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Slim. nothing new worth watching on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week. I note that on Thursday "Valentino" (1951) is being shown, am indifferent biopic of the silent film star. Possibly more watchable than the Ken Russell film of that name but that's not a recommendation. One minor bit of trivia is that one of the characters in the film was played by Dona Drake, who was also the Rita Rio of the clips I posted some time ago of Rita Rio and her all girl band.

El Loro
@El Loro posted:

Slim. nothing new worth watching on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week. I note that on Thursday "Valentino" (1951) is being shown, am indifferent biopic of the silent film star. Possibly more watchable than the Ken Russell film of that name but that's not a recommendation. One minor bit of trivia is that one of the characters in the film was played by Dona Drake, who was also the Rita Rio of the clips I posted some time ago of Rita Rio and her all girl band.

Thank you El

slimfern
@slimfern posted:

I like the look of this film El...it has 5 stars in the Radio Times
Thanks again

I'm not surprised that it has 5 stars in the Radio Times, Slim

"How Green was my Valley" has been shown a number of times over the years on television so you may find that you have seen it before.
There's another film called "The Stars Look Down" (1940) which is also about a British coal mining community. Has a different storyline though. So it would be quite easy to confuse one film with the other A good film which the Radio Times gives it 4 stars.

El Loro
@El Loro posted:

I'm not surprised that it has 5 stars in the Radio Times, Slim

"How Green was my Valley" has been shown a number of times over the years on television so you may find that you have seen it before.
There's another film called "The Stars Look Down" (1940) which is also about a British coal mining community. Has a different storyline though. So it would be quite easy to confuse one film with the other A good film which the Radio Times gives it 4 stars.

I'll be able to tell you by late afternoon tomorrow if I've seen it or not El

slimfern
@slimfern posted:

Sounds like quite an amazing experience, will you be going to see it El?

Probably not Slim as you can find clips of Luke Jerram's Mars on youtube. Looks as if he created it 3 years ago and has been shown elsewhere during that time.

Besides Mars and the Moon, some years ago he made Gaia (the Earth). That was also shown at Gloucester cathedral and Luke Jerram created this video which is in 360°. So you can rotate the view during the clip. It's 33 minutes long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgZhnBgsCjw
(Mention is made of The Ecclesiastical Insurance Group which specialises in insurance cover for churches and happens to be based in Gloucester,)

El Loro