Clare's Lair

Saturday, May 25, 2002

Great - but what's the point??

Google's 'test things before they are ready' has a set predictor here


Quite clever on my block of animals (a simple test) except for coffee... hmm.


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Edinburgh Student folds

Very sad... but they plan to be back up and running by next term, so in that respect most student papers fold after the second term. What is pretty staggering is that as a 'financially independent' paper they managed to run up five figure debts.

That's not very financially independent is it?


Posted by Clare at 6:55 PM [+]
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Town without Pity by Don Hale

Top book!!! Finished reading it now and plan to write a full review very soon....
Posted by Clare at 6:53 PM [+]
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The campaign for one browser

Well.. experiments have been made with Opera and it has problems too... it gives you, for free! an extra box for your adverts. Not keen...
Posted by Clare at 6:51 PM [+]
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Sitemeter Surfing

Good grief, misspelling searcher's still at it

It's spelt Marie Claire
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Pi magazine, now my old magazine :( have come up with a great crop of articles when they should have been revising - worth having a look at! *glows with pride*
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Poor neglected Blog

Time for some much needed catch-up.

First, the Guardian, being lovely, reported on Hodgewatch yesterday, here - it was top story yesterday but sadly had little impact on signing figures, which creep through the 500s. However, we have enough for a pretty strong case against the Evil Minister. Go see!
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crime watching
week 48: may 25th – 31st
Written for Payback by Clare-Marie White.
NB Schedules may be subject to change so it's worth checking a daily paper or www.radiotimes.com for up-to-date listings.

television programmes
classics, "Must See TV"
Sunday May 26th, 01.10, C4 Birdman of Alcatraz
True story about coping with life in the notorious jail. Burt Lancaster plays a killer
in solitary confinement who finds solace through the company of sparrows.
Director: John Frankenheimer.

programmes worth watching out for, which don't make it to MSTV status
None this week

criminal justice programmes
Saturday May 25th, 22.55, C5 Murder Detectives

Sunday May 26th, 21.00, BBC2 Hooligans
The series finishes with a look at foreign hooligans.
Related website: www.bbc.co.uk/hooligans

Sunday May 26th, 22.35, C5 Hard Bastards
Director/Producer: Toni Williamson

Tuesday May 28th, 03.30, ITV Judge Judy

Tuesday May 28th, 23.15, C5 Serial Killers

Friday May 31st, 24.45, ITV The London Programme
How ritual killing is a possibility in the case of a boy found in the Thames.

social issues documentaries
Sunday 26th May, 18.15, ITV NYLON
Looks at the relationship between New York and London (see? Clever title!) and the cycle of poverty in the two cities.


Thursday May 30th, 21.00, C4 Cutting Edge
A somewhat unwise experiment in which a group of 11 and 12 year old boys are put into a house on their own to terrorise and traumatize each other, while psychologists and parents look on to make predictable comments. Amusingly the description says they were “given food and drink and training on how to prepare it”.
Director: Kim Flitcroft

real life documentaries/'docusoaps'.
Wednesday May 29th, 00.15, C4 Tourist Police

crime dramas/serials
Saturday May 25th, 21.00, C5 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
[Repeated Monday 27th, 23.35]
Related website: www.cbs.com/primetime/csi

Saturday May 25th, 21.55, C5 Law and Order
[Repeated Sunday 26th, 23.10]
Related website: www.studiosusa.com/laworder

Sunday 26th May, 15.45, ITV Nash Bridges

Sunday May 26th, 19.10, C5 Martial Law

Weekdays, 11.00, C5 TJ Hooker

Weekdays, 14.10, BBC1 Diagnosis Murder

Weekdays (except Fri), 14.10, ITV Heartbeat

Weekdays, 14.20, and Thursday 30th May, 00.10, C4 Ally McBeal

Weekdays, 14.55, BBC1 The Bench
You can’t move for crime programmes around the 2pm mark now (do people get a particular lust for blood after lunch? Is murder the new siesta?) and this is the latest to join the stable. Sadly replacing Doctors, which was great, but so is this. Set in a Welsh magistrates’ court, now - you might not think much goes on in Wales, but this is bound to show the true depths of depravity and car-parking offences in Anne Robinson’s favourite colony.

Tuesday May 28th, 21.00, BBC1 Murder in Mind

Tuesday May 28th, 23.05, C4 Oz
‘Gritty’ prison drama set in America.


Wednesday May 29th, 15.45, C5 Hart to Hart: Dill Death do Us Hart
Hart gets right to the hart of the matter with more harty puns. It’s a hart life, being a
detective. Har har.

