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Clive James RIP

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  • #32
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users Posts: 15,978 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    maudgonner wrote: »
    Watching Clive James on 1993 now and so far we've had Rolf Harris, Gary Glitter, Ted Heath, Michael Jackson and Prince Andrew pop up. There's definitely a drinking game (a very depressing one) in this - if Jimmy Saville features in the next segment I'm cracking open a bottle.
    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    And there's an Arena programme on BBC4 at the moment with Jonathan Miller, until 00.30.

    With Kevin Spacey among the contributors:rolleyes:


  • #33
    KaneToad
    Registered Users Posts: 3,156 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    Clive was a brilliant writer. His poetry & novels will be consumed long after we're all gone. His memoirs too. RIP.


  • #34
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 32,980 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Will always remember him as the guy who made us aware of the Japanese game show "Endurance"

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #35
    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    Will always remember him as the guy who made us aware of the Japanese game show "Endurance"

    And Margarita Pracatan!

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • #36
    0lddog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    BBC 4 are re running 'Clive James in New York' starting at 22:00 Hrs today ( i.e. on at the time of this post )


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  • #37
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50578512

    Been 'terminally ill' for nearly ten years, which must be some sort of record.

    Wouldn't describe myself as a huge fan, but I did derive some enjoyment from his tv and columns.

    Edit: Apologies for the typo in the title, can a mod correct?

    Not really. Many people can get an illness they will definitely die from and it will shorten their life (though his didn’t because he wasn’t young when diagnosed) but treatments help them stretch out the time before they die. I’m not sure why you’ve put it in inverted commas.


  • #38
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    0lddog wrote: »
    BBC 4 are re running 'Clive James in New York' starting at 22:00 Hrs today ( i.e. on at the time of this post )

    The portrayal of a fantastic melting pot of colourful folk who don’t quite know what they are let alone where they might be from is funny. You’d miss his world weariness alright safe to say it still holds up, surprised it aired again..


  • #39
    BoroMan32
    Registered Users Posts: 616 ✭✭✭BoroMan32


    His 'Postcard from LA' which was on BBC Four a couple of weeks back was absolutely wonderful viewing.


  • #40
    0lddog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    1st Feb 2020 22:45 BBC 4.:. Postcard from Berlin


  • #41
    LillySV
    Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭LillySV


    Rip , was a great entertainer in his day


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  • #42
    0lddog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    29th Feb 2020 22:00 BBC 4.:. Postcard from Cairo


  • #43
    0lddog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    14th March 2020 22:00 BBC 4.:. Postcard from Bombay


  • #44
    0lddog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    brian_t wrote: »
    At 11pm this evening is Clives James Postcard from Shanghai China.

    It was filmed in May 1989 and seems to be the last of these repeats for the time being.


    28th March 2020


  • #45
    Ultrflat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭Ultrflat


    He called the bee gees a bunch of tossers :pac:

    He was hilarious Enjoy what ever your version of after death is :cool:


  • #46
    Fritzbox
    Registered Users Posts: 488 ✭✭Fritzbox


    Ultrflat wrote: »
    He called the bee gees a bunch of tossers :pac:

    He was hilarious Enjoy what ever your version of after death is :cool:

    Wrong guy! That was Clive Anderson.


  • #47
    Ultrflat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭Ultrflat


    Fritzbox wrote: »
    Wrong guy! That was Clive Anderson.

    hey I got the Clive bit right!


  • #48
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    0lddog wrote: »
    29th Feb 2020 22:00 BBC 4.:. Postcard from Cairo

    Cairo was poxy just camels and sand. Looking forward to Shanghai..


  • #49
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    Is it just me or was there a yellow tinge off the episode last night? ..left me considering a calibrator but maybe the film it was shot on hasn’t aged well.


  • #50
    Genghis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭Genghis


    Bobblehats wrote: »
    Is it just me or was there a yellow tinge off the episode last night? ..left me considering a calibrator but maybe the film it was shot on hasn’t aged well.

    Can't say I noticed. Loving this series, remember a few from the first time round but probably appreciate the wit now all the more.


  • #51
    tdf7187
    Registered Users Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭tdf7187


    I met Clive James at a charity do once. I found him surprisingly down to earth and very charming.


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  • #52
    JustAThought
    Registered Users Posts: 5,323 ✭✭✭JustAThought


    tdf7187 wrote: »
    I met Clive James at a charity do once. I found him surprisingly down to earth and very charming.

    Genius presenter, writer and observer - sorely needed on TV nowadays and will be much missed.They broke the mould when they made him. RIP Clive & thanks for the many years of laughter and delightful cynicism.


  • #53
    0lddog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    Missing your Saturday evening fix ?

    There is an interview with Katharine Hepburn on youtube :)








    Reminded me of when Lauren Bacall did her Desert Island Discs
    ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p009mxpg )


  • #54
    velo.2010
    Registered Users Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭velo.2010


    Somehow landed on this documentary on Youtube, as Clive James follows Damon Hill around for a couple of races towards the end of Hill's championship winning season in 1996. Hill was officially dumped by Williams with three races left, but it was long rumoured that the decision was made at the end of 1995 - Hill had another year on his contract which Williams would honour.

    James' narration is well worth the listen and makes what could be an otherwise dry program very interesting.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3c7c6wMlow


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