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The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer, Jimmy McGill, in the time leading up to establishing his strip-mall law office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Twilight Zone begins on Radio 4 Extra at 18:00 GMT on March 5th, and will continue for 10 weeks. The run time for each programme is approximately 40 minutes. This week "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" will be featured.
Prior to the broadcast, 4 Extra will present a 30-minute programme entitled "You're Entering The Twilight Zone". Here's the synopsis:
Alan Dein explores the classic American television series The Twilight Zone, as well as the life and imagination of its creator, Rod Serling.
I ran across some extra content for this post from our adventure group and thought would share.
Annja Creed is a world-traveling archaeologist with a penchant for arcane history and adventure. Heir to Joan of Arc's mystic sword and a nebulous heroic destiny, she frequently finds herself exposed to both. She is portrayed as beautiful and intelligent.
- Destiny (July 2006) (written by Mel Odom)
- Solomon's Jar (September 2006) (written by Victor Milán)
- The Spider Stone (November 2006) (written by Mel Odom)
- The Chosen (January 2007) (written by Victor Milán)
- Forbidden City (March 2007) (written by Mel Odom)
- The Lost Scrolls (May 2007) (written by Victor Milán)
- God of Thunder (July 2007) (written by Mel Odom)
- Secret of the Slaves (September 2007) (written by Victor Milán)
- Warrior Spirit (November 2007) (written by Jon F. Merz)
- Serpent's Kiss (January 2008) (written by Mel Odom)
- Provenance (March 2008) (written by Victor Milán)
- The Soul Stealer (May 2008) (written by Jon F. Merz)
- Gabriel's Horn (July 2008) (written by Mel Odom)
- The Golden Elephant (September 2008) (written by Victor Milán)
- Swordsman's Legacy (November 2008) (written by Michele Hauf)
- Polar Quest (January 2009) (written by Jon F. Merz)
- Eternal Journey (March 2009) (written by Jean Rabe)
- Sacrifice (May 2009) (written by Jon F. Merz)
- Seeker's Curse (July 2009) (written by Victor Milán)
- Footprints (September 2009) (written by Jon F. Merz)
- Paradox (November 2009) (written by Victor Milán)
- The Spirit Banner (January 2010) (written by Joseph Nassise)
- Sacred Ground (March 2010) (written by Jon F. Merz)
- The Bone Conjurer (May 2010) (written by Michele Hauf)
- Tribal Ways (July 2010) (written by Victor Milán)
- The Dragon's Mark (September 2010) (written by Joseph Nassise)
- Phantom Prospect (November 2010) (written by Jon F. Merz)
- Restless Soul (January 2011) (written by Jean Rabe)
- False Horizon (March 2011) (written by Jon F. Merz)
- The Other Crowd (May 2011) (written by Michele Hauf)
- Tear of the Gods (July 2011) (written by Joseph Nassise)
31 dramatized books by GA
Fargo is an American anthology black comedy–crime drama television series created and primarily written by Noah Hawley. The show is inspired by the 1996 film of the same name written and directed by the Coen brothers, who serve as executive producers on the series. It premiered on April 15, 2014, on FX. Each season follows an anthology format, being set in a different era along with a different story, cast and set of characters.
The all new "true crime" case of Fargo's new chapter travels back to 1979 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Luverne, Minnesota, where a young State Police Officer investigates a case involving a local crime gang and a major Mob syndicate.
The first season, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, and Martin Freeman was met with considerable acclaim. It won the Emmy Awards for Outstanding Miniseries, Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Casting, and received fifteen additional nominations including Outstanding Writing, another Outstanding Directing nomination, and acting nominations for Thornton, Tolman, Hanks, and Freeman. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film for its first season as well as Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for Thornton.
Mr. Robot is an American drama–thriller television series created by Sam Esmail.
The series follows Elliot Alderson, a young man living in New York City, who works at the cybersecurity company Allsafe as a security engineer. Constantly struggling with social anxiety disorder and clinical depression, Elliot's thought process seems heavily influenced by paranoia and delusion. He connects to people by hacking them, which often leads him to act as a cyber-vigilante. He is recruited by a mysterious insurrectionary anarchist known as "Mr. Robot", and joins his team of hacktivists known as "fsociety". One of their missions is to cancel all debts by taking down one of the largest corporations in the world, E Corp (known as "Evil Corp" by Elliot), which also happens to be Allsafe's biggest client.
LINK: Mr. Robot
Fear the Walking Dead is an American horror drama television series created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson that premiered on AMC on August 23, 2015. It is a companion series and prequel to The Walking Dead, which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard.
True Detective is an American crime drama television series created and written by Nic Pizzolatto. The series is broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States, and premiered on January 12, 2014. Designed as an anthology, each season will be structured as a disparate, self-contained narrative, employing new cast ensembles and following various sets of characters and settings.
The show's first season, starring Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts, and Tory Kittles, takes place in Louisiana and follows a pair of Louisiana State Police homicide detectives, and their pursuit of a serial killer over a seventeen-year period. Season two, which premiered on June 21, 2015, is set in California and focuses on the interweaving stories of officers from three cooperating police departments and a criminal-turned-businessman after the body of a corrupt city manager is found on the side of a highway. It stars Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly, and Vince Vaughn.
"SINATRA: ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL is an up-close and personal examination of the life, music and career of the legendary entertainer. Told in his own words from hours of archived interviews, along with commentary from those closest to him, the documentary weaves the music and images from Sinatra’s life together with rarely seen footage of Sinatra’s famous 1971 “Retirement Concert” in Los Angeles. The film’s narrative is shaped by Sinatra’s song choices for that concert, which Gibney interprets as the singer’s personal guide through his own life.
