108 - The Firm(s)

Jen and Tim look at two takes on football hooliganism called The Firm. The 1989 version is a masterpiece, the other, not so much!The 20-minute documentary Alan Clarke: His Own Man is a nice intro to the director. Also, many of his works can be found on YouTube, so happy hunting!https://vimeo.com/473362397Jen referred to a film called “WarGames” when she actually meant The War Game, a 1965 dramatization of nuclear warfare against England that the BBC withdrew from broadcast until 1985. It did not star Matthew Broderick or Ally Sheedy.https://archive.org/details/TheWarGame_201405She also sorta muffed the description of Ken Loach’s teleplay Cathy Come Home, which horrified the British public with its account of a homeless couple (to little material effect, according to Loach). This short article describes the production and draws from some of the news coverage of the time.https://www.gale.com/intl/archives-explored/cathy-come-home-a-landmark-in-british-political-televisionAlso, “If you know what’s good for you…Weetabix!”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNanhjGs6rQ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.