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BiNS Advent Calendar 2008 – December 22nd

What if Noddy had decided to do a Easter song instead? See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.

BiNS Advent Calendar 2008 – December 9th

What should pop up in between The Simpsons and Wayne Rooney’s Search For a Footballer Who’s Good Against Skips But Not Actual People, but the Sky TV Christmas ident. And, if you look closely you can see it’s shot in Victoria Square, focusing on the Council House but with a little bit of the Central Library and even a column of Town Hall sneaking behind Bob Wilson’s carousel. Decent bit of video effects work to replace the ‘Birmingham’ in lights above the Council House door with ‘Everyone’. See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.

BiNS Advent Calendar 2008 – December 5th

Another Central Christmas tape – 1984′s NSFW version. This one is much funnier, but is rude, sweary and contains the sort of humour that Jim Bowen might have got up to when left to his own devices. Don’t watch if you’re likely to be offended, but it is, in places, very amusing. See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.

Plans for Birmingham to get its own TV station – Birmingham Post

Remember Birmingham L!ve TV? Tony Butler’s football phone in on telly, with Tone looking uncomfortable sitting on his own in a studio by a coffee table? It wouldn’t be like that? Would it?

Channel Four TV ident filming in the Bull Ring

Wonder what the red bits will be sfx’d into, giant pork scratchings? Channel Four TV ident filming in Birmingham, originally uploaded by Tony Worrall.

Not so long ago I read about the death of ‘Nightingales’ scriptwriter Paul Makin, who I would find out was from the Black Country. It reminded me that I’d been meaning to get hold of the programme on DVD, I have and it’s still brilliant. It stars Robert Lindsay (pre ‘My Family’, when he was good), David Threlfall and James Ellis (‘Z Cars’, but I remember him better for ‘One by One‘ the everyday detective drama of a vet in a zoo) as night security guards in a nondescript office building. It’s better than it sounds, and much more surreal — the first episode has them dealing with a werewolf. What the building was used for in the day isn’t ever established, theirs is a very nocturnal existence. Nor is where it is based. There are a few external shots, but more in the ‘Friends’ style of establishing that they’re in the big city — can you see where I’m going with this? Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Any clearer? Concentrate on the building to the bottom left behind the office block: Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Yes, it turns out that the Nightingales were guarding the offices above Snobs — you...

Not this morning with Richard and Judy

Catherine O’Flynn won the Newcomer of the Year award we asked you to vote for. The award cermony that will be shown this Sunday on Channel 4 at a quarter to five presented by Richard and Judy.

Costa Book of the Year award within grasp for Catherine O’Flynn

Having won the Costa first novel award, Catherine O’Flynn’s What was Lost is now in the running for the Costa Book of the Year award. The winner will be announced later today at a posh do in that London. This morning, BBC Breakfast had a feature on Catherine, who talked about her inspirations which include growing up in Nechells and a fondness for gas towers; and also a chat with her Birmingham-based publisher, Tindal Street Press. Fingers crossed for Catherine for tonight’s award!

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BiNS Advent Calendar 2008 – December 22nd

BiNS Advent Calendar 2008 – December 9th

BiNS Advent Calendar 2008 – December 5th

Plans for Birmingham to get its own TV station – Birmingham Post

Channel Four TV ident filming in the Bull Ring

There’s nobody here but us chickens

Not this morning with Richard and Judy

Costa Book of the Year award within grasp for Catherine O’Flynn

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