[Rec. List] British: Animation, Film, TV, Theatre

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Re-Reading: Play: Script: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (Williams, 1955)

[Rec. List: British - Animation, Film, TV, Theatre; BAFTA] I've seen the BAFTA Awards shows on BBC America at least once or twice in the past when I had time. Thought they were interesting in terms of how content was organized and pacing of speeches. Definitely will try to catch this year's show (and watch clips of past and present ones on YouTube). With this blog entry, I thought I would do a little something in (somewhat) honor / related to the awards show. Decided I would go with works that I know and have thoroughly enjoyed in terms of production values, performances, and so forth. Some of these items on the list may not have won or been nominated for any BAFTA awards. Not sure. Going with the works I know.
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TV Schedule:
BBC America: 8:00 PM (+ 11:00 PM) / PST: New: "EE British Academy Film Awards" (2014)
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BAFTA / Awards:
Google, Wikipedia (Film, TV), IMDB, BAFTA.org, News (BBC, British Film Institute, Variety), YouTube

YouTube: Clip: "Matt Smith and Benedict Cumberbatch present Steven Moffat's Special BAFTA Award" (2012)

(67th) EE British Academy Film Awards:
Google, Wikipedia, Awards.BAFTA.org: Film in 2014, News (BBC America), YouTube
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(Rec. List)

Animation:
(Film) "Animal Farm" (Batchelor / Halas, 1954)
(Film) "Watership Down" (Rosen, 1978)
(Short) "Creature Comforts" (Park, 1989)
(Short / 'Wallace & Gromit') "A Grand Day Out" (Park, 1989)
(Film / Short) "The Sandman" (Berry, 1991)
(Short / 'Wallace & Gromit') "The Wrong Trousers" (Park, 1993)
(Short / 'Wallace & Gromit') "A Close Shave" (Park, 1995)
(Film) "Chicken Run" (Lord / Park, 2000, UK / USA)
('Video' / Short) "Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions" (Price / Sadler, 2002)
(Film / 'Wallace & Gromit') "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (Box / Park, 2005, UK / USA)
(TV / Short / 'Wallace & Gromit') "A Matter of Loaf and Death" (Park, 2008)
(Film) "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" (Lord / Newitt, 2012, UK / USA)

Films:
"Dead of Night" (Cavalcanti, et. al., 1945)
"Horror of Dracula" (Fisher, 1958)
"The Hound of the Baskervilles" (Fisher, 1959)
"The Mummy" (Fisher, 1959)
"Village of the Damned" (Rilla, 1960)
"The Gorgon" (Fisher, 1964)
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (Gilliam / Jones, 1975)
"The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" (Ross, 1976)
"Love Actually" (Curtis, 2003)
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (Cuaron, 2004, UK / USA)
"Hot Fuzz" (Wright, 2007)
"Glorious 39" (Poliakoff, 2009)
"Burke and Hare" (Landis, 2010)
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" (Yates, 2010, UK / USA)
"The King's Speech" (Hooper, 2010)
"The Decoy Bride" (Folkson, 2011)
(Short) "Electric Cinema: How to Behave" (Grant, 2012)
"Skyfall" (Mendes, 2012, UK / USA)
"The World's End" (Wright, 2013)

Need to Watch:
(Monty Python's) "Life of Brian" (Jones, 1979)
"Creation" (Amiel, 2009)
"In the Loop" (Iannucci, 2009)
"Let Me In" (Reeves, 2010) (Remake of 2008 Swedish film by Alfredson, "Let the Right One In")

Television:
"H.G. Well's Invisible Man" (1958 - 1960)
"Doctor Who" (1963 - 1989 + 1996; 2005 - Present)
"Are You Being Served?" (1972 - 1985)
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1984 - 1985) - "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" (1994)
"Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989)
"Mr. Bean" (1990 - 1995)
"One Foot in the Grave" (1990 - 2000)
"As Time Goes By" (1992 - 2002 + 2005)
"The Vicar of Dibley" (1994 - Present)
"The Thin Blue Line" (1995 - 1996)
"Midsomer Murders" (1997 - Present)
"Foyle's War" (2002 - Present)
"Fortysomething" (2003)
"New Tricks" (2003 - Present)
"Rosemary & Thyme" (2003 - 2007)
(TV Movie) "Hawking" (Martin, 2004)
"Inspector Lewis" (2006 - Present)
"Life on Mars" (2006 - 2007)
"After You've Gone" (2007 - 2008)
"Being Human" (2008 - 2013)
"Merlin" (2008 - 2012)
(Documentary) "Bang Goes the Theory" (2009 - Present)
(TV Movie) "Hamlet" (Doran, 2009)
"Law & Order: UK" (2009 - Present)
"Agatha Christie's Marple" (4.2 /.../ 2009, 4.3 /.../ 2009, 5.1-4 /.../ 2010)
"Agatha Christie's Poirot" (12.4: 'Murder on the Orient Express', 2010)
"Sherlock" (2010 - Present)
"Thorne: Sleepyhead" (2010)
(TV Movie) Van Gogh: Painted with Words" (Hutton, 2010)
"The Hour" (2011 - 2012)
"The Bletchley Circle" (2012 - Present)
(TV Movie) "An Adventure in Space and Time" (McDonough, 2013)
"Father Brown" (2013 - Present)

