campion is a television show made by the bbc, adapting the albert campion mystery novels written by margery allingham. two seasons were made, in 1989 and 1990, starring peter davison as campion, brian glover as his manservant magersfontein lugg and andrew burt as his policeman friend stanislaus oates.
a total of eight novels were adapted, four in each season, each of which was originally broadcast as two separate hour-long episodes. [wikipedia]
“yet, freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, streams like the thunderstorm against the wind.” -lord byron
against the wind was a 1978 australian television mini-series. it is a historical drama portraying both the british rule of ireland, and the development of new south wales and australia. the series was filmed at old sydney town (near sydney), and at belgrave heights, warrandyte, colac and geelong. [wikipedia]
flight of the conchords is a new zealand-based comedy duo composed of bret mckenzie and jemaine clement. the duo’s comedy and music became the basis of a bbc radio series and then an american television series, which premiered in 2007 on hbo, also called flight of the conchords. [wikipedia]
jon hamm, who plays the ad executive don draper in mad men, answers questions.
“the reason you haven’t felt it is because it doesn’t exist. what you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons. you’re born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts. but i never forget. i’m living like there’s no tomorrow, because there isn’t one.” -don draper (mad men)
mad men is an american dramatic television series created and produced by matthew weiner. the episodes are premiered on sunday evenings on the american cable network amc and are produced by lionsgate television. [wikipedia]
