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Cook'd
And Bomb'd
A massive archive devoted to Chris Morris' work in radio, television
and print, with tons of articles and downloads and enough desktop
wallpaper and Winamp skins to redecorate your computer several
times over. Also, the site has been officially classified as being
'unsuitable for eight year olds'. You don't say. |
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The
Culturenest
A web-based project by occasional Paintbox scribe and writer of
Radio Wales' sitcom "The Basement" Mark Griffiths, taking
an extremely tongue in cheek look at some media artefacts that
are too obscure even for this site to cover. When's "Green's
Men" coming out on DVD, Mark?. |
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The
Establishment
Home of all things Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, featuring all
manner of rarities ranging from the early singles to forgotten
latterday Stateside sitcom efforts, and a load of previously unplublished
Derek And Clive material too. 'The Spiggot' in particular is highly
recommended. |
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Fringeworld
A collection of projects old and new from 'Northern publishing
baron and homespun media terrorist' John Connors, including details
on his acclaimed free print publication "This Way Up".
There's tons to read on here, and then when you've read it all
you can send off for even more. Grrrrrrrrrrrr sponge flan. |
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Marmalade
Skies
A superb site devoted to UK psychedelia in all its many and varied
forms, from The Beatles and Pink Floyd to Les Fleurs De Lys and
Barry Booth. Particularly recommended are Maxwell Plumb's monthly
roundups of reviews, which keep tabs on all those reissues and
compilations that otherwise pass most genre fans by.. |
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The
Mausoleum Club
Essential reading for anyone with a strong interest in archive
television and radio. There are dozens of features on obscure
but intriguing one-off BBC2 dramas, and a fantastic forum where
even the most obscure query can be answered. Have a look at the
article on "The News Benders" - talk about ahead of
it's time... |
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Off
The Telly
For those who like their television with a touch of analysis and
criticism, with a regularly updated review section and a huge
archive of detailed articles on specific shows, covering a wide
spectrum that takes in everything from "Panorama" to
"I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!". |
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Radio
HaHa
Radio is only a defunct medium in the eyes of those with defunct
critical faculties, and here's some evidence in the form of a
phenomenally large and phenomenally detailed guide to every comedy
show broadcast on UK radio since 1980. The good, the bad and "Bits
Of Last Week's Radio", you'll find them all here... |
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Some
Of The Corpses Are Amusing
Sick and tired of being told what to like by a fawning, press
release fixated world? Tired of the lazy sycophancy and lazy uninventiveness
of the media? And then you got off the bus? Then come here, and
prepare to be shaken awake. Some of it's quite good and has swearing
in it. |
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Toonhound
An absolute treasure trove for anyone who is interested in homegrown
animation. Puppets, cartoons and comic strips are all catalogued
in fascinating detail on this superb site, the more obscure the
better, and the research that has gone into the articles is little
short of amazing. |
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Totally
TOTPtastic
Spanning the entire history of the UK's longest-running pop music
TV show, from Jimmy Saville pretending to 'play' the songs on
a giant turntable, through Pan's People dancing to T-Rex's 'Jeepster'
and the blue-dominated set of the 1980s, all the way up to Sarah
Cawood introducing The White Stripes and The Hives. Fantastic! |
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TV
Cream
The original A-Z of TV programmes that only you remember (yes,
even including "Buzzfax"!), with additional sections
detailing equally archaic radio, films, commercials, snacks and
snack food. If you yearn to know the name of that thing with Stephen
Pacey reading out poetry on mid-morning BBC1, this is where to
look. |
