@bbcwritersroom What a brilliant blog post. Wish I'd been able to read something like that before my first (ok - only, so far) face to face meeting with a production company! I did okay (I think) and stayed in touch for a while - but this post is a still a 'must read'.
Z.P.G. ZERO POPULATION GROWTH (1972): Directed by Michael Campus and starring Ollie Reed, this dystopian sci-fi depicts a world so overpopulated that the act of giving birth is punishable by death. Real children have been replaced by these horrors...
RIP the great Micheal Keating. The heart and soul of Blake's 7, he played cowardly con-man Vila Restal (my favourite character) with a beautifully world-weary charm, and perfect comic timing. He and Paul Darrow's Avon made one of the all-time great double acts.
@MTGraveStudio Paperhouse (1988) Based on the equally disturbing children's tv series Escape into Night, and the book Marianne Dreams. A hat-trick of nightmare food. https://t.co/pR8oBD5cfi
@IPhillips79 I know the locations featured in this episode really well , and was a teenager there at the time it was filmed. It makes it even creepier 😬
OMNI (1978): "The world's first major magazine of science fact, fiction, and fantasy" captivated me when I was 8. I didn't understand 90% of it, but I loved its silver pages, the UFO Update, and most of all, the eye-melting artwork. Bring back magazines that look like this!
@YesterdaysBrit1 I had a Saturday job in that corner shop, complete with 'Arkwright's till', and you could put people's shopping 'in the book' to be paid at the end of the week... https://t.co/pwZQgwDVU1