Alex Westthorp Sep 14, 2016
Did fantasy dramas Chocky, The Box Of Delights and Dramarama leave an impression on you as a kid? Revisit those nightmares here...
Spooky, always magical and occasionally downright scary dramas are the bedrock of kids' television. For me, the pinnacle of this sort of programme was reached in the 1980s. The decade saw a new approach to both traditional and contemporary drama by both UK broadcasters: ITV committed itself to regular seasons of children's plays with Dramarama (1983-89), a kind of youth version of the venerable BBC Play For Today (1970-84), which saw the 1988 television debut of one David Tennant. The BBC, building upon an impressive body of work from the early 70s onwards, produced some of its very best family drama in this era, embracing cutting edge technology to bring treats like The Box Of Delights (1984) and The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (1988) to the screen.
Did fantasy dramas Chocky, The Box Of Delights and Dramarama leave an impression on you as a kid? Revisit those nightmares here...
Spooky, always magical and occasionally downright scary dramas are the bedrock of kids' television. For me, the pinnacle of this sort of programme was reached in the 1980s. The decade saw a new approach to both traditional and contemporary drama by both UK broadcasters: ITV committed itself to regular seasons of children's plays with Dramarama (1983-89), a kind of youth version of the venerable BBC Play For Today (1970-84), which saw the 1988 television debut of one David Tennant. The BBC, building upon an impressive body of work from the early 70s onwards, produced some of its very best family drama in this era, embracing cutting edge technology to bring treats like The Box Of Delights (1984) and The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (1988) to the screen.
- 8/15/2016
- Den of Geek
Jersey Shore star Deena Cortese was arrested on Sunday on a charge of disorderly conduct.
The MTV reality star was handcuffed after police officers in New Jersey reportedly caught her hitting out at passing cars outside a bar in Seaside Heights, where the show's cast is currently filming the upcoming sixth season of the programme.
Local police chief Tommy Boyd tells the NBC New York news channel, "(It was) nothing major, but we can't put up with it."
The 25 year old was released after a few hours in custody.
Cortese isn't the first Jersey Shore star to get in trouble for her boozing - in 2010, her castmate Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi was ordered to complete two days of community service following an arrest for allegedly drinking alcohol in public while filming the hit series' third season.
The MTV reality star was handcuffed after police officers in New Jersey reportedly caught her hitting out at passing cars outside a bar in Seaside Heights, where the show's cast is currently filming the upcoming sixth season of the programme.
Local police chief Tommy Boyd tells the NBC New York news channel, "(It was) nothing major, but we can't put up with it."
The 25 year old was released after a few hours in custody.
Cortese isn't the first Jersey Shore star to get in trouble for her boozing - in 2010, her castmate Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi was ordered to complete two days of community service following an arrest for allegedly drinking alcohol in public while filming the hit series' third season.
- 6/11/2012
- WENN
The drama in Seaside Heights never ends! Just days after the cast of Jersey Shore was involved in a massive club brawl and naked photos of both Snooki and Angelina Pivarnick were leaked, resident guidette Deena Cortese was arrested on charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct.
Seaside Heights Police Chief Tommy Boyd told NBC 4 that the 25-year-old Shore star was arrested Sunday afternoon after standing in the middle of the street, slapping cars driving by. The self-described "meatball" was taken to police headquarters and released on a summons without bail.
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The MTV star’s parents were seen escorting their daughter out of jail Monday. They must be so proud! Although MTV has not commented on Deena’s arrest, she is expected to continue filming the final season of the hit reality show in Seaside with the rest of the cast.
Judging by this weekend’s events, the final season...
Seaside Heights Police Chief Tommy Boyd told NBC 4 that the 25-year-old Shore star was arrested Sunday afternoon after standing in the middle of the street, slapping cars driving by. The self-described "meatball" was taken to police headquarters and released on a summons without bail.
<<Hit "Follow" and get your Jersey Shore fix right here>>
The MTV star’s parents were seen escorting their daughter out of jail Monday. They must be so proud! Although MTV has not commented on Deena’s arrest, she is expected to continue filming the final season of the hit reality show in Seaside with the rest of the cast.