Focusing on Sinatra’s first 60 years – beginning with his birth in Hoboken, New Jersey and meteoric rise in his 20s – and drawing on comments from friends and family, as well as never-before-seen footage from home movies and concert performances, this unprecedented tribute to the beloved showman follows Sinatra’s growth from roadhouse performer to global singing sensation.
With the participation of the Frank Sinatra Estate, family members and archivists, SINATRA: ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL is an intimate portrait of the singer, actor, father, husband and philanthropist." (from HBO)
This is the best documentary I have ever seen with film clips, songs and pictures from the era. Even if your not a Sinatra fan, it is worth watching for the nostalgia shown for the time period.
If you have HBO Go or Now, it is still available to watch, but if not available to you I have uploaded it for our members to enjoy.
In two parts, each running about two hours each.
Link:
Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character.
Inspired by Clint Eastwood's no-nonsense approach to law enforcement in the Dirty Harry films, teenager Alan Spencer dreamed up the idea of a police officer whose approach was even more over-the-top, to the point of comical absurdity.
Inspector Sledge Hammer of the San Francisco Police Department is a violent, sadistic, insensitive detective. His prized possession is a .44 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 629 revolver (a stainless steel version of the Smith & Wesson Model 29) with a customized grip, featuring an engraving of a sledgehammer. Hammer sleeps and showers with his gun, and even talks to it, referring to it as "her." He believes in shooting first and asking questions never. Despite this, Hammer is never seen killing anybody on-screen during the whole 41 episodes of the show. In the pilot episode, he deals with a sniper on a skyscraper roof by blowing up the entire building with a bazooka, after which he utters "I think I got him" to onlooking cops, and in "Witless," he kicks a mob boss out of an open window to his death.
Link: Seasons 1 & 2
Right now, you can stream all 22 episodes (including the 94-minute pilot) on CW Seed for free.
The Flash is a 1990 American television series developed by the writing team of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo that aired on CBS. It is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash, a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds. The Flash starred John Wesley Shipp as Allen, along with Amanda Pays, Alex Désert, and Paula Marshall.
CyberGhost.
Sometimes you might want to access some content that is blocked by your location. Say you want to watch HULU from outside the U.S. or if in the U.S. there might be some content on BBC iPlayer restricted from U.S. you would like to view. That is where a VPN comes in.
I have been using the free version of CyberGhost and it works great for that purpose. It is simple to use and it protects your online privacy, you can surf anonymously and access locked or censored content. Also it does not slow down your internet connection. The free version sometimes has a few seconds wait to find a slot, but that is not bad for free. It is usually less than 30 seconds.
Link: http://www.cyberghostvpn.com/en_us
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Who Goes There? is a science fiction novella by John W. Campbell, Jr., written under the pen name Don A. Stuart. It was first published in the August 1938 Astounding Science-Fiction.
In 1973 the story was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the finest science fiction novellas ever written. It was published with the other top vote-getters in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two.
The novella has been adapted three times as a motion picture: the first in 1951 as The Thing from Another World; the second in 1982 as The Thing directed by John Carpenter; and most recently as a prequel to the Carpenter version, also titled The Thing, released in 2011.
The story concerns an Antarctic expedition undertaken by 37 men who now reside in a camp that affords little privacy. It opens with the men of the team gathered to discuss an unusual find: a 3-eyed alien creature encased in a block of ice that was retrieved nearby where a space ship was also discovered beneath the ice. Despite some initial misgivings, the camp’s doctor, Blair, proceeds to thaw out the creature so that he may examine it.
Who Goes There? by John W Campbell.mp3
BBC R4 [1996] Cinema 100 -- Val Gielgud & Holt Marvell - Death at Broadcasting House
A murder, done live and broadcast over the air? Unthinkable! The play is "Death at Broadcasting House", recreated from the 1934 film by Val Gielgud & Holt Marvell. This radio production, dramatized by Sue Rodwell, was first broadcast in 1996 and is part of Radio 4's Cinema 100 series.
This is radio-about-radio, with a wealth of detail and period atmosphere that recreates the live-radio world of the 1930s, from the low-tech special effects to the high-maintenance "stars" who read their roles on the air -- once. The concept of recording was new, and the very idea itself challenged both the technicians who made radio and the law.
Produced exactly where the play is set, at Broadcasting House in London, studio 6A.
Cast:
Julian: John Moffat
Rodney Fleming: Jeremy Clyde
Detective Inspector Spears: Peter Sallis
The General: Graham Crowden
Guy Bannister: Roger May
Leopold Dryden: William Nighy
Isabel Dryden: Diana Quick
Stewart Evans: Julian Glover
Detective Sergeant Ring: Nicky Henson
Topsy: Becky Hindley
Pat: Caroline Strong
Higgins: Gavin Muir
McDonald: David Holt
Police Surgeon: John Hartley
Produced by Glyn Dearman
Directed by Enid Williants
Kind: MPEG Audio File
Size: 45.3 MB
Bit Rate: 160 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.100kHz
Type : mp3
Channels: Stereo
Death At Broadcasting House pt 1 by Val Gielgud & Holt Marvel.mp3
Death At Broadcasting House pt 2 by Val Gielgud & Holt Marvel.mp3
In the 1930s, thousands of American farmers fled their drought-ridden and Depression-ravaged homelands of Oklahoma and Arkansas for California, where they hoped to find a better life. What they did find was exploitation and more misery, as memorably chronicled by John Steinbeck in his novel The Grapes of Wrath. Two young academics recorded the stories and music of these all-American refugees, and it is their first-hand accounts of events that can be heard in this program. Producer Jolyon Jenkins
The Archive Hour 051008 America's Barefoot Refugees.mp3
128kbps 57m
