I get very cross sometimes when people continue to make stupid mistakes, even when they know they are wrong. Here are just a few:
“Princess Diana”
Diana Spencer died at the age of 36. At no time in her life was she ever “Princess Diana”.
She was “Lady Diana Spencer” for a time before she married, then became “Her Royal Highness Diana, Princess of Wales”. After she died, as a courtesy title only, she was known as just “Diana, Princess of Wales”.
Ages ago I set up a discussion forum on this site, then removed it.
Now it’s back, if anyone cares to try it…
You can join the site by using the link on the right.
There was a time when ITV, specifically Thames and, to a lesser extent Granada, produced award winning televison documentaries.
One of my favourites, and I know I am not alone, was Hollywood, Kevin Brownlow and David Gill’s homage to the early years of cinema, the ‘silent’ era.
As they point out in episode one, films were never silent. There was music, sound effects and audience reaction.
The series set out to show clips from some of the great films, nicely restored, shown at the right speed with orchestral music by Carl Davis, as it might have been at many of the larger cinemas when the films were released. They were put into context. Fortunately, many early film stars were still around then (late 1970s) to give interviews.
The series generated a huge amount of interest, and Thames (and later Channel 4) started a series of annual showings in London and elsewhere with Carl Davis conducting. These were always well attended.