Judging by this weekend’s events, the final season...
- 6/11/2012
- by Gaby Calabrese
- Celebsology
'Jersey Shore's Deena Cortese has been arrested. The reality TV star was arrested yesterday (11.06.12) in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, where the MTV programme is filmed, on a disorderly conduct charge after an officer spotted her looking 'a little intoxicated'. Police Chief Tommy Boyd told nbcnewyork.com that one of his officers took the star to the police station after seeing her walking in the middle of a street, slapping cars that were driving by. He added: 'Nothing major, but we can't put up with it. 'We don't treat the cast differently than anyone else.' An eyewitness livetweeted the incident and also claimed she spotted on/off couple Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and Sammi 'Sweetheart' Giancola getting into a fight. She wrote: 'Currently...
- 6/11/2012
- Monsters and Critics
Seaside Heights, N.J. -- A "Jersey Shore" cast member has been arrested in the New Jersey town where the MTV show is based.
Seaside Heights Police Chief Tommy Boyd tells Wnbc TV in New York that Deena Cortese was arrested Sunday afternoon on a disorderly conduct charge. Boyd says a borough officer saw Cortese "a little intoxicated" and standing in the middle of a street, slapping cars that were driving by.
Boyd says Cortese was taken to police headquarters and later released on a summons.
MTV publicists did not immediately respond to requests for a comment on Sunday night, and a number for Cortese could not be located.
The popular reality show just recently started shooting its new season in the Ocean County community.
Seaside Heights Police Chief Tommy Boyd tells Wnbc TV in New York that Deena Cortese was arrested Sunday afternoon on a disorderly conduct charge. Boyd says a borough officer saw Cortese "a little intoxicated" and standing in the middle of a street, slapping cars that were driving by.
Boyd says Cortese was taken to police headquarters and later released on a summons.
MTV publicists did not immediately respond to requests for a comment on Sunday night, and a number for Cortese could not be located.
The popular reality show just recently started shooting its new season in the Ocean County community.
- 6/11/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Seaside Heights, N.J. -- A "Jersey Shore" cast member has been arrested in the New Jersey town where the MTV show is based.
Seaside Heights Police Chief Tommy Boyd tells Wnbc TV in New York that Deena Cortese was arrested Sunday afternoon on a disorderly conduct charge. Boyd says a borough officer saw Cortese "a little intoxicated" and standing in the middle of a street, slapping cars that were driving by.
Boyd says Cortese was taken to police headquarters and later released on a summons.
MTV publicists did not immediately respond to requests for a comment on Sunday night, and a number for Cortese could not be located.
The popular reality show just recently started shooting its new season in the Ocean County community.
Seaside Heights Police Chief Tommy Boyd tells Wnbc TV in New York that Deena Cortese was arrested Sunday afternoon on a disorderly conduct charge. Boyd says a borough officer saw Cortese "a little intoxicated" and standing in the middle of a street, slapping cars that were driving by.
Boyd says Cortese was taken to police headquarters and later released on a summons.
MTV publicists did not immediately respond to requests for a comment on Sunday night, and a number for Cortese could not be located.
The popular reality show just recently started shooting its new season in the Ocean County community.
- 6/11/2012
- by AP
- Aol TV.
Broadcaster Stuart Maconie and comedian Tommy Boyd have paid tribute to the late Gerry Rafferty, who passed away yesterday after a long illness. BBC DJ Maconie claimed in a column for The Mirror to have created the urban legend that Blockbusters host Bob Holness played the saxophone on Rafferty's 'Baker Street'. "I saw on Twitter that as well as Gerry's name being tweeted, so was that of Bob Holness," he said. "My personal and silly part in a sad story is that as an NME writer I invented the urban myth claiming that Bob played the sax solo on Gerry's 1978 hit 'Baker Street'. "That's not true. What is, is that Gerry's enigmatic, wry songcraft and his way with a nagging melody made him a reluctant star in successive eras of '70s pop." However, on his own website, comedian Tommy (more)...
- 1/5/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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