tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3537291181786154235.post4051867072674669223..comments2019-11-19T06:08:57.594+00:00Comments on I'm Going Outside Now...: Zen and the art of making TV programmesMyeralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980212065563161388noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3537291181786154235.post-23319652711965452142011-01-23T13:36:25.648+00:002011-01-23T13:36:25.648+00:00Truly, my heart batted when I saw the rocket. Sure...Truly, my heart batted when I saw the rocket. Surely we will have an interesting musing on Chapitre #3! But no! What is it that it is Zen? Is it that there are ourang-outans in it? Or a speech writer for Jimmy Carter?Paul Pincea'velonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3537291181786154235.post-54640606641202399182011-01-21T13:35:37.261+00:002011-01-21T13:35:37.261+00:00If you do get chance, try either Cabal or Ratking ...If you do get chance, try either Cabal or Ratking - worth a go.<br /><br />I thought the programme trailed off, with the last episode feeling quite soporific. I hesitate to make comparisons there with Steven Ireland's career...<br /><br />Thanks for the tip - I'll look out for some Sciascia.Myeralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980212065563161388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3537291181786154235.post-29861159105887398902011-01-21T12:11:10.526+00:002011-01-21T12:11:10.526+00:00Oh, and if you like Italian crime novels (and have...Oh, and if you like Italian crime novels (and haven't already read the following books), I highly recommend Sciascia's Day of the Owl and the Montalbano series.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15645029568785897293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3537291181786154235.post-75808295302395749642011-01-21T12:09:50.777+00:002011-01-21T12:09:50.777+00:00I hadn't read the books so didn't have tha...I hadn't read the books so didn't have that sense of disappointment you usually get when TV adaptations are either badly done or don't live up to your own imagination.<br /><br />I was almost put off by the misleadingly awful trailer, but enjoyed the show itself (you're right about Sewell's mumbling, though).<br /><br />Off topic but it looks like Pardew's dead set on signing Steven Ireland. Should we be worried?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15645029568785897293noreply@blogger.com