Need to Watch:
"Sherlock Holmes" (1964 - 1968)
"Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969 - 1974)
"Blackadder" (I / 1982 - 1983, II / 1986, III / 1987, V / 1999)
"Inspector Morse" (1987 - 2000)
(TV Movie) "Blackadders' Christmas Carol" (Boden, 1988)
"House of Cards" (1990)
(Mini-Series) "Neverwhere" (1996)
"Spaced" (1999 - 2001)
"The Office" (2001 - 2003)
"Little Britain" (2003 - 2006)
"The Thick of It" (2005 - 2012)
"The IT Crowd" (2006 - 2013?)
(Mini-Series) "Jekyll" (2007)
(TV Movie) "Einstein and Eddington" (Martin, 2008)
"Call the Midwife" (2012 - Present)
"Parade's End" (2012)
"Broadchurch" (2013 - Present)
(TV Movie) "Murder on the Home Front" (Sax, 2013)

Theatre:
(These productions of plays are filmed-plays available through: DVD, PBS, YouTube, Various Internet sites.)
"Caesar and Cleopatra" (Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Canada?, 2008 / 2009) (f/ Christopher Plummer)
"Henry VI, Part I" (Shakespeare's Globe?, London?, 2010?) (Starring?)
"Much Ado About Nothing" (Wyndham's Theatre, London, 2011) (f/ David Tennant, Catherine Tate)
"Twelfth Night" (Shakespeare's Globe / West End, London, 2012) (f/ Stephen Fry)

Need to Watch:
"Doctor Faustus" (Play by Christopher Marlowe, c. 1592)
"Frankenstein" (National Theatre, London, 2011) (d. Danny Boyle) (f/ Benedict Cumberbatch)
"Macbeth" ('Great Performances' / 39.3 / 2010) (d. Rupert Goold) (f/ Patrick Stewart) (Filmed-Play?)
"Richard II" (Royal Shakespeare Company; Stratford-upon-Avon / London; 2013 - 2014) (f/ David Tennant)*
"Sherlock Holmes" (Adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories / novels)
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (Musical) (Music / Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim)

(* = Still being performed on stage in England / later 2014. Waiting to find out if there's going to be a filmed-play available.)
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(Non-Rec. List-'Related')

TV Schedule:

• (Mon. 2/17): HGTV: 10:30 PM (+ Tues. 1:30 AM) / PST: Repeat: "House Hunters International" (56.4: 'Commuting Conundrum in London, England', 2013)
• (Tues. 2/18): PBS: 3:00 AM (+ Sun. 12:00 PM; + 2/26): 'New': "Great Performances" (41.12: 'National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage', 2014) (Included: "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" with Benedict Cumberbatch) (See: PBS.org - Info, Videos, more)
• (Sat. 2/21): PBS: 12:00 AM: Repeat: "Rick Steves' Europe" (7.9: North England's Lake District and Durham', 2012) + 4:30 PM: (7.8: 'London: Historic and Dynamic', 2012)
• (Sun. 2/22): Cartoon Network: 1:30 AM: 'New' (Anime): "Blue Exorcist" (1.1: 'The Devil Resides in Human Souls', 2011, Japan); TheCW: 10:30 AM: New: "Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition" (Episode: 'Acting', 2014) (Note: + Interviews w/ cast of 'The Monuments Men'); Series airs every Sunday at this time; Also, check out on Mondays at 1:00 AM: "Made in Hollywood" - Interviews w/ cast + crew of films w/ some clips + behind the scenes footage)
• (Mon. 2/24): TheCW: 1:00 AM: Repeat: "Made in Hollywood" (Episode / 2013) (Note: If the TV Guide is right, it may be an episode from last year ft/ interview w/ Benedict Cumberbatch -most likely about the second "Hobbit" film --Update (2/24): TV Guide was wrong, but luckily interview can be found on YouTube which also features ones of some of the other cast members / ex. Martin Freeman); Science Channel: 3:00 - 6:00 AM: Repeat: "Prophets of Science Fiction" (1.7: 'Robert Heinlein', 1.5: 'Isaac Asimov', 1.8: 'George Lucas', 2012); Ovation: 5:00 AM (+ 3/5): Repeat: "Van Gogh: Painted with Words" (Hutton, 2010, UK) (Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch as Vincent Van Gogh)
• (Tues. 2/25): HGTV: 6:00 PM: Repeat: "House Hunters International" (44.5: '...London, England.', 2012)
• (Fri. 2/28): MeTV: 1:30 AM: Repeat: "Night Gallery" (2.51: 'The Waiting Room', 1972); Travel Channel: 1:00 PM: Repeat: "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" (4.6: 'London & Edinburgh', year)

News:

• (TV: "Doctor Who"): First Look at the Twelfth Doctor's Outfit: IMDB (Article (Post: 2/10), Image / Info. 8.1), Google (Search / News)
• (TV: "Heroes"): 'Heroes Reborn': Series returns in 2015 for a 13 episode run (only) on NBC: IMDB (See: the News / articles section) - (Note: Heard about it at YouTube 2/24, articles at IMDB reported it around weekend...)