Pete Tombs' New Documentary Series

[Stephen Cremin]

Because list member Pete Tombs is too modest I'm going to plug his MONDO 
MACABRO documentary series which begins tonight on Channel 4 in the UK.  
Tonight's episode focuses on Argentinian exploitation followed by Emilio 
Vieyra's 1967 BLOOD OF THE VIRGINS.  Later episodes will have an Asian 
focus including, I think, Indonesia, India, Philippines and Japan.  Each 
episode is followed by a feature film that relates to the preceding 
documentary.  As such it's probably the most exciting programme of world 
cinema on British TV since the 1980s.  (I really can't recall if an 
Indonesian feature has ever played on British TV before, let alone a 
genre film.)  Pete's last series, in another very late slot, regularly 
reached 30-40% audience share, despite being on minority channel Channel 
4 with as many as one million viewers.

Stephen Cremin