(good Aussie comedy/drama, making me a little homesick)
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Lockdown viewing
(good Aussie comedy/drama, making me a little homesick)
Covid 19 viewing
More screen time is ahead of me in the coming months. I’m normally don’t sit in front of the TV for too long but as I’m trying to do my civic duty and not leave the house, this will be difficult. Here’s a few to start the next phase with:
Anna 
Buffy 
Dr Who 
It’s always sunny in Philadelphia
Waking the Dead (pilot) 
Flight of the Conchords 
Supergirl
I like that in Supergirl we see a photo of a couple on someones phone with the indication that the photo was taken in the UK, thanks to the iconic, red phone box in the background.
Superheroes
From the recent movie Captain Marvel and the tv series of Watchmen (including a phone booth used to talk to a blue god) to an old iconic favourite – Buffy.
Recent viewing
‘Good Omens’ 
‘Good Omens’
French TV
In English the show is called ‘Black Spot’ but although my French is not so good even I know ‘Zone Blanche’ translates as ‘White’ zone. It refers to the lack of communication signals in the town and forest. I find it curious that languages can refer to the same occurrence with a phrase that uses opposite terms.
A lot more TV viewing
The Canadians do it too – ‘Orphan Black‘ where Felix has a phone box inside his flat.
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QI conversation
Phoneboxes featured on a QI episode a little while ago:
A 70s blast
I recognise the two shots above. I walk past this building (the Institute of Education) on my way to the British Museum once a week. There is coffee shop on the ground floor. There is no phone box in that spot in the real world. The building is a great piece of Brutalist architecture. The outer staircase, used in the Little Drummer Girl’w final episode, is my favourite aspect.
