil

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Jul 14, 2003
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Jibrovia
He was film reviewing when i was growing up. Nowadays i wouldn't even know who was bbc tv film person. Do they still do that show?
 


whitelion

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Dec 16, 2003
12,828
Southwick
He was film reviewing when i was growing up. Nowadays i wouldn't even know who was bbc tv film person. Do they still do that show?

Mark Kermode I believe - as soon as his programme with Simon Mayo comes on Radio Five Live I reach for the selector switch.
 




Pavilionaire

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Jul 7, 2003
30,521
R.I.P - Barry Norman - the doyen of British film critics.
 


marlowe

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Dec 13, 2015
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Mark Kermode I believe - as soon as his programme with Simon Mayo comes on Radio Five Live I reach for the selector switch.
Kermode doesn't do the Barry Norman programme. He was succeeded by Johnathon Ross who was followed by Claudia Winkleman. Since she left they haven't had anyone permanent, only a rotation of guest presenters. I actually like the Mark Kermode film review slot on radio 5. I also used to quite enjoy Alex Cox's Moviedrome review slot that he used to do on BBC2 prior to televising a supposedly cult movie you'd never heard of. He'd be raving about it so much that you were compelled to watch it thinking this sounds like it'll be really good. At the end of the film you'd be sat there thinking "that's an hour and a half of my life i'll never get back" but it didn't stop me going back for more. I fell for it every week but in some ways that was all part of the entertainment.
 






The Clamp

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Jan 11, 2016
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Claudia Winkleman did it and was truly awful. Utterly unwatchable. After a couple of episodes they started bringing in additional "commentators" who basically ran the show for her. She's now left. Thank goodness.

Loved watching it with Barry Norman and then JR but it went very downhill after that.

RIP BN.
 


jakarta

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May 25, 2007
15,616
Sullington
Nothing wrong with Mark Kermode who is a proper film buff but another bit of my youth has just died, used to be one of my 'must watch' shows, if only for BN's dry humour as he shredded a crap Blockbuster movie.
 






whitelion

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Dec 16, 2003
12,828
Southwick
Nothing wrong with Mark Kermode who is a proper film buff but another bit of my youth has just died, used to be one of my 'must watch' shows, if only for BN's dry humour as he shredded a crap Blockbuster movie.

I find Kermode boring - he's put me off going to see new movies. :ohmy:
 


Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
33,507
East Wales
RIP Barry.

I like the film review on 5live, but find the whole "good doctor" and "church" stuff vomit inducing (not literally).
 








dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013
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Burgess Hill
Sad news.....meanwhile, the Mail surpasses it's usual level of shiteness

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