Pete Tombs' New Documentary Series

[Jasper Sharp]

Yes, I wish Pete had mentioned it, because had I not been flicking through 
the TV section of Time Out last night I'd have missed it. I'm shortly going 
to check out whether the timer on my VCR was fooled by the clock change or 
not, and open my eyes to the hitherto unknown world of Argentinian 
exploitation.

Jasper Sharp

Midnight Eye
www.midnighteye.com



>From: Stephen Cremin <asianfilmlibrary at mac.com>
>Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: Pete Tombs' New Documentary Series
>Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:21:46 +0100
>
>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
>


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