Clare's Lair

Wednesday, August 28, 2002

Good grief. What was I thinking? This is surely the best test site there is!


Posted by Clare at 3:06 PM [+]
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But oh no! It's all gone wrong!

Life is fairly pointless to for me. It's a constant cycle of getting captured by Bowser, getting rescued by men who lust after me either due to my looks or wealth, and baking cakes. Any involvement I have in a game is fairly limited. I reinforce the bad stereotype that women are helpless beings. I am made of sugar and spice and everything nice, yet incapable of inteligent thought. Such is the life of Peach.

What Super Mario Bros character are you?
Posted by Clare at 3:04 PM [+]
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Hooray. For my new job it seemed like a good idea to get people doing stupid tests. This site has a fairly good collection, though I suspect there are better. At least it has the classic Which Kind of Muppet Are You.


Posted by Clare at 2:57 PM [+]
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It's back!

For two weeks only, your indispensible guide to TV's crime...


Posted by Clare at 10:37 AM [+]
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crime watching
week 61
august 24th – 30th
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 Films" on tv
None this week.

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

criminal justice programmes
Saturday August 24th, 19.40, C5 Caught in the Act
CCTV snares thieves and fraudsters. Which is what it was intended for all along, as this groundbreaking documentary reveals.

Sunday August 25th, 22.55, BBC2 Arrest and Trial

Sunday August 25th, 23.25, C5 Murder Detectives

Tuesday August 27th, 23.15, C5 The World’s Most
Wanted Woman
Elaine Parent, who stole people’s identities, is the worst female criminal on the loose in the whole world, claim Channel 5.
Producer: Tim Tate

Thursday August 29th, 21.05, BBC1 Crimewatch UK
Contact: 0500 600600, e-mail cwuk@bbc.co.uk
Director: Phil Chivers
Related website: www.bbc.co.uk/crime
[updated at 22.35]

real life documentaries/docusoaps
None this week

social issues documentaries
None this week

crime dramas/serials
Saturday August 24th, 13.10, BBC2 Columbo

Saturday August 24th, 14.40, BBC2 Quincy

Saturday August 24th, 15.30, BBC2 Perry Mason

Saturday August 24th, 21.15 and Sunday 25th, 21.00, BBC1 Messiah 2
Grim psychological serial killing thriller. With horrifically gory murders!
Director: David Richards Producer: Joshua St Johnson

Saturday August 24th, 21.00, C5 CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation
Related website: www.channel5.co.uk/csi

Saturday August 24th, 21.50, C5 Law and Order

Saturday August 24th, 22.50, C5 Homicide: Life on the Streets
Continuation of the sordid storyline in Law and Order under a different name –
very confusing.

Sunday August 25th, 19.10, C5 Martial Law
Woo! Double episode! Nearly two whole hours of Martial Law! Woo!

Weekdays, 11.00, C5 Magnum PI

Monday August 26th, 21.00, BBC1 Merseybeat
Ending the series in which policemen aren’t as nice as they could be.
Director: Adrian Bean Producer: Kay Patrick
Related Website: www.bbc.co.uk/merseybeat

Monday August 26th, 22.30, C4 Six Feet Under
The murder of a gay man forces David to consider opening up about his sexuality. Which seems a little bit pointless, as every character in this cult series knows anyway.



Tuesday August 27th, and Thursday 29th, 14.30, C5
McMillan and Wife
Police murder scandal.

Tuesday August 27th, 13.00, Wednesday 28th, 12.30 and 22.40,
Thursday 29th, 12.45 and Friday 30th, 12.35, C4
Ally McBeal
Nooo! Ally sacks the lovely Jenny on Wednesday night in a sure sign that she has
gone completely mad. Not surprising though, when the child you never knew
about after an improbably lab mix-up appears. Never thought I’d say it, but you
can start to see why it got axed…

Weekdays (except Monday), 14.10, BBC1 Murder, She Wrote

Tuesday August 27th, Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th, 20.00, ITV
The Bill
The never-ending police soap goes from strength to strength with three episodes this week.
Director: Jamie Payne Producer: Susan Mather
Related website: www.thebill.com

Wednesday August 28th, 00.10, C4 Oz
Grit your teeth as the horror continues.

