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The telly and the radio
Topic Started: Monday, 27. October 2008, 15:48 (1,051 Views)
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I watch quite a lot of children's programmes (It's obligatory for grandparents) and of all the ones I've seen (apart from EWTN) the only one to include a church and its incumbent in the storyline is Postman Pat.
Just a point of interest :grin:

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Have any of you men grown out of watching Startreck?

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Keep the Faith!

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Katey A,
I watch a lot of childrens programing myself. I must keep up with Clifford, the big red dog, Authur, Cyberchase and between the Lions, a reading program. They are preferable to Judge Judy and The Ellen Show.
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Rose, some of us ladies enjoy Star Trek too!
I have been watching Harry hill's TV Burp tonight - silly but great fun
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I watched a show on TV last night. A rarity for me. A program about the last few hours of World War 1.
A man named Michael Palin showed us just how stupid some generals were in throwing lives away right up to the last minute.
And while I enjoyed the program, the whole thing was very sad.

The pictures of the man who lost almost half of his face were very sad, and reminded me of the men I used to see as a child who had lost one or both legs.
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Sounds interesting Sean.

"A man named Michael Palin...". Hmmm. You can tell you're not English!
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From which remark I infer that Michael Palin is well known to television viewers in England.
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Sean, he was in Monty Python before he became a serious broadcaster. I saw that programme too, and found it very sad.
My great grandfather was in the Artillery in the First World War, and he and his mates found they had one shell left after the Armistice so they fired it to give the Germans "one for luck". There was an immediate enquiry into who fired the shot, but their captain did not give them up!
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Hucakbee is good on foxnews, they do have Christian discussions etc

Its on at 1am on foxnews
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I must admit I didn't see the Delia Smith programme on BBC, but this review from Richard Marsden was quite enlightening
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But for five minutes of the half-an-hour programme, Delia spoke about her Catholic faith. For once, Catholicism in a good light was shown for all to see on prime-time British television. After some shots of crucifixes and red Mission boxes at her home, we were taken to weekday Mass at the renowned TV cook's parish church. The camera showed Delia praying with her daily missal and receiving Holy Communion. Her parish priest said she provided some excellent goods for the parish fair and that it was great to have a celebrity chef in the parish.
There was even an appearance by nun and art critic Sister Wendy Beckett, a good friend of Delia's. After taking in the British Library, they discussed their faith over a posh restaurant lunch.

Bashing Secularism


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Joanna Bogle does some cooking in her EWTN series
FEASTS AND SEASONS OF THE CHURCH WITH JOANNA BOGLE
Ep. 1: The Last Week Before Advent
25 November, 11:30 & 29 November, 07:00.
(30 mins)
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I wonder if anyone has seen the new programme on BBC1 - Apparitions - and what they thought of it. I must admit I have enjoyed it, although I can see it would be too gory for some. Nice to have a Catholic priest on the TV who isn't portrayed as an idiot or a bigot.

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Not me. In any case I don't watch much Tele.

I suppose if I was clever I could have a split screen which would allow me to surf and watch at the same time.
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FYI FYI FYI
There is a new Catholic (as in Faithful to the Magisterium) TV 'channel' available.
Go to http://www.realcatholictv.com/
There are two levels: one free and one pay.

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Friday, 21. November 2008, 13:15
I wonder if anyone has seen the new programme on BBC1 - Apparitions - and what they thought of it. I must admit I have enjoyed it, although I can see it would be too gory for some. Nice to have a Catholic priest on the TV who isn't portrayed as an idiot or a bigot.

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I haven't watched the programme - apart from the fact that I don't do much telly watching, I wasn't impressed by some of the reviews of this programme. I came across this piece on Richard Marsden's blog Bashing Secularism
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As you would expect, the programme isn't always Catholic friendly or an accurate reflection of the faith. For instance, at one point in the first episode, Fr Jacob has his confession heard over the telephone by Monsignor Vincenzo in Rome. And there's the usual homosexual Catholic character (Vimal) who is murdered in a brothel after being told by Cardinal Bukovak he doesn't have a future in the priesthood. Police officers also take the mick out of the Church's teaching on homosexuality.
But, taking all this into account, I'm of the view this is an important subject for the BBC to address. It's hopefully making the viewer powerfully aware about the minute by minute battle going on in today's world between good and evil - and that only Jesus Christ and his angels can defend us in the day of battle. Apparitions, I think, also effectively overturns the misconceptions about exorcisms being a "medieval ritual" and portrays it as an integral ministry of the Church.
Based on the first two episodes (not ruling out the possibility that things could get ridiculous in later weeks), it seems the BBC has, probably indirectly, produced a pretty Catholic drama.

The link above takes you to the article, but thefront page has several interesting posts on other subjects

KatyA
PS I looked at his profile and he's the same age and attended the same uni as one of my sons, hence the plug :cool2:
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