24th July 2008, 02:37 PM
Hmmm... I think Dig Brother stands every chance of being made [8D]
Anyway, for those of you who can't be ars*d to find the Nancy Banks-Smith review in The Guarniad (or actually doing some work)...
Bonekickers (BBC1) is, it has been noticed, only a syllable short of bonkers. Hugh Bonneville, a decent actor tragically seduced by the temptation of a Harrison Ford hat, plays Professor "Dolly" Parton. Based, he says, on the archaeological adviser for the series, who "literally froths at the mouth". Frankly, I'd hesitate to share a table in an all-night cafe with any one of them.
This episode, The Eternal Fire, was about the forbidden love of Boudicca and a susceptible Roman called Marcus Quintanus. Their affair was conducted, apparently, in the catacombs under the Roman baths at Bath, where the feretting archaeologists discover Boudicca herself. Crystallised, of course. There is some elementary Latin ("Regina mea!") and contemporary Italian ("So! You call me because the fire in your loins is lit once more!") and, as the catacomb fills with gas, a lot of coughing as if we were in for another adaptation of the Bront?s. To be fair, the whole thing obviously cost about as much as Harrison Ford's hat.
Personally, I think it would be much improved by the addition of a lovable, if cowardly, great dane.
On a more serious note... over at DigitalSpy, someone wrote...
"I would have also thought that a group of dedicated archeologists might have expressed regret or remorse at accidentally incinerating the greatest archeological find of all time".
This seems to be a common thing throughout the series (well, the three episodes so far). I hope it doesn't reflect too badly on 'real' archaeologists... I used to get wound up if accidentally I broke a piece of pot (in situ or otherwise)
Ooo, ooo, ooo... I wanna be like you-ooo-ooo
Anyway, for those of you who can't be ars*d to find the Nancy Banks-Smith review in The Guarniad (or actually doing some work)...
Bonekickers (BBC1) is, it has been noticed, only a syllable short of bonkers. Hugh Bonneville, a decent actor tragically seduced by the temptation of a Harrison Ford hat, plays Professor "Dolly" Parton. Based, he says, on the archaeological adviser for the series, who "literally froths at the mouth". Frankly, I'd hesitate to share a table in an all-night cafe with any one of them.
This episode, The Eternal Fire, was about the forbidden love of Boudicca and a susceptible Roman called Marcus Quintanus. Their affair was conducted, apparently, in the catacombs under the Roman baths at Bath, where the feretting archaeologists discover Boudicca herself. Crystallised, of course. There is some elementary Latin ("Regina mea!") and contemporary Italian ("So! You call me because the fire in your loins is lit once more!") and, as the catacomb fills with gas, a lot of coughing as if we were in for another adaptation of the Bront?s. To be fair, the whole thing obviously cost about as much as Harrison Ford's hat.
Personally, I think it would be much improved by the addition of a lovable, if cowardly, great dane.
On a more serious note... over at DigitalSpy, someone wrote...
"I would have also thought that a group of dedicated archeologists might have expressed regret or remorse at accidentally incinerating the greatest archeological find of all time".
This seems to be a common thing throughout the series (well, the three episodes so far). I hope it doesn't reflect too badly on 'real' archaeologists... I used to get wound up if accidentally I broke a piece of pot (in situ or otherwise)
Ooo, ooo, ooo... I wanna be like you-ooo-ooo