20April

L asks after:

1* a movie to watch.

Tough, you're getting a radio show. And an old radio show, at that. Radio Active was a spoof of a commercial radio station, back in the days when they did something other than play wall-to-wall chart hits. Even if some of the topical jokes haven't aged too well, many of the other sketches retain their cutting edge after two decades. The series improved as it went on, and the BBC7 repeats are now up to the penultimate series from 1986. Indeed, returning to the original question, this week's episode is the station's trip to the Nice Film Festival.

2* an artist to admire.

You can't go wrong with a Constable.

3* a song to sing along to.

Wasn't there a version of Life on Mars posted here not a million minutes ago?

4* a television show to turn on.

We're rather appreciating the video-on-demand approach of France 24, the news station broadcasting to the world from Paris. Ten minutes of news at the top and bottom of each hour is enough to keep anyone abreast of what's happening, and individual stories can be watched in any order.

5* a book to read.

After the cold earlier in the week, I'm going through a brief phase of funny comic strips, yer Garfields and Dilberts and (mostly) Beano.

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