Friday August 30th, 21.00, C5 A Mind to Kill
Director: Dai Evans Producers: Mike Parker/
Fizzy Oppe

0ther programmes of interest
Monday August 26th, 21.30, BBC2 Liar
Only potentially of interest: this quiz makes six members of the public pretend they have been to prison – which story will the audience find most convincing?

clare's personal choice of the week
Monday August 26th, 22.00, BBC2 Clueless
What better to do on a Bank Holiday Monday than remind yourself of those happy summers of your youth when you wished you could be an American teenager leading a fabulous, witty romantic life. So watch Dirty Dancing on C4 at 19.05, followed by Clueless and you’ll be very, very happy indeed.
Director: Amy Heckerling



criminal justice story lines in the main soaps during august
Most dramatically, Marty is arrested after a police search in Brookside. Meanwhile Little Mo continues to have a terrible life in Eastenders, whether or not she is in jail. Which, for now, she is not.
www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders
www.corrie.net
www.brookside.com
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers

radio programmes

must hear radio
Monday August 26th, 20.00, Radio 4 Life Sentence
This could be very interesting. How a prisoner who spent much of his life imprisoned on Cape Town’s Robben Island now returns as a tour guide.
Producer: Sarah Conkey

criminal justice programmes
None this week
social issues documentaries
Saturday August 24th, 22.15 and Wednesday 28th, 20.00, Radio 4 The Commission
Repeated debate on drinking and on Wednesday a look at corporate responsibility.
Producer: Sara Nathan

Monday August 26th, 15.45, Radio 4 Fresh Air Kids
Teenage drug taking in Liverpool.
Producer: Bella Bannerman

crime dramas/serials
Wednesday August 28th, 14.15, Radio 4 Afternoon Play:
An Oddbody
Amateur sleuth series.
Director: Rosemary Watts



other programmes of interest
Monday August 26th, 09.30, Radio 4 With Reference To…
How police use recordings of dialects from the 50s.
Producer: Andrew Luck-Baker

Monday August 26th, 20.00, Radio 4 Life Sentence
Sophiwa Sobuwa was 17 when he was sentenced to 48 years on Robben Island, the notorious maximum security prison near Cape Town. Although he was released in 1991, he returns every day as a museum guide.
Producer : Sara Conkey


Thursday August 29th, 11.30, Radio 4 With Great Pleasure
Find out what Anne Owers, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, likes to read (apart from Crimewatching of course)
Producer: Jolyon Jenkins

Friday August 30th, 16.30, Radio 4 The Message
Jenny 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
The Radio Times has an intriguing article about a new American quiz that pits convicted criminals against each other for ‘the rare opportunity to compensate victims for past crimes committed against them’ by being chased through woods by dogs. ‘Rapists are not welcome although manslaughter is fine’. Very, very bizarre. See www.dangerisland.tv to find out more. Messiah II, the gory murder drama, prompts an article on why we have an ever growing desire to see the explicit detail of horrific murders – I wonder how we could let them know we don’t?

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 august 24th
13.10 BBC2 Columbo
14.40 BBC2 Quincy
15.30 BBC2 Perry Mason
19.40 C5 Caught in the Act
21.00 C5 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
21.50 C5 Law and Order
21.15 BBC1 Messiah 2
22.15 BBCR4 The Commission
22.50 C5 Homicide: Life on the Streets

sunday august 25th
19.10 C5 Martial Law
21.00 BBC1 Messiah 2
22.55 C5 Arrest and Trial
23.25 C5 Murder Detectives

monday august 26th
09.30 BBCR4 With Reference To. . .
11.00 C5 Magnum PI
15.45 BBCR4 Fresh Air Kids
20.00 BBCR4 Life Sentence
21.00 BBC1 Merseybeat
21.30 BBC2 Liar
21.30 BBCR4 With Reference To…
22.00 BBC2 Clueless
22.30 C4 Six Feet Under

tuesday august 27th
11.00 C5 Magnum PI
13.00 C4 Ally McBeal
14.10 BBC1 Murder, She Wrote
14.30 C5 McMillan and Wife
20.00 ITV The Bill
23.15 C5 The World’s Most Wanted
Woman

wednesday august 28th
00.10 C4 Oz
11.00 C5 Magnum PI
12.30 C4 Ally McBeal
14.10 BBC1 Murder, She Wrote
14.15 BBCR4 Afternoon Play: An Oddbody
20.00 ITV The Bill
20.00 BBCR4 The Commission
22.40 C4 Ally McBeal

thursday august 29th
11.00 C5 Magnum PI
11.30 BBCR4 With Great Pleasure
12.45 C4 Ally McBeal
14.10 BBC1 Murder, She Wrote
14.30 C5 McMillan and Wife
20.00 ITV The Bill
21.05 BBC1 Crimewatch UK
22.35 BBC1 Crimewatch UK update






friday august 30th
11.00 C5 Magnum PI
12.35 C4 Ally McBeal
14.10 BBC1 Murder, She Wrote
16.30 BBCR4 The Message
21.00 C5 A Mind to Kill



Posted by Clare at 10:35 AM [+]
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