Paul Morley's Matter of Fact

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Stumbled across a listing for this while browsing through the BBC4 tv guide. "In a country so obsessed with the past, where and what is the future? In this witty and provocative film writer Paul Morley travels back to his roots in the North West of England to find out."

Have any of the ILx telecide krew with access to space-telly seen this? Is it worth asking one of my digitally advanced pals to tape it for me? (Silly question - of course I will. But, you know.)

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 3 April 2003 11:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

Is this the same Paul Morley that used to spout all that pretentious bollocks about rock music?

― Fred Nerk, Thursday, 3 April 2003 11:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

Haha - where is that "Delete ILX" button when you need it?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 3 April 2003 11:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

ah. I did miss the first 5-10 mins but i didn't tape it!

it was v funny but he was looking towards the future, not that worried abt the past so much (but i did miss a bit).

are they repeating this?

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 3 April 2003 11:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

It's listed as being on Friday Saturday and Sunday - I presume repeats of the same show. Is it a series or one-off?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 3 April 2003 11:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think its a one off (he was just looking at manchester). BBC4 do tend to repeat things.

if you want it taped then fine.

I think the moment I laughed hardest was when he was in a lab at UMIST (talking abt semiconductors, which is kind of the area i do research in) and he said (with this v serious looking scientist standing beside him): 'The one time I came here was 20 years ago to see van der graaf generator!'.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 3 April 2003 11:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

It's a none-off. It will be repeated sporadically, depending on weather conditions in Cheadle.

― the pinefox, Thursday, 3 April 2003 12:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

I have a hunch this won't be played on BBC America.

― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 3 April 2003 12:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

Julio, did he mean that he had turned up in that lab to see a van der graaf generator, or he had gone to UMIST to see the rubbish old band (a big favourite of one of my best friends!)?

Anyway, I shall try to catch this over the weekend.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 4 April 2003 15:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

he said 'the band, van der graf generator'

trousers, i taped this if you haven't seen it. i also have Full Metal Challenge that you also said you hadn't seen. do you have a (non-mac) pc at home?

andy

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 7 April 2003 19:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

he turned up at UMIST obv.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 7 April 2003 20:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

eleven months pass...

can anyone tell me where i can get hold of 'ask' by paul morley ? his books are well worth reading, and his opinions are well worth listening to.

― simon fisher, Monday, 22 March 2004 23:17 (twenty years ago) link

It's out of print. Try ebay or abebooks.com

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 22 March 2004 23:24 (twenty years ago) link

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Paul Morley's Matter of Fact - BBC4