Although Wikipedia claims the original UK title was used until the 80's I'm pretty sure it was 10 Little Indians by then (and had been for quite a time). Can't find a reference for this but even in 70s Britain, the N word would have been considered offensive.

I read all her books when I was younger. The one terrible plot reveal I seem to remember was in Sparkiling Cyanide. I think its revealed that the poisoner

The only way I can even revisit the prequels is by watching Mr Plinkett rip into them. Almost makes up for the 2 FUCKING HOURS I queued to see the first one.

Thanks for that. Still a shame.

Man, I loved Ultraviolet. Why was there only ever one series, I will never know.

My wife brought this on Blu Ray. It was OK but came across as a bit of a throw away TV movie. The tone is a little uneven typified with the scene

Am I the only one who wonders if Stephen Hawking actual lends his voice to all those cartoon guest spots he does or just gives permission for them to use a speech synthesiser and make it sound like he was doing it?

Not sure if it's been mentioned but Back and Forth wasn't a holiday special but was shown in the millenium dome as part of the millenium celebrations. A friend went to the millenium exhibition and said Blackadder was the only part he enjoyed. Which is praise of a sort.

Definately! We need Simon Skinner with his shit eater grin. Michael Armstrong would be good too.

This makes me wish I had kids. Then I could sell them and use the money to produce these.

Steve McQueen doing a French accent would have just been wierd. I'm firmly of the opinion that if the actors aren't actually going to speak the language, then doing the accent is often just distracting.

I read all of the Arthur C Clarke books back in the day and this was my least favourite. I have also read it was Arthurs least favourite and …

I seem to remember talk in the 80s of a Dan Dare TV series with Elton John doing the music. I was a big fan of the 2000AD reboot of DD so was stoked for this but the project seemed to have folded. I presume some of the songs he wrote for it re-appeared on his albums.

Is it a site that corrects spelling and grammar?

No - he was the voice. The face was based on James Garner.

The scene where he shows his shooting skills by throwing a washer in the air and shooting through it. Every one doubts he just did that so he covers the hole with tape and repeats it. This time the tape has a hole in it from the bullet. Garner plays that scene just right - with that laid back resignation that shows…

He is just so good in Support Your Local Sheriff. Its a film I will always watch if I see it in the schedules. Of course, since he was the face of Captain Scarlet, he was my nemesis so I should have mixed feelings but I'm just sad.

How you diddling?

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A while ago I started thinking of where his next book would go. Based on his recent "Cramming Earth (Victorian era) history into Discworld" I thought what he would come up with next after the printing press, association football, the telegraph (clacks) the modern postal system. My guess based on historical…