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My first memory of Bernard Cribbins was as Perks in The Railway Children.
Of course he has been in so much more than that, I did enjoy his role in Doctor Who as well.
Another favourite of mine was his narration of the original Wombles.
Happy 93rd Birthday Bernard Cribbins.
So there is a new series of the A House Through Time starting 7th September, 9pm BBC Two.
I really enjoyed the previous three series. The series on the house in Bristol was really interesting, though I think I preferred the first series on the house in Liverpool.
This one is set in Leeds.
Went to Bristol to work in the office. After the office closed I walked back to my car. Wondered why there was a coffee stall at the FaithSpace, then realised that they were filming today at the FaithSpace in Redcliffe in Bristol. No idea what they were filming and no indication either.
Found out later in the evening from another Twitter account that it was a Channel 4 production of The Undeclared War.
Set in a post-pandemic 2024 in the run up to a British general election, THE UNDECLARED WAR tracks a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ (the UK’s version of the NSA) secretly working to ward off a cyber-attack on the country’s electoral system.
It was for a new Channel 4 drama called "The Undeclared War".https://t.co/90XArbAsdb
— What's Filming In Bristol? (@bristol_filming) June 17, 2021
Well the tease was one thing, now we have the full details of the new Lego Friends set, The Apartments.
Today, the LEGO Group announces the new LEGO F.R.I.E.N.D.S Apartments Set – which allows fans of the iconic Warner Bros. TV series the chance to recreate their favourite scenes. The 2,048-piece set, features both Monica and Rachel’s, and Chandler and Joey’s New York apartments, plus the adjoining hallway.
Following the hugely popular LEGO Ideas Central Perk set, which was released in 2019, the LEGO Friends Apartments set is complete with iconic features and props, such as the classic moment when Monica put the Thanksgiving turkey on her head, the one where Joey and Chandler only had a canoe as furniture and when Phoebe’s dollhouse went up in flames.
So it will be £134.99 when it is released later this month.
Are Lego teasing us?
The one with… pic.twitter.com/zyHXX36lQQ
— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) May 8, 2021
Does this mean that they are going to release a new Friends Lego set of Monica’s kitchen?
Well the existing Lego Friends set is still available and why wouldn’t Lego take advantage of their licence to make more Friends sets?
So the teaser for season four or Stranger Things has been released.
Is this a flashback or is it something new?
I enjoyed the first three seasons so looking forward to season four.
We have a teaser trailer for the Christmas episode of Doctor Who, featuring Captain Jack.
The episode was filmed before the March lockdown. Looking forward to it.
If you are watching The Trial of Christine Keeler you may recognise some scenes which were shot on Broad Street in Bristol. This is a screen grab of tonight’s broadcast.
You can see three old cars and this is the view down towards the Church of St John the Baptist on Christmas Street.
Here is another screen grab of Broad Street at night.
As it happens back in January 2019 I was walking around the area on my lunch break so I took a few photographs of the filming.
I was impressed with the number of 1960s cars they had used to dress the street.
They were filming on Corn Street in Bristol today. No idea what they were filming. Update: They are filming a new HBO series called Industry, which is a new American drama series which follows the lives of young bankers and traders trying to make their way in the world in the aftermath of the 2008 collapse.
There were some powerful lights shining into The Jetty.
I quite enjoyed Star Trek: The Next Generation: so I am quite looking forward to the new Star Trek series Picard.
It is released on Amazon Prime on the 23rd January 2020.
There is a trailer out which has some old friends in and certainly looks like an exciting series
Quite impressed with the special effects, will be interesting to see how they “improve” the technology and effects from when they filmed The Next Generation
Should be fun.