Wednesday May 29th, 21.00, BBC2 Murder
Three part drama starring Julie Walters as a mother whose son is brutally murdered the day after his 21st birthday. It looks at the story from three angles, beginning with a tabloid journalist.
Director: Beeban Kidron Producer: Rebecca de Souza

Thursday May 30th, 20.00, ITV The Bill
Director: Michael Ferguson Producer: Tom Cotter
Related website: www.thebill.com

Thursday May 30th, 21.00, ITV Bad Girls
Roisin goes into solitary confinement.
Director: Diana Patrick Producer: Claire Phillips
Related website: www.badgirls.co.uk - with factsheets from the CCJS.

Thursday May 30th, 21.00, C5 A Mind to Kill

Thursday May 30th, 22.00, BBC2 Porridge
Director/Producer: Sydney Lotterby

Friday May 31st, 20.30, ITV Inspector Morse
Director: Adrian Shergold Producer: David Lascelles

Other programmes of interest
None this week.


criminal justice story lines in the main soaps during may
Little Mo returns to the dock in Eastenders to find out her sentence. What will she get for the attempted murder of Trevor? All the magazines are hinting that it won’t be a happy ending… so prepare for a mass of letters flooding into the BBC from concerned well-wishers. Meanwhile, Janine finally finds herself in a jail cell after being caught with a customer.
In Brookside, Ron is still having problems coping with life outside jail and in Coronation Street Richard does a Brookie and buries his ex-spouse under the patio. But how long will it take for the police to come knocking?
And in Emmerdale, Scott continues to run his own car-crime empire.

Related websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders
www.corrie.net
www.brookside.com
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers

radio programmes
must hear radio
None this week.

criminal justice programmes
Tuesday May 28th, 09.00, Radio 4 Unreliable Evidence
Producers: Bruce Hyman and Barbara Loftus

social issues documentaries
None this week

crime dramas/serials
Monday May 27th, 14.15, Radio 4 Afternoon Play: The Raft
A prisoner contemplates suicide in this recommended drama.
Director: Peter Leslie Wild

Wednesday May 29th, 23.00, Radio 4 La Crème de la Crime
Featuring Punt and Dennis’s creation: the author of A Nice Sit Down with Some Horrific Murders. Very Radio 4.
Director: Adam Bromley

Friday May 31st, 14.15, Radio 4 Afternoon Play: McLevy
Director: Patrick Raynor


other programmes of interest
Friday May 31st, 16.30, Radio 4 The Message
Jenni Murray and guests engage in conversation about current media trends.
Producer: Cecile Wright
Related website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/themessage.

crime writing in the TV guides
8,500 people have written to Little Mo in jail – see http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/trial/letters.shtml.

daily listings
NB As schedules may be subject to change, it's worth checking a daily paper or www.radiotimes.com for up-to-date listings.

saturday may 25th
21.00 C5 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
21.55 C5 Law and Order
22.55 C5 Murder Detectives

sunday may 26th
01.10 ITV Birdman of Alcatraz
15.45 ITV Nash Bridges
18.15 ITV NYLON
19.10 C5 Martial Law
21.00 BBC2 Hooligans
22.35 C5 Hard Bastards
23.10 C5 Law and Order

monday may 27th
11.00 C5 TJ Hooker
14.10 ITV Heartbeat
14.15 BBCR4 The Raft
14.20 C4 Ally McBeal
14.10 BBC1 Diagnosis Murder
14.55 BBC1 The Bench
23.35 C5 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation


tuesday may 28th
03.30 ITV Judge Judy
09.00 BBCR4 Unreliable Evidence
11.00 C5 TJ Hooker
14.10 ITV Heartbeat
14.20 C4 Ally McBeal
14.10 BBC1 Diagnosis Murder
14.55 BBC1 The Bench
21.00 BBC1 Murder in Mind
23.05 C4 Oz
23.15 C5 Serial Killers

wednesday may 29th
00.15 C4 Tourist Police
11.00 C5 TJ Hooker
14.10 ITV Heartbeat
14.20 C4 Ally McBeal
14.10 BBC1 Diagnosis Murder
14.55 BBC1 The Bench
15.45 C5 Til Death do us Hart
21.00 BBC2 Murder
23.00 BBCR4 Crème de la Crime

thursday may 30th
00.10 C4 Ally McBeal
11.00 C5 TJ Hooker
14.10 ITV Heartbeat
14.20 C4 Ally McBeal
14.10 BBC1 Diagnosis Murder
14.55 BBC1 The Bench
22.00 BBC2 Porridge
20.00 ITV The Bill
21.00 ITV Bad Girls
21.00 C4 Cutting Edge
21.00 C5 A Mind to Kill


friday may 24th
11.00 C5 TJ Hooker
14.15 BBCR4 McLevy
14.20 C4 Ally McBeal
14.40 BBC1 Diagnosis Murder
14.55 BBC1 The Bench
16.30 BBCR4 The Message
20.30 ITV Inspector Morse
23.45 ITV The London Programme



Posted by Clare at 8:49 AM [+]
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Poor neglected blog

:(


Posted by Clare at 9:37 AM [+]
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An interesting article about Blogs.
Posted by Clare at 9:28 AM [+]
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