From: Vincent Campbell (VCampbell@dmu.ac.uk)
Date: Thu 07 Apr 2005 - 10:49:41 GMT
<Are you still watching the American TV show 24? When
> looking through the DVD's at a local store recently I
> noticed a show called MI-5 which looks like it could
> be a Brit version of 24. I could see how the title
> "MI-5" would give a show a distinctly British flavour.>
>
Yes, Day 4 is running on satellite channels at the moment. I wonder
if the MI5 show might be a repackaged version of 'Spooks', the BBC's answer
to 24? Or is Spooks shown on BBC America? Complete hokum but a tremendous
amount of fun. (For those who don't know, MI5 is the domestic spy service
in the UK, James Bond belongs to MI6...).
I see with Day 4 of 24, yet more British actors playing baddies, or
possible baddies, including some of those playing the obligatory arab/muslim
terrorists. Still, considering the machiavellian behaviour of the staff of
CTU as depicted in the show ('OK I will stop those nuclear plants from
melting down, but only if you give me promotion!' that kind of thing) nobody
is represented that positively.
Sorry, that's a bit off topic isn't it...
Vincent
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