dave robinson wrote:I watched and enjoyed it, Cliff came over well and made his point very well. Good input too from The Shads, Brian May and the others. Felt ashamed of being from South Yorks, what with our totally inept police force blundering YET AGAIN.
As for the BBC, they are just scum and no longer serve any purpose.
Say it like it is Dave!
Yeah, I agree. Inevitably the show featured Cliff's recent ordeal very heavily, but still managed to paint a fairly broad picture of his career, given the short running time (how can you do justice to 60 years in just 60 minutes?!). Nice to see the Shads, both in recent interviews and some archive footage - some of which I had not seen before. Nice, also, to see the 'video' for 'Shooting Star', which has only come to light in the last few years and surely has not been seen on TV before. Everyone came across well and as genuine people who knew what they were talking about. I thought that Cliff looked visibly older than I expected, but that just shows how horrific these last four years have been. Mind you, he still looks better than I can ever hope to at 78! And of course it was great to hear the BBC getting a unanimous mauling from all concerned. It's been a bad year for them, what with Cliff taking them to the cleaners and now the disaster that is Doctor Who - with consistently falling audience numbers and more adverse criticism than I have ever seen for the show in 50 years! They have, indeed, 'lost the plot' and I for one would be pleased to see them consigned to the pages of history.
I think Cliff has and will come out of this much, much better than anyone could have predicted. It would be nice as well if a longer version of this programme could be released on DVD or Bluray, as I am sure there must be at least the same amount again (of interview footage) that could be used. Oh and it featured a great version of 'Why Should the Devil...' featuring Cliff Hall, George Ford, etc...
I recorded it and shall watch it again.
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 2:29 pm