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BTTT

[buccaneer81]

While not a film power these days, the Brits are far superior in the production of television.

Examples:

Space:1999

Inspector Morse

Monty Python's Flying Circus

Fawlty Towers

Life On Mars

Danger UXB

Spooks (Known as MI-5 in the US)

That's merely scratching the surface.

[denydenydeny]

I imagine there were Romans who had the same nostalgic feeling reading Tacitus and Juvenal as the Visigoths were burning down the city.

[Malesherbes]

My wife and I have the “Upstairs Downstairs” series, and we have watched it so many times that it has become trite. But it is still comforting. There was once such a time before our industrial strength relativism dissolved all values.

[VR-21]

That picture from “Kind Hearts and Coronets” (”In that case, I’ll have a small glass of developer.”) was a keeper. I loved that movie. Good article. I share the authors love for those old British films, and for the Britain that lives in them.

[bleach]

The article reads like a Ray Davies/Kinks LP. The longing for the lost England is the theme of Village Green Preservation Society and Arthur.

[LibFreeOrDie]

A few faves:

Things to Come (1936)

Dead of Night (1945)

Whisky Galore (aka Tight Little Island - 1949)

A Christmas Carol (1951 - Alastair Sim)

The Belles of St. Trinian’s (1954)

A Tale of Two Cities (1958 - Dirk Bogarde)

I’m All Right, Jack (1959)

The Mouse That Roared (1959)

Tunes of Glory (1960) - an amazing portrayal by Alec Guinness, completely unlike his usual roles

Tom Jones (